30th Fantasia International Film Festival
2026 edition of film festival
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The 30th Fantasia International Film Festival will take place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from July 16 to August 2, 2026.[1] The festival will open with Nicholas Winding Refn's Her Private Hell, and will close with Freaks Part II by Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky, the sequel to their 2018 film Freaks.[2]
Opening filmHer Private Hell by Nicholas Winding Refn
Closing filmFreaks Part II by Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky
Founded1996
Official poster | |
| Opening film | Her Private Hell by Nicholas Winding Refn |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Freaks Part II by Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky |
| Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Hosted by | Festival Fantasia Inc |
| Artistic director | Mitch Davis |
| Festival date | Opening: 16 July 2026 Closing: 2 August 2026 |
| Language | International |
| Website | Fantasia 2026 |
The full schedule was announced on July 2, 2026.[3]
In honour of the festival's landmark 30th anniversary, it will be followed by a special five-week screening series of standout films from throughout the festival's history, at the Cinémathèque québécoise from August 7 to September 19.
Competition juries
- Cheval noir: Youngjoo Suh (president), Catherine Corcoran, Karim Hussain, Bob Murawski, Jennie Punter
- New Flesh: Brandon Hill (president), Jasper Basch, Julian Fonfrède, Markus Keuschnigg, Hillary Webber
- International Short Film: Adele Banks (president), Abraham Castillo Flores, Fatima Hayward, Terry Leung, Nick McCabe
- Satoshi Kon Award: Sylvie Trouvé (president), Peter Ferguson, Jeff Waye
- Northern Excellence: Kier-La Janisse (president), Matthew Hays, Kelly Kay Hurcomb, Naomi Jaye, Mike Peterson, James Watts
- Fantastic Weekends of Quebec Cinema: Manon Dumais (president), Marc-Antoine Lemire, Marie-Chantal Perron
- AQCC: Alexandre Blasquez, Rachel Goulet, Sylvian Lavallée
- Poulain noir: Vincent Gosselin, Sébastien Latour, Rui Ting Ji, Laura Venditti, Simon Yeretsian
Films
Opening Film
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Her Private Hell | Nicholas Winding Refn | Denmark, United States | |
Closing Film
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freaks Part II | Adam Stein, Zach Lipovsky | Canada | |
Compétition Cheval Noir
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| AnyMart | Yusuke Iwasaki | Japan | |
| Beasts Clutching at Straws | Hideo Jojo | Japan | |
| Corpus | Corrin Evans | United States | |
| Ferine | Andrea Corsini | Italy | |
| Freaks Part II | Adam Stein, Zach Lipovsky | Canada | |
| Hot Spot | Agnieszka Smoczyńska | Poland, Greece, Sweden, Norway | |
| Nightborn | Yön lapsi | Hanna Bergholm | Finland, Lithuania, France, United Kingdom |
| No Rest for the Wicked | Kasper Kalle | Denmark, Faroe Islands, Iceland | |
| Sleep No More | Monster Pabrik Rambut | Edwin | Indonesia, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore |
| Someone's Daughter | Wiebke von Carolsfeld | Canada | |
| Sour Minnows | Harrison Atkins | United States | |
| Tokyo Burst: Crime City | Eiji Uchida | Japan | |
| Unidentified Murder | Kwok Ka-Hei, Jack Lee Chun-Kit | Hong Kong | |
New Flesh Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| After School | Straf | Merijn Scholte Albers, Tobias Smeets | Netherlands |
| Backstage Madness | Shermendelik karnavaly | Amanbek Azhymat | Kyrgyzstan |
| Big Break | Ian Faria | United States | |
| Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant | THUNDERLIPS | New Zealand | |
| Never After Dark | Dave Boyle | Japan | |
| Penny Lane Is Dead | Mia'kate Russell | Australia | |
| Recluse | Henry Chaisson | United States | |
| Sicko | Aitore Zholdaskali | Kazakhstan | |
| Tight Lettuce | Tissé serré | Harrison Houde | Canada |
| Unholy Night | Michael Gabriele | Canada | |
| When You Open the Door | Katagiri Eriko | Japan | |
| You Are the Film | Makoto Ueda | Japan | |
International Short Film Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyfriend Fish | Martin Ekelund | Sweden | |
