Film Independent has set the participants and projects for its sixth annual Episodic Lab — an intensive program, designed to provide individualized story and career development for emerging television writers with original pilots. The list includes Christopher Au (Cloak & Data), Miguel Orozco & Boris Rodriguez (East Los Aliens), Terry Dawson (Makeba) Gg Hawkins (Murder Podcast), Sarah Mokh (Room 099), and the duo of Ben Gonzales & Erica Bardin (The Deed).
This year’s Lab will be a two-week virtual program helping to further the careers of its Fellows by introducing them to industry veterans who can offer guidance on both the craft and business of writing episodic content. Through personalized feedback from experienced showrunners, creative producers and executives, Fellows will gain the tools to revise and refine their pilots and navigate a changing industry landscape. A final networking and pitch event will then offer participants the opportunity to introduce themselves and their work to studio and network executives.
This year’s Lab will be a two-week virtual program helping to further the careers of its Fellows by introducing them to industry veterans who can offer guidance on both the craft and business of writing episodic content. Through personalized feedback from experienced showrunners, creative producers and executives, Fellows will gain the tools to revise and refine their pilots and navigate a changing industry landscape. A final networking and pitch event will then offer participants the opportunity to introduce themselves and their work to studio and network executives.
- 9/20/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Los Cabos International Film Festival will offer, within its industry activities, a total of Usd $227,000 to support projects from Mexico, the U.S.A. and Canada.
In its Third Edition, in an effort to contribute the development and consolidation of the North American film industry, presents as part of its industry activities, the first Mexico-usa-Canada Co-production Forum .
Los Cabos Film Festival , announces the 13 participant projects in the Forum:
Afronauts by Frances Bodomo (USA). Coward by Boris Rodriguez, an Anne Marie Gélinas production (Canada). The Other Tom by Rodrigo Plá, a Sandino Saravia production (Mexico). First Match by Olivia Newman, a Veronica Nickel and Chanelle Elaine production (USA). Away from Meaning by Olivia Luengas Magaña, a Vanessa Romo Gutiérrez production (Mexico). Butterfly by Maria Saakya, a Jeff Kalousdian production (USA). Museum by Alonso Ruizpalacios, a Manuel Alcalá and Alberto Muffelman production (Mexico). Permanent by Colette Burson, a Haroula Rose and Joshua Blum production (USA). Taganga by Ciro Guerra, a Katrin Pors and Serge Noel production (Canada- Colombia). Wolverine Hotel by Patricia Chica, a Byron A. Martin production (Canada). X Quinientos by Juan Andrés Arango, a Edher Campos and Yanick Letourneau production (Canada- Mexico- Colombia). I’m No Longer Here by Fernando Frías, a Gerry Kim and Mayuran Tiruchelvam production (Mexico- USA). Yamaha 300 by Jorge Michel Grau, a Mayra Espinosa Castro production (Mexico - USA). Representatives from each project will have access to a series of one-to-one meetings with key members of the international film industry and potential co-producers.
The Co-production Forum Jury, composed of Fabien Westerhoff , Sales and Distribution Director at WestEnd Films (UK), Nick Ogiony , Sales Agent at Creative Artists Agency (USA) and Lyse Lafontaine , renowned Canadian producer, will announce the winning project at the Festival, which will receive a cash prize of Usd $8,000.
Also, the recognized studios Splendor - Omnia Mantarraya will award a prize valued at Usd$30,000 to one of the participating projects, consisting of a 40 hours of color correction, 40 hours of sound mixing, accommodation and food for two people in Tepoztlán, Mexico.
Supporting the completion of Mexican feature or documentary films in post-production stage, Los Cabos Film Festival has announced the six films participating in the second Work In Progress Mexico :
El charro de Toluquilla by José Villalobos Romero, a Sergio Adrián Morkin and José Villalobos Romero production. Charity by Marcelino Islas Hernández, a Santiago García Galván production. Heirs by Jorge Hernández Aldana, a Michel Franco production. Light Feet by Juan Carlos Núñez, a Henry Lesperance Álvarez production. You Will Know what to Do with Me by Katina Medina Mora, a Gerardo Gatica and Alberto Muffelmann production. Holy Days by Alejandra Márquez Abella, a Nicolás Celis and Sebastián Celis production.
Jaie Laplante, Director of the Miami International Film Festival (USA), Nicole Mackey, Vice President of sales agency Fortissimo Films (UK), and Nate Bolotin, Xyz Films cofounder (USA), as members of the Work In Progress Mexico Jury, will evaluate six films that compete for a cash prize of Usd$10,000 .
The TV station Fox+ will also award a prize of Usd $30,000 to one of the participating films (the equivalent to the anticipated purchase of broadcast rights for Latin America and the Caribbean, excluding Brazil through the channel’s windows). And the outstanding post-production company Chemistry will award a prize worth Usd $45,000 consisting of 80 hours of color correction, 40 hours of conform and digital mastering, and packaging in Dcp.
In addition, the two winning films of the Post-production Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund , each received from Labodigital’s Usd $52,000 in post-production services. These two films will also be part of the Work In Progress Mexico selection.
In its Third Edition, in an effort to contribute the development and consolidation of the North American film industry, presents as part of its industry activities, the first Mexico-usa-Canada Co-production Forum .
Los Cabos Film Festival , announces the 13 participant projects in the Forum:
Afronauts by Frances Bodomo (USA). Coward by Boris Rodriguez, an Anne Marie Gélinas production (Canada). The Other Tom by Rodrigo Plá, a Sandino Saravia production (Mexico). First Match by Olivia Newman, a Veronica Nickel and Chanelle Elaine production (USA). Away from Meaning by Olivia Luengas Magaña, a Vanessa Romo Gutiérrez production (Mexico). Butterfly by Maria Saakya, a Jeff Kalousdian production (USA). Museum by Alonso Ruizpalacios, a Manuel Alcalá and Alberto Muffelman production (Mexico). Permanent by Colette Burson, a Haroula Rose and Joshua Blum production (USA). Taganga by Ciro Guerra, a Katrin Pors and Serge Noel production (Canada- Colombia). Wolverine Hotel by Patricia Chica, a Byron A. Martin production (Canada). X Quinientos by Juan Andrés Arango, a Edher Campos and Yanick Letourneau production (Canada- Mexico- Colombia). I’m No Longer Here by Fernando Frías, a Gerry Kim and Mayuran Tiruchelvam production (Mexico- USA). Yamaha 300 by Jorge Michel Grau, a Mayra Espinosa Castro production (Mexico - USA). Representatives from each project will have access to a series of one-to-one meetings with key members of the international film industry and potential co-producers.
The Co-production Forum Jury, composed of Fabien Westerhoff , Sales and Distribution Director at WestEnd Films (UK), Nick Ogiony , Sales Agent at Creative Artists Agency (USA) and Lyse Lafontaine , renowned Canadian producer, will announce the winning project at the Festival, which will receive a cash prize of Usd $8,000.
Also, the recognized studios Splendor - Omnia Mantarraya will award a prize valued at Usd$30,000 to one of the participating projects, consisting of a 40 hours of color correction, 40 hours of sound mixing, accommodation and food for two people in Tepoztlán, Mexico.
Supporting the completion of Mexican feature or documentary films in post-production stage, Los Cabos Film Festival has announced the six films participating in the second Work In Progress Mexico :
El charro de Toluquilla by José Villalobos Romero, a Sergio Adrián Morkin and José Villalobos Romero production. Charity by Marcelino Islas Hernández, a Santiago García Galván production. Heirs by Jorge Hernández Aldana, a Michel Franco production. Light Feet by Juan Carlos Núñez, a Henry Lesperance Álvarez production. You Will Know what to Do with Me by Katina Medina Mora, a Gerardo Gatica and Alberto Muffelmann production. Holy Days by Alejandra Márquez Abella, a Nicolás Celis and Sebastián Celis production.
