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Fantasia Film Festival to host Montreal premiere of Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ on July 16

by Lorraine Carpenter

Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone and Austin Butler, Eddington is a western set during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 29th edition of the Fantasia Film Festival will open with the Montreal premiere of Eddington, the new film by Ari Aster.

Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone and Austin Butler, Eddington is a western set during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the tension created in the titular small town by a stand-off between the sheriff and the mayor.

Aster’s last film, Beau Is Afraid (also starring Phoenix), was partly made in Montreal.

Eddington will screen at Concordia University’s Hall Theatre (1455 de Maisonneuve) on Wednesday, July 16 (two days before its limited theatrical release, on July 18) at 6 p.m.

Fantasia Film Festival to host Montreal premiere of Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ on July 16

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by Lorraine Carpenter

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Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following the closure of the alt weekly newspaper the Mirror, where she worked as a writer and editor for 12 years. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal and maintaining an independent voice in the Canadian media landscape.