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'''Fantastic Fest''' is an annual [[film festival]] in [[Austin, Texas]]. It was founded in 2005 by [[Tim League]] of [[Alamo Drafthouse Cinema|Alamo Drafthouse]], [[Harry Knowles]] of [[Ain't It Cool News]], Paul Alvarado-Dykstra, and [[Tim McCanlies]], writer of ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' and ''[[Secondhand Lions]]''.

Lisa Dreyer is festival director.<ref>[https://www.screendaily.com/news/lisa-dreyer-named-festival-director-at-fantastic-fest/5168054.article "Lisa Dreyer named festival director at Fantastic Fest"]; in: Screen Daily, 24 February 2022</ref> [[Annick Mahnert]] is head of programming.

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==History==

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In 2022, an online-exclusive section of programming was created: "Burnt Ends." In this new segment, Fantastic Fest wants to showcase "the weirdest, wildest, most fringe films out there."<ref>Burnt Ends @ Fantastic Fest 2022 https://2022.fantasticfest.com/burnt-ends</ref>

==Festivals by year (2005–2009)==

{{split|List of Fantastic Fest festivals|date=September 2024}}

===2005===

The 2005 festival was only three days long, October 6–9. Screened films included ''[[Feast (2005 film)|Feast]]'', ''[[Wolf Creek (film)|Wolf Creek]]'', and ''[[Zathura (film)|Zathura]]''. The official sponsors of the 2005 festival were Milkshake Media, [[KOOP (FM)|KOOP]] Radio, ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'', Jackson Walker LLP, and Independence Brewery.

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* ''[[Pulse (2006 film)|Pulse]]''

* ''[[Strings (2004 film)|Strings]]''

* ''[[The Wild Blue Yonder (2005 film)|The Wild Blue Yonder]]''

* ''[[Wolf Creek (film)|Wolf Creek]]''

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* Sake, Shochu and Karaoke: Meet the Japanese! – party at Highball

* Return of the Fantastic Feud (and win by Team USA!)

==Festivals by year (2010–2014)==

===2010===

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'''U.S. premieres'''

* ''[[Alleluia (2014 film)|Alleluia]]''

* ''[[Bro's Before Ho's]]''

* ''[[The Man in the Orange Jacket]]''

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* Metal Meltdown with Karaoke Apocalypse

* Fantastic Fest ABCs of Closing Night Party

==Festivals by year (2015–2019)==

===2015===

The 2015 festival returned to the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar location from Sept. 24–Oct. 1.

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*''Rabbit''

* [[V.I.P. (2017 film)|''V.I.P.'']]

'''North American Premieres'''

*''Ron Goossens: Low-Budget Stuntman''

*''Top Knot Detective''

* ''[[Before We Vanish]]''

*''[[Blue My Mind]]''

*''Firstborn''

*''Good Manners''

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The 2018 festival took place at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar from Sept. 20–27.

==== World Premieres<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fantasticfest.com/news/entry/its-the-fantastic-fest-2018-first-wave|title=It's The Fantastic Fest 2018 First Wave! {{!}} Fantastic Fest|work=Fantastic Fest|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213246/http://fantasticfest.com/news/entry/its-the-fantastic-fest-2018-first-wave|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fantasticfest.com/news/entry/epic-second-wave-has-landed-halloween-on-opening-night|title=Epic Second Wave Has Landed, Halloween on Opening Night! {{!}} Fantastic Fest|work=Fantastic Fest|access-date=2018-08-22|language=en|archive-date=August 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823073914/http://fantasticfest.com/news/entry/epic-second-wave-has-landed-halloween-on-opening-night|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fantasticfest.com/news/entry/fantastic-fests-final-wave-of-programming-includes-bad-times-at-the-el-roya|title=Fantastic Fest's Final Wave of Programming Includes Bad Times at the El Royale as Closing Night film {{!}} Fantastic Fest|work=Fantastic Fest|access-date=2018-09-13|language=en|archive-date=September 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913223434/https://fantasticfest.com/news/entry/fantastic-fests-final-wave-of-programming-includes-bad-times-at-the-el-roya|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fantasticfest.com/news/entry/films-festive-fashions-fine-furnishings-frights-feuds-fares-and-freebies|title=FILMS, FESTIVE FASHIONS, FINE FURNISHINGS, FRIGHTS, FEUDS, FARES, AND FREEBIES! {{!}} Fantastic Fest|work=Fantastic Fest|access-date=2018-09-17|language=en|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918012315/https://fantasticfest.com/news/entry/films-festive-fashions-fine-furnishings-frights-feuds-fares-and-freebies|url-status=dead}}</ref>====