Jaie Laplante, Director of the Miami International Film Festival (USA), Nicole Mackey, Vice President of sales agency Fortissimo Films (UK), and Nate Bolotin, Xyz Films cofounder (USA), as members of the Work In Progress Mexico Jury, will evaluate six films that compete for a cash prize of Usd$10,000 .
The TV station Fox+ will also award a prize of Usd $30,000 to one of the participating films (the equivalent to the anticipated purchase of broadcast rights for Latin America and the Caribbean, excluding Brazil through the channel’s windows). And the outstanding post-production company Chemistry will award a prize worth Usd $45,000 consisting of 80 hours of color correction, 40 hours of conform and digital mastering, and packaging in Dcp.
In addition, the two winning films of the Post-production Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund , each received from Labodigital’s Usd $52,000 in post-production services. These two films will also be part of the Work In Progress Mexico selection.
- 10/23/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Chicago – Boris Rodriguez’s “Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal” tells a laughably inane story ripe for B-movie matinées, yet insists on taking itself (mostly) seriously. The director has made no secret of the fact that he envisions his film to be a meditation on the “darkness of creativity,” and the price that must be paid in order for an artist to find sufficient inspiration.
That could easily make an intriguing subject for a motion picture (and has many times before), but Rodriguez’s metaphorical horror tropes are so obvious and synthetic that they bore when they should provoke. That isn’t to say the film is lacking in the acting department (it isn’t) or doesn’t have some spectacularly unnerving imagery (kudos to Dp Philippe Kress), but on a story level, “Eddie” comes up mightily short. It might’ve made a fine short film, but at 83 minutes, it runs out...
That could easily make an intriguing subject for a motion picture (and has many times before), but Rodriguez’s metaphorical horror tropes are so obvious and synthetic that they bore when they should provoke. That isn’t to say the film is lacking in the acting department (it isn’t) or doesn’t have some spectacularly unnerving imagery (kudos to Dp Philippe Kress), but on a story level, “Eddie” comes up mightily short. It might’ve made a fine short film, but at 83 minutes, it runs out...
- 8/26/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Title: Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal Directed by: Boris Rodriguez Starring: Thure Lindhardt, Georgina Reilly, Dylan Smith Running time:1 hour 30 min, Not Rated, Available on DVD & VOD Lars Olafssen is a celebrity artist that hasn’t created anything in over 10 years. He moves to a small Canadian town called Koda Lake for a teaching job at the art school. His only real gripe is he is forced to allow permanent student Eddie in his class. Eddie is a mute, his aunt annually donates generously to the school with the stipulation that Eddie be allowed to attend classes. When Eddie’s aunt dies, she leaves the school in her will only [ Read More ]
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- 8/8/2013
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Director: Boris Rodriguez. Review: Mark Appleton. In TV we’re getting used to the traditional ‘bad guy’ actually being more the good guy and, not only that, but we’re actually rooting for them now. Programmes like Dexter lead the way with this and others have tried to follow suit.Movies however have been slightly slow on the uptake on this material. Now, with Eddie (the sleepwalking cannibal), it feels like they’ve arrived. Eddie is all about Lars, played by Thure Lindhardt, a painter in his native Denmark he comes to Canada to teach at a school and hopefully find inspiration. It’s the inspiration part were Eddie comes into things. Eddie, played by Dylan Scott Smith, is a mute who, when he’s stressed or upset, sleepwalks and eats things – in case you didn’t get that from the title. This is a dark horror comedy, the kind...
- 6/18/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes the short film “Hold Your Fire,” release details for The Black Dahlia Haunting, trailers for Truth or Dare and The Shadows, and much more:
Full Short Film “Hold Your Fire”: “Twitch Film proudly presents the online premiere of artist-turned-filmmaker Wes Benscoter’s debut short film, Hold Your Fire, exclusively at Twitch Film.
A ghostly soldier comes face to face with this grim reality of his war-torn existence on the battlefield… and beyond! Assaulting international audiences at festivals from Montreal’s Fantasia to Sitges, Fantasporto, A Night of Horror, and Dead by Dawn, to sending domestic shivers up spines at Screamfest, Boston Underground, and the New York City Horror Film Festival, Twitch Film now takes the mantle in offering Wes Benscoter’s mini-masterpiece to its largest audience ever.
A twenty-year veteran of horrific illustration,...
Full Short Film “Hold Your Fire”: “Twitch Film proudly presents the online premiere of artist-turned-filmmaker Wes Benscoter’s debut short film, Hold Your Fire, exclusively at Twitch Film.
A ghostly soldier comes face to face with this grim reality of his war-torn existence on the battlefield… and beyond! Assaulting international audiences at festivals from Montreal’s Fantasia to Sitges, Fantasporto, A Night of Horror, and Dead by Dawn, to sending domestic shivers up spines at Screamfest, Boston Underground, and the New York City Horror Film Festival, Twitch Film now takes the mantle in offering Wes Benscoter’s mini-masterpiece to its largest audience ever.
A twenty-year veteran of horrific illustration,...
- 6/16/2013
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
After announcing the 12 projects that comprise its Frontières selection of film projects in May, the Fantasia International Film Festival's Frontières International Co-Production Market’s team has now revealed the event’s Off-Frontières line-up of 12 projects. Read on for the details of this latest dirty dozen.
The first Frontières announcement contained new projects being pitched by Joe Dante, Bobcat Goldthwait, Richard Stanley, and more. The following Off-Frontières projects come from such amazing talent as Larry Fessenden, The Rasmussen Brothers, and Josh Johnson.
Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival, widely acclaimed as one of the largest and most influential genre film festivals in the world, introduced its Fantasia Industry Rendez-Vous, including the Frontières International Co-Production Market and the Fantasia Film Market, in 2012. Frontières is the first international co-production market to connect North America with Europe, in an environment focused specifically on genre film production. Now Frontières has become a circuit in-between Fantasia, in July,...
The first Frontières announcement contained new projects being pitched by Joe Dante, Bobcat Goldthwait, Richard Stanley, and more. The following Off-Frontières projects come from such amazing talent as Larry Fessenden, The Rasmussen Brothers, and Josh Johnson.
Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival, widely acclaimed as one of the largest and most influential genre film festivals in the world, introduced its Fantasia Industry Rendez-Vous, including the Frontières International Co-Production Market and the Fantasia Film Market, in 2012. Frontières is the first international co-production market to connect North America with Europe, in an environment focused specifically on genre film production. Now Frontières has become a circuit in-between Fantasia, in July,...
- 6/15/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
From the Fantasia Film Festival press release:
After announcing the 12 projects of its Frontières selection of film projects in May, the Frontières International Co-Production Market’s team has now announced the event’s Off-Frontières line-up of projects.
The projects, in this second group, feature additional up-and-coming talents and experienced filmmakers from the independent genre film world. The Off-Frontières 2013 selection of the 2nd edition of the Frontières International Co-Production Market will consist of the following 12 projects:
Canuxploitation (USA)
Director: Josh Johnson (Rewind This!)
Documentary
Dead Max (Québec)
Director: Patrick Boivin (Bunker)
Writer: Randall Lobb
Producer: Stéphane Tanguay (Jaloux) Productions Kinesis
Emerald Falls (Québec)
Director: Boris Rodriguez (Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal)
Writer: Phil M. Rosenberg
Jumbo (France)
Director/Writer: Zoé Wittock (First Feature)
Producer: Anaïs Bertrand (First Feature) Insolence Productions
Réclusion (France)
Director: Franck Richard (The Pack)
Writers: Franck Richard and Florent Silieri
Producer: Fares Ladjimi (The String) Mille et Une Productions...
After announcing the 12 projects of its Frontières selection of film projects in May, the Frontières International Co-Production Market’s team has now announced the event’s Off-Frontières line-up of projects.
