Fantasia 2026 Final Wave: IndieWire exclusively reveals 30th anniversary lineup with Refn, Shimizu, 'Freaks Part II'
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Alison Foreman
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IndieWire exclusively unveils the final wave of titles for Fantasia 2026, the landmark 30th anniversary edition of the Montreal-based genre film festival (July 16–August 2). The lineup includes Nicolas Winding Refn, Takashi Shimizu, 'Her Private Hell,' 'Freaks Part II,' 'Buddy,' 'Colony,' and more. The article reflects on Fantasia's 30-year history as a communal home for transgressive and unclassifiable genre cinema.
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· 3 pulledThirty years since their respective foundings, it feels especially fitting that IndieWire be the outlet to exclusively unveil the final wave of titles for Fantasia's landmark anniversary edition.
Since 1996, Fantasia has offered a uniquely communal home for some of genre cinema's most important and transgressive sensations.
With programming that's long been gloriously unclassifiable, the annual film event...
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