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Fantasia International Film Festival

17 July – 3 August 2025

The 29th edition of the Montreal-based festival is packed with great titles, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, thrillers and anime, with over a dozen world premières. It opened with the latest work by Ari Aster, Eddington.

The festival ran from 17 July to 3 August.

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  • OBEX
    Review preview for OBEX

    If you’re looking for a witty and heartfelt story with characters you can care about, you may find yourself falling head over heels.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Conor Marsh lives a secluded life with his dog, Sandy, until one day he begins playing OBEX, a new, state-of-the-art computer game. When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality and game blurs and Conor must venture into the strange world of OBEX to bring her home.
  • Straight Outta Space
    Review preview for Straight Outta Space

    It has its moments, and for the most part it’s warm-hearted and likeable enough to make up for the odd mis-step.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Two street coaches in a bustling neighborhood face an unexpected crisis when locals transform into bizarre, slimy beings.
  • Occupy Cannes
    Review preview for Occupy Cannes

    Cannes glitters, but the celebrated parts of it are always just out of reach – a red carpet stretched out on the other side of a busy road, celebrities ascending famous steps behind a horde of undead.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Lloyd Kaufman and The Troma Team go on what could be their final trip to the Cannes Film Festival.
  • The Pearl Comb
    Review preview for The Pearl Comb

    It draws on old Cornish stories about merfolk but is an original work, with well developed characters and actors who bring them to life superbly in the brief time they have.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    When a Cornish fisherman's wife performs a medical miracle, a doctor goes to investigate, but discovers a lot more than he bargained for.
  • Reflection In A Dead Diamond
    Review preview for Reflection In A Dead Diamond

    For something so lovely, it is hard-edged, and it sparkles with visual wit.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    When the mysterious woman in the room next door disappears, a debonair 70-year-old ex-spy living in a luxury hotel on the Côte d’Azur is confronted by the demons and darlings of a lurid past in which moviemaking, memories and madness collide.
  • Queens Of The Dead
    Review preview for Queens Of The Dead

    Tina Romero is in her element.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    On what should be a fun night at a Brooklyn warehouse party, an outbreak of flesh-eating zombies forces a ragtag group of drag queens, partygoers and party-throwers to band together and somehow survive the night.
  • The Serpent's Skin
    Review preview for The Serpent's Skin

    Alice Maio Mackay’s...most accessible film to date.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A young woman leaves her transphobic small-town, and develops a romance with tattoo artist Gen with whom she shares a paranormal connection. But their deep-rooted insecurities unknowingly release a demon, which possesses one of their ex-lovers and begins feeding on their friends by sucking out their lifeforce.
  • Angel's Egg
    Review preview for Angel's Egg

    Unutterably beautiful.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
  • Good Boy
    Review preview for Good Boy

    In Good Boy, Indy the dog delivers not only a great animal performance, but one of the best performances by anyone this year.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Indy is a good boy; a faithful dog, he is always by his human Todd’s side. When Todd seeks quiet in an empty family home in the countryside, Indy finds there is a strange, malevolent presence lurking in the shadows — an evil that only he can sense.
  • Every Heavy Thing
    Review preview for Every Heavy Thing

    Most of Reece’s works are first and foremost character studies, so it’s not surprising that his adherence to plot doesn’t last; the film is better for it.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    An unassuming office worker at an online periodical becomes entangled in a conspiracy after witnessing a murder.

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