| Bruised Sky | Gary Kent | United Kingdom | |
| Dirtmouths | Breehn Burns | United States | |
| Echoes in Time | Gemma Lee | Australia | |
| Exhibit | Lars Bürmann | Germany | |
| Exsanguina | Jonas Brisé | France | |
| Fester | Max Parr | Canada | |
| Happydeal | Les Frères Lopez | France | |
| I Love Your Alter Ego! | Lee Chan-bee | South Korea | |
| Idols | Matt Halsall | South Korea, Japan, United Kingdom | |
| idyll | Austin Cauldwell | United States | |
| Imprint | Ran Jing | United States | |
| The Last Jiangshi | Yu Chih Chieh | China, Hong Kong, Taiwan | |
| Mancave | Fredrik S. Hana | Norway | |
| Manhole | Jake Low | Singapore | |
| Pile On | Hu Lu | China | |
| Purge | Andrew Hamilton | Canada | |
| Reset | Jerry Hsu, Celine Tien | United States | |
| Sam | Catharina Schürenberg | United States | |
| Sleep Through Summer | Erin Mick | Canada | |
| Something Borrowed | Findlay Ironside | Canada | |
| Tamasira | Clare Chong | Singapore, Malaysia | |
| This Is a Zombie Movie | Elizabeth Perla | United States | |
| Tropic | Park Jung-yoon | South Korea | |
| Veterano | Patrick Epino | United States | |
| Wish You Were Dead | Lee Min-hyuk | South Korea | |
Horizon 2026
Feature films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| After School | Straf | Merijn Scholte Albers, Tobias Smeets | Netherlands |
| Attack on Paradise | Bob Colaers | Belgium, Netherlands | |
| Backstage Madness | Shermendelik karnavaly | Amanbek Azhymat | Kyrgyzstan |
| Bagworm | Oliver Bernsen | United States | |
| Big Break | Ian Faria | United States | |
| Blades of the Guardians | Biāo Rén：Fēng Qǐ Dàmò | Yuen Woo-ping | China, Hong Kong |
| Bowels of Hell | Gustavo Vinagre, Gurcius Gewdner | Brazil | |
| Break Free | Odore! Yakuza | Yu Nakamoto | Japan |
| Buddy | Casper Kelly | United States | |
| Cape Fear | Amanda Marsalis, Jonathan van Tulleken | United States | |
| Captured! | Tore! | Koichi | Japan |
| Colony | Gunche | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea |
| Drag | Raviv Ullman, Greg Yagolnitzer | United States | |
| The Eyes | Nundongja | Yeom Ji-ho | South Korea |
| The Fox | Dario Russo | Australia | |
| The Glorious Dead | Toby Poser, John Adams | United States | |
| God Skin | Paween Purijitpanya | Thailand | |
| The Journey to Gyeong-Ju | Kim Mi-jo | South Korea | |
| Kung Fu | Gong Fu | Giddens Ko | Taiwan |
| The Last Footage | Arkar Soe Oo | Myanmar | |
| The Last Temptation of Becky | Jenn Wexler | United States, United Kingdom | |
| The Leader | Michael Gallagher | Canada, United States | |
| Levitating | Para Perasuk | Wregas Bhanuteja | Indonesia, Singapore, France |
| Motherwitch | Δωδεκάμερον | Minos Papas | Cyprus, North Macedonia, United States |
| The Mouths | Kuchi Ni Kansuru Enquete | Takashi Shimizu | Japan |
| Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant | THUNDERLIPS | New Zealand | |
| The Mutation | Sa-rang-eui-tan-saeng | Shin Su-won | South Korea |
| Nameless | Nanashi | Hideo Jojo | Japan |
| Never After Dark | Dave Boyle | Japan | |
| Niko | Julien Birban Levy | South Korea | |
| Penny Lane Is Dead | Mia'kate Russell | Australia | |
| Recluse | Henry Chaisson | United States | |
| The Samurai and the Prisoner | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan | |
| Sicko | Aitore Zholdaskali | Kazakhstan | |
| The Specials | Eiji Uchida | Japan | |
| Suzuki=Bakudan | Akira Nagai | Japan | |
| Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma | Jane Schoenbrun | United States | |
| Trauma Or, Monsters All | Larry Fessenden | United States | |
| Tristes Tropiques | Seulpeun-Yeoldae | Park Hoon-jung | South Korea |
| Tunnels: Sun in the Dark | Dia Dao: Mat Troi Trong Bong Toi | Chuyen Bui Thac | Vietnam |
| Los Vampires | Craig Mitchell | United States | |
| Village of Eight Gravestones | YatsuhakaMura | Takashi Shimizu | Japan |
| We're Nothing At All | Herman Yau | Hong Kong | |
| Wind Breaker | Kentaro Hagiwara | Japan | |
| You Are the Film | Makoto Ueda | Japan | |
Short films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | Sepehr Nosrati | Sweden | |
| The 5 Second Rule | Invisible Friends Collective | Armenia | |
| Algorithm | Lena Isabella Deisenberger | Austria | |