*[[Bros: After The Screaming Stops|''Bros: After the Screaming Stops'']]

*''All the Gods in the Sky''

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*''Feral''

*[[Folklore (TV series)|''Folklore'']]

**''"Mongdal''"

**''"Toyol''"

*''[[FP2: Beats of Rage]]''

*''Girls with Balls''

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'''International Premieres'''

*''Madam Yankelova's Fine Literature Club''

*''Werewolf''

'''North American Premieres'''

*[[Suspiria (2018 film)|''Suspiria'']]

*''[[The Bouncer (film)|The Bouncer]]''

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'''U.S. Premieres'''

*''The Angel''

*''[[Cam (film)|Cam]]''

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'''Regional Premieres'''

*''[[Ban Geum-ryeon]]''

*''The Blood of Wolves''

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'''Texas Premieres'''

*''[[Bad Times at the El Royale]]''

*''The Bastards' Fig Tree''

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'''Austin Premieres'''

*[[The Guilty (2018 film)|''The Guilty'']]

*''Holiday''

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===== Fantastic Shorts =====

*''Hi-Five the Cactus''

*''O.I.''

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===== Short Fuse Presented by Stage 13 =====

*''Acid''

*''Chowboys: An American Folktale''

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===== Shorts with Legs =====

*''The Beaning''

*''Cold Fish''

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===== Shorts with Kimchi: Korean Short Film Sidebar =====

*''Human Stone''

*''The Lady from 406''

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===== Paired with Features =====

*''Albatross Soup''

*''Bedridden''

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*''[[Jallikattu (2019 film)|Jallikattu]]''

*''[[Jojo Rabbit]]''

*''[[The Long Walk (2019 film)|The Long Walk]]''

*''[[Nobadi]]''

*''[[The Other Lamb]]''

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*''[[The Whistlers (film)|The Whistlers]]''

'''Texas Premieres'''{{anchor|Texas 2019}}

*''After Midnight''

*''[[Bliss (2019 film)|Bliss]]'' in 35mm

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*''The Pool''

*''[[Swallow (2019 film)|Swallow]]''

*''[[Sweetheart (2019 American film)|Sweetheart]]''

*''[[The Vast of Night]]''

*''Why Don't You Just Die!''

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==== Horror Features ====

* ''The Color Out of Space''

=== Celebration of Fantastic Fest (2020) ===

'''2020'''

In 2020, due to the prevalence of COVID-19, the physical festival was canceled. Instead, they held a completely free, virtual festival with a reduced lineup called Celebration of Fantastic Fest.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-25 |title=Celebration of Fantastic Fest |url=https://austin.culturemap.com/eventdetail/celebration-fantastic-fest/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=CultureMap Austin |language=en}}</ref> The virtual event also included two special physical screenings and virtual parties.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Everything We Can't Wait to Watch at Fantastic Fest 2020 |url=https://nerdist.com/article/fantastic-fest-2020-virtual-line-up/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=Nerdist |language=en-US}}</ref>

'''World Premieres'''

* ''[[Action U.S.A.|Action U.S.A]]'' (world premiere of the 4K restoration)

* ''Bloodthirsty (''dir. Amelia Moses)

* ''The Boy Behind The Door'' (dir. David Charbonier & Justin Powell)

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''AGFA presents Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island (''dir. Dan Kapelovitz'')''

==Festivals by year (2021–present)==

=== 2021 ===

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* ''[[Titane (film)|Titane]]''

* ''[[The Trip (2021 film)|The Trip]]''

* ''[[The United States of Insanity (2021 film)|The United States of Insanity]]''

* ''[[V/H/S/94]]''

* ''Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched''

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* ''NightMare'' (Kjersti Helen Rasmussen, Norway, 2022)

* ''[[Razzennest]]'' (Johannes Grenzfurthner, Austria, 2022; ''Burnt Ends'' showcase)

