We present the Asian films that will be screened at the Fantasia International Film Festival, taking place in Montreal, Canada, from July 16 to August 2, 2026.

This year, the Fantasia International Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary with an impressive programme featuring a strong presence of Asian cinema. The lineup includes more than 100 films by Asian filmmakers. Audiences can look forward to Indonesian body horror with biting social commentary, cyberpunk Muay Thai madness from Thailand, and heartfelt Filipino animation, among many other highlights.

Some of the highlights are Yusuke Iwasaki’s “AnyMart”, a surreal horror-comedy that turns a mundane convenience store into a haunted house of corporate satire; Yuen Woo-ping’s “Blades of the Guardians”, an epic, star-studded wuxia blockbuster featuring legendary Hong Kong wirework; and Yeon Sang-ho’s “Colony”, a claustrophobic, high-octane sci-fi thriller about a hive-like viral outbreak. Joining them are Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “The Samurai and the Prisoner”, a dialogue-driven locked-room mystery set during a castle siege in feudal Japan, and “The Seoul Guardians” by Kim Jong-woo, Kim Shin-wan, and Cho Chul-young, a gripping, real-time political documentary capturing the dramatic hours of the 2024 South Korean martial law declaration.

The Samurai and the Prisoner by Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Japan

Cheval Noir
AnyMart by Yusuke Iwasaki – Japan
Beasts Clutching at Straws by Hideo Jojo – Japan
Sleep No More by Edwin – Japan, Germany, Singapore, Indonesia
TOKYO BURTS: Crime City by Eiji Uchida – Japan, South Korea
Unidentified Murder by Kwok Ka-Hei, Jack Lee Chun-Kit – Hong Kong

Horizons 2026
Backstage Madness by Amanbek Azhymat – Kyrgystan
Blade of The Guardians by Yuen Wo-Ping – China, Hong Kong
Break Free by Yu Nakamoto – Japan
Captured! by Koichi – Japan
Colony by Yeon Sang-ho – South Korea
God Skin by Paween Purijitpanya – Thailand
Kung Fu by Giddens Ko – Taiwan
Levitating by Wregas Bhanuteja – Taiwan, France, Singapore, Indonesia
Nameless by Hideo Jojo – Japan
Never After Dark by Dave Boyle – Japan
Niko by Julien Birban Levy – South Korea
Sicko by Aitore Zholdaskali – Kazakhstan
Suzuki=Bakudan by Akira Nagai – Japan
The Eyes by Yeom Ji-ho – South Korea
The Journey to Gyeong-Ju by Kim Mi-jo – South Korea
The Last Footage by Arkar Soe Oo – Myanmar
The Mouths by Takashi Shimizu – Japan
The Mutation by Sin Su-won – South Korea
The Samurai and the Prisoner by Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Japan
The Specials by Eiji Uchida – Japan
Tristes Tropiques by Park Hoon-jung – South Korea
Tunnels: Sun in the dark by Chuyen Bui Thac – Vietnam
Village of Eight Gravestones by Takashi Shimizu – Japan
We’re Nothing At All by Herman Yau – Hong Kong
Wind Breakers by Kentaro Hagiwara – Japan
You Are the Film by Makoto Ueda – Japan

The Seoul Guardians by Kim Jong-woo, Kim Shin-wan, Cho Chul-young – South Korea

Animation Plus
A New Dawm by Yoshitoshi Shinomiya – Japan, France
Bliss: Beyond the Edge of Time by Kevin Geiger, Leo Liao, Jo Jo Hwang, Liu Yu Shu, Jade Lien, Chiu Li Wei – Japan
Cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood by Yukimitsu Ina – Japan
GROTESQQQUE by Atsushi Nishigori – Japan
Hayop Ka! by Avid Liongoren – Philippines
Redline by Takeshi Koike – Japan
Sekiro: No Defeat by Kenichi Kutsuna – Japan
Zsazsa Zaturnnah by Avid Liongoren – Philippines

Underground
When You Open the Door by Eriko Katagiri

Documentaries From The Edge
The Origin of Ultraman by Hiroshi Nakamura, Kazutaka Yoshida – Japan
The Seoul Guardians by Kim Jong-woo, Kim Shin-wan, Cho Chul-young – South Korea

