Program

Fantasia’s flagship juried competition, a global selection of varied genre works from new and established, groundbreaking and unconventional auteurs.

Discover the year's best genre films from all across the globe.

Experimental and audacious, the Camera Lucida section exists at the margins of genre cinema, showcasing its most original, personal, and innovative voices.

From experimental enigmas to eye-popping crowd-pleasers, the many tones and techniques of animation are highlighted in this section.

Cutting-edge documentaries from pop culture and counter-culture to issue-driven works of illumination and stranger-than-fiction tales of everyday oddness.

Bold, super independent outsider works that possess a purity of vision and are wholly unafraid to take risks. The revolution begins here.

A look back at select audience favourites from our Asian programming across the years.

Take a look at the films that shaped the history genre cinema.

A highlight of the talent of Quebec filmmakers, shown here across their feature films.

Fantasia’s showcase of intimate, auteur genre visions returns to celebrate the unconventional gaze with these extraordinary works.

Some of the year’s very best animated short films from around the world in a unique journey, from childhood's discoveries to the insights of adulthood.

A cornucopia of shorts amid a mix of old TV ads, film snippets and bursts of static, to simulate a productive evening of channel surfing with the gang at home.

Short films from home!

Fantasia’s showcase of provocative and character-driven international science-fiction works.

Children, parents and the young at heart are invited to dive into this free series of short film programs.

Fantasia’s renowned showcase of provocative and cutting-edge international shorts is back, with these bold works. Skin will crawl.

Event in French only