The projects, in this second group, feature additional up-and-coming talents and experienced filmmakers from the independent genre film world. The Off-Frontières 2013 selection of the 2nd edition of the Frontières International Co-Production Market will consist of the following 12 projects:
Canuxploitation (USA)
Director: Josh Johnson (Rewind This!)
Documentary
Dead Max (Québec)
Director: Patrick Boivin (Bunker)
Writer: Randall Lobb
Producer: Stéphane Tanguay (Jaloux) Productions Kinesis
Emerald Falls (Québec)
Director: Boris Rodriguez (Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal)
Writer: Phil M. Rosenberg
Jumbo (France)
Director/Writer: Zoé Wittock (First Feature)
Producer: Anaïs Bertrand (First Feature) Insolence Productions
Réclusion (France)
Director: Franck Richard (The Pack)
Writers: Franck Richard and Florent Silieri
Producer: Fares Ladjimi (The String) Mille et Une Productions...
- 6/14/2013
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
The Fantasia International Film Festival's ever-growing marketplace has announced the International Off-Frontières line-up. The projects feature additional up-and-coming talents as well as experienced filmmakers from the independent genre film world. A sampling includes the Godfather of Canadian indie cinema, Larry Kent, with his first foray into horror, She Who Must Burn, Daniel Castro Zimbrón's The Darkness (which is being exec-produced by We Are What We Are director Jorge Michel Grau), Glass Eye Pix's The Mortuary Collection and Boris Rodriguez's follow up to Eddie The Sleepwalking Cannibal, titled Emerald Falls.Fantasia runs from July 18 to August 6 with the Film Markets starting up on the second weekend of the fest. The full list of Off-Frontières projects is here: Canuxploitation (USA)Director: Josh Johnson (Rewind This!)Documentary Dead Max (Québec)Director: Patrick Boivin (Bunker)Writer:...
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- 6/13/2013
- Screen Anarchy
After announcing the 12 projects of its Frontières selection of film projects in May, the Frontières International Co-Production Market has now announced the event’s Off-Frontières line-up of projects. The projects, in this second group, feature "additional up-and-coming talents and experienced filmmakers from the independent genre film world." Read More: Joe Dante and Bobcat Goldthwait's New Films Among 12 Projects Set For Fantasia's Co-Production Market The Off-Frontières 2013 selection of the 2nd edition of the Frontières International Co-Production Market will consist of the following 12 projects: Canuxploitation (USA) Director: Josh Johnson (Rewind This!) Documentary Dead Max (Québec) Director: Patrick Boivin (Bunker) Writer: Randall Lobb Producer: Stéphane Tanguay (Jaloux) Productions Kinesis Emerald Falls (Québec) Director: Boris Rodriguez (Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal) Writer: Phil M. Rosenberg Jumbo (France) Director/Writer: Zoé Wittock...
- 6/13/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Selection includes three projects from Québec and the latest projects from Josh Johnson and Boris Rodriguez [pictured].
As part of their second Frontières international co-production market, Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has revealed its Off-Frontières selection of film projects.
The selection includes three projects from Québec, including Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal director Boris Rodriguez’s next feature (Emerald Falls), as well as the latest documentary from Rewind This! director Josh Johnson (Canuxploitation).
Frontières market director Stephanie Trepanier told Screen: “We’re happy with the diversity of the Off-Frontières line-up. It allows us to feature more local projects and projects in a wider range of development stages.
“We’re also seeing more filmmakers with their first feature film project in there, which pleases us. The discovery and promotion of new genre filmmakers has always been an important element of Fantasia, and Frontières allows us to support them at an even earlier stage.”
The Frontières...
As part of their second Frontières international co-production market, Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has revealed its Off-Frontières selection of film projects.
The selection includes three projects from Québec, including Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal director Boris Rodriguez’s next feature (Emerald Falls), as well as the latest documentary from Rewind This! director Josh Johnson (Canuxploitation).
Frontières market director Stephanie Trepanier told Screen: “We’re happy with the diversity of the Off-Frontières line-up. It allows us to feature more local projects and projects in a wider range of development stages.
“We’re also seeing more filmmakers with their first feature film project in there, which pleases us. The discovery and promotion of new genre filmmakers has always been an important element of Fantasia, and Frontières allows us to support them at an even earlier stage.”
The Frontières...
- 6/13/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Chicago – There’s something deeper going on in “Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal,” opening tomorrow at Music Box. I think. It’s about a struggling artist who finds inspiration in a small town when he’s forced to serve as guardian for the title character. Don’t all artists have something in common with cannibals given the way they turn their own (or other people’s) insides into fuel for their creativity? While that’s an engaging and interesting starting place for a horror-comedy, Boris Rodriguez’s movie sadly ends up being neither an effective horror movie nor a memorable satire. It just kind of, pardon me for going there, sleepwalks through its clever set-up.
Thure Lindhardt, so great in “Keep the Lights On,” stars as Lars, a painter who goes to a snowy, secluded town to find his creative muse and does so in the most unexpected of places.
Chicago – There’s something deeper going on in “Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal,” opening tomorrow at Music Box. I think. It’s about a struggling artist who finds inspiration in a small town when he’s forced to serve as guardian for the title character. Don’t all artists have something in common with cannibals given the way they turn their own (or other people’s) insides into fuel for their creativity? While that’s an engaging and interesting starting place for a horror-comedy, Boris Rodriguez’s movie sadly ends up being neither an effective horror movie nor a memorable satire. It just kind of, pardon me for going there, sleepwalks through its clever set-up.
Thure Lindhardt, so great in “Keep the Lights On,” stars as Lars, a painter who goes to a snowy, secluded town to find his creative muse and does so in the most unexpected of places.
- 4/25/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
I will be one of the first to admit that my home country of Canada isn’t the greatest for producing widely accessible and noteworthy films. Sure, there’s been Videodrome, Ginger Snaps, Black Christmas and so on, but you’d have to admit that consistency isn’t our forte. Enter Danish filmmaker Boris Rodriguez, who with the collaboration... Read More...
- 4/14/2013
- by Pat Torfe
- bloody-disgusting.com
Title: Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal Director: Boris Rodriguez Starring: Thune Lindhardt, Dylan Smith, Georgina Reilly, Al Goulem, Paul Braunstein, Stephen McHattie A quirky but unfulfilling Canadian-Danish horror-comedy that offers up neither quite the deliciously mad slapstick-y gore of its title nor a more penetrating treatment of its character-rooted instincts, writer-director Boris Rodriguez’s “Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal” has a substantial helping of originality on its side, but not much in the way of inspired execution. A one-time darling of the art scene, inspiration-starved, foreign-born painter Lars (Thune Lindhardt) takes a teaching position in the small, snowy town of Koda Lake, where he’s enthusiastically received by a school headmaster, Harry (Al Goulem), seeking to put his burgh on [ Read More ]
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- 4/13/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
In Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal, a once world-renown painter - who seems to have lost his muse - comes to a small art school to teach. There he is introduced to Eddie, a mute man-child who hangs around the school because his family donates a lot of money to the school. Eddie has a peculiar problem: when he is stressed out, he tends to sleepwalk, kill, and eat small animals. We spoke with director and co-writer Boris Rodriguez, who spoke about the catchy title and being a tortured artist.
Where did the idea for Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal come from?
It came from my friend and co-writer John Rannells, who pitched it to me originally. It wasn’t a sleepwalking cannibal; it was a retarded werewolf and a novelist, and it was on the outer banks of North Carolina. Gradually, as we kept reworking the story, he went to Los...
Where did the idea for Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal come from?
It came from my friend and co-writer John Rannells, who pitched it to me originally. It wasn’t a sleepwalking cannibal; it was a retarded werewolf and a novelist, and it was on the outer banks of North Carolina. Gradually, as we kept reworking the story, he went to Los...
- 4/12/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
This past weekend, co-writer/director Boris Rodriguez's Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal arrived in limited theaters courtesy of Doppleganger Releasing.
