Fantasia Fest 2024 Announces Exceptional Final Lineup Featuring “Ababouiné,” “In Our Blood” and More

What to expect from a genre festival that celebrates the unexpected? The Fantasia International Film Festival returns to Montreal for its 28th edition from July 18 to August 4 and promises a stellar lineup, with over 125 features and over 200 shorts in total. The festival’s third and final lineup announcement, made exclusively to IndieWire, includes features from Steven Kostanski, Eugene Kotlyarenko, Scooter McCrae, and more.

André Forcier will be on the festival’s closing night bill with the world premiere of “Ababouiné.” The filmmaker’s latest is a typically regional period piece and a promising masterpiece about a group of children growing up in 1950s Quebec under the stern gaze of the Catholic Church. Fantasia awarded the film’s director the Prix Denis-Héroux, an honor “awarded for an exceptional contribution to the development of Quebec genre cinema.”

Oscar-nominated documentarian Pedro Kos makes his narrative feature debut with “In Our Blood,” starring…