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The Fantasia International Film Festival, North America's largest and longest-running genre film fest, is celebrating its 21st year in Montreal this summer, taking place from July 13 through August 3.

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Q: The Winged Serpent
Q: The Winged Serpent
Quetzalcoatl moves to New York City and takes up residence atop the Chrysler Building.
The Endless
The Endless
Years after escaping a cult as teenagers, brothers Aaron and Justin return to their former home after receiving a mysterious message. While Aaron is quickly drawn back into the fold, Justin remains uneasy.
My Friend Dahmer
My Friend Dahmer
Before Jeffrey Dahmer became one of the most notorious serial killers of all time, he was a teenage loner.
Mohawk
Mohawk
Two members of the Mohawk people and their British lover are forced to flee into the woods when a group of vicious American renegades turns on them during the war of 1812.
Tokyo Ghoul
Tokyo Ghoul
Following an organ transplant, a shy young man becomes a half-ghoul and beins to crave human flesh.
Lu Over The Wall
Lu Over The Wall
A teenage musician attracts the attentions of a mermaid.
Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
A college student tries to work out how to approach the girl of his dreams on a wild night full of strange events.
M.F.A.
M.F.A.
A woman who is raped goes on a rampage of vengeance.
Kills On Wheels
Kills On Wheels
Two disabled lads get together with an ex-fireman and form a gang of hired assassins.
Brigsby Bear
Brigsby Bear
Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.
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Fantasia International Film Festival Features

Outrageous rumours
P David Ebersole and Todd Hughes on Jayne Mansfield, Pierre Cardin and making Mansfield 66/67
On the margins
Ted Geoghegan on Mohawk, marginalised people and shooting in the forest
Once upon a time in America
Ted Geoghegan on Mohawk, working with Kaniehtiio Horn and exploring hidden history
Making a box office Attraction
Fedor Bondarchuk on his science-fiction film
Wild ideas
Travis Stevens on 68 Kill, music, pulp fiction and the terrors of Louisiana
Orbital dynamics
Charlotte Sullivan on Radius and the challenges of playing an amnesiac
The skin she lives in, part two
Norbert Keil on gore scenes and the incredible visuals in Replace.
The skin she lives in, part one
Norbert Keil on the terror of ageing, memory loss and working with Rebecca Forsythe on Replace
Hostages to fortune, part two
More from Lora Burke and Robert Notman on Poor Agnes
Hostages to fortune, part one
Lora Burke and Robert Notman on Poor Agnes
'I just don’t know about fame. I have never figured it out'
Good Time star Robert Pattinson on being a lone wolf - and stardom as a side dish
Portrait of an artist
Dome Karukoski on his biography of influential gay icon Tom Of Finland
Man on the edge
Kasra Farahani on emotional disintegration, modern America and Tilt.
In the city of the world's desire
Ceyda Torun on KEDi, cats, femininity and the soul of Istanbul.
Pattinson has a Good Time changing image
'Invisible' Twilight star goes for grunge in Cannes.
A winning recipe with Courgette
Claude Barras on Aardman, Oscar nod, and an enduring passion for animation.
What's up, pussycat?
Ceyda Torun on KEDi and the cats of Istanbul.

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