The 30th Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from 16 July to 2 August.
The 30th Annual Fantasia International Film Festival announced all its screeners on 9 July, 2026. The screenings this year not only include several anime movies, but also short anime films, and episodes. The film festival will take place from 16 July to 2 August, 2026 in Montreal, Canada.
Which anime projects will be screened at the 2026 Fantasia International Film Festival?
The anime screeners for this year’s film festival include:
- The world premiere of CloverWorks’ original anime movie GROTESQQQUE, which includes three sci-fi short films titled ÆLIENS, 4649GIRL, and NOCTURNE: NUIT GROTESQUE.
- The world premiere of two episodes from Strange: Junji Ito's Tales for Sleepless Nights, a live-action anthology omnibus series based on 13 manga stories by Junji Ito. The two episodes which will be screened are titled The Rib Woman and Face Thief.
- The North American premiere of A New Dream, an anime movie by ASMIK Ace and French studio Miyu Productions.
- cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood, the anime movie based on Machiko Kyō’s Cocoon manga will receive its Canadian premiere at this film festival.
- The world premieres of anime short films including: Haruki Kasugamori's 20001 An Earth Odyssey, Nagomi Ueno's Ambivalent Garden, Taka Yuki's Don't Dodge Life," Eit Mitsufuchi's Dust of the Simulacrum, and Takeru Shinozuka's FOXING: Kitsuné-tsuki.
- The international premieres of short films including: Asuka Dokai's Echo and Yūta Sano's Future Kid Takara episode 1 The Child from the Future.
In the Animation Plus Section of the film festival, the world premiere of the Cherry and Virgin film, the North American premiere of the Sekiro: No Defeat anime, and the international premieres of the live-action WIND BREAKER film and The Origin of Ultraman documentaries will all be screened.