Pascal, Théophile

The 29th Fantasia International Film Festival opened on July 16 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with American neo-Western black comedy film Eddington, by Ari Aster. The Canadian Trailblazer Award was presented to Hungarian-born Canadian filmmaker George Mihalka, the director of the 1981 slasher film My Bloody Valentine, and Sheila McCarthy, Canadian actress and singer during festival. Pascal Plante, a Canadian film director and screenwriter served as jury president for Compétition Cheval Noir. The…