| L'Ami raton | Rémi Fréchette | Canada | |
| Angels | Sam Mandich | United States | |
| Animalies | Divocina vola ! | Katerina Karhankova, Marek Naprstek | Czechia |
| Avant de rentrer... | Arthur Bonneau | France | |
| Best Friends with the Devil | Hugo de Sousa | United States | |
| Boyfriend Fish | Utan Efter Med | Martin Ekelund | Sweden |
| Breeder | Sapphire Sandalo | United States | |
| Bruised Sky | Gary Kent | United Kingdom | |
| The Candle | Ren Ariel Sano | United States | |
| Capitaine Magique | William Tran | Canada | |
| Cardigan! | Aled Owen | United Kingdom | |
| Ce qui se passe sous les cimes | Ludovic Brillon | Canada | |
| Ceiling King | Mats Udd | Sweden | |
| Chaar Diwaari | Syed Shadan | India | |
| CHÄIR | Chris McInroy | United States | |
| Cherubs | Pietro Zuercher, Anna Pieri Zuercher | Switzerland | |
| Claddah | Anna Drezen | United States | |
| Clube de Tricot | Diogo Abrantes, João Rito | Portugal | |
| Collateral Damage | Matt Farren | United States | |
| Le Collectionneur | Aude Bolte | Canada | |
| The Company Card | Myles Hodder | Canada | |
| The Corridor | Le Corridor | Mathieu Samson | Canada |
| Dagnabbit! | Jason Sheedy, Joshua David Matthews | United States | |
| Day of the Dad | James III | United States | |
| Dirtmouths | Breehn Burns | United States | |
| DJ Bouche (Le Director's Daft Cut) | Dominic Asselin | Canada | |
| Echoes in Time | Gemma Lee | Australia | |
| The End Is at Hand | Japhet E. Velazquez | United States | |
| Exhibit | Lars Bürmann | Germany | |
| Exit | Jérémie Dagenais, Victor Watier-Berthiaume | Canada | |
| Exsanguina | Jonas Brisé | France | |
| Face Thief | Yuta Shimotsu | Japan | |
| The Fated Hour | Peter Hengl | United States, Austria | |
| Flavor of the Month | Nathan Xia | United States | |
| Flowers Bloom When Touched | Priyanka Krishnan | United States, India | |
| Fu | Peyton Elizabeth Lee | United States | |
| Goodbye, Monster | Luke Barnett | United States | |
| HappyDeal | Alexis Lopez | France | |
| Headphones | Stephen Arriagada | Australia | |
| Horse Fly | Alex Park | United States | |
| How to: Make a Pizza on Hypnosis | Fred Lavigne | Canada | |
| I Love Your Alter Ego! | Lee Chan-bee | South Korea | |
| Idols | Matt Halsall | Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom | |
| Idyll | Austin Cauldwell | United States | |
| Imago | Mark Steger | United States | |
| Imprint | Ran Jing | United States | |
| In and Out of the Hornbeam Maze | Tomas Stark | Sweden | |
| Jingle Jangle | Sionne Elise | United States | |
| Kakek | Sven Peetoom | Netherlands | |
| Kill Ada | Sha Si Ai Da | Cai Kunyu | China |
| KPOP Smoothie | Haneol Lee | United States | |
| Lasagna Run | James Livitski | Canada | |
| The Last Jiangshi | Mo Dai Jiang Shi | Yu Chih Chieh | Taiwan, China, Hong Kong |
| The Man That I Wave At | Ben S. Hyland | United Kingdom | |
| Mancave | Fredrik S. Hana | Norway | |
| Manon | Maria Belen Person Kalauz | Canada | |
| May I | Henri Cheung | Canada | |
| My Blue Heaven | Mia Gueli, Alegria Bishop Saldana | Canada | |
| Needle | Sofie Somoroff | United States | |
| The New Flesh | Novo Corpo | Luciana Malavasi | Brazil, Portugal |
| Night Whispers | Adrian Ramírez León | United Kingdom | |
| Noise of Waves | Szum fal | Tomasz Wróbel | Poland |
| Pandémonium Épisode 1 et 8 | Jimmy Genest Pettigrew | Canada | |
| The Parrot | Mathieu Fortin | Canada | |
| Partys de famine | Fred Lavigne | Canada | |
| Phase IV - A Poetic Remix | DJ XL5 | Canada, United States | |
| The Pigs Underneath | Charlie Dennis | United Kingdom | |
| Pile On | Die Luo Han | Hu Lu | China |
| Ping Pong | Simone Emolo | Italy | |
| Please and Thank You | Hal Kirkland | United States | |
| Le potager secret de Clitorin | Fred Lavigne | Canada | |
| Primus le Robot | Max Delagrave | France | |
| Rebrand | Edoardo Ranaboldo | United States | |
| Redneck | Alexandria Basso | United States | |
| Reset | Jerry Hsu, Celine Tien | United States | |
| The Rib Woman | Yuta Shimotsu | Japan | |
| Le Salon funéraire | Dominique Lortie | Canada | |
| Sam | Catharina Schürenberg | Germany, United States | |
| Scissors | Hannah Alline | United States | |
