Madame Hattori's Izakaya at Phoenix Film Festival
When Phoenix filmmaker Shanna Fujii set out to make a short film inspired by the Japanese folklore of the futakuchi-onna she enlisted Foxtrot X-Ray to help her execute the visual effects for the film. This entailed a close collaboration between VFX Supervisor Paul DeNigris and Make-Up Artist Amber Revae to bring the futakuchi-onna to life. Revae created a latex mask for the creature, which was then manipulated in post by DeNigris to bring it further to life, adding a wagging tongue, dripping saliva, and jaw articulation.
On set with the futakuchi-onna
The film has been winning awards on the festival circuit, including the Golden Award for Best Thriller at the Tokyo Film Awards and an Award of Merit for Asian and Women Filmmakers categories at the Indie Film Fest. And the festival run continues at both Phoenix Film Festival and the concurrently-run International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival, meaning the film screens 6 times in the next two weeks!
Asian American Pacific Islander Directed Shorts A
Saturday, March 25 at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 26 at 9:00am
Monday, March 27 at 4:35pm
International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival
Horror Shorts A
Friday, March 24 at 9:35pm
Friday, March 31 at 1:25pm
Sunday, April 2 at 11:05am
Tickets (or festival passes) may be purchased at the Phoenix Film Festival website.
