Friends, the Fantasia International Film Festival runs from July 16th through August 2nd in Montreal, Quebec. This is the festival’s 30th edition, and it showcases a great selection of movies that will blow your mind. If you are in the area, check out their website to get tickets to the various screenings.

Here is a small list of 10 movies we will hopefully see and share short reviews with you!

Buddy

Trapped inside the off-kilter world of a ’90s children’s television show, a young girl (Delaney Quinn, IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU) and her friends fight to escape a bloodthirsty, control-freak dinosaur mascot named Buddy (Keegan-Michael Key, KEANU). This is his world. They’re just (barely—and not always) living in it. Buddy can bend time and space. When wounded, he can heal himself. The show has gone on for years, through generations.

Grotesqqque

Aliens, gyarus (gals), vampires… the girls race through a GROTESQQQUE night. A pop and edgy fusion of imagery and sound creates their unique world pulsing at the seams. GROTESQQQUE is a sensational collection of works from the brilliant mind behind THE IDOLM@STER, DARLING IN THE FRANXX’s Director and Chief Animation Director of EVANGELION: 3.0+1.0 THRICE UPON A TIME, Atsushi Nishigori.

Her Private Hell

When a mysterious mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis, unleashing a deadly and elusive entity, a troubled young woman searches for her father. Her quest collides with an American GI on a harrowing odyssey to rescue his daughter from Hell.

Kung Fu

Destiny brings an aging martial-arts master of nearly invincible strength together with two young bona fide losers. The master unleashes poisonous snakes and mystical energy on the two young dudes, who suddenly become powerful as a result. The trio set out to uphold justice and protect the weak. However the master’s unfinished business from a previous life as a martial artist, over 500 years ago, still haunts him. Something sinister is lurking, threatening to awaken a darker side within him that may shatter their bond and unleash betrayal and havoc.

NightBorn

In Finnish forest, Saga and her husband Jon embark on a new chapter as parents. But Saga’s joy is overshadowed by a chilling suspicion about their newborn, unbeknownst to Jon, causing a rift as she alone grapples with the disturbing truth.

The Origin of UltraMan

The landmark Japanese Tokusatsu TV series Ultraman became a massive social phenomenon upon its debut in 1966, reaching a staggering peak viewership rating of 42.8%. Six decades later, Tsuburaya Productions continues to introduce new entries into the Ultraman series, expanding its unique universe to a global audience across generations. This documentary brings together leading voices from the fields of cinema, Tokusatsu, and design. Witness profound testimonies from an international assembly of creators, including: Guillermo del Toro, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Hideo Kojima, Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi, and Nicolas Winding Refn.

Reculse

Follows Joan, an audio engineer who lives a solitary life, struggling to determine whether the horrors she encounters are real and caused by past actions of her father, or if they are manifestations of her own troubled mind.

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

A director making a slasher sequel becomes obsessed with casting the original film’s ‘final girl,’ leading both women into psychological and sexual chaos.

Unholy Night

A family’s Christmas Eve dinner becomes a nightmare as Gino must protect his loved ones from his reanimated grandmother who crashes the celebration with murderous intent.

We’re Nothing at All

Three men, three different lives, all connect after a bus explosion on Valentines’ Day… Fai (Anson Kong) grows up in an abusive family and struggles through a difficult childhood. Yet even after reaching adulthood, life offers him little kindness. Ike (ANSONBEAN) is an artist who is cast out by his family because of his sexual orientation, with only his sister standing by him. On an ordinary night, two wounded souls meet and gradually become each other’s only source of comfort and support. Detective Leung (Patrick Tam Yiu-Man) is an outstanding forensic expert at work, and a great husband at home. Behind his success, however, lies a deeply personal secret.