| Scorching | Dan Chen Ri | Wang Beidi | China |
| Screen of the Dead | Martin Bruyère | Canada | |
| Season's Greetings | Michael Dougherty | United States | |
| A Shadow in the Corner of the Room | Mercies May | United States | |
| Shibuya Underground, Sasebo Evolution | Narushi Takeda | Japan | |
| Sleep Tight | Grace Presse | United States | |
| The Soaker | Siana Marquis-Bilquard, Julianna La Rosa | Canada | |
| Soulmate | Jens-Julius Dall | Denmark | |
| Speedy! | Oh Ji-in | South Korea | |
| Strange Egg | Liv Mershon | United States | |
| Suzie, Vampiresse | Kevin Miclette | Canada | |
| Tamasira | Claire Chong | Singapore, Malaysia | |
| Term | Chadrick Preuss | United States | |
| This House That Bears No Fruit | Chantal Leong | Canada | |
| This Is a Zombie Movie | Elizabeth Perla | United States | |
| Timber | Dominic Asselin | Canada | |
| Tongue | Lim Da-seul | South Korea | |
| Tornado, in Loving Memory | David Connor | Canada, United States | |
| Tropic | Park Jung-yoon | South Korea | |
| The Two Year Rule | Carly Balestreri | Canada | |
| Ugh | Ai Ni Ma | Scarlett Wang Yuan | China, United States |
| Ultraviolet Damage | Pola Rader | Germany | |
| Veterano | Patrick Epino | United States | |
| Vomit | Roi Cydulkin | United States | |
| We Will Follow the Wind | Tai Feng Jiang Luo Zhi Qian | Demon Wong | France, China, Hong Kong |
| Weak in the Knees | Shivers & Viking | United States | |
| Wish You Were Dead | Lee Min-hyuk | South Korea | |
| A Woman Like This | James Kenward | Germany | |
| You Deserve More! | Béla Baptiste | France, United States | |
Animation Plus
Feature films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaise | Les Sauvages | Dimitri Planchon, Jean-Paul Guigue | France |
| Bliss: Beyond the Edge of Time | Ji Le | Kevin Geiger, Leo Liao, Jo Jo Hwang, Liu Yu Shu, Jade Lien, Chiu Li Wei | Taiwan |
| Born in the Jungle | Joyeuse Jungle! | Edmunds Jansons | Czechia, Poland, Latvia |
| Cherry and Virgin | Masanao Kawajiri | Japan | |
| Cocoon: One Summer of Girlhood | Yukimitsu Ina | Japan | |
| Grotesqqque | Atsushi Nishigori | Japan | |
| Hayop Ka! | Avid Liongoren | Philippines | |
| Jim Queen and the Quest for Chloroqueer | Jim Queen à la recherche de la Chloroqueer | Nicolas Athane, Marco Nguyen | France |
| A New Dawn | 花緑青が明ける日に | Yoshitoshi Shinomiya | Japan |
| Papaya | Priscilla Kellen | Brazil | |
| Redline | Takeshi Koike | Japan | |
| Sekiro: No Defeat | Kenichi Kutsuna | Japan | |
| Spacetime Chronicles | Stefano Bertelli | Italy | |
| Zsazsa Zaturnnah | Avid Liongoren | France, Philippines | |
Short films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20001 An Earth Odyssey | Haruki Kasugamori | Japan | |
| Ambivalent Garden | Nagomi Ueno | Japan | |
| Bangungot | Jam Lising, Oliver Abaño | Philippines | |
| Beasts of Death | Bestias de la Muerte) | Sandra Powers | United States, Mexico, Peru |
| Broc! | Xi Lan Hua Shi Bian | Wong Chung-Him, Calvin Woo | Hong Kong |
| Calesita | El Sike | Argentina | |
| Cosmonauts | Leo Cernic | Italy, Slovenia | |
| Cut | Ka | Zheng Yinxuan | China |
| Don't Dodge Life | Taka Yuki | Japan | |
| Dust of the Simulacrum | Sazin No Nakade | Eit Mistufuchi | Japan |
| Echo | Asuka Dokai | Japan | |
| The End of the End | Junar Kim | United Kingdom, South Korea | |
| Entelechy | Entelequia | Marcos Sánchez | Chile |
| Fingerbang | Kim Yeon-woo | South Korea | |
| Five Orphans | Sarina Nihei | France, Japan | |
| Foxing: Kitsuné-tsuki | Kitsune-tsuki | Takeru Shinuzuka | Japan |
| Future Kid Takara Episode 1 – The Child from the Future | Yuta Sano | Japan | |
| Haru-tsuge Fish and Fu-rai Boy: Tsuri-bari Fish Caught in Summer Grass | Takeshi Yashiro | Japan | |
| In the Beginning | Ala Nunu | Spain, Poland, Portugal | |
| Isle Navigator: The Buried Baby | Fish Wang, Yang Ta Ying | Taiwan | |
| Jeem 1983 | Jorj Abou Mhaya | Lebanon | |
| Kinuginu no Hanayuki | Naoya Kurisu | Japan | |
| Kosmogonia | Karolina Chablier | Belgium, France, Poland, Portugal | |
| The Last Faith | Zui Hou Xiang Deng Jiao | Liu Yu Shu | Taiwan |
| The Lovers | Alice Mao, Sophia Paez | United States | |
| Murmure | Nan Nan Di Yu | Yu Jinhong, Wang Ziyu Z | China |