Fantaasia Retro
City War by Sun Chung – Hong Kong
Gozu by Takeshi Miike – Japan
Hayop Ka! Avid Liongoren – Philippines
Hong Kong Godfather by Johnny Wang Lung-Wei – Hong Kong
Redline by Takeshi Koike – Japan
The Delinquent by Kuei Chih-Hung, Chang Cheh – Hong Kong
Thrilling Bloody Sword by Chang Hsin-Yi – Taiwan

Fingerbang by Kim Yeon-woo – South Korea

Short Films
20001 An Earth Odyssey by Haruki Kasugamori – Japan
Ambivalent Garden by Nagomi Ueno – Japan
Bangungot by Jam Lising, Oliver Abaño – Philippines
Broc! by Wong Chung-Him, Calvin Woo – Hong Kong
Bubbles Neverland by Jung Yun-a – South Korea
Chaar Diwaari by Syed Shadan – India
CUT by Zheng Yinxuan – China
Dancing in the Rain by Yeh Chao Chun – Taiwan
Don’t Dodge Life by Taka Yuki – Japan
Dust of the Simulacrum by Eit Mitsufuchi – Japan
Echo by Asuka Dokai – Japan
Emoji by Minh Quan Hoang – Canada
Fingerbang by Kim Yeon-woo – South Korea
Flavor of the Month by Nathan Xia -USA
Flowers Bloom When Touched by Priyanka Krishnan – India, USA
Foxing: Kitsune-tsuki by Takeru Shinozuka – Japan
Fu by Peyton Elizabeth Lee – USA
Future Kid Takara Episode 1 – The Child from the Future by Yuta Sano – Japan
Haru-tsuge Fish and Fu-rai Boy: Tsuri-bari Fish Caught in Summer Grass – Takeshi Yashiro – Japan
I Am God by Wang Rui – China
I Love Your Alter Ego! by Lee Chan-bee – South Korea
Isle Navigator: The Buried Baby by Fish Wang, Yang Ya Ting – Taiwan
Jeem 1983 by Jorj Abou Mhaya – Lebanon
Kill Ada by Cai Kunyu – China
Kitchen & Knives by Xin Ran Liu, Lydie Hwang – Canada
La face cachée by Sophie Wang – Canada
Manhole by Jake Low – Singapore
Mitti by Delwyn Jude Remedios – India
Mole, Mole! by Su Rui Rung – Taiwan
Murmure by Yu Jinhong, Wang Ziyu Z – China
My Killer Erotic Video by Seo Sae-rom, Isaac Bae – South Korea
One, Two , Three, Four, Five, Six by Lai Yingdan – USA, China
Perfect City: The Mushroom by Zhou Shengwei – USA, China
Pest by Lv Xinheng – China
Pile On by Hu Lu – China
RESET by Jerry Hsu, Celine Tien – USA
Scorching by Wang Beidi – China
Shibuya Underground, Sasebo Evolution by Narushi Takeda – Japan
Sill Moving by Rui Ting Ji – Canada
Soul Kitchen by Kim Hak-hyun – Japan, South Korea
SPEEDY! by Oh Ji-in – South Korea
Tamasira by Clare Chong – Singapore, Malaysia
The Last Jiangshi by Yu Chih Chieh – Taiwan, China, Hong Kong
The Lovers by Alice Mao, Sophia Paez – USA
The Rib Woman by Yuta Shimotsu – Japan
This House That Bears No Fruit by Chantal Leong – Canada
TROPIC by Park Jung-yoon – South Korea
Ugh by Scarlett Wang Yuan – USA, China
Water’s Time Slice by He Jiaxuan – China
We Will Follow the Wind by Damon Wong – France, China, Hong Kong
When the Snow Melts by Kim Eun-young – South Korea
Where My Faather Remains by Yasuteru Ohno – Japan
Wish You Were Dead by Lee Min-hyuk – South Korea
Yoko by David Minh Nguyen – Canada, Japan

*This list includes films directed by Asian filmmakers and those with Asian ancestry.

For more information, please visit: https://fantasiafestival.com/en