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List of film festivals and festival sections dedicated to fantastic, fantasy, horror and cult genre films.[1][2][3][4][5]

Sitges Film Festival in Spain, Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada, and Fantastic Fest in the United States are generally considered to be the three largest and most prestigious festivals for fantastic and horror films. Other important genre festivals include Beyond Fest, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, Fantaspoa, Fantasporto, FilmQuest, FrightFest, Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival, Nightmares Film Festival, Overlook Film Festival, Screamfest, Telluride Horror Show and Toronto After Dark.[6][7][8][9]

Some general film festivals also have sections for genre films, the most prestigious ones being the Midnight section at Sundance Film Festival, the Midnighter section at SXSW, the Midnight Madness at TIFF and the Midnight section at Tribeca Festival.[9]

Name Est. City Country
A Night of Horror 2007 Eau Claire, Wisconsin United States
Abertoir Horror Festival United Kingdom
Beyond Fest Los Angeles United States
BizarroLand Film Festival United States
Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival Canada
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival New York City United States
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival Brussels Belgium
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Bucheon South Korea
Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Buenos Aires Argentina
Chattanooga Film Fest Chattanooga, Tennessee United States
Cine-Excess United Kingdom
Fancine Malaga Spain
Fantafestival Rome Italy
Fantasia International Film Festival Montreal Canada
Fantaspoa 2005 Porto Alegre Brazil
Fantasporto 1981 Porto Portugal
Fantastic Fest Austin, Texas United States
Fantasy Filmfest Germany
FilmQuest 2013 Provo, Utah United States
Freak Me Out section at Sydney Film Festival Sydney Australia
FrightFest London, Glasgow United Kingdom
Gerardmer International Fantastic Film Festival Gerardmer France
Graveyard Shift at Nashville Film Festival Nashville United States
Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival Ljutomer Slovenia
Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival Haapsalu Estonia
International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival United States
Lund International Fantastic Film Festival Sweden
Midnight section at Sundance Film Festival Park City, Utah United States
Midnight section at Tribeca Festival New York City United States
Midnight Madness section at TIFF Toronto Canada
Midnight screenings at Karlovy Vary IFF Karlovy Vary Czechia
Midnighter section at SXSW Austin, Texas United States
Mile High Horror Film Festival United States
Molins Horror Film Festival Molins de Rei Spain
Monster Fest Melbourne Australia
Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival Neuchatel Switzerland
New York City Horror Film Festival New York City United States
Nightmares Film Festival Columbus, Ohio United States
Night Visions Helsinki Finland
Offscreen Film Festival Belgium
Overlook Film Festival United States
Paris International Fantastic Film Festival Paris France
Renegade Film Festival United States
Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival Saskatoon Canada
Screamfest Los Angeles United States
Shadows competition at Transilvania International Film Festival Cluj-Napoca Romania
Sitges Film Festival Sitges Spain
South African Horrorfest South Africa
Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival Strasbourg France
Telluride Horror Show Telluride, Colorado United States
Toronto After Dark Toronto Canada
TromaDance New York City United States
Vortex sidebar at Rhode Island IFF United States
Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival Japan

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Weinstein, Max (2022-03-23). "The Best Horror Festivals in the World 2022". Dread Central. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
  2. ^ Weinstein, Max (2020-12-23). "The Best Horror Festivals in the World 2021". Dread Central. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
  3. ^ "Member Festivals - Méliès". 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  4. ^ "World's 50 Best Genre Film Festivals 2021 — MovieMaker". www.moviemaker.com. 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  5. ^ "Top 100 Fantastic & Horror Film Festivals in 2025 + Submission Tips". Adrian Țofei • Official Site. 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  6. ^ Weinstein, Max (2022-03-23). "The Best Horror Festivals in the World 2022". Dread Central. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  7. ^ "World's 50 Best Genre Film Festivals 2021 — MovieMaker". www.moviemaker.com. 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  8. ^ "Member Festivals - Méliès". 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  9. ^ a b "Top 100 Fantastic & Horror Film Festivals in 2025 + Submission Tips". Adrian Țofei • Official Site. 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
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