About this festival
The Fantasia International Film Festival is coming back to Montreal. Organizers confirmed the festival's 31st edition will run from Thursday, July 15 to Sunday, August 1, 2027, announcing the dates on August 4, 2026 as the record-breaking 30th edition wrapped up with sold-out screenings.
Fantasia is North America's largest and longest-running genre film festival, dedicated since 1996 to innovative, independent and international genre cinema. Every summer it draws hundreds of filmmakers, industry guests and media from around the world — and hundreds of thousands of fans follow along in theatres and online.
Fantasia is Montreal's legendary summer celebration of genre film: horror, fantasy, science fiction, action, animation and some of the strongest Asian cinema programming anywhere in North America. The lineup mixes world and North American premieres with Canadian and Québec premieres, documentaries and short films, and the festival is famous for its Audience Awards, voted on by thousands of attendees — for many fans, a Fantasia premiere is the first stop on a film's way to cult status.
Worth knowing before you go
- The 2027 edition is the festival's 31st — announced on August 4, 2026 as the record-breaking 30th edition wrapped up with sold-out screenings.
- Fantasia screens in theatres across Montreal; the 2027 venues will be announced with the festival program on the official site.
- Expect genre cinema: horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action, animation, documentaries and a major selection of Asian films, plus Canadian and Québec premieres and short films.
- The festival is famous for its Audience Awards, voted on by thousands of attendees — for many fans, a Fantasia premiere is the first stop on a film's way to cult status.
CanadaFun.ca checked these details against official sources when this article was published. Festival dates, venues and ticket availability can change — please confirm on the official site before you travel.
