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The world's largest film festival devoted to fantasy and science fiction is back with a stellar line-up for 2022. Based in Austin, Texas, it's an important platform for launching titles which you will see in cinemas an on streaming services around the world over the next two years.
The festival runs from 22 to 29 September.
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Fantastic Latest Reviews
An aspiring clown grappling with her gender identity combats a fascistic caped crusader.
In a small village in Leon, Spain, María José prepares to end her life after failing to get over the suicide of her bullied son years before. Everything changes when she receives a visit from Lucía, a strange little girl who could be connected to a local legend about stopping an impending apocalypse.
An octogenarian, who enters into a state of dementia after the sudden suicide of his wife, sparks a series of paranormal events that will put his family's lives at risk.
After moving into a new apartment with her boyfriend, a woman is plagued by bad dreams which seem to spill over into waking life. Is she losing her mind, or finding it?
A murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing competition.
A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.
When his grandmother suddenly passes away and a young woman with a mysterious rash arrives on his doorstep, a young man tries to help her. As her condition worsens, it becomes clear that she’s afflicted with no ordinary illness. She’s transforming into something dangerous before his eyes, but he’s already in too deep to abandon her.
A recently disgraced detective leads a special unit in an effort to stop a crime boss from becoming mayor.
Eight-year-old Vicky possesses a special power: a hyperacute sense of smell. She spends her days exploring this gift, and lives happily with her mother Joanne, a swimming teacher whom she adores exclusively - to the despair of her firefighter father. When her mysterious aunt Julia suddenly reappears in their lives, secrets from their past resurface both violently and magically.
A documentary about car clamping, an antique shop, an extortion scandal and a mystery man who might be a prince.
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