List of film festivals and festival sections dedicated to fantastic, fantasy, horror, sci-fi and cult genre films.
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, MOTELX, Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival, Nightmares Film Festival, Overlook Film Festival, Screamfest, Telluride Horror Show and Toronto After Dark.
Some general film festivals also have sections for genre films, the most prestigious ones being Midnight Madness at TIFF, Midnight sidebars at Sundance Film Festival, Midnighter at SXSW, Escape from Tribeca at Tribeca Festival and Midnight Screenings at Cannes Film Festival. +NameEst.CityCountryA Night of Horror International Film Festival2007Eau Claire, Wisconsin (previously Sydney)United States (previously Australia)Abertoir Horror Festival2006United KingdomAfter Hours section at Cleveland International Film Festival Cleveland, OhioUnited StatesBeyond FestLos AngelesUnited StatesBizarroLand Film Festival2015United StatesBlood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival2012CanadaBoston Science Fiction Film Festival1976BostonUnited StatesBoston Underground Film Festival1998Boston, Massachusetts United StatesBrooklyn Horror Film Festival2016New York CityUnited StatesBrussels International Fantastic Film Festival1983BrusselsBelgiumBucheon International Fantastic Film Festival1997BucheonSouth KoreaBuenos Aires Rojo Sangre2000Buenos AiresArgentinaCalgary Underground Film Festival2003CalgaryCanadaChattanooga Film Fest2014Chattanooga, TennesseeUnited StatesCine-Excess2007United KingdomCWRU Film Society Science Fiction Marathon1976Cleveland, OhioUnited StatesDark Matters section at Austin Film FestivalAustin, TexasUnited StatesEscape from Tribeca section at Tribeca FestivalNew York CityUnited StatesFancineMalagaSpainFanomenon section at Leeds International Film FestivalLeedsUnited KingdomFantafestival1981RomeItalyFantasia International Film FestivalMontrealCanadaFantaspoa2005Porto AlegreBrazilFantasporto1981PortoPortugalFantastic Fest2005Austin, TexasUnited StatesFantasy Filmfest1987GermanyFilmQuest2013Provo, UtahUnited StatesFreak Me Out section at Sydney Film FestivalSydneyAustraliaFrightFest2000London, GlasgowUnited KingdomFull Moon section at Transilvania International Film FestivalCluj-NapocaRomaniaGenreBlast2016Winchester, VirginiaUnited StatesGerardmer International Fantastic Film Festival1994Gerardmer FranceGraveyard Shift section at Nashville Film FestivalNashvilleUnited StatesGrimmfest 2009ManchesterUnited KingdomGrossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival2005LjutomerSloveniaHaapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival2005HaapsaluEstoniaImagine Film Festival1991AmsterdamNetherlandsInternational Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival2005United StatesIt's Alive! Horror Film Festival2023SofiaBulgariaLate Night Showcase at Denver Film FestivalDenver, ColoradoUnited StatesLund International Fantastic Film Festival1995SwedenMidnight sections at Sundance Film FestivalPark City, UtahUnited StatesMidnighter and Midnight Shorts sections at South by Southwest (SXSW)Austin, TexasUnited StatesWTF: Wild, Terrifying, Fantastic! section at Seattle International Film Festival Seattle United StatesMidnight Heat section at Hong Kong International Film Festival Honk KongHong KongMidnight Madness section at Edinburgh International Film Festival Edinburgh United KingdomMidnight Madness and Strange Cuts sections at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)TorontoCanadaMidnight Passion section at Busan International Film FestivalBusanSouth Korea Midnight Screenings at Cannes Film FestivalCannesFranceMidnight Screenings at Karlovy Vary International Film FestivalKarlovy VaryCzechiaMile High Horror Film Festival2010United StatesMolins Horror Film Festival1973Molins de ReiSpainMonster Fest2009MelbourneAustraliaMorbido Fest2008MexicoMOTELX - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival 2007LisbonPortugalNeuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival2000NeuchatelSwitzerlandNevermore Film FestivalDurham, North CarolinaUnited StatesNew York City Horror Film Festival2001New York CityUnited StatesNight Shift section at Melbourne International Film FestivalMelbourneAustraliaNight Visions1997HelsinkiFinlandNightmare in the Ozarks Film Festival2024Eureka Springs, ArkansasUnited StatesNightmares Film Festival2016Columbus, OhioUnited StatesOffscreen Film Festival2008BelgiumOverlook Film Festival2017New Orleans, LouisianaUnited StatesParis International Fantastic Film Festival2011ParisFranceRebels With a Cause and Midnight Shivers sections at Tallinn Black Nights Film FestivalTallinnEstoniaRenegade Film Festival2017United StatesSaskatoon Fantastic Film Festival2010SaskatoonCanadaSci-Fi-London2002LondonUnited KingdomScreamfest2001Los AngelesUnited StatesSitges Film Festival1968SitgesSpainSouth African Horrorfest2005South AfricaStrasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival2007StrasbourgFranceTelluride Horror Show2010Telluride, ColoradoUnited StatesToronto After Dark2006TorontoCanadaTrieste Science+Fiction Festival2000TriesteItalyTromaDance1999New York CityUnited StatesTwilight Zone section at Stockholm International Film Festival StockholmSwedenVortex sidebar at Rhode Island International Film FestivalUnited StatesYubari International Fantastic Film Festival1990Japan
See also List of film festivals Melies International Festivals Federation :Category:Fantasy and horror film festivals
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