| My Killer Erotic Video | Seo Sae-rom, Isaac Bae | South Korea | |
| One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six | Miao Miao | Lai Yingdan | United States, China |
| Perfect City: The Mushroom | Wan Mei Zhi Cheng: Mo Gu | Zhou Shengwei | United States, China |
| Pest | Chong | Lv Xinheng | China |
| Sortie | Philip Wan | Hong Kong | |
| Soul Kitchen | Kim Hak-hyun | Japan, South Korea | |
| Trading Cards | Radheya Jang | Australia, United Kingdom | |
| Water's Time Slice | Shui De Shi Jian Qie Pian | He Jiaxuan | China |
| Where My Father Remains | Yasuteru Ohno | Japan | |
Documentaries from the Edge
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Zombie | Maya Annik Bedward | Canada | |
| The Origin of Ultraman | Hiroshi Nakamura, Kazutaka Yoshida | Japan | |
| Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson | Nick Taylor | United States | |
| The Seoul Guardians | Seoul-ui bam | Kim Jong-woo, Kim Shin-wan, Cho Chul-young | South Korea |
| Ultraman: "Ultra Operation No. 1" | Hajime Tsuburaya | Japan | |
Fantasia Underground
Feature films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castration Movie Chapter III | Louise Weard | Canada | |
| Dance Freak | Alan Resnick, Robby Rackleff | United States | |
| Godhead | Mark H. Rapaport | United States, United Kingdom | |
| I Love Paris | Nicky Murphy | Australia, United Kingdom | |
| Insectasy | Angus Silver | Canada | |
| Matapanki | Diego Mapache Fuentes | Chile | |
| Our Effed Up World | Alice Maio Mackay | Australia | |
| The Peril at Pincer Point | Jake Kuhn, Noah Stratton-Twine | United Kingdom, Slovakia | |
| When You Open the Door | Eriko Katagiri | Japan | |
Short films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| And Then You See a Ghost | Matisse ApSimon-Megens, Amelia Izmanki | Canada | |
| Avale | Hugo Loiseleux, Elisa Hazebrouck | France | |
| Cosmonauts | Leo Cernic | Italy, Slovenia | |
| Dream Synth | Ryley O'Byrne | Canada | |
| Fuck Face | Dean Puckett | United Kingdom | |
| I Walked Through the Wall | Pablo Larcuen | Spain, United States | |
| Manhole | Jake Low | Singapore | |
| Papertowel Maxipad | Madeline Babuka Black | United States | |
| Pick It Till It Bleeds | Christina Dovolis, Tavis Putnam | Canada | |
| Pimple | Borbulha | Fernando Alle | Portugal |
| Plato's Goon Cave: A Primer | Hannah Epstein | Canada | |
| La Rabia | Daniela López Moreno | Colombia | |
| Sequential | Sequencial | Bruno Caetano | France, Poland, Italy, Portugal |
| Shitting a Penis | Sam Morgan | Canada | |
| Skin of Sadness | Hüznün Derisi | Hasan Ege Çaliskan | Netherlands, Turkiye |
| Softer, Softest | Olivia Norquay | Canada | |
| A Stable Marriage | Josephine Decker | United States | |
| Tainted Love | Gye Young-ho | South Korea | |
| They Know | Elliot Long | United States | |
| Wet Proofs of the Flesh | Julia Hendrickson | Canada | |
| Yucky Guy | Alan Resnick | United States | |
The Fantastic Weekends of Quebec Cinema
Feature films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Galactic Ghoul | Simon Harrisson | Canada | |
| Mouvement Deluxe | Mathieu Handfield | ||
| The Parking Spot | La Place | Louis Godbout | |
| Les regard parallèles | Vincent Bonin-Arena | ||
| Romin | Jassen Charron, Anthony Dionne | ||
| Saturnides | Les Saturnides | Neegan Trudel | |
| Someone's Daughter | Wiebke von Carolsfeld | ||
| Tight Lettuce | Tissé serré | Harrison Houde | |
Short films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 janvier | Francis Theberge | Canada | |
| À fleur de cendres | Florence Audet | ||
| Accusé de réception | Julien Grandmont | ||
| Acouphènes | Louis Mercier | ||
| Action Bog | Winston Hacking | ||
| Aïe! | Valérie Blien | ||
| Alliage | Neeko Beaulieu | ||
| Altérer | Sounjata Phojo | ||
| Antifonctionnelle | Leonie Savard | ||
| L'Appel des sœurs | Briana Legault | ||
| Après le close | François Lalonde | ||
| Aucun acteur dans un film de Tom Cruise | Francis Theberge, Julien Sicre | ||
| Auditoria | Evgeny Patvakanov | ||
| Avant l'aurore | Tiago Gerbasi | ||
| Avant la mort | Edgar Fritz | ||
| Birdcall | Justin Calandriello | ||
| La Blatte à battre | Angélique Mathilde Gasse | ||
| The Bleeding Truth | Jérémy Guertin | ||
