EXCLUSIVE: Brazil’s leading genre film festival, Fantaspoa, will run from April 8 to April 26, with tributes set for the 50th anniversary of Brian De Palma’s Carrie and the centenary of Faust, the German Expressionist classic from F. W. Murnau.
More than 200 films, including 85 features, will screen across the festival’s programme. Among the selected feature films are 10 World Premieres, 8 International Premieres, 42 Latin American Premieres, 11 Brazilian Premieres, and 10 Regional Premieres, representing productions from 41 countries.
The festival’s overarching theme will be the “symbolic and visual power “of Carrie. The festival’s official poster, which you can see above, also pays tribute to the classic film. The event will open with a live-scored screening of Faust. The screening will take place at Instituto Ling in Porto Alegre and feature a newly composed live score by Argentinian guitarist and composer Germán Suane.
Confirmed guests attending the festival’s 2026 edition include Meekaaeel Adam, Sasha Lane, and Sean Gunn. Scroll down to see the full list of feature films set for the festival below.
Fantaspoa Feature Films:
ADORABLE HUMANS (dirs. Anders Jon, Michael Kunov, Kasper Juhl, and Michael Panduro. 2025, Denmark. Brazilian Premiere)
ANIMALS OF THE LAND (dir. Luke Jaden. 2026, United States. World Premiere)
APPOFENIACS (dir. Chris Marrs Piliero. 2025, United States. Latin American Premiere)
THE ARBITER (dir. Marc Price. 2025, United Kingdom. International Premiere)
ARMAGEDDON ROAD (dir. Karen Lam. 2026, Canada. World Premiere)
BACKSTAGE MADNESS (dir. Amanbek Azhymat. 2025, Kyrgyzstan. Latin American Premiere)
BAGWORM (dir. Oliver Bernsen. 2025, United States. Latin American Premiere)
BARRIO TRISTE (dir. STILLZ. 2025, Colombia/United States. Regional Premiere)
THE BEARDED GIRL (dir. Jody Wilson. 2025, Canada. International Premiere)
BEYOND THE NEST (dir. Rodrigo Lages. 2026, Brazil. World Premiere)
BLUEBIRD (dir. Jay Arden Black. 2026, United States. World Premiere)
BODY BLOW (dir. Dean Francis. 2025, Australia. Regional Premiere)
BUFFET LIBRE (dir. Zoe Berriatúa. 2025, Spain. Latin American Premiere)
BULK (dir. Ben Wheatley. 2025, United Kingdom. Latin American Premiere)
CAMP (dir. Avalon Fast. 2025, Canada. Latin American Premiere)
CAUTIVERIO (dirs. Sebastian Jimenez Franco and Omar Calvo. 2026, Panama. World Premiere)
CIELO (dir. Alberto Sciamma. 2025, Bolivia, United Kingdom. Regional Premiere)
COMPLIANCE (dir. Kyle Mangione-Smith. 2026, United States. World Premiere)
CORPORATE RETREAT (dir. Aaron Fisher. 2026, United States. Latin American Premiere)
THE CRAMPS: A PERIOD PIECE (dir. Brooke H Cellars. 2025, United States. International Premiere)
THE CURSE (dir. Kenichi Ugana. 2025, Japan. Latin American Premiere)
DEAD EYES (dir. Richard E. Williams. 2026, Australia. Latin American Premiere)
DEATHGASM 2: GOREMAGEDDON (dir. Jason Lei Howden. 2025, New Zealand. Brazilian Premiere)
DEATHSTALKER (dir. Steven Kostanski. 2025, Canada. Brazilian Premiere)
THE DOLLMAKER (dir. José María Cicala. 2025, Argentina. Latin American Premiere)
EXILE (dir. Mehdi Hmili. 2025, Luxembourg/Qatar/France/Saudi Arabia/Tunisia. Latin American Premiere)
FABULA (dir. Michiel ten Horn. 2025, Netherlands/Belgium/Germany. Regional Premiere)
THE FENCE (dir. Dmitry Davydov. 2025, Russia. Brazilian Premiere)
FIFTEEN (dirs. Yossy Zagha and Jack Zagha. 2026, Mexico. Latin American Premiere)
THE FORBIDDEN CITY (dir. Gabriele Mainetti. 2025, Italy. Latin American Premiere)
FOREIGNER (dir. Ava Maria Safai. 2025, Canada. Latin American Premiere)
GAUA (dir. Paul Urkijo. 2025, Spain, United States. Latin American Premiere)
GODZILLA EN SANTA FE (dir. Alexander Duré. 2025, Argentina. Brazilian Premiere)
GOSH!! (dir. Joe Odagiri. 2025, Japan. International Premiere)
