The day and time has finally come, the 2008 line up for the Midnight Madness programme at the Toronto International Film Festival has arrived! It is an action-packed, scarefest full of gloom, doom and horror beyond our wildest imaginations! The programme opens with a bang with JCVD a action/comedy where Jean-Claude Van Damme plays the central role mixing reality with fiction. The documentary this year is Not Quite Hollywood which explores 70's and 80's Australian genre films. Looking for Sci-Fi? Eden Log should be up your alley with has a beautiful monochromatic visual style. The closing night film will be martial arts mayhem with Chocolate, directed by Prachya Pinkaew (Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior, The Protector / Tom yum goong) and starring Jija Yanin as Zen, a woman who is ready to kick butt and take names. It looks like it is going to be one hell of a great year! Here is a line up of the 10 films this year:
JCVD
Dir: Mabrouk El Mechri
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens, Zinedine Soualem, Karim Belkhadra
France/Luxembourg/Belgium
Opening Night Midnight Madness Screening: Thursday September 4, 2008 at 11:59PM
Detroit Metal City
Toshio Lee
Cast: Kenichi Matsuyama, Rosa Kato, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Gene Simmons
Japan
Midnight Madness Screening: Friday September 5, 2008 at 11:59PM
Deadgirl
Dir: Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel
Cast: Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan, Michael Bowen, Candice Accola
USA
Midnight Madness Screening: Saturday September 6, 2008 at 11:59PM
Not Quite Hollywood
Dir: Mark Hartley
Documentary with Jamie Lee Curtis, Dennis Hopper, Stacy Keach, Quentin Tarantino, Brian Trenchard-Smith
USA/Australia
Midnight Madness Screening: Sunday September 7, 2008 at 11:59PM
Acolytes
Dir: Jon Hewitt
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Michael Dorman, Sebastian Gregory, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, Joshua Payne
Australia
Midnight Madness Screening: Monday September 8, 2008 at 11:59PM
The Burrowers
Dir: J.T. Petty
Cast: William Mapother, Karl Geary, Doug Hutchison, Sean Patrick Thomas, Laura Leighton
USA
Midnight Madness Screening: Tuesday September 9, 2008 at 11:59PM
Martyrs
Dir: Pascal Laugier
Cast: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Begin, Robert Toupin
France/Canada
Midnight Madness Screening: Wednesday September 10, 2008 at 11:59PM
Eden Log
Dir: Franck Vestiel
Cast: Clovis Cornillac, Vimala Pons
France
Midnight Madness Screening: Thursday September 11, 2008 at 11:59PM
Sexykiller
Dir: Miguel Martí
Cast: Macarena Gomez, César Camino, Alejo Sauras, Angel de Andrés, Fernando Ramallo
Spain
Midnight Madness Screening: Friday September 12, 2008 at 11:59PM
Chocolate
Dir: Prachya Pinkaew
Cast: Jija Yanin, Hiroshi Abe, Pongpat Wachirabanjong, Ammara Siripong
Thailand
Closing Night Midnight Madness Screening: Saturday September 13, 2008 at 11:59PM
Additional screenings of the Midnight Madness Films will be released August 26, 2008.
The Toronto International Film Festival 2008 runs from September 4-13/08 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
TIFF 08 Midnight Madness Films Announced!
10:40 AM |
Labels:
2008 Film Festivals,
Midnight Madness 2008,
Toronto International Film Festival 2008
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