| La Bleue | Alex Trépanier, Thomas Robillard | ||
| Bliss | Greg Doble | ||
| Le Bonhomme pendu | Félix-Antoine Bénard | ||
| Bonjour Amour! | Mathieu Samson | ||
| Bouge Danse Meurs | Benjamin Perrault | ||
| Bougement printemps | Geneviève Le Guerrier-Aubry | ||
| Une brèche | Jean-François Leblanc | ||
| c-r-a-b-e-s | Daphné Leduc-Laprise | ||
| Cafard | Léo Maisonneuve | ||
| Café Apocalypse | Flora Nwakobi | ||
| Cannapluggageddon | Loudvic Beaulne | ||
| Carry On! | Karla Velázquez | Canada, Colombia | |
| Chance Encounters | Jacob Arsenault | Canada | |
| La Chandleur | Victor Lesage | ||
| Chrysalide | Alexandre Bruneau Genesse, Martin Adam | ||
| Cintres | Stéphanie Marcotte | ||
| Clémentine | Xavier Lacasse | ||
| Cochenille | Kelly-Ann Thuot | ||
| Cockroach | Daniel Watchorn, Paolo Mancini | ||
| Cocktail Macabre | Florence Saravo | ||
| Cœuer de bestiole | Élyse Prud'homme | ||
| Congé | Bryen Akueson | ||
| Constructs | Maggie McPhee | ||
| Cuisson Explosive | Xavier Tamajon | ||
| Daddy Lazarus | Pablo Escobar Tuduri | ||
| Dance with the Dealer | Adam Blackie | ||
| Dans le frigo | Nadia Zergoug | ||
| Dans mon cœur plaintif es entrée | Rémy Dolbec-Pilon | ||
| A Day in My Life...as a Penguin | Rosemary Nault | ||
| Démisson | Charles Brault | ||
| Le Dernier répie | Andréanne Poisson-Robert, Joël-Arthur Tremblay | ||
| Le Dernier souhait | Kimberley Ann Surin | ||
| dns grtt | mshl | ||
| Dolly Baby: Rhythm and Flesh | Bouchera Tahraoui | ||
| A Drawing of Fire | Daniel Reid | ||
| Dumpling | Catherine Verreault | ||
| Duotone Handshake | Winston Hacking | ||
| Eau de lavage | Raphaëlle D'Amours | ||
| Élixir | Maëva Gravel | ||
| Emoji | Minh Quan Hoang | ||
| Empreintes | Albane Fanny | ||
| En direct | Sami Yani Chikh | ||
| Les Engrenages | Kané Beignet | ||
| 'L'Étrange Noël de Sylvaine | Jeremy Glavac | ||
| Everything on Land with Bones Is a Fish | Antonia Novakovich | ||
| Extremely Small Claims Court | Ray Resvick | ||
| La Face cachée | Sophie Wang | ||
| Face-Off | Pascal Chaumont | ||
| Fantasme | Zoé Garand-Teixeira | ||
| The Feast (For My Beloved Son) | Sara Sofia Gonzalez Lopez | ||
| Female Gaze | Laura Lubin | ||
| Fish Out of Water | Corey Nikolaus | ||
| Fix | Patrick Lemay | ||
| The Fixers | Guy Lampron | ||
| Fluorescent | Stephanie Lamontagne | ||
| Fog | Mariano Franco | ||
| La fois où mon ami Charles a serré la main à Oliver Stone | Marc-André Morissette | ||
| For the Night | Giuliano Musacchio | ||
| The Fox and the Grapes | Cristina Macchiagodena, Emily Wolak | ||
| Frankentwink | Spencer Dorsey | ||
| Les Grandes roues | Thomas Dufour | ||
| La Hère | Frédéric Chalté | ||
| L'Hermite du désert | Sophie Touyâa | ||
| Hitchhiker | Charlie Agadjanian | ||
| Home Security | Ethan Gabert Doyon | ||
| I'm in Love with a Stripper | Julie Phan | ||
| Ice Cold Beer | Devon Mussett, Joey Lopez | ||
| Intraluz | Lara Sofia Valenzuela, Margot Flores Torre | ||
| It Is Called the Vailian Theory | Francis Theberge | ||
| J'attends (tout le temps) | Emmanuelle Lacombe | ||
| Jabber | Aubert Sénéchal | ||
| Jusqu'à ce que l'orage nous sépare | Thierry Grandbois | ||
| Kid's Show | Alex Apostolidis | ||
| King | Morgan Henry | ||
| The Dog Who Stopped the War: Reimagined | Kino Montréal présente La guerre des tuques : Réimaginée | Charles Parisé, Frédéric Barbusci, Isabelle Giroux, Camille Théberge, Kevin Miclette, Hippolyte Guyon, Antoine Symoens, Andréanne Poisson-Robert, Rémi Fréchette, Noah Lebel-Turcotte, Suzanne Cordeau-Andrews, Justin Leblanc, Dany Foster, Gabriel Desgagnés-Saez, Juliette S. Turcot, Marc-André Morisette, Jimmy G. Pettigrew, Rita Faid, Thierry Mercure | |
| Kitchen & Knives | Xin Ran Liu, Lydie Hwang | ||
| Lab Rat | Eric Bent | ||
| Last Call | Nicolas Quiroz, Patrick Farley | ||
| LegoMan | David Dufresne-Denis | ||
| Letter to Celestial | Wawa Li, Sinéad O'Halloran | ||
| Linda! La reine du ring | Marco Di Bennardo | ||
| Le Livraison | Alix Desoomer | ||
| Loop d'une forêt enchantée | Amélia Slama | ||
| Los Hombres no lloran | Bastian Orellana-Lauri | ||
| The Man with the Golden Wrapper | Jennifer Seguin | ||
| Marché Locale | Étienne Despatie | ||
