
Due to kick off next Friday, 3 July, the Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival announced its program a couple days ago, and it is very, very good. In their own words, they are "the only Swiss festival dedicated to genre films. ... The event is mainly devoted to a specific film genre: fantasy. This main theme is complemented by two others: digital creation and Asian cinema." Opening night will feature Yuen Woo-ping's truly awesome action-adventure Blades of the Guardians -- see our review by Rino Li, alongside Emin Alper's Salvation, described thusly: "When two clans dispute the same land, old resentments resurface. In Anatolia, rising tensions push the protagonists into irrationality. Between dreamlike episodes and religious sermons, strong winds disrupt a fragile balance. From isolation...
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