Travel down the road of European horror fiction with the screening of four episodes of the lauded animated anthology at the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International on February 18; the collection of ‘terrifying tales’ heads to theaters and streamers later this year.
The Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (TAAFI) will host a special screening of four episodes of the lauded animated anthology Red Iron Road in a special program entitled the “Red Iron Road Retrospective” on Saturday, February 18.
This event will be one of the last opportunities to see the “harrowing trip down 200 years of European horror fiction” on the big screen in advance of the series’ wider release later this year. The series’ producers, directors, and voice cast will attend the screening with a Q&A with the creative teams held after the screenings.
Created by Aljosha Klimov and Iouri Stepanov, the anthology showcases the visions of 12 directors of 12 different terrifying tales. Stepanov and his studio Lakeside Animation have co-produced the series with Studio Metrafilms. It is slated for theatrical and streaming release later this year.
“Lakeside is thrilled to give Toronto animation fans a sneak peek of our new series,” said Stepanov, “We are immensely proud of the series and all the hard work all the directors and creative teams have put into it. Audiences will never forget their journey along the Red Iron Road.”
The special screening will take place:
- Saturday, February 18, 2023
- 7:30 - 9:00 pm
- Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema 506 Bloor Street West
Details and ticket sales available here.
The program includes the following Red Iron Road episodes:
- “The Ratcatcher's Daughter” - directed by Adam Jeffcoat and Jim Bryson (Studio NX - Canada)
- “The Undertaker” - directed by Sergei Kibus (Nukufilm - Estonia)
- “The Forest King” - directed by Lubomir Arsov (Canada)
- “VRDLK: Family of Vurdulak” - directed by Sam Chou (Look Mom! Productions - Canada)
The filmmakers in attendance will hold a Q&A after the screening, including Chou, Bryson, the series’ creative producer Matthew Lyon, and producer Courtney Wolfson.
The voice talent anticipated to attend includes Kevin Hanchard (Orphan Black, Hudson & Rex, Rogue); Dan Beirne (Ginny & Georgia, Workin’ Moms); Gwynne Phillips (Templeton Philharmonic, Globies); and Lawrence Bayne (Unsettled, Nikita, World of Quest, 6Teen).
Red Iron Road premiered at Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal in July 2022. Since then, episodes have screened at 31 festivals around the world, earning nine awards and an additional five nominations.
Check out the Red Iron Road teaser:
Source: Lakeside Animation
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