The offbeat horror comedy follows a former up-and-coming painter named Lars (Thure Lindhardt) who finds himself back at the easel after relocating to teach at a remote, snowbound art school where he befriends a mute flesh-eater by the name of Eddie (Dylan Scott Smith) whose nocturnal feasts of flesh reignites the artist's faltering career.
Dread Central recently chatted with Rodriguez about his unusual cannibal story as well as his next project which happens to feature scientifically-mutated killer monkeys that go on a rampage against a group of teenagers at a summer camp (for real). Check out our exclusive interview with Rodriguez below and make sure to check out Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal now that's in theaters and on VOD platforms everywhere.
Dread Central: First of all- I really enjoyed the...
The offbeat horror comedy follows a former up-and-coming painter named Lars (Thure Lindhardt) who finds himself back at the easel after relocating to teach at a remote, snowbound art school where he befriends a mute flesh-eater by the name of Eddie (Dylan Scott Smith) whose nocturnal feasts of flesh reignites the artist's faltering career.
Dread Central recently chatted with Rodriguez about his unusual cannibal story as well as his next project which happens to feature scientifically-mutated killer monkeys that go on a rampage against a group of teenagers at a summer camp (for real). Check out our exclusive interview with Rodriguez below and make sure to check out Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal now that's in theaters and on VOD platforms everywhere.
Dread Central: First of all- I really enjoyed the...
- 4/9/2013
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
When I sleepwalk, I just raid the refrigerator for some late-night bad decisions, usually fried and greasy, but imagine if in your magical dream-state you turned into a bloodthirsty cannibal who tore people limb from limb? Couldn’t you just picture the utter horror? If you answered that question “No,” let out a gasp of relief because you’re a normal person who doesn’t know the taste of human flesh. If you answered that questions “Yes” though, you might want to report yourself to the local authorities for being stark-raving mad. Either that, or you just watched Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal - hopefully the latter.
Apparently it’s kill or be killed in the art world, as washed up painter/new art professor Lars (Thure Lindhardt) is tasked with playing caretaker to a student named Eddie (Dylan Smith) when the mute man’s wealthy family member passes away. Uncovering Eddie’s traumatic past,...
Apparently it’s kill or be killed in the art world, as washed up painter/new art professor Lars (Thure Lindhardt) is tasked with playing caretaker to a student named Eddie (Dylan Smith) when the mute man’s wealthy family member passes away. Uncovering Eddie’s traumatic past,...
- 4/7/2013
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Eddie The Sleepwalking Cannibal
Directed by Boris Rodriguez
Written by Alex Epstein, Jonathan Rannells, Boris Rodriguez
Canada/Denmark, 2012
In 2009, a Brazilian television show host drew worldwide media attention for his nefarious approach to producing Canal Livre, which was, ironically, an immensely popular crime and punishment programme. Wallace Souza, the accused, was suspected of hiring hitmen to kill five people for the purpose of cultivating hands-on and first-to-the-scene graphic footage, generating interest in the show and boosting ratings.
Detractors have denounced his actions as immoral (an understatement, to be sure), but his inquest posits a more equivocal proposition. Yes, killing is wrong (we’ve all been taught that; presumably, Mr. Souza as well), but was what he did worth it? To become the most famous face on Brazilian television, to have the most popular show on air, to be both rich and respected, for however long he was, Mr. Souza certainly...
Directed by Boris Rodriguez
Written by Alex Epstein, Jonathan Rannells, Boris Rodriguez
Canada/Denmark, 2012
In 2009, a Brazilian television show host drew worldwide media attention for his nefarious approach to producing Canal Livre, which was, ironically, an immensely popular crime and punishment programme. Wallace Souza, the accused, was suspected of hiring hitmen to kill five people for the purpose of cultivating hands-on and first-to-the-scene graphic footage, generating interest in the show and boosting ratings.
Detractors have denounced his actions as immoral (an understatement, to be sure), but his inquest posits a more equivocal proposition. Yes, killing is wrong (we’ve all been taught that; presumably, Mr. Souza as well), but was what he did worth it? To become the most famous face on Brazilian television, to have the most popular show on air, to be both rich and respected, for however long he was, Mr. Souza certainly...
- 4/5/2013
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
Carnage breeds creativity for Lars (Keep the Lights On's Thure Lindhardt), a former up-and-coming painter who finds himself back at the easel after relocating to teach at a remote, snowbound art school where he befriends a mute flesh-eater in Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal. Eddie's (Dylan Scott Smith) nocturnal dining on animals and humans is the spark that reignites Lars's moribund career. Writer-director Boris Rodriguez's satire about artistic inspiration posits Eddie's carnivorous behavior as a catalyst for awakening the deep, dark urges lurking inside Lars, whose arrival in town is marked by his running over a deer and then (to end its misery, or so he says) bludgeoning it to death with a rock. Lars's new works earn money for the down-on-its-luck school, but the duo'...
- 4/4/2013
- Village Voice
Lars and the Killer Dude: Rodriguez Explores Art and Inspiration
While sporting a title that would seem to indicate a comedic mash up of bizarro horror tropes and cheeky zingers, Boris Rodriguez’ enjoyable debut, Eddie: The Sleepwalking Zombie (of which the addendum may very well be a tacked on marketing ploy as the title credits indicate) manages to make significant use out of its examination of inspiration and the path of successful artistry. While the film never quite manages to go deeper than a superficial tongue-in-cheek trifling, there are enough oddly fascinating elements to sustain interest from the Danish/Canadian co-production, mostly due to a surprisingly understated performance from Thure Lindhardt.
A once successful painter, Lars Olafson (Lindhardt), has been unable to produce any significant works of art for the past decade. At the suggestion of his art dealer, Ronny (Stephen McHattie), Lars takes a job as a teacher at...
While sporting a title that would seem to indicate a comedic mash up of bizarro horror tropes and cheeky zingers, Boris Rodriguez’ enjoyable debut, Eddie: The Sleepwalking Zombie (of which the addendum may very well be a tacked on marketing ploy as the title credits indicate) manages to make significant use out of its examination of inspiration and the path of successful artistry. While the film never quite manages to go deeper than a superficial tongue-in-cheek trifling, there are enough oddly fascinating elements to sustain interest from the Danish/Canadian co-production, mostly due to a surprisingly understated performance from Thure Lindhardt.
A once successful painter, Lars Olafson (Lindhardt), has been unable to produce any significant works of art for the past decade. At the suggestion of his art dealer, Ronny (Stephen McHattie), Lars takes a job as a teacher at...
- 4/3/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
A blunt, no-nonsense title like "Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal" perfectly describes the type of movie you're going to encounter when viewing Boris Rodriguez's first narrative feature -- a weird, darkly comic tale offering little more than an enjoyable experience. While 'Eddie' could've tried a little harder to make its content more memorable, it still provides enough laughs and thrills to make for a pleasant watch. Speeding through the niveous Canadian backroads to his new job and new life, former celebrated artist Lars (Thure Lindhardt) smacks into a deer crossing the road. Though the animal manages to survive the accident, it remains unable to move and Lars ultimately decides to put it out of its misery. He equips himself with a rock and proceeds to smash its head, but it doesn't do the trick -- so he repeats, over and over, eliciting a hearty laugh out of the creature's reluctance to die.
- 4/3/2013
- by Christopher Bell
- The Playlist
This coming Tuesday, April 2nd, Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal will be making its premiere at Laemmle’s Royal Theatre (11523 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA) at 7:30 Pm, and we're giving away tickets to the event!
To enter for your chance to win, just send us an E-mail Here. Note: Space is limited and on a first-come/ first-served basis – they will stop collecting RSVPs past 300 people if need be as the theater holds 150.
Even cooler? To be determined prizes will be given out to random audience members so make sure that you're there! The film is directed by Boris Rodriguez and stars Thure Lindhardt, Dylan Smith, and Georgina Reilly.
From the Press Release
Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal will be released theatrically in New York (Cinema Village) and select cities on Friday, April 5th, with day and date VOD.
Thure Lindhardt (Keep the Lights On) stars in this quirky horror-comedy as Lars,...
To enter for your chance to win, just send us an E-mail Here. Note: Space is limited and on a first-come/ first-served basis – they will stop collecting RSVPs past 300 people if need be as the theater holds 150.
Even cooler? To be determined prizes will be given out to random audience members so make sure that you're there! The film is directed by Boris Rodriguez and stars Thure Lindhardt, Dylan Smith, and Georgina Reilly.
From the Press Release
Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal will be released theatrically in New York (Cinema Village) and select cities on Friday, April 5th, with day and date VOD.
Thure Lindhardt (Keep the Lights On) stars in this quirky horror-comedy as Lars,...
- 3/27/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The upcoming horror comedy, ‘Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal,’ is set to be released into theaters and VOD on April 5 by Doppelganger Releasing. The film, which was written and directed by Boris Rodriguez, is just one of the latest movies from the new genre label and distributor of theatrical and home entertainment projects that launched this year. Doppelganger Releasing has provided the following synopsis for ‘Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal’: “Thure Lindhardt (Keep the Lights On) stars in this quirky horror-comedy as Lars, a former darling of the art scene now slipping away into the land of has-beens and struggling with lack of inspiration. When Lars’s art dealer Ronny arranges a [ Read More ]
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- 3/23/2013
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Fango got the exclusive word that Music Box Films will give Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal its first U.S. big-screen berth in New York City April 5, to be followed by bookings in other cities. Opening under the company’s new Doppelganger Releasing banner, Eddie is a Canadian/Danish horror/comedy written and directed by Boris Rodriguez, starring Thure Lindhardt as a creatively blocked artist who finds an unlikely muse in the massive, mute Eddie (Dylan Smith), who has the unfortunate habit of devouring animals and people by night. See our review of the film here and the trailer below, and look for a feature story on Eddie in Fango #322, on sale next month.
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- 2/8/2013
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Fango got the exclusive word that Music Box Films will give Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal its first U.S. big-screen berth in New York City April 5, to be followed by bookings in other cities. Opening under the company’s new Doppelganger Releasing banner, Eddie is a Canadian/Danish horror/comedy written and directed by Boris Rodriguez, starring Thure Lindhardt as a creatively blocked artist who finds an unlikely muse in the massive, mute Eddie (Dylan Smith), who has the unfortunate habit of devouring animals and people by night. See our review of the film here and the trailer below, and look for a feature story on Eddie in Fango #322, on sale next month.
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- 2/8/2013
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Word has come that Music Box Films has launched a new genre label, Doppelganger Releasing, and the first two flicks on said label will be Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal and 100 Bloody Acres. Read on for details.
According to Variety, Music Box Films has acquired the Cairnes brothers' 100 Bloody Acres as the first film for its new Doppelganger Releasing label, which focus on genre titles across all distribution platforms including theatrical, DVD and digital outlets. Doppelganger's initial slate will include Danish comedy-horror movie Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal. Both titles will be released in the spring.
Directed by Boris Rodriguez, Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal stars Thure Lindhardt, Stephen McHattie (Ponypool), Georgia Reilly, and Dylan Scott Smith.
Synopsis
The film follows Lars Olafssen (played by Lindhardt), a once young celebrity in the prestigious art world, who is now slipping away into the land of has-beens. His long-time art dealer, Ronny (McHattie), is now...
According to Variety, Music Box Films has acquired the Cairnes brothers' 100 Bloody Acres as the first film for its new Doppelganger Releasing label, which focus on genre titles across all distribution platforms including theatrical, DVD and digital outlets. Doppelganger's initial slate will include Danish comedy-horror movie Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal. Both titles will be released in the spring.
Directed by Boris Rodriguez, Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal stars Thure Lindhardt, Stephen McHattie (Ponypool), Georgia Reilly, and Dylan Scott Smith.
Synopsis
The film follows Lars Olafssen (played by Lindhardt), a once young celebrity in the prestigious art world, who is now slipping away into the land of has-beens. His long-time art dealer, Ronny (McHattie), is now...
- 1/3/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Doppelganger, which will distribute theatrically and on disc and digital outfits, debuts with 100 Bloody Acres (pictured above), from filmmaking brothers Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes. The movie stars Damon Herriman and Insidious’ Angus Sampson as brothers who run an organic fertilizer business, and find that adding freshly ground-up bodies to their mix helps boost sales. Also coming under the Doppelganger label is Eddie The Sleepwalking Cannibal, Boris Rodriguez’s mix of horror and black comedy in which a struggling author (Thure Lindhardt) is helped through his writer’s block via his friendship with a somnambulistic flesheater (Dylan Smith). See our review of Eddie here and Doppelganger’s Facebook page here, and look for coverage of both films in future issues of Fango.
- 1/3/2013
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Doppelganger, which will distribute theatrically and on disc and digital outfits, debuts with 100 Bloody Acres (pictured above), from filmmaking brothers Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes. The movie stars Damon Herriman and Insidious’ Angus Sampson as brothers who run an organic fertilizer business, and find that adding freshly ground-up bodies to their mix helps boost sales. Also coming under the Doppelganger label is Eddie The Sleepwalking Cannibal, Boris Rodriguez’s mix of horror and black comedy in which a struggling author (Thure Lindhardt) is helped through his writer’s block via his friendship with a somnambulistic flesheater (Dylan Smith). See our review of Eddie here and Doppelganger’s Facebook page here, and look for coverage of both films in future issues of Fango.
- 1/3/2013
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Eddie The Sleepwalking Cannibal
Directed by Boris Rodriguez
Written by Alex Epstein, Jonathan Rannells, Boris Rodriguez
Canada/Denmark, 2012
In 2009, a Brazilian television show host drew worldwide media attention for his nefarious approach to producing Canal Livre, which was, ironically, an immensely popular crime and punishment programme. Wallace Souza, the accused, was suspected of hiring hitmen to kill five people for the purpose of cultivating hands-on and first-to-the-scene graphic footage, generating interest in the show and boosting ratings.
Detractors have denounced his actions as immoral (an understatement, to be sure), but his inquest posits a more equivocal proposition. Yes, killing is wrong (we’ve all been taught that; presumably, Mr. Souza as well), but was what he did worth it? To become the most famous face on Brazilian television, to have the most popular show on air, to be both rich and respected, for however long he was, Mr. Souza certainly...
Directed by Boris Rodriguez
Written by Alex Epstein, Jonathan Rannells, Boris Rodriguez
Canada/Denmark, 2012
In 2009, a Brazilian television show host drew worldwide media attention for his nefarious approach to producing Canal Livre, which was, ironically, an immensely popular crime and punishment programme. Wallace Souza, the accused, was suspected of hiring hitmen to kill five people for the purpose of cultivating hands-on and first-to-the-scene graphic footage, generating interest in the show and boosting ratings.
Detractors have denounced his actions as immoral (an understatement, to be sure), but his inquest posits a more equivocal proposition. Yes, killing is wrong (we’ve all been taught that; presumably, Mr. Souza as well), but was what he did worth it? To become the most famous face on Brazilian television, to have the most popular show on air, to be both rich and respected, for however long he was, Mr. Souza certainly...
- 9/27/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
The Fantasia International Film Festival is over for now, but don't be too sad; the 2013 dates have already been announced! Fantasia will be back from the 18th of July to the 6th of August 2013. In the meantime read on for the last news from the 2012 edition.
From the Press Release:
The festive atmosphere of Fantasia’s 16th edition will live on for several directors whose acquisition deals were announced during the festival: Boris Rodriguez, the Montreal director of Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal, is celebrating his new contract for a theatrical release in the United States with Music Box Films. As well, Kern Saxton’s Sushi Girl was recently picked up by Phase 4 and Magnolia, while Quentin Dupieux’s Wrong will be distributed by Drafthouse Films.
