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:
Category Archives: Fantasia Film Festival
A Pair of Animated Shorts [Fantasia 2026]
Fantasia always has a plethora of short films. Due to time, it was not possible to review all that many, so here are 2 that are animated and wildly different:
Parallel Gazes (Les regards parallèles) (2026) [Fantasia 2026]
What begins as an ambitious plan to steal a luxury car quickly spirals into a crime story filled with unexpected complications, fractured relationships, and the harsh reality that living like a gangster is far more complicated than it looks.
Someone’s Daughter (2026) [Fantasia 2026]
A woman is being brought somewhere against her will. Soon she realizes it’s an island and a former client she defended in a case is also there. As their kidnapper left them there to possibly die, they team up to try and find a way out. Soon, truths about both of them come out.
Tokyo Bust: Crime City (2026) [Fantasia 2026]
A Japanese detective from the same neighborhood as local thieves, shopkeepers, and the Yakuza teams up with a newly landed Korean detective to close a case that’s been causing them both issues.
When You Open the Door (2026) [Fantasia 2026]
Following a wolf bite, a woman is pulled to a woodland ritual led by an all-women group before going back to her life and the ramifications of it all.
30 Years of Fantasia: 1996 Reviews at Cinema-Crazed [Fantasia 2026]
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.