* ''[[Satanic Hispanics]]'' ([[Mike Mendez]], Demian Rugna, [[Eduardo Sánchez (director)|Eduardo Sánchez]], [[Gigi Saul Guerrero]] & [[Alejandro Brugués]], US, Mexico, Argentina, 2022)

* ''[[Smile (2022 film)|Smile]]'' ([[Parker Finn]], US, 2022)

* ''[[Solomon King (film)|Solomon King]]'' (Jack Bomay & Sal Watts, US, 1974; 4K Restoration)

* ''Spoonful of Sugar'' (Mercedes Bryce Morgan, US, 2022)

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* ''[[Werewolf by Night (TV special)|Werewolf by Night]]'' ([[Michael Giacchino]], US, 2022; secret screening)

==== US Premieres ====

* ''[[The Banshees of Inisherin]]'' ([[Martin McDonagh]], UK/Ireland, US, 2022)

* ''Country Gold'' (Mickey Reece, US, 2022)

* ''[[Decision to Leave]]'' ([[Park Chan-wook]], South Korea, 2022)

* ''Demigod: The Legend Begins'' (Chris Huang Wen Chang, Taiwan, 2022)

* ''[[The Elderly (film)|The Elderly]]'' (Raúl Cerezo & Fernando González Gómez, Spain, 2022)

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* ''[[The People's Joker]]'' ([[Vera Drew]], US, 2022)

* ''[[Project Wolf Hunting]]'' (Kim Hongsun, South Korea, 2022)

* ''[[Sick (2022 film)|Sick]]'' ([[John Hyams]], US, 2022)

* ''[[Sick of Myself (film)|Sick of Myself]]'' ([[Kristoffer Borgli]], Norway, Sweden, 2022)

* ''[[Triangle of Sadness]]'' ([[Ruben Östlund]], Sweden, 2022)

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* ''[[Vesper (film)|Vesper]]'' (Kristina Buožytė & Bruno Samper, Belgium, France, Lithuania, 2022)

==== International premieres ====

* ''Evil Eye'' ([[Isaac Ezban]], Mexico, 2022)

* ''Nothing'' (Trine Piil & Seamus McNally, Denmark, Germany, 2022)

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* ''[[Gamera vs. Zigra]]'' ([[Noriaki Yuasa]], Japan, 1971)

* ''[[H4Z4RD]]'' (Jonas Govaerts, Belgium, 2022)

* ''[[Medusa Deluxe]]'' ([[Thomas Hardiman]], United Kingdom, 2022)

* ''The Strange Case of Jacky Caillou'' (Lucas Delangle, France, 2022)

* ''[[Terrifier 2]]'' ([[Damien Leone]], US, 2022)

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* ''[[Smoking Causes Coughing]]'' (Quentin Dupieux, France, 2022)

* ''[[Something in the Dirt]]'' ([[Justin Benson (filmmaker)|Justin Benson]] & [[Aaron Moorhead]], US, 2022)

* ''[[Swallowed (film)|Swallowed]]'' ([[Carter Smith]], US, 2022)

* ''Ultraman 4K Edition'' (Samaji Nonagase, HajimeTsuburayaHajime Tsuburaya & Akio Jissoji, Japan, 1966)

* ''Unidentified Objects'' (Juan Felipe Zuleta, US, 2022)

* ''We Might As Well Be Dead'' (Natalia Sinelnikova, Germany, Romania, 2022)

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'''''Shark Attack'' Sidebar'''

* ''[[12 Days of Terror]]'' ([[Jack Sholder]], US, 2004)

* ''[[Aatank]]'' (Prem Lalwani & Desh Mukherjee, India, 1996)

* ''[[Gamera vs. Zigra]]'' ([[Noriaki Yuasa]], Japan, 1971)

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* ''[[Piggy (2022 film)|Piggy]]'' ([[Carlota Pereda]], Spain, 2022)

* ''[[Project Wolf Hunting]]'' (Kim Hongsun, South Korea, 2022)

* ''[[Satanic Hispanics]]'' ([[Mike Mendez]], Demian Rugna, [[Eduardo Sánchez (director)|Eduardo Sánchez]], [[Gigi Saul Guerrero]] & [[Alejandro Brugués]], US, Mexico, Argentina, 2022)

* ''[[Terrifier 2]]'' ([[Damien Leone]], US, 2022)

* ''[[V/H/S/99]]'' ([[Johannes Roberts]], Maggie Levin, [[Flying Lotus]], Tyler MacIntyre, Vanessa Winter & Joseph Winter, US, 2022)

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=== 2023 ===

The 2023 lineupfestival includes:took place at the Alamo Drafthouse in South Lamar, Austin, Texas from September 21 to September 28.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/fantastic-fest-announces-2023-lineup-the-toxic-avenger-totally-killer-1235519673/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|title=Fantastic Fest Sets 2023 Lineup; Legendary Pictures' 'The Toxic Avenger' To Open, Blumhouse Horror Comedy 'Totally Killer' Closes; Angus Cloud Pic In Mix|first=Valerie|last=Complex|date=15 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/fantastic-fest-2023-lineup-toxic-avenger-creator/|website=[[The Wrap]]|title=Fantastic Fest 2023 Lineup Includes Premiere of New 'Toxic Avenger,' Blumhouse's 'Totally Killer'|first=Drew|last=Taylor|date=15 August 2023}}</ref>

====World premieres====

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* ''[[Everything is Terrible!|Everything Is Terrible!]] presents 100 BEST KILLS: SATAN''

* ''[[The Fall of the House of Usher (miniseries)|The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' ([[Mike Flanagan (filmmaker)|Mike Flanagan]], US, 2023, episodes 1−2)

* ''[[I'll Crush Y'Allall]]'' (Kike Narcea, Spain, 2023)

* ''[[Jackdaw (film)|Jackdaw]]'' (Jamie Childs, UK, 2023)

* ''[[The Jar]] (Charon)'' (Bruce Tuscano, US, 1984, restoration)

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* ''[[Messiah of Evil]]'' ([[Gloria Katz]] & [[Willard Huyck]], US, 1974, 35&nbsp;mm restoration)

* ''Mushrooms'' (Paweł Borowski, Poland, 2023)

* ''[[Pet Sematary: Bloodlines]]'' ([[Lindsey Anderson Beer]], US/Canada, 2023)

* ''So Unreal'' (Amanda Kramer, US, 2023)

* ''Spooktacular!'' (Quinn Monahan, US, 2023)

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* ''You're Not Me'' (Marisa Crespo & Moisés Romera, Spain, 2023)

==== International premieres ====

* ''The Deep Dark'' (Mathieu Turi, France, 2023)

* ''Salem'' (Jean-Bernard Marlin, France, 2023)

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* ''Triggered'' (Richard V. Somes, Philippines, 2023)

* ''UFO Sweden'' (Victor Danell, Sweden, 2022)

* ''Vermin[[Infested]]'' (Sébastien Vaniček, France, 2023)

* ''[[The Wait (2023 film)|The Wait]]'' ([[F. Javier Gutiérrez]], Spain, 2023)

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* ''[[Tiger Stripes (film)|Tiger Stripes]]'' (Amanda Nell Eu, Malaysia/Taiwan/France/Germany/Netherlands/Indonesia, 2023)

* ''The Uncle'' (David Kapac & Andrija Mardešić, Croatia, Serbia, 2022)

* ''[[What You Wish For]]'' (Nicholas Tomnay, US, 2023)

'''====Texas premieres'''====

* ''[[The Creator (2023 film)|The Creator]]'' ([[Gareth Edwards (director)|Gareth Edwards]], United States, 2023)

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* ''[[Saw X]]'' – (secret screening)

==See= also2024 ===

The 2024 festival took place at the Alamo Drafthouse in South Lamar, Austin, Texas from September 19 to September 26.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zilko |first=Alison Foreman,Christian |date=2024-09-19 |title=Fantastic Fest 2024: Clowns Rule at Texas' No-Joke Genre Event Set to Debut 'Terrifier 3,' 'V/H/S Beyond,' and More |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/events/fantastic-fest-2024-opening-day-terrifier-3-1235049155/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation]]

===Other= genreWorld filmpremieres festivals====

* ''AJ Goes to the Dog Park'' (Toby Jones, United States, 2024)

* [[Apartment 7A|''Apartment 7A'']] (Natalie Erika James, United States, 2024)

* ''Bone Lake'' ([[Mercedes Bryce Morgan]], United States, 2024)

* [[Bookworm (film)|''Bookworm'']] ([[Ant Timpson]], New Zealand, 2024)

* ''Daddy’s Head'' (Benjamin Barfoot, United Kingdom, 2024)

* ''Don't Mess with Grandma'' (Jason Krawczyk, Canada, 2024)

* ''Ebony and Ivory'' ([[Jim Hosking]], United Kingdom, 2024)

* ''Heads or Fails'' (Lenny Guit, Harpo Guit, Belgium, 2024)

* ''[[Heavier Trip]]'' (Juuso Laatio, Jukka Vidgren, Finland, 2024)

* ''[[House of Spoils]]'' (Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy, United States, 2024)

* ''[[Get Away (film)|Get Away]]'' (Steffen Haars, United Kingdom, 2024)

* ''Ghost Killer'' (Kensuke Sonomura, Japan, 2024)

* ''Little Bites'' ([[Spider One]], United States, 2024)

* [[Memoir of a Snail|''Memoir of a Snail'']] ([[Adam Elliot]], Australia, 2024)

* ''Mr. Crocket'' (Brandon Espy, United States, 2024

* [[Never Let Go (2024 film)|''Never Let Go'']] ([[Alexandre Aja]], United States, 2024)

* ''The Rule of Jenny Pen'' (James Ashcroft, New Zealand, 2024)

* ''[[The Severed Sun]]'' ([[Dean Puckett]], United Kingdom, 2024)

* ''[[Spermageddon]]'' ([[Tommy Wirkola]], [[Rasmus A. Sivertsen]], Norway, 2024)

* ''Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire'' (Stuart Ortiz, United States, 2024)

* ''[[Teacup (TV series)|Teacup]]'' ([[E. L. Katz]], United States, 2024)

* ''[[Terrifier 3]]'' ([[Damien Leone]], United States, 2024)

* ''Touched by Eternity'' (Mārcis Lācis, Latvia, 2024)

* ''[[V/H/S/Beyond]]'' (Jordan Downey, Christian Long, [[Justin Long]], [[Justin Martinez]], Virat Pal, [[Kate Siegel]], [[Jay Cheel]], United States, 2024)

* ''What Happened to Dorothy Bell?'' (Danny Villanueva Jr., United States, 2024)

* [[Will & Harper|''Will & Harper'']] ([[Josh Greenbaum]], United States, 2024)

* ''The Workout'' ([[James Cullen Bressack]], United States, 2024)

==== International premieres ====

* ''Binary'' (David-Jan Bronsgeest, The Netherlands, 2024)

* ''Children of the Wicker Man'' (Justin Hardy, United Kingdom, 2024)

* ''[[The Draft! (film)|The Draft!]]'' (Yusron Fuadi, Indonesia, 2023)

* ''Frankie Freako'' ([[Astron-6|Steven Kostanski]], Canada, 2024)

* ''Planet B'' (Aude Léa Rapin, France, Belgium, 2024)

* ''Trizombie'' (Mārcis Lācis, Belgium, 2024)

* ''White Wieven'' (Didier Konings, Netherlands, 2024)

* ''Zénithal'' (Jean-Baptiste Saurel, France, 2024)

==== North American premieres ====

* ''Animale'' (Emma Benestan, France, 2024)

* ''[[Baby Invasion]]'' ([[Harmony Korine]], United States, 2024)

* ''The Black Hole'' ([[Moonika Siimets]], Estonia, Finland, 2024)

* ''Body Odyssey'' (Grazia Tricarico, Italy, Switzerland, 2023)

* ''Dragon Dilation'' ([[Bertrand Mandico]], France, 2024)

* ''Gazer'' (Ryan J. Sloan, United States, 2024)

* ''The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee'' (Jon Spira, United Kingdom, 2024)

* ''MadS'' (David Moreau, France, 2024)

* ''[[Maldoror (film)|Maldoror]]'' ([[Fabrice Du Welz|Fabrice du Welz]], Belgium, France, 2024)

* ''[[Night Call (film)|Night Call]]'' (Michiel Blanchart, France, Belgium, 2024)

* ''Plastic Guns'' (Jean-Christophe Meurisse, France, 2024)

* ''[[Queens of Drama (film)|Queens of Drama]]'' (Alexis Langlois, France, Belgium, 2024)

* ''Sister Midnight'' ([[Karan Kandhari]], United Kingdom, India, Sweden, 2024)

==== United States premieres ====

* ''[[Bring Them Down]]'' (Christopher Andrews, Ireland, United Kingdom, Belgium, 2024)

