How big is this year’s Fantasia Film Festival? Funny you should ask…
Years Fantasia has been around: 17
Number of Fantasia Festivals: 16
Year we had no Fantasia (Annus Horribilis): 2002
IQ of the Management of Imperial Cinema in 2002 and 2003: Impossible to measure.
Years Fantasia has been at Concordia: 10
Percentage of Journalists who wanted to ask Concordia Director of Special Projects and Cultural Affairs Dr. Clarence Epstein when they were going to finally replace the chairs in Hall Theatre: 100%
Percentage of Journalists who asked Concordia Director of Special Projects and Cultural Affairs Dr. Clarence Epstein when they were going to finally replace the chairs in Hall Theatre: 0%
Number of presenting sponsors of Fantasia 2012: 2 (Ubisoft Entertainment & Sympatico.ca)
Number of years Ubisoft Entertainment has sponsored Fantasia: 9
Number of partner sponsors of Fantasia 2012: 25
Number of media sponsors of Fantasia 2012: 7
Number of advertisers of Fantasia 2012: (Close to) 150
Price for a Fantasia 2012 ticket: $9
Price for 10 Fantasia 2012 tickets: $80
Price for 10 Fantasia 2012 tickets when you show your OPUS card: $75
Number of tickets expected to sell: (over) 100,000
Number of unique vistors expected at the 2012 Fantasia Film Festival web-site in July: (over) 200,000
Number of page views expected at the 2012 Fantasia Film Festival in July: (over) 1,000,000
Number of feature films at Fantasia 2012: 160
Number of short films at Fantasia 2012: (over) 300
Number of films from Asia: 70
Number of films from Japan: 34
Number of films from South Korea: 12
Number of films from Taiwan: 5
Number of films from the United Kingdom: 4
Number of films featuring Stephen McHattie: 3 (A Little Bit Zombie, Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal, and The Tall Man)
Number of films by Takashi Miike: 2 (Ace Attorney and 2012 Fantasia Official Opening Film For Love’s Sake)
Number of films starring Jeeja Yanin: 1 (The Kick)
Number of films in the NEW Axis International Animation spotlight: 12
Number of films in the Camera Lucida spotlight: 10
Number of films in the Documentaries From the Edge spotlight (Fantasia 2012): 10
Number of years of the Documentaries From the Edge spotlight: 6
Number of films in the Documentaries From the Edge spotlight (Fantasia 2011): 5
Number of countries in the spotlight this year: 3 (Philippines, Denmark and Norway)
Number of films of Satoshi Kon that played at Fantasia: 2 (Perfect Blue and Millenium Actress)
Number of awards named after Satoshi Kon: 1 (The Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation)
Number of times that the The Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation has been presented before Fantasia 2012: 0 (This is the first year of the award.)
Number of filmmaker special guests travelling to Fantasia 2012: 125
Number of filmmakers coming to Fantasia 2012 to present projects during the Frontières International Co-Production Market: 55
Number of film projects in the Frontières International Co-Production Market: 14
Number of film projects in the Off-Frontières section of the Frontières International Co-Production Market: 10
Number of short films being produced based on Fantasia 2012 selections that will premiere at Fantasia: 3
Number of legs of actor Eddie McGee, star of The Human Race: 1
Amount star Eddie McGee and director Paul Hough tried to raise on Kick Starter to finish The Human Race: $6,200
Amount star Eddie McGee and director Paul Hough actually raised on Kick Starter to finish The Human Race: $7,926
Number of books written by film scholar David Bordwell – who is being presented with a special Lifetime Excellence Award: (over) 15
Number of films directed by Jennifer Lynch: 4 (Boxing Helena, Surveillance, Hisss aka Nagin: The Snake Woman, Chained)
Number of documentaries based on the film Hisss directed by Jennifer Lynch: 1 (Despite the Gods)
Number of months Hisss was supposed to take to film: 3
Number of months that it took to film Hisss: 9
Number of books being launched at Fantasia 2012: 1 (House of Psychotic Women by Kier-la Janisse)
House of Psychotic Women hardcover prize: $49.95
House of Psychotic Women softcover price: $29.95
House of Psychotic Women number of pages: 360
House of Psychotic Women number of full color pages: 32
Number of films being presented in the House of Psychotic Women spotlight: 3 (Possession, Christine F., Dr. Jekyll et les Femmes)
Number of artists featured in the If They Came From Within: An Alternative History of Canadian Horror poster series: 16
Number of days that If They Came From Within: An Alternative History of Canadian Horror poster series will be featured at the Cinematheque Quebecoise before going on tour: 10
Number of theatres presenting films at Fantasia 2012: 3 (Concordia Hall Theatre, J.A. De Seve Theatre, and Cinematheque Quebecoise)
Number of days of Fantasia 2012: 22
Length of the 2012 Fantasia TV spot: 30 seconds
Number of pages of the Fantasia 2012 program book: 396
Number of wrist sprains that will be caused by the Fantasia 2012 program book: Impossible to measure
Number of dimensions that the 2012 Fantasia Festival Official Closing Film ParaNorman will be presented in: 3
Number of times that 3D films have been presented in the Concordia Hall Theatre before ParaNorman: 0
On a scale of 1 to SQUEEE, how excited Sound on Sight staff are about the return of Fantasia: SQUEEE to the power of SQUEEE. (SQUEEESQUEEE) Mathematically, this is referred to as a SQUEEE-plex.
