Fantasia International Film Festival Official poster of the 2011 Fantasia International Film Festival Opening film The Suicide Squad Closing film 馃攽 The Great Yokai War: Guardians Location Montreal, Quebec, Canada Founded 1996 Festival date 14 July to 3 August, 2024 Language 馃攽 International Website fantasiafest Current: 26th Fantasia International Film Festival 27th 25th
Fantasia International Film Festival (also known as Fantasia-fest, FanTasia, 馃攽 and Fant-Asia) is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. It 馃攽 focuses on niche, B-rated and low budget movies in various genres, from horror to sci-fi. Regularly held in July/August, by 馃攽 2024 its annual audience had already surpassed 100,000 viewers and outgrown even the Montreal World Film Festival.
By virtue of the 馃攽 reputation developed over the last two decades, Fantasia has been called the "most outstanding and largest genre film festival in 馃攽 North America". Its mission is to promote genre, anti-Hollywood cinema and assist independent filmmakers. Fantasia has launched the careers of 馃攽 many modern auteurs. Since 2012, the festival has also held the Fronti猫res cinema market that allows promising projects to find 馃攽 potential producers and distributors. In 2024 the Fronti猫res announced collaboration with March茅 du Film led by Cannes Film Festival.
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Fantasia focuses on niche, B-rated and low-budget films of various genres, from horror to science fiction, most of them 馃攽 non-PG. It grew from the Asian Film scene in Montreal and still has a significant shift to Asian cinematograph.[1]
