VIDEO : Fantasia Fest Will Be Closed By Mel Gibson's 'Blood Father'

Blood Father ? an action thriller directed by French filmmaker Jean-François Richet and starring Mel Gibson, William H. Macy and Erin Moriarty ? will close the Fantasia Film Festival with its North American premiere, after bowing in Cannes. Blood Father, set for a U.S. release by Lionsgate, features Gibson as an ex-con trying to protect his estranged 16-year-old daughter from drug dealers who want her dead.