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.
2018, feels like a another time, another world,, 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:
Knuckleball
Aragne: Sign of Vermillion
Number 37
Pledge
From Emilie:
Chained for Life
Fleuve Noir
Cold Skin
Laplace’s Witch (Rapurasu no majo)
The Man Who Killer Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Microhabitat (So-gong-nyeo)
Knuckball
Tremble All You Want (Katte ni furuetero)
La nuit a devore le monde
Gaston Lagaffe
Mega Time Squad
Montreal Dead End
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 2020 that we have reviewed through the years between Fantasia 2021 and Fantasia 2026 (some during the fest but from other sources and some before):
From Felix:
Gremlins (physical media)
Gremlins (film)
Heavy Trip (Hevy Reissu) (physical media)
Heavy Trip (Hevy Reissu) (film)
The Howling
Mandy (physical media)
Mandy (film)
Nightmare Cinema
One Cut of the Dead (Kamera o tomeru na!) (physical media)
One Cut of the Dead (Kamera o tomeru na!) (film)
Our House
Pupper Master: The Littlest Reich
42 Counts
Summer of ’84
Tales from the Hood 2
From Emilie:
Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
A/S/L
Heavy Trip (Hevy Reissu)
Lifechanger
Mandy
Piercing
La Quinceanera
The Ranger
42 Counts
Summer of ’84
Tigers Are Not Afraid (Vuelven)
From Kim:
The Ranger
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