Fantastic 7 returns to Cannes for its 7th year to welcome 7 fantastic film festivals and a fresh new lineup of 7 fantastic projects.
Organized by Sitges Film Festival and the Marché du Film, Fantastic 7 is an event celebrating genre-bending films from around the world and designed to connect emerging filmmakers with potential business partners for co-production opportunities.
Each year, 7 fantastic film festivals – recognized for their commitment to support groundbreaking genre films and fostering emerging talents – select 7 genre film projects to be showcased at the Marché du Film. On 18 May, the filmmakers – seeking to get their films off the ground and in front of wider audiences – will pitch their projects to investors, distributors, and sales agents.
This year, we’re to continuing the program’s tradition and welcoming Pablo Berger — the Spanish visionary behind Blancanieves and the Oscar-nominated Robot Dreams — as our Fantastic Godfather. With a film career blending black comedy, magical realism and genre-bending brilliance, Pablo perfectly embodies the spirit of Fantastic 7: bold stories, imaginative worlds, and unforgettable heroes.
By bringing together new genre works from all parts of the world, Fantastic 7 sheds light on new trends and influences in genre cinema, all while demonstrating the power of creativity and cultural expression. This year’s selection makes no exception and the audiences will truly see it all – from a mystical cursed island and possessed children to secret medical experiments and a demon-inhabited misteltoe!
INTRODUCING THE 2025 LINEUP
1999 | by David Casademunt
Genre: Horror / Thriller
What if one day you discovered that you had an exorcism performed on you as a child? This is what happens to Abel, a Barcelona native who seeks the truth about the supposed possession he experienced at the age of four, plunging into a spiral of paranoia and madness.
Presented by Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
SISTERHOOD | by Yoon Eunkyoung
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
A young woman enters the lives of a mystery novelist and her daughter, who have moved to a house after a divorce, causing a subtle rift in the mother-daughter relationship.
Presented by Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
EVIL EYE | by Yasir Kareem
Genre: Folk Horror
In the near future, Dunia must find a mystical island to break a curse drying Iraq’s rivers. Torn between love and duty, she must choose: save her beloved or restore life to the land.
Presented by Cairo International Film Festival
CACHORRA | by Elisa Puerto Aubel
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
A veterinarian in Mexicali bonds with a mysterious wolf pup, only to uncover a secret border experiment that puts them both in danger. To survive, she must embrace her wild nature.
Presented by Guadalajara International Film Festival
FUXI: JOY IN FOUR CHAPTERS | by QiuJiongjiong
Genre: Horror / Comedy / Sci-fi / Erotic Thriller
Inside a circus tent, a ragtag film crew is busy shooting a film of four Sichuan bizarre tales. Spanning four millennia, and told through the chronicles of four celebrations, it invites us to feast with the living, the dying, the dead, and the long dead.
Presented by HKIFF x HAF
MISTLETOE | by Emily Hagins
Genre: Horror / Body Horror / Christmas Horror
Kissing under the mistletoe should be a warm Christmas tradition, but for awkward teen Kim and her friends, this holiday ritual turns deadly when they discover a mistletoe-inhabited demon is feeding off of their hormone-driven anxieties.
Presented by SXSW South by Southwest Film & TV Festival
THE LAST MOON | by Sean McConville
Genre: Supernatural Thriller
Told in real time, The Last Moon follows the desperate bid for help from one brother to another when one of them is convinced he is cursed by a supernatural creature.
Selected by PÖFF – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival