The always-amazing  Fantasia International Film Festival will celebrate its 30th edition from July 16 through August 2, 2026, and we have remote press access. The program kicks off with Nicholas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell and closes with Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein’s Freaks Part II.

Ticket pre-sales are open now.

With over 125 features and 200+ shorts, it’s a pretty daunting line-up of genre delights, but here are 5 essential films that are set to be unmissable.

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Attack on Paradise

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Director : Bob Colaers             Genre: Action     

 Cast: Achmed Akkabi, Jamal Ben Saddik, Said Boumazoughe

Police raid an Antwerp apartment complex made into a fortress by a local drug lord. Former resident Suleyman has been released from a seven year stretch and is determined to rescue his mother from the impending carnage.

Described as ” the exhilarating ass-kicker of Fantasia 2026″ this Belgian smackdown promises outrageous set-pieces and fist pumping heroic bloodshed.

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