The last juries have finished deliberating on this year’s competitions and are pleased to announce the following winners:
Aqcc Jury – Asian Section
President: Daniel Racine,...
From the Press Release:
The festive atmosphere of Fantasia’s 16th edition will live on for several directors whose acquisition deals were announced during the festival: Boris Rodriguez, the Montreal director of Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal, is celebrating his new contract for a theatrical release in the United States with Music Box Films. As well, Kern Saxton’s Sushi Girl was recently picked up by Phase 4 and Magnolia, while Quentin Dupieux’s Wrong will be distributed by Drafthouse Films.
The last juries have finished deliberating on this year’s competitions and are pleased to announce the following winners:
Aqcc Jury – Asian Section
President: Daniel Racine,...
- 8/11/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
In one of the better pairings of material and distributor I’ve seen in quite a long time, THR informs us that Drafthouse Films will be releasing Quentin Dupieux‘s Rubber follow-up, Wrong. It’s fair to assume that anyone with enough excitement doesn’t actually know what they should expect here; the trailer is confounding, and our Sundance review doesn’t make it sound any less esoteric. (Basically, it’s about someone trying to find their dog.) All the more reason to pay attention, if you ask me.
It’s a little unfortunate that the film won’t be coming before the year’s end — Drafthouse are eyeing 2013 — though a secure spot is better than nothing at all.
A few other acquisitions have been announced in the past couple of days, so it’s best to break those down in a quick fashion. First, it’s been announced that...
It’s a little unfortunate that the film won’t be coming before the year’s end — Drafthouse are eyeing 2013 — though a secure spot is better than nothing at all.
A few other acquisitions have been announced in the past couple of days, so it’s best to break those down in a quick fashion. First, it’s been announced that...
- 8/8/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Earlier this year, Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal took a bow at the Tribeca Film Festival. Now, Boris Rodriguez's horror-comedy has found U.S. distribution in Music Box Films, says The Hollywood Reporter. No release date has been set yet.
Dylan Smith, Thure Lindhardt, Georgina Reilly, Alain Goulem and Stephen McHattie star.
The film concerns Lars Olafssen, a man unable to paint without inspiration. He accepts a teaching gig at a small-time art school in Eastern Ontario. Somehow he inherits the guardianship of the offbeat town's neighborhood weirdo, Eddie. As their unlikely friendship evolves, Lars uncovers a dark, violent secret about Eddie's nocturnal impulses, and finds himself torn between his duty to his friend and his duty to his art.
You'll find the trailer inside!
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Dylan Smith, Thure Lindhardt, Georgina Reilly, Alain Goulem and Stephen McHattie star.
The film concerns Lars Olafssen, a man unable to paint without inspiration. He accepts a teaching gig at a small-time art school in Eastern Ontario. Somehow he inherits the guardianship of the offbeat town's neighborhood weirdo, Eddie. As their unlikely friendship evolves, Lars uncovers a dark, violent secret about Eddie's nocturnal impulses, and finds himself torn between his duty to his friend and his duty to his art.
You'll find the trailer inside!
Read more...
- 8/7/2012
- shocktillyoudrop.com
One of the big announcements of this year’s Fantasia is that for the first time Fantasia will be presenting the Fantasia Industry Rendez-Vous which includes a film market for the films being presented during the festival to help those filmmakers sell their films for distribution, as well as a series of conferences that are free and open to the general public – although accredited film industry representatives have priority seating.
In addition to the film market for films being presented during the festival, Fantasia will also be hosting a film market to be called Frontières: The Fantasia International Co-Production Market. That sounds exciting, but what does it mean? What impact will it have for the average Fantasia film-goer and what does it mean for the future of the Fantasia Film Festival? We spoke with Stephanie Trepanier, Market, New Media and Hospitality Director (as well as) Programmer for the Fantasia Film Festival to find out.
In addition to the film market for films being presented during the festival, Fantasia will also be hosting a film market to be called Frontières: The Fantasia International Co-Production Market. That sounds exciting, but what does it mean? What impact will it have for the average Fantasia film-goer and what does it mean for the future of the Fantasia Film Festival? We spoke with Stephanie Trepanier, Market, New Media and Hospitality Director (as well as) Programmer for the Fantasia Film Festival to find out.
- 7/18/2012
- by Michael Ryan
- SoundOnSight
A Canadian/Danish co-production, Eddie – The Sleepwalking Cannibal tells the story of Lars (Thure Lindhardt), a one-time painting protégée who has just taken a teaching post at a struggling art school in remote Koda Lake. Once there, Lars falls for the school’s resident sculptress (Georgina Reilly) and befriends disabled student Eddie (Dylan Smith), offering to take the latter in in an attempt to endear Lesley and appease the school’s principal benefactor. When he discovers that Eddie not only sleepwalks but eats people in the process, he finds the inspiration to begin painting again, covering his tenant’s tracks in order to re-live his glory days and reclaim his reputation.
If the film’s setting is purely Canadian (with Koda Lake an amalgamation of Eastern Ontario, Ottowa and Quebec), then its tone is distinctly Scandanavian, evoking comparisons to the sardonic likes of Troll Hunter and Jo Nesbo’s Headhunters.
If the film’s setting is purely Canadian (with Koda Lake an amalgamation of Eastern Ontario, Ottowa and Quebec), then its tone is distinctly Scandanavian, evoking comparisons to the sardonic likes of Troll Hunter and Jo Nesbo’s Headhunters.
- 6/29/2012
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
★★★☆☆ Boris Rodriguez's Canadian/Danish collaboration Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal (2012) is the epitome of everything a midnight movie should be - entertaining, gory and a hell of a lot of fun. Struggling to find his inspiration, formerly-famous Danish painter Lars (Thure Lindhardt) takes a creative sabbatical to work as an art teacher in a remote Canadian town. He finds himself befriending Eddie (Dylan Smith), the mute nephew of the art school's major beneficiary.
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- 6/28/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
Walking around Edinburgh today it almost felt like there was a Film Festival taking place – an improvement over last year, when even the city’s residents seemed oblivious to the whole thing. Between films today I spotted a group of journalists snapping Festival patrons Tilda Swinton and Mark Cousins (whose film What Is This Film Called Love? I am seeing tomorrow). Elliott Gould could be seen hanging around the Cineworld in Fountainbridge. I was genuinely moved to look up from the DVDs in the Filmhouse foyer today and find that the sweet little lady smiling back at me was Thelma Schoonmaker, long-time collaborator of Martin Scorsese, widow of British film legend Michael Powell, and one of the finest editors in cinema history.
I kicked off today with a documentary about which I knew zip: One Mile Away. It explores gang culture in Birmingham, and the long-standing feud between the Burger...
I kicked off today with a documentary about which I knew zip: One Mile Away. It explores gang culture in Birmingham, and the long-standing feud between the Burger...
- 6/23/2012
- by Adam Whyte
- Obsessed with Film
More flesh-tearing goodness has come our way courtesy of our pals over at Twitch, who have just put up the trailer for the upcoming horror comedy Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal. Check out the goods, and remember waking him can be dangerous.
Directed by Boris Rodriguez, Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal stars Thure Lindhardt, Stephen McHattie (Ponypool), Georgia Reilly, and Dylan Scott Smith.
Look for more on this one soon!
Synopsis
The film follows Lars Olafssen (played by Lindhardt), a once young celebrity in the prestigious art world, who is now slipping away into the land of has-beens. His long-time art dealer, Ronny (McHattie), is now an ungracefully aging hipster who desperately wants his meal ticket back.
But Lars refuses to paint.
His creativity comes at too high a cost - his inspiration is carnage - blood, guts and limbs. Not surprisingly, this led to a dreadful breakdown in the past. Nevertheless,...
