Fantasia Hype

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There has been some hype around Canary's upcoming screening at Fantasia, which begins on July 9th and runs through July 27th.

Twitch reports on the Fantasia 09 line-up announcement, calling Canary a "must see."

Fantasia Film Festival 2009

Sound on Sight, sharing the highlights of this year's Fantasia selections, has this to say about Canary:

Director Alejandro Adams proffers a perturbing commentary on the necessity of human cruelty and the corporations which serve as its vehicle. An independent production which defies all traditional conventions, CANARY is one of the most important cinematic discoveries of the year.

Canary will be screening toward the end of the month. We'll post the screening times as soon as they have been confirmed.

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"This second feature by Alejandro Adams confirms him as an arresting talent. [Viewers] may be fascinated to the point of repeat viewings to sort out its myriad characters and half-buried clues."
-- Dennis Harvey, Variety


"Micro in budget, macro in ambition, accomplishment, and scope, Adams's slyly withholding film prompts multiple viewings--and deserves them."
-- Jim Ridley, Village Voice


"Wildly ambitious...an overwhelming and surprisingly fresh-feeling sense of dystopian dread."
-- Karina Longworth, Spout


"[CANARY is] terrific...very creepy and uncanny. It's quite an achievement."
-- Phillip Lopate


"Mysterious, elliptical, Bresson-like. [CANARY] is to biotech what PRIMER was to time-travel."
-- Richard von Busack, Metro


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