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STAY CONNECTED TO FANTASIA ALL YEAR-ROUND WITH SPECTACULAR OPTICAL!

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 at 14:29 | Canada, Fantasia Festival, General Info, Quebec Films

For updates on Fantasia-related happenings throughout the year, please refer to Spectacular Optical, as well as our Facebook Page (for news) and Facebook Group (to get invitations to events delivered to your inbox). You can also sign up for the newsletter, which will send you a monthly reminder when each new issue of Spectacular Optical goes live.

Phase 4 Films present: RED STATE W/ Kevin Smith in person!

Thursday, August 11th, 2011 at 10:21 | Fantasia Festival, General Info, Guests

RED STATE: An Evening with Kevin Smith Sunday Aug 14 – 7:30pm at Concordia Hall Theatre The highly demanded screening of Kevin Smith’s RED STATE is coming back to Montreal after premiering to a roaring audience opening night of the 2011 Fantasia Film Festival. This time Kevin Smith will be in the city to do [...]

A THUNDERING SUCCESS WITH AN INTERNATIONAL REACH FOR FANTASIA’S 15th EDITION

Sunday, August 7th, 2011 at 19:49 | Canada, Daily Updates, Fantasia Festival, General Info, Guests, International Films, News Releases, Premieres, Quebec Films

Montreal, Sunday, August 7, 2011 – The 15th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival has drawn to a close and our team is delighted by the great success of this year’s edition. As a stand-out event on the genre festival circuit since 1996, Fantasia is pleased to see its fan base continue to grow [...]

LOST MYTHS II – Live Multimedia Show – tonight!

Friday, August 5th, 2011 at 10:57 | Daily Updates, General Info, Guests, Parties and Events, Quebec Films

From the humorous to the strange, the visionary to the whimsical, Lost Myths will rocket you straight out of this dimension on a journey into pure inspiration.

Guillermo del Toro forced to cancel his appearance at the Fantasia International Film Festival

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 at 19:53 | Daily Updates, General Info, Guests, News Releases

We regret to announce that due to unforeseen commitments, Guillermo del Toro will not be able to join us in Montreal for the premiere of DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK at the Fantasia International Film Festival on Thursday, August 4. Mr. del Toro expressed his great disappointment at not being able to attend and [...]

Drafthouse Films acquires THE FP fresh off its Fantasia screening!

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 at 8:24 | Daily Updates, Fantasia Festival, General Info, Guests, International Films, News Releases, Premieres

Indiewire reports: Following Saturday night’s raucous Fantasia Fest screening of “The FP,” Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of Tim League’s Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, has acquired US rights to the film

NEW! Fantasia’s free iPhone app now available on iTunes store

Friday, July 15th, 2011 at 15:26 | Daily Updates, Fantasia Festival, General Info

Find out all about Fantasia’s program, news, spotlights and movies, create your own Fantasia schedule, follow us on Twitter and Facebook and much more!

Fantasia 2011 New HD Promo Video!

Monday, July 11th, 2011 at 16:35 | Fantasia Festival, General Info, Photos and Videos

Fantasia International Film Festival promo HD 2011 from Fantasia Festival on Vimeo.

Fantasia partners with iTunes!

Friday, July 8th, 2011 at 1:16 | General Info

We’re very proud to announce a new partnership with iTunes, in the shape of a Fantasia Festival page on the iTunes store, offering all the films on iTunes that have played at the festival over the past 14 editions. That’s 115 films to watch! Visit our iTunes Store at itunes.ca/FantasiaFestival

Alliance VivaFilm + Fantasia present: HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN – THE CANADIAN PREMIERE!

Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 15:59 | Canada, Daily Updates, Fantasia Festival, General Info, Guests, Premieres

Director Jason Eisener and producer Robert Cotterill will appear in person to present the Canadian Premiere of their Canuck chuckblower, followed by bonus 2nd feature THE STORY OF RICKY (RIKI-OH) and a slew of 35mm grindhouse trailers!