Directed by Boris Rodriguez, Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal stars Thure Lindhardt, Stephen McHattie (Ponypool), Georgia Reilly, and Dylan Scott Smith.
Look for more on this one soon!
Synopsis
The film follows Lars Olafssen (played by Lindhardt), a once young celebrity in the prestigious art world, who is now slipping away into the land of has-beens. His long-time art dealer, Ronny (McHattie), is now an ungracefully aging hipster who desperately wants his meal ticket back.
But Lars refuses to paint.
His creativity comes at too high a cost - his inspiration is carnage - blood, guts and limbs. Not surprisingly, this led to a dreadful breakdown in the past. Nevertheless,...
- 6/8/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Cannes is now over which means it’s time to move to Britain as the Edinburgh Film Festival kicks off!
We’ve just been sent the full line-up for the 2012 Edinburgh Film Festival which is now in it’s 66th year. We have our people (Jamie, Steven and Emma) on the ground at the event right now ready to catch as many films as they possible can throughout the next wee or two as we get to see 121 new features and 19 world premieres.
I’ll let the full press release below do the talking but let us know what you’re looking forward to in the comments section below.
World Premieres:
Berberian Sound Studio Borrowed Time Day Of The Flowers Exit Elena Flying Blind Fred Future My Love Guinea Pigs Here, Then Leave It On The Track The Life And Times Of Paul The Psychic Octopus Life Just Is Mnl...
We’ve just been sent the full line-up for the 2012 Edinburgh Film Festival which is now in it’s 66th year. We have our people (Jamie, Steven and Emma) on the ground at the event right now ready to catch as many films as they possible can throughout the next wee or two as we get to see 121 new features and 19 world premieres.
I’ll let the full press release below do the talking but let us know what you’re looking forward to in the comments section below.
World Premieres:
Berberian Sound Studio Borrowed Time Day Of The Flowers Exit Elena Flying Blind Fred Future My Love Guinea Pigs Here, Then Leave It On The Track The Life And Times Of Paul The Psychic Octopus Life Just Is Mnl...
- 5/30/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The full programme for the 66th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), which runs from 20 June to 1 July, has been officially announced and will feature nineteen World premieres and thirteen International premieres.
The Festival will showcase one hundred and twenty-one new features from fifty-two countries, including eleven European premieres and seventy-six UK premieres in addition to the World and International premieres. Highlights include the World premieres of Richard Ledes’ Fred; Nathan Silver’s Exit Elena and Benjamin Pascoe’s Leave It On The Track and European premieres of Lu Sheng’s Here, There and Yang Jung-ho’s Mirage in the maiden New Perspectives section; and the International premiere of Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé, Juan Carlos Tabio and Laurent Cantet’s 7 Days In Havana and the European premiere of Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America in the Directors’ Showcase. In addition to the new features presented,...
The Festival will showcase one hundred and twenty-one new features from fifty-two countries, including eleven European premieres and seventy-six UK premieres in addition to the World and International premieres. Highlights include the World premieres of Richard Ledes’ Fred; Nathan Silver’s Exit Elena and Benjamin Pascoe’s Leave It On The Track and European premieres of Lu Sheng’s Here, There and Yang Jung-ho’s Mirage in the maiden New Perspectives section; and the International premiere of Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé, Juan Carlos Tabio and Laurent Cantet’s 7 Days In Havana and the European premiere of Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America in the Directors’ Showcase. In addition to the new features presented,...
- 5/30/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Of all the films I've seen this year at Tribeca -- and the tally is starting to add up -- none brings a smile to my face faster than Eddie - The Sleepwalking Cannibal. And I'm guessing I'm not the only one who's had that reaction, as I've been gratified to see Eddie appear on the shortlist of fest picks from several mainstream outlets, including Yahoo! and The Village Voice, New York's biggest weekly newspaper.I think it's pretty safe to say, then, that as the buzz builds first-time feature director Boris Rodriguez won't maintain a low profile for too much longer... which is another reason I was grateful he could spare some time to chat.Twitch: So many horror-comedies, though entertaining, don't reach their full potential...
- 4/27/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Coming on like Fargo meets Shaun of the Dead, Boris Rodriguez’s debut feature is a funny, quirky, horror that also manages to take a nibble at the pretentions of the art world too. We’re not in slasher territory here, instead this one keeps its shocks short (if not sweet) but while the gore may not be piled high, the laughs are certainly at the top of the menu.
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- 4/26/2012
- QuietEarth.us
A blunt, no-nonsense title like "Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal" perfectly describes the type of movie you're going to encounter when viewing Boris Rodriguez's first narrative feature -- a weird, darkly comic tale offering little more than an enjoyable experience. While 'Eddie' could've tried a little harder to make its content more memorable, it still provides enough laughs and thrills to make for a pleasant watch.
Speeding through the niveous Canadian backroads to his new job and new life, former celebrated artist Lars (Thure Lindhardt) smacks into a deer crossing the road. Though the animal manages to survive the accident, it remains unable to move and Lars ultimately decides to put it out of its misery. He equips himself with a rock and proceeds to smash its head, but it doesn't do the trick -- so he repeats, over and over, eliciting a hearty laugh out of the creature's reluctance to die.
Speeding through the niveous Canadian backroads to his new job and new life, former celebrated artist Lars (Thure Lindhardt) smacks into a deer crossing the road. Though the animal manages to survive the accident, it remains unable to move and Lars ultimately decides to put it out of its misery. He equips himself with a rock and proceeds to smash its head, but it doesn't do the trick -- so he repeats, over and over, eliciting a hearty laugh out of the creature's reluctance to die.
- 4/22/2012
- by Christopher Bell
- The Playlist
Can a freak accident help a washed-up ad executive help to care for his family?
The only thing more painful than looking for a job is coming home without one.
So says Luisa (Salma Hayek) the dutiful wife, of a down-and-out, long-on-the-dole ad man, Roberto (Jose Mota), in cult director Alex De La Iglesia's (The Last Circus) latest, As Luck Would Have It.
Much like the main protagonist in Boris Rodriguez' Eddie The Sleeping Walking Cannibal, Roberto is a former boy wonder, who, inexplicably, turned into a one-trick pony,...
The only thing more painful than looking for a job is coming home without one.
So says Luisa (Salma Hayek) the dutiful wife, of a down-and-out, long-on-the-dole ad man, Roberto (Jose Mota), in cult director Alex De La Iglesia's (The Last Circus) latest, As Luck Would Have It.
Much like the main protagonist in Boris Rodriguez' Eddie The Sleeping Walking Cannibal, Roberto is a former boy wonder, who, inexplicably, turned into a one-trick pony,...
- 4/20/2012
- by Ali Hazzah
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
With a title that screams "campy fun ahead," Eddie -The Sleepwalking Cannibal both telegraphs its pleasures and sells them short. Yes, this Danish-Canadian co-production is pure fun from its first moment to its last (and beyond: stay for the credits), but it's not relying solely on winking, tongue-in-cheekiness. Not even close. Combining a winning fish-out-of-water tale ("Denmark, where's that? Europe?") with, believe it or not, elements of a classic screwball comedy, director Boris Rodriguez does a terrific job of entertaining us even without all the ghoulishly well-done horror. So when that stuff hits the screen, yeah, the movie officially enters overload territory.The screwball component comes from the basic plot contrivance. Renowned but apparently burnt-out painter Lars Olafssen (Thure Lindhardt) joins the faculty of a Canadian...
- 4/19/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Well, if that ain't one of the Twitch-iest sounding titles up there. That's why it pleases me damn well that we've got two exclusive behind-the-scenes photos to share with you today from Canadian filmmaker Boris Rodriguez's feature debut. Keen on hearing a little bit more about Eddie and his very unique set of hunger pains? Programmer Cara Cusumano from the Tribeca Film Festival, where the film is set to have its North American premiere April 20th, has the "official word" below. After a little sleepwalker munchies 101, take a look at our second Bts shot in all its deliciousness. Onetime art star Lars Olafssen is all washed up. Too uninspired to paint, he accepts a teaching stint at a small-time art school in podunk Koda...
