This year was Fantasia’s 30th anniversary, 30! And yours truly has been attending since year two, so we decided to go all out. Tons of reviews, an article per year with links to all the films we’ve reviewed from that year’s line up, and a few other things. We went a bit nuts, it was a lot, and it was worth it! Check out all our coverage links in one place below:
So, let’s start with our curtain riser from Bob:
Cinema Crazed Gets the Curtain Raised for Fantasia 2026!
The pre-fest pieces, giving you a sneak peek from Emilie:
Fantasia Starts Today! (festival trailer)
Fantasia Starts Today, Part Deux! (short films trailers playlist link)
And now, the reviews, organized by reviewer in order they were published:
From Bob:
Dance Freak
You Are the Film
Blaise
Home Bodies
I Love Paris
The Last Footage
Nightborn
Black Zombie
The Galactic Ghoul
Bowels of Hell
From Kima:
Pimple (short)
Ancestral Beasts
The Last DIY Show (short)
Lost Wax (short)
Parallel Gazes (Les regards paralleles)
From Graylan:
Tunnels: Sun in the Dark
The Origin of Ultraman
God Skin
Studio Q – 4K Restoration
From Emilie:
Tight Lettuce
Attack on Paradise (aka Paradise)
Sour Minnows
Unholy Night
Born of Women 2026
Break Free (Odore! Yakuza)
Unidentified Murder
Hayop Ka! (aka You Animal)
Backstage Madness (aka Shermendelik Karnavaly)
When You Open the Door
Tokyo Bust: Crime City
Someone’s Daughter
A Pair of Animated Shorts
From Jeremy:
Pontypool: A Love Letter
From Kim:
Mali Elfman: Next Exit (2022) [Female Filmmaker Friday]
As for the history of Fantasia, our way, Emilie compiled it all below, year by year:
30 Years of Fantasia: 2025 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2024 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2023 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2022 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2021 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2020 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2019 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2018 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2017 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2016 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2015 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2014 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2013 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2012 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2011 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2010 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2009 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2008 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2007 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2006 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2005 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2004 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2003 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
No fest in 2002
30 Years of Fantasia: 2001 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 2000 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 1999 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 1998 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 1997 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
30 Years of Fantasia: 1996 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed
In closing, enjoy this ad that everyone who has attended the fest for years knows by heart in a video of the crowd’s reaction to it: