Shaun of the Dead
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Fantasia Festival, we present a film series in the image of this now-unmissable event: eclectic and exhilarating. These works, which have shaped the festival’s history over the years, reflect the variety of its programming – from cult classics to hidden gems, from masters of genre cinema to the audacious fringes of arthouse film, charting a fantastic journey across eras, styles, and cultures.
The films presented in September will be announced in August.
When Shaun wakes up one morning, there's talk of a disaster on the radio. Nothing to write home about. The neighbors look like shit. Nothing new. He slips on a puddle of blood at the convenience store. What's the news? London is overrun with zombies! Shaun decides to go to the rescue of his former fiancée with the help of his inseparable friend, Ed. An irresistible British horror comedy, in which we discover, among other things, that cricket bats are a very good weapon against zombies, but 45 rpm records, not so much.
Edgar Wright
Edgar Wright is an English filmmaker. He is known for his fast-paced and kinetic, satirical genre films, which feature extensive use of expressive popular music, Steadicam tracking shots, dolly zooms and a signature editing style that includes transitions, whip pans and wipes. He first made independent short films before making his first feature film A Fistful of Fingers in 1995. After directing several television shows, Wright directed the sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), which starred frequent collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. In 2004, Wright directed the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead, starring both of them, the first film in his Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy. The film was co-written with Pegg—as were the next two entries in the trilogy, the buddy cop film Hot Fuzz (2007) and the science fiction comedy The World's End (2013). In 2010, Wright co-wrote and directed the action comedy film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, an adaptation of the graphic novel series. Along with Joe Cornish and Steven Moffat, he adapted The Adventures of Tintin (2011) for Steven Spielberg. He has also written and directed the action films Baby Driver (2017) and The Running Man (2025), the documentary The Sparks Brothers (2021), and the psychological horror film Last Night in Soho (2021).
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