You can only visit the Fantasy Filmfest when you are 18 years old.
Creepy, funny, disturbing and crazy, wacky, breathless and stylish – the new edition of Fantasy Filmfest White Nights offers a program with a wide range of themes and moods. Real madness (THE SURFER aka Nicolas Cage in the title role) meets supernatural sensations (DEAD TALENTS SOCIETY from the Toronto Film Festival's Midnight Madness and San Sebastian award winner THE WAILING). Steven Soderbergh's ghost film PRESENCE will for sure also have a long-lasting effect, and we can with confidence say that COMPANION starring Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid will immediately get cult status.
It’s no secret that we fall for French-language thrillers. NIGHT CALL and MADS are two of our highlights. But the program is also pleasingly international with ten films from a total of ten production countries, including disgusting splatter from South Africa (the “Melting” classic STREET TRASH in a new edition). In addition to new- comer talents, there will also be reunions with festival-proven filmmakers – from Lorcan Finnegan to David Moreau, Ryan Kruger and Viljar Bøe. What, all in a single weekend? Of course! Because, as always, we bring the good films and you bring the good vibes. 2025 will for sure be a great year! We've already made a start…
Your Fantasy Filmfest team
Amir has a terrible secret: his left leg is starting to turn black. The rotting process will soon reach all of his body. Unless he can get rid of the leg.
- Fantasy Film Fest25. Jan13:002D OmeU
Original version with English subtitles
A video chat turns into a trauma for Andrea when a horrific crime is committed in front of her eyes. But no one believes her story of the sinister man she saw standing in the doorway. Searching for answers, Andrea follows a scarry wail to an abandoned house...
- Fantasy Film Fest25. Jan14:452D OmeU
Original version with English subtitles
The camera roams through the empty house, examining every room, every corner. Until the estate agent appears and with her the family who is moving into its new home.
- Fantasy Film Fest25. Jan17:002D OV
Original version (OV)
When Iris looked for the first time into Josh’s smiling face, suddenly everything made sense for her. She knows that she is his soulmate, and that everything is perfect! Perfect, until the friends’ weekend at the dreamlike mansion by the lake.
- Fantasy Film Fest25. Jan19:152D OV
Original version (OV)
Anyone who is familiar with haunted films will know: Ghosts want to come back to life, protect their refuge, take revenge or all of this at once. But that's not true! In reality, they are competing for the “Golden Ghost Award”, a distinction for the dead who can most effectively shock the living.
- Fantasy Film Fest25. Jan21:302D OmeU
Original version with English subtitles
A self-proclaimed executioner assassinates on camera delinquents, on who, in his opinion, the state was way too indulgent. The brutal murderer gets viral and becomes a hero to everyone who falls for populist online influencers.
- Fantasy Film Fest26. Jan12:302D OmeU
Original version with English subtitles
“It’s simple: You’re a friend, or a problem!” Mady knows that gangster boss Yannick's threat is serious and that it brings him one step closer to his grave. All started to go wrong when the harmless locksmith on night duty got framed by the pretty Claire.
- Fantasy Film Fest26. Jan15:002D OmeU
Original version with English subtitles
Romain is high and on his way to a party when a woman suddenly jumps into his car. The stranger is completely panicked, can't speak and slits her own throat minutes later.
- Fantasy Film Fest26. Jan17:152D OmeU
Original version with English subtitles
Nicolas Cage aka “The Surfer” takes his teenage son to Australia to show him the dream beach of his own childhood. But when they arrive, the spot is occupied by aggressive locals who beat up anyone who dares to move his or her board towards the waves.
- Fantasy Film Festalmost sold out26. Jan19:152D OV
Original version (OV)
Cape Town in 2050: Homeless Ronald and his street pals make their way through life with a lot of ingenuity. Most of the time, however, they are beaten up by the anti-social Rat King gang and especially by the authorities.
- Fantasy Film Fest26. Jan21:302D OV