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Fantastic Fest Lineup: ‘Black Phone 2,’ ‘Sisu: Road To Revenge,’ ‘ Shelby Oaks,’ ‘Primate,’ ‘Vicious’ & More Set For 20th Anniversary Edition
The festival features 45 world premieres among 78 films and launches a new $100,000 pitch competition with a global distribution deal for emerging genre filmmakers.
- Fantastic Fest unveiled its 2025 lineup for Sep. 18-25, 2025 at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, Texas, featuring 78 feature films.
- Created in 2005 by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and acquired by Sony in 2024, the festival was founded to celebrate genre and horror films.
- Among studio tentpoles are Universal and Blumhouse’s ‘Black Phone 2’ and Lionsgate’s ‘The Strangers: Chapter 2,’ part of 45 World Premieres at the festival.
- Offering substantial support, Fantastic Pitches will debut, providing $100,000 in funding and a global distribution deal from Chroma, with finalists pitching before a jury of industry experts.
- Specialty screenings include restored genre films via the American Genre Film Archive and a micro-budget animation block, leading into a secret closing party.
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Fantastic Fest Lineup: ‘Black Phone 2,’ ‘Sisu: Road To Revenge,’ ‘ Shelby Oaks,’ ‘Primate,’ ‘Vicious’ & More Set For 20th Anniversary Edition
Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the U.S., taking place from September 18-25 this year at The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, TX, has unveiled its 20th anniversary lineup. Featuring 45 World Premieres, 15 International and North American Premieres, and 13 U.S. Premieres, the festival will open with the world premiere of […]
FANTASTIC FEST 2025- SKYLINE: WARPATH, SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE, DEATHSTALKER & More Help Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Biggest Genre Festival Around!
2025 marks a huge milestone for the ultimate genre bending film festival as Fantastic Fest celebrates its 20th anniversary of celebrating the best that action, horror, sci-fi and all genres have to offer. As in years past, this round of bombastic entertainment is not different as we have some pretty adrenaline laced titles marking their…
Fantastic Fest 2025 Film Line-Up Unveiled: Blumhouse’s ‘Black Phone 2′, Paramount Pictures’ ‘Vicious’, & Sony Pictures’ ‘Sisu: Road to Revenge’ Headline
Fantastic Fest 2025 Film Line-Up Unveiled The fall film festival season is right around the corner and Fantastic Fest is hitting strides with some heavy hitters! Fantastic Fest 2025, which will take place at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Texas, will have 45 World Premieres, 15 International and North American Premieres, and 13 U.S. Premieres. The festival will run from Thursday, September 18, to Sunday, September 25. “Fantastic Fest is tur…
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