- 4/12/2012
- Screen Anarchy
2012 Tribeca Film Festival Announces Film Selections
For Spotlight And Cinemania Sections And Special Screenings
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Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival Lineup Also Revealed
The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Cinemania sections, as well as Special Screenings and the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival lineup. The 11th edition of the Festival will take place from April 18 to April 29 in New York City.
The Spotlight section screens 34 films, 22 narratives and 12 documentaries that demonstrate the breadth of films at the Tribeca Film Festival. Nineteen films in the selection will have their world premieres at the Festival. The Cinemania section offers a largely international assortment of seven thrilling narrative films.
.The Spotlight program is a wonderful encapsulation of the originality and diversity of filmmaking that Tribeca seeks to highlight. We have films from emerging filmmakers as well as seasoned veterans, narratives that...
For Spotlight And Cinemania Sections And Special Screenings
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Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival Lineup Also Revealed
The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Cinemania sections, as well as Special Screenings and the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival lineup. The 11th edition of the Festival will take place from April 18 to April 29 in New York City.
The Spotlight section screens 34 films, 22 narratives and 12 documentaries that demonstrate the breadth of films at the Tribeca Film Festival. Nineteen films in the selection will have their world premieres at the Festival. The Cinemania section offers a largely international assortment of seven thrilling narrative films.
.The Spotlight program is a wonderful encapsulation of the originality and diversity of filmmaking that Tribeca seeks to highlight. We have films from emerging filmmakers as well as seasoned veterans, narratives that...
- 3/8/2012
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The next group of films screening at this year's Tribeca Film Festival has been announced, and while several seem more thriller than horror, we're including info on the most interesting sounding ones as well as the full Cinemania section.
“With Cinemania our selections demonstrate the imagination and resourcefulness of filmmakers from around the world who push the boundaries of genre in order to entertain, thrill, and engage,” said Frédéric Boyer, newly appointed Artistic Director of the Tribeca Film Festival.
The Tribeca Film Festival runs April 18th-29th in New York City. Visit the official Tribeca 2012 website for the entire lineup and more info; and keep your eyes on Dread Central for full event coverage!
Cinemania
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal
Directed and written by Boris Rodriguez (Canada, Denmark) – North American Premiere, Narrative
Onetime art star Lars Olafssen is all washed up. Unable to paint without inspiration, he accepts a teaching stint...
“With Cinemania our selections demonstrate the imagination and resourcefulness of filmmakers from around the world who push the boundaries of genre in order to entertain, thrill, and engage,” said Frédéric Boyer, newly appointed Artistic Director of the Tribeca Film Festival.
The Tribeca Film Festival runs April 18th-29th in New York City. Visit the official Tribeca 2012 website for the entire lineup and more info; and keep your eyes on Dread Central for full event coverage!
Cinemania
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal
Directed and written by Boris Rodriguez (Canada, Denmark) – North American Premiere, Narrative
Onetime art star Lars Olafssen is all washed up. Unable to paint without inspiration, he accepts a teaching stint...
- 3/8/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
A new big batch of films have been added to the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival line-up, and while there aren't a lot of big premieres in the bunch, there's a lot to catch up with for those of you (and us) who didn't attend Tiff 2011, Sundance 2012, etc. etc.
Highlights for us include Sarah Polley's sophomore directorial effort "Take This Waltz," starring Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams, Julie Delpy's "2 Days In New York," starring herself and Chris Rock in a sequel to "2 Days in Paris," Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's "Chicken With Plums," their directorial follow-up to the very excellent 2007 animated film "Persepolis," Lynn Shelton's "Your Sister's Sister" starring Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt and Mark Duplass, and "Lola Versus," Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister Jones' follow-up to the celebrated 2009 micro-budgeted indie "Breaking Upwards" starring Lister Jones herself alongside Greta Gerwig, Joel Kinnaman (AMC's "The Killing," the new "RoboCop"), Bill Pullman,...
Highlights for us include Sarah Polley's sophomore directorial effort "Take This Waltz," starring Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams, Julie Delpy's "2 Days In New York," starring herself and Chris Rock in a sequel to "2 Days in Paris," Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's "Chicken With Plums," their directorial follow-up to the very excellent 2007 animated film "Persepolis," Lynn Shelton's "Your Sister's Sister" starring Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt and Mark Duplass, and "Lola Versus," Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister Jones' follow-up to the celebrated 2009 micro-budgeted indie "Breaking Upwards" starring Lister Jones herself alongside Greta Gerwig, Joel Kinnaman (AMC's "The Killing," the new "RoboCop"), Bill Pullman,...
- 3/8/2012
- by The Playlist
- The Playlist
Tribeca 2012 Announces Final Line-Up Including ’2 Days,’ ‘Take This Waltz,’ ‘Sleepless Night’ & More
After an initial unveiling earlier this week, Tribeca Film Festival 2012 have announced the rest of their feature film line-up and it is a surprisingly strong one. We’ve got lots of great films that have premiered at previous fests.
There is July Delpy‘s 2 Days In New York (our Sundance review here), Sarah Polley‘s Take This Waltz (our Vancouver review here), the awesome action thriller Sleepless Night (our Tiff review here), as well as one of my favorites from Toronto, Chicken with Plums (our Tiff review here), from the Persepolis directors. We’ve also got premieres of Jenna Fischer‘s Mechanical Man and Chris Colfer‘s Struck by Lightning, as well as docs by Billy Corben, Morgan Spurlock and Keanu Reeves‘ filmmaking doc Side by Side. Check them all out below.
Spotlight Section
2 Days in New York, directed and written by Julie Delpy. (France) – New York Premiere, Narrative. This...
There is July Delpy‘s 2 Days In New York (our Sundance review here), Sarah Polley‘s Take This Waltz (our Vancouver review here), the awesome action thriller Sleepless Night (our Tiff review here), as well as one of my favorites from Toronto, Chicken with Plums (our Tiff review here), from the Persepolis directors. We’ve also got premieres of Jenna Fischer‘s Mechanical Man and Chris Colfer‘s Struck by Lightning, as well as docs by Billy Corben, Morgan Spurlock and Keanu Reeves‘ filmmaking doc Side by Side. Check them all out below.
Spotlight Section
2 Days in New York, directed and written by Julie Delpy. (France) – New York Premiere, Narrative. This...
- 3/8/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
HollywoodNews.com: The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Cinemania sections, as well as Special Screenings and the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival lineup. The 11th edition of the Festival will take place from April 18 to April 29 in New York City.
The Spotlight section screens 34 films, 22 narratives and 12 documentaries that demonstrate the breadth of films at the Tribeca Film Festival. Nineteen films in the selection will have their world premieres at the Festival. The Cinemania section offers a largely international assortment of seven thrilling narrative films.
‘The Spotlight program is a wonderful encapsulation of the originality and diversity of filmmaking that Tribeca seeks to highlight. We have films from emerging filmmakers as well as seasoned veterans, narratives that showcase stellar performances and insightful writing, and documentaries that challenge and inform their audiences,’ said Frédéric Boyer, newly appointed Artistic...
The Spotlight section screens 34 films, 22 narratives and 12 documentaries that demonstrate the breadth of films at the Tribeca Film Festival. Nineteen films in the selection will have their world premieres at the Festival. The Cinemania section offers a largely international assortment of seven thrilling narrative films.
‘The Spotlight program is a wonderful encapsulation of the originality and diversity of filmmaking that Tribeca seeks to highlight. We have films from emerging filmmakers as well as seasoned veterans, narratives that showcase stellar performances and insightful writing, and documentaries that challenge and inform their audiences,’ said Frédéric Boyer, newly appointed Artistic...
- 3/8/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
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