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Fantastic Fest Lineup: ‘Black Phone 2,’ ‘Sisu: Road To Revenge,’ ‘ Shelby Oaks,’ ‘Primate,’ ‘Vicious’ & More Set For 20th Anniversary Edition

The festival features 45 world premieres among 78 films and launches a new $100,000 pitch competition with a global distribution deal for emerging genre filmmakers.

  • Fantastic Fest unveiled its 2025 lineup for Sep. 18-25, 2025 at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, Texas, featuring 78 feature films.
  • Created in 2005 by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and acquired by Sony in 2024, the festival was founded to celebrate genre and horror films.
  • Among studio tentpoles are Universal and Blumhouse’s ‘Black Phone 2’ and Lionsgate’s ‘The Strangers: Chapter 2,’ part of 45 World Premieres at the festival.
  • Offering substantial support, Fantastic Pitches will debut, providing $100,000 in funding and a global distribution deal from Chroma, with finalists pitching before a jury of industry experts.
  • Specialty screenings include restored genre films via the American Genre Film Archive and a micro-budget animation block, leading into a secret closing party.
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Variety broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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