THE GHOST GAME (dir. Dong-wan Son. 2025, South Korea. Latin American Premiere)
GRAVITY (dir. Leo Tabosa. 2025, Brazil. Regional Premiere)
HEART OF DARKNESS (dir. Rogério Andrade Nunes. 2025, Brazil/France. Regional Premiere)
THE JOURNEY TO NO END (dir. Xiang Chen. 2025, China. Latin American Premiere)
IAI (dir. Zenzo Sakai. 2026, Japan. Latin American Premiere)
IMPOSTERS (dir. Caleb Phillips. 2026, United States. International Premiere)
IN THE MOUTH (dir. Cory Santilli. 2025, United States. International Premiere)
INTERIOR (dir. Pascal Schuh. 2025, Germany. Latin American Premiere)
KARMADONNA (dir. Aleksandar Radivojevic. 2025, Serbia. Latin American Premiere)
THE KIRLIAN FREQUENCY (dir. Cristian Ponce. 2025, Argentina. Brazilian Premiere)
LABYRINTH OF LOST BOYS (dir. Matheus Marchetti. 2025, Brazil. Regional Premiere)
LEVITATING (dir. Wregas Bhanuteja. 2026, Indonesia/Singapore/Taiwan/France. Latin American Premiere)
LIFE AT SANDY’S (dir. Aleksandra Hansen. 2026, Norway, United States. World Premiere)
LUCID (dirs. Deanna Milligan and Ramsey Fendall. 2025, Canada. Latin American Premiere)
LUGER (dir. Bruno Martín. 2025, Spain. Brazilian Premiere)
LUNA ROSA: THE 7TH ASCENSION OF ATABEY (dir. Omar Rodríguez-López. 2025, Puerto Rico/Mexico/Germany. Brazilian Premiere)
MAD MASK (dir. Nagano, Katsuya Arai. 2025, Japan. Latin American Premiere)
MAG MAG (dir. Yuriyan Retriever. 2025, Japan. Brazilian Premiere)
MARAMA (dir. Taratoa Stappard. 2025, New Zealand/United Kingdom. Latin American Premiere)
MATAPANKI (dir. Diego “Mapache” Fuentes Badilla. 2026, Chile. Brazilian Premiere)
MEAT KILLS (dir. Martijn Smits. 2025, Netherlands. Latin American Premiere)
NARCISA’S WILL (dir. Clarissa Appelt, Daniel Dias. 2025, Brazil. Regional Premiere)
NESTING (dir. Chloé Cinq-Mars. 2025, Canada. Latin American Premiere)
OLIVIA & THE CLOUDS (dir. Tomás Pichardo Espaillat. 2024, Dominican Republic. Regional Premiere)
PEEPING TODD (dir. Josh Munds. 2025, United States, International Premiere)
THE PERIL AT PINCER POINT (dirs. Jake Kuhn and Noah Stratton-Twine. 2026, United Kingdom. Latin American Premiere)
THE RED MASK (dir. Ritesh Gupta. 2025, United States. Latin American Premiere)
REMANENCE (dir. Kapel Furman. 2026, Brazil. World Premiere)
SACRIFICIOS (dir. Mauricio Chernovetzky. 2025, Mexico. Latin American Premiere)
THE SCHOOL DUEL (dir. Todd Wiseman Jr. 2024, United States. Latin American Premiere)
THE SERPENT’S SKIN (dir. Alice Maio Mackay. 2025, Australia. Brazilian Premiere)
SUNSHINE EXPRESS (dir. Amirali Navaee. 2025, Iran. Latin American Premiere)
THEATRE IS DEAD (dir. Katherine Dudas. 2025, United States. Latin American Premiere)
TONY ODYSSEY (dir. Thales Banzai. 2026, Brazil, United States. Latin American Premiere)
THE TRAIL OF THE WOLF (dir. Ángeles Hernández. 2026, Spain. Latin American Premiere)
THE TREK (dir. Meekaaeel Adam. 2026, South Africa. Latin American Premiere)
THE TURKISH COFFEE TABLE (dir. Can Evrenol. 2025, Turkey. Brazilian Premiere)
UNDER THE BURNING SUN (dir. Yun Xie. 2025, United States. Latin American Premiere)
VIOLENCE (dir. Connor Marsden. 2025, Canada. Latin American Premiere)
THE VILE (dir. Majid Al Ansari. 2025, United Arab Emirates. Latin American Premiere)
VIRTUOUS WOMEN (dir. Cíntia Domit Bittar. 2025, Brazil. Regional Premiere)
THE VOICES OF OUR MOTHER (dir. Mark O’Brien. 2026, Canada. World Premiere)
THE WHISTLER (dir. Diego Velasco. 2026, Venezuela, United States. World Premiere)
A WOMAN CALLED MOTHER (dir. Randolph Zaini. 2025, Indonesia. Latin American Premiere)
WRONG HUSBAND (dir. Zacharias Kunuk. 2025, Canada. Latin American Premiere)
YOU ARE THE FILM (dir. Makoto Ueda. 2026, Japan. Latin American Premiere)
YOU GOTTA HAVE FAITH (dir. Tomás Fleck. 2025, Brazil. Latin American Premiere)
