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Suzuki=Bakudan [Fantasia Film Festival]
The police question either a criminal mastermind or a hapless victim in Akira Nagai’s cat-and-mouse crime thriller.
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![Break Free [Fantasia Film Festival]](https://i0.wp.com/theasiancinemacritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/main_fantasia_1200.webp?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
Break Free [Fantasia Film Festival]
Fantasia International Film Festival: Gangsters try to crack the TikTok algorithm in Yu Nakamoto’s silly yakuza comedy.
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![The Seoul Guardians [Fantasia Film Festival]](https://i0.wp.com/theasiancinemacritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/69f06a6569d88_original.jpg?resize=1600%2C900&ssl=1)
The Seoul Guardians [Fantasia Film Festival]
Seoul Guardians proves that the future of the country is firmly in the hands of the people.
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You Are the Film [Fantasia Film Festival]
Two cinemagoers use the medium to help each other in Makoto Ueda’s genre-bending comedy.
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The 30th Fantasia International Film Festival
The Fantasia International Film Festival will be running from 16th July to the 2nd August in Montréal, and is celebrating three decades of bringing the most boundary-pushing genre cinema to North America.
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The Mind-Bending Japanese Anime Masterpieces You’ve Never Seen
Japan’s incredible animation studios have, for decades now, been crating some truly stunning worlds. From urban adventures to high magic settings, here are 5 of the best animated fantasy films
