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Fantaspoa

8 April – 26 April 2026

The Cramps: A Period Piece
The Cramps: A Period Piece

This year's Fantaspoa has a line-up of over 200 features plus workshops, lectures, a Costume Party Cruise and a 50th anniversary tribute to Brian De Palma classic Carrie.

The festival runs from 8 to 26 April.

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  • Compliance
    Review preview for Compliance

    Mangione-Smith...is particularly successful at telling the story dynamically without compromising the found footage approach.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A found footage horror film about the modern surveillance state, dark web crime, and political conspiracy.
  • The Peril At Pincer Point
    Review preview for The Peril At Pincer Point

    Joseph Field Eccles and Nick Smyth’s sound design...is magnificent from start to finish, and full of playful touches.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A lazy sound designer is sent to the remote island where a film was shot to capture a sound powerful enough to elevate its finale. Once there, eerie local fables surface: for years, ambitious and headstrong youth have lost their souls to a ghostly sea captain for his spectral crew.
  • Matapanki
    Review preview for Matapanki

    The energy of it, combined with Gálvez’s endearing performance, means it’s likely to work well in any environment.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A punk kid gets superpowers from alcohol and tries to reshape society, but a violent error sparks global tensions with him at the centre.
  • Tony Odyssey
    Review preview for Tony Odyssey

    A hugely ambitious first feature from director Thales Banzai, Tony Odyssey repeatedly bites off more than it can chew, but it has lots of great ideas, both conceptual and visual.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Tony and his best friend, Ivy, decide to rob the bar where he works to steal a new drug that will take them on a journey to meet God.
  • Camp
    Review preview for Camp

    A thoughtful, subtly dangerous film which denies viewers the reassurance of a conventional ending.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Emily takes a job as a counselor at a summer camp and finds a coven of witches ready to show her a path to healing.
  • Marama
    Review preview for Marama

    One of the most impressive films of the year to date.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A young Māori woman travels to Victorian England after receiving a letter promising information about her birth parents. As she peels back the layers of colonial deceit, she is driven to avenge her shattered ancestry.
  • The Cramps: A Period Piece
    Review preview for The Cramps: A Period Piece

    The film’s general campiness does not diminish the points it’s making.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A vibrant collision of horror, comedy, and aching personal truth as seen through the eyes of a young woman dealing with the pain of her menstrual cramps.
  • Violence
    Review preview for Violence

    There’s a “Warriors, come out to play!” vibe about it, but alas, like that film, it is better to remember than it is to watch.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    Henry Violence, an anti-hero in an alternate 1980s world, becomes entangled in a brutal drug war as rival cartels battle for supremacy, forcing him to make difficult choices to navigate the treacherous landscape.
  • Fifteen
    Review preview for Fifteen

    Ricardo Álvarez Canales and Andrzej Rattinger’s dialogue is wonderfully observed and the two leads give lively, fresh performances which make them feel like real 14-year-old girls, looking at the world in a way most adults forget.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A reimagining of the quinceañera as a chaotic mix of comedy and creature horror.
  • Adorable Humans
    Review preview for Adorable Humans

    For an anthology movie, Adorable Humans is pretty consistent both in the terms of style and substance.

    Marko Stojiljkovic · 3.5 out of 5
    Anthology re-imagining the tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

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