* ''Chainsaws were Singing'' (Sander Maran, Estonia, 2024)

* ''[[Cloud (film)|Cloud]]'' ([[Kiyoshi Kurosawa]], Japan, 2024)

* ''[[Daniela Forever]]'' ([[Nacho Vigalondo]], Spain, Belgium, 2024)

* ''[[Dead Talents Society]]'' ([[John Hsu (filmmaker)|John Hsu]], Taiwan, 2024)

* ''Else'' (Thibault Emin, France, 2024)

* ''Escape from the 21st Century'' (Li Yang, China, 2024)

* ''[[I, the Executioner (2024 film)|I, The Executioner]]'' ([[Ryoo Seung-wan]], South Korea, 2024)

* ''Ick'' ([[Joseph Kahn (director)|Joseph Kahn]], United States, 2024)

* ''Párvulos'' ([[Isaac Ezban]], Mexico, 2024)

* ''Steppenwolf'' (Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Kazakhstan, 2024)

* ''U are the Universe'' (Pablo Ostrikov, Ukraine, 2024)

* ''[[Universal Language (2024 film)|Universal Language]]'' ([[Matthew Rankin]], Canada, 2024)

==== Texas premieres ====

* ''Baby Assassins Nice Days'' (Yugo Sakamoto, Japan, 2024)

* ''[[Carnival of Blood]]'' (Leonard Kirtman, United States, 1970)

* ''[[Chain Reactions (film)|Chain Reactions]]'' ([[Alexandre O. Philippe]], United States, 2024)

* ''[[A Different Man]]'' ([[Aaron Schimberg]], United States, 2024)

* ''Girl Internet Show: A Kati Kelli Mixtape'' (Kati Kelli, United States, 2024)

* ''[[Megalopolis (film)|Megalopolis]]'' ([[Francis Ford Coppola]], United States, 2024)

* ''[[The Remarkable Life of Ibelin]]'' ([[Benjamin Ree]], Norway, 2024)

* ''Respati'' (Sidharta Tata, Indonesia, 2024)

* ''She Loved Blossoms More'' (Yannis Veslemes, Greece, France, 2024)

==== Austin premieres ====

* ''[[Anora (film)|Anora]]'' ([[Sean Baker (filmmaker)|Sean Baker]], United States, 2024)

==== Arab Genre Rises presentation ====

* ''Down is the New Up'' (Camille Cabbabe, Lebanon, 2017)

* ''How my Grandmother Became a Chair'' (Nicolas Fattouh, Germany, Lebanon, Qatar, 2021)

* ''J'ai Le Cafard'' (Maysaa Almumin, Kuwait, Egypt, Qatar, 2021)

* ''Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow'' (Fadi Baki, Lebanon, Germany, 2017)

* ''Nation Estate'' (Larissa Sansour, Palestine, Denmark, 2012)

* ''Night Shift'' (Ali Faisal Mostafa, United Arab Emirates, 2022)

* [[So What If the Goats Die|''So What If the Goats Die'']] (Sofia Alaoui, France, Morocco, 2020)

==== Special screenings ====

* [[The Babadook|''The Babadook'']] (10th anniversary screening)

* ''[[Big Top Pee-wee|Big Top Pee-Wee]]'' (World premiere of 4K restoration)

* ''[[The Birthday (film)|The Birthday]]'' (20th anniversary screening)

* ''Disembodied'' (World premiere of 4K restoration)

* ''[[The Fall (2006 film)|The Fall]]'' (North American premiere of 4K restoration)

* ''[[The Guest (2014 American film)|The Guest]]'' (World premiere of 4K restoration)

* ''[[The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies|The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?]]'' (Texas premiere of Severin restoration)

* ''[[Mac and Me]]''

* ''[[The Mission (1999 film)|The Mission]]'' (25th anniversary screening)

* ''[[Nine Queens]]'' (United States premiere of 4K restoration)

* ''[[Raze (film)|Raze]]'' (Anniversary screening)

* ''[[Satan War]]'' (World premiere of restoration)

* ''[[Wake in Fright]]'' (International premiere of 4K restoration)

* There will be five secret screenings at Fantastic Fest 2024.

==See also==

* [[Sitges Film Festival]]

* [[Fantasia International Film Festival]]