Impetigore
Cinema is a screen onto which we can project our fears, torments and the monstrosities of the world. The screen protects us from what we see, but cinema has also permanently anchored our nightmares around a few powerful images (empty houses, hostile attics and basements, demonic masks, bloodcurdling grimaces, disturbing postures). Throughout the summer, the Cinémathèque québécoise will be presenting a series of films encompassing more than one hundred and twenty years of horror, reminding us that what scares us most is to make the deepest of our fears tangible and credible.
Having survived a strange assassination attempt and seeing her savings disappear, 25-year-old Maya returns to her isolated hometown in the hope that the family villa will pay off. Her best friend, Dini, accompanies her. The two women find themselves confronted with an empty villa and rather unapproachable villagers, whose leader is a mysterious wayang puppet master. As soon as the villagers discover who Maya is, their aloof attitude turns into a desire to kill: in their minds, she is responsible for the curse that hangs over the village. Can she stay away from their sharp knives long enough to prove that the curse is not her fault?
Joko Anwa
Joko Anwar is an Indonesian director, screenwriter, producer, actor and former journalist. In 2007, he directed the film noir Dead Time: Kala . Anwar's second film marked the start of his international success, as Tony Rains selected it for his list of the best films of 2007 in the British film magazine Sight and Sound. Alongside his career as a director, Anwar is also a screenwriter. In 2007, he wrote the screenplays for Jakarta Undercover and Quickie Express, the latter winning Best Film at the 2008 Jakarta International Film Festival. In 2008, Anwar wrote the screenplay for Fiksi, the directorial debut of Mouly Surya, which won Best Screenplay at the 28th Indonesian Film Festival. For his third film, he directed the psychological thriller *The Forbidden Door *(2009). The film brought Anwar international recognition, including selection at the London Film Festival, the Rotterdam International Film Festival and the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. In 2015, Anwar directed A Copy of My Mind and continued to establish his international reputation with a selection at the Venice Film Festival.