| Massacrez les louves | Philippe Cormier | ||
| Memories in 1/24 on 35mm | Souvenirs en 1/24 sur 35mm | Francis Theberge | |
| Merci Charlotte! | Hadi Iraqi | ||
| Le Meunier | Hubert Dessureault | ||
| Moi, l'autre | Xavier Bergeron | ||
| Monochrome | Justice Rutikara | ||
| Montée de lait | Romane Desproges | ||
| Mother, My Child | Vjosana Shkurti | ||
| Le Mystère de l'abbé Metz | Félix Brouillet-Desrosiers | ||
| Nancy | Jenny Loudon | ||
| Neighbors | Andre Bendahan | ||
| Nice | Paul Villenave, Dylan Posgate | ||
| No One Goes to the Movies Anymore | Jade Giang | ||
| Nominal | Keiran Arscott | ||
| Non | Maël Thibodeau | ||
| Numaru | Mélodie Garand | ||
| L'Odyssée de la boucle | Benjamin Lussier | ||
| On Air | Joys Sekpon | ||
| One Day: Look at the Sky | Al Raif | ||
| Pass | Jon Ramirez | ||
| Passion machinale | Juliette Taylor, Justin Taylor | ||
| Per Te | Justin Genest | ||
| The Perfect Match | Jordan Marini, Emma Elizabeth | ||
| Un petit vent frais | Alexandre Pelletier | ||
| Petits papillons | Coco Baudelle | ||
| La Pichenotte | Antoine Boulanger | ||
| Un pipi dans la ruelle | Camille Pépin | ||
| Postcard Potholder | Chris Sagovac | ||
| Prophétesse | Océane Buxton | ||
| Le Puzzle | Omar Serhane | ||
| La Pyrale du quartier | Évelyne Brown | ||
| Quelque chose de beau | Olivier A. Dubois | ||
| The Quiet End | Hamed AleAli | ||
| La Religion de la mante | Romane Desproges | ||
| REM | Ori Peer | ||
| Rémanence | Nebojsa Kovacevic | ||
| Reminiscence | Martin Adam, Alexandre Bruneau Genesse | ||
| Retour à Tadou | Jean-Nicolas Bertouille-Blais | ||
| The Return Solution | Nathan Dubé | ||
| Ricochet | Daniel Reid | ||
| Ricochets | Mathieu Dodier | ||
| Rizz-o-thon | Noah Lebel-Turcotte | ||
| Roméo et son corps | Fred Gervais | ||
| Routine | Abo Fall | ||
| Rupture numérique | Jollan Boivin | ||
| La Saison des prix Nobel | Michel Cordey | ||
| Sara & Fatima | Romy Boutin St-Pierre, Karima Zouhair, Nada Cheddadi | ||
| Saudade | Arghir Stamati | ||
| Le savoir-faire du cannabis | Jonathan Gaudreau | ||
| Serenity | Frank Tremblay | ||
| Shards | Conner Nikides | ||
| Shush | Maude Robillard | ||
| Le Silence blanc | Pierre-Luc Morinville | ||
| Skeleton Crew | Sam Félix | ||
| Sleep Through Summer | Erin Mick | ||
| Snowbird | Olivier Lacroix | ||
| La Soirée d'avant | Roberto Lyonnais | ||
| Soirée de filles | Nova Benny | ||
| Sol vivant | Émile Lavoie | ||
| Sophie sent l'swing | André Turpin | ||
| Still Moving | Rui Ting Ji | ||
| Stupéfiant colis | Guylaine Marcoux | ||
| Stupid Stories and Squandered Love | Owen Coughlan | ||
| Tall Tales of Terror | Guillaume Boivin | ||
| A Taste of My Own | Penelope Johansen | ||
| The Taste of Your Scales | Le goût de tes écailles | Rafaël Beauchamp | |
| Tears Fall Underwater | Leila Khalilzadeh | ||
| Teeth Don't Have Sex | Anita Monteiro | ||
| Thank You for Your Time | Christian Kadnikov | ||
| Tiny Rejections | Matisse ApSimon-Megens, Nicky Fournier | ||
| Tomber dans la main de Morphée | Léa April | ||
| Toujours l'hiver | Benjamin Thomae | ||
| Trois mots | Franie-Éléonore Bernier | ||
| Trou du diable | Isaac Gervais Trudel | ||
| The Unmaking | McKay Halcro | ||
| v4.04 | Klara Barras | ||
| Vagabond | Marco F. Correia | ||
| Vera | John Harbour | ||
| Viscosities | Viscocités | Magdalena Lang | |
| Western Blot! | Ashlee Gonsalves | ||
| Whiskey et frénésie | Cédric Legault | ||
| Within Only Ourselves | Allison Wolanyk | ||
| WOP (With Out Papers) | Maya De Marco | ||
| Xananax | Lawrence Dupuis | ||
| Yoko | David Minh Nguyen | ||
| The Zipper | Jonelle Larouche | ||
Fantasia Retro
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| City War | Sun Chung | Hong Kong | |
| The Delinquent | Chang Cheh, Kuei Chih-Hung | Hong Kong | |
| Forty Deuce | Paul Morrissey | United States | |
| Gozu | Takashi Miike | Japan | |
| Hayop Ka! | Avid Liongoren | Philippines | |
| Hong Kong Godfather | Wang Lung-wei | Hong Kong | |
| Metal Messiah | Tibor Takács | Canada | |
| Pontypool | Bruce McDonald | Canada | |
| Redline | Reddo rain | Takeshi Koike | Japan |
| Studio Q | Misterio | Marcela Fernández Violante | Mexico |
| Thrilling Bloody Sword | Chang Hsin-Yi | Taiwan | |
