As it is the 30th Anniversary of Fantasia, we (well, I on behalf of the team and site) will reshare reviews we’ve done for the fest including those done during the fest and those done for films that have played at the fest that we reviewed at other times to give an idea of the scope of Fantasia and how important it is for the film industry as a whole.
2017, the year I (Emilie) lived in Montreal for the summer, let’s see what we covered at the fest itself and what we covered at other times that also played Fantasia, starting with the films that played at the fest:
From Felix:
Tilt
Undress Me
Death Line (Raw Meat)
Dead Shack
Better Watch Out
The Night Watchmen
Tragedy Girls
78/52
From Emilie:
A Ghost Story
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Chapter 1
Boyka: Undisputed
Museum
Spectrum Fest: Films from the Autism Spectrum
Mohawk
Bad Genius
Replace
Wu Kong
Bitch
Born of Women 2017
Cold Hell
Napping Princess
Atomic Blonde
Sequence Break
Ron Goossens, Low-Budget Stuntman
Poor Agnes
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Karmina
The Short Films of Izzy Lee
You Only Live Once
M.F.A.
68 Kill
Mayhem
Bushwick
Dead Man Tells His Own Tale
Jailbreak
Le Serpent aux milles coupures
An Interview with Director Eric Valette
Overdrive
Blade of the Immortal
The Night Watchmen
Prey
The Endless
It’s Alive
Savage Dog
The Shorts of Fantasia International Film Festival 2017 – Part 1
The Shorts of Fantasia International Film Festival 2017 – Part 2
The Shorts of Fantasia International Film Festival 2017 – Part 3
Broken Sword Hero
Vampire Cleanup Department
From Jeremy:
Suspiria, The Exorcist II, and Story
Adventures In Fantasia
Small Gauge Trauma 2017
As most know by now, Fantasia is a great place for films to premiere, get picked up for distribution if they don’t already have a distributor in place, and generally to make waves, which leads to these films landing on our proverbial desks throughout the year. Here are some of the others from Fantasia 2017 that we have reviewed through the years between Fantasia 2017 and Fantasia 2026 (some during the fest but from other sources and some before):
From Felix:
Let There Be Light
My Life as a Zucchini (Ma Vie de Courgette)
Q: The Winged Serpent
Suspiria
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
From Emilie:
Fashionista
Game of Death
Geek Girls
Born of Sin
Lowlife
Ma Vie de Courgette (My Life as a Zucchini)
Night of the Virgin
November
Tom of Finland
From Nikki:
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
As we constantly review new films, classics, and re-releases, this list is only complete as of right this moment (at time of posting) and will likely become incomplete at some point.
Fantasia 2026 runs from July 16th to August 2nd, 2026