Fantasia International Film Festival, North America’s largest genre film festival, held in Montreal each summer. Grave Tone’s coverage of reviews, reactions, and premieres from the fest.
Fix review (Fantasia 2026): Patrick LeMay’s 19-minute Québec short tackles addiction, family, and a risky experimental drug with real care.
Buddy director Casper Kelly says the bigger budget didn’t help, explaining the one-take death scene and the collapsed set at his Fantasia Q&A.
At Fantasia, Freaks Part II directors reveal the sequel and Final Destination Bloodlines were greenlit two hours apart, forcing a near-impossible choice.
Casper Kelly explains why Buddy uses a 4:3 aspect ratio, and reveals the fence scene where the frame opens to widescreen, at his Fantasia Q&A.