Septentrion Shadows
Feature films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancestral Beasts | Tim Riedel | Canada | |
| Black Zombie | Maya Annik Bedward | ||
| Freaks Part II | Adam Stein, Zach Lipovsky | ||
| Home Bodies | Casey Walker | ||
| Insectasy | Angus Silver | ||
| Junction Row | Ashlea Wessel | ||
| Permanent Damage | Seth A. Smith | ||
| Pontypool | Bruce McDonald | ||
| A Safe Distance | Gloria Mercer | ||
| Unholy Night | Michael Gabriele | ||
Short films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bagman | Connor Gaston, Vaughn Gaston | Canada | |
| Blood, Sweat and Tears | Spencer Glassman | ||
| Ends Meat | Alex Ateah | ||
| The Fan Man | Austin Hutchings | ||
| Fester | Max Parr | ||
| Frequency | Lauren Andrews | ||
| Friends Like Us | Ray Savaya | ||
| It's Not Me | Cameron Veitch, Robert Kemp | ||
| The Last DIY Show | Jo Gaffney | ||
| Lost Wax | Omorose Osagie | Canada, Nigeria | |
| Man Eating Pussy | Emily Lawson | Canada | |
| A Mighty Poison | Kyle Marchen | ||
| Purge | Andrew Hamilton | ||
| Something Borrowed | Findlay Ironside | ||
| Walrus Inc. | Sarah Swire | ||
Genres du Pays
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Confessional | Le Confessionnal | Robert Lepage | Canada |
| Cul-de-$ac | Jean-Mathieu (Jib) Bérubé, Carlo Harrietha | ||
| Full Blast | Rodrigue Jean | ||
| The Mob | La Gammick | Jacques Godbout | |
| Possible Worlds | Robert Lepage | ||
| State Park | Académie de Vacances 2 | Rafal Zielinski | |
| The Wolves | Les loups | Sophie Deraspe | |
My First Fantasia
Feature films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurelie Laflamme's Diary | Le journal d'Aurélie Laflamme | Christian Laurence | Canada |
| Born in the Jungle | Joyeuse Jungle! | Edmunds Jansons | Czechia, Poland, Latvia |
| The Flayed, Part 3 | Les Écorchés, partie III | Luca Jalbert | Canada |
| Papaya | Priscilla Kellen | Brazil | |
Short films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| L'Aigle et le roitelet | Jadoul Paul | Belgium, France | |
| ALT | Jaymee Abel | Canada | |
| Un arbre? | Chloé Bouffard | Canada | |
| Auvent | Mélodie Casavant | Canada | |
| L'Aventure de Toto | Chloé Bouffard | Canada | |
| Avolavit | Benjamin Trudel | Canada | |
| Baião d'intérieurs | Héloïse Dorsan-Rachet | France | |
| Bleu à Paupières | Camille Pépin | Canada | |
| Bubbles Neverland | Jung Yun-a | South Korea | |
| Cabaret Peterson | Chloé Alix-Joly | Canada | |
| Chtonk! | Mélissa Desrosiers | Canada | |
| Crashcat | Daniel Kruse, Brian Ellis | United States, Sweden | |
| Dancing in the Rain | Yeh Chao Chun | Taiwan | |
| Dans l'jus | Sophie-Louise Carter | Canada | |
| Les Égarés | Alexanne Dicaire Fry | Canada | |
| Esquisses sur glace | Marion Auvin | Belgium, France | |
| Facteur vent | Rémy Rousseau | Canada | |
| First Flight | Adrián Jaffé | Germany | |
| Foools | Seo Kim, Steve Manale | Canada, United States | |
| Full Nest | Elena Walf | Germany | |
| Géraldine et Spaghetti | Ève Gingras | Canada | |
| La Grange de Noëlle | Pascale Hecquet | Belgium, France | |
| Green Apple? | Tal S. Shamir | United States | |
| Il n'y a qu'un poisson dans l'eau | Julia Ragot, André Yu, Gabrielle Montané, Ilona Laouchez, Hector De Ghaisne De Bournmont, Florent Delay | France | |
| Mitti | Delwyn Jude Remedios | India | |
| Mole, Mole! | Su Rui Rung | Taiwan | |
| Nouvelle lune | Fée Chagnon | Canada | |
| Over Yonder | Rachel James Carrière | Canada | |
| Poisson nuage | Noé Garcia | Belgium, France | |
| Recharged | Elizabeth Catwell | Canada | |
| Sannah Mania | Emmy Centeno | Canada | |
| Sunspark | Danny Bourque | United States | |
| Trouvé | Juliette Baily | Belgium, France | |
| When the Snow Melts | Kim Eun-young | South Korea | |
| When the Tide Comes | Fet-Nat Bailly | United Kingdom | |
Awards
Juried award winners will be announced during the festival, and audience award winners will be announced after the festival's conclusion.
Career achievement honours have been announced for Don Hertzfeldt as the recipient of the Indie Maverick Award, Bruce McDonald as the recipient of the Canadian Trailblazer Award, and Robert Lepage and Louise Portal as recipients of the Denis-Héroux Award.[4]