special screening

cassandra

The first smart home, developed back in the 70s, and its perfectly styled electronic household helper Cassandra have been switched off for 50 years. The new family that restarts the system soon finds out for themselves why ... The first two episodes of the brilliant mini-series will be shown in Munich and Cologne in the presence of the team as a prelude to the Fantasy Filmfest White Nights!

night call

Belgian director Michiel Blanchard must be a perfectionist. After all, with this action-packed debut, a lovely retro soundtrack and breathtaking twists, he has created the most exciting French-language thriller in years.

mads

With tracking shots that leave you breathless and a perfectly polished sound design, we follow Romain and his clique through an excessive, bloody night that heralds nothing less than the end of our crazy world.

dead talents society

Only the scariest ghost can win the Golden Ghost Award! And so the best ones position themselves to shock the living particularly effectively.

the surfer

A man who never gives up! In the new film from VIVARIUM director Lorcan Finnegan, Nicolas Cage fights for his dream beach against a gang of brutal locals on the Australian Pacific coast.

i, the executioner

Director Ryoo Seung-wan combines action with over-the-top fight scenes and comedy at the highest level in this breathless cop thriller, which was selected as a Midnight Crowdpleaser for the Cannes Film Festival.

internationale premiere

the wasp

After years of no contact former schoolmates Heather and Carla meet again. Heather has a special offer for Carla: 50.000 pounds if she gets rid of Heather’s husband. THE WASP by Guillem Morales is a horror thriller version of GONE GIRL. Naomie Harris (Oscar nominated for MOONLIGHT) and Natalie Dormer (GAME OF THRONES) are on top form. A cinematic gem for fans of intelligent suspense cinema.

fear good – deutschlandpremiere

interstate

After presenting SALOUM in 2021 at the Fantasy Filmfest Congolese director Jean-Luc Herbulot comes back with INTERSTATE. The plot turns around Franck, a contract killer, who will bitterly regret his newly found mercy for one of his victims. INTERSTATE is another entertaining mix of genres – and a tribute to THE GODFATHER. The plot is full of clever twists and turns and has the potential to drive us all crazy.

german premiere

a place called silence

Sam Quah's Chinese remake A PLACE CALLED SILENCE of his own Malaysian thriller from 2022 is a film that pulls the rug out from under your feet. Without exception, the themes are heavy and relentlessly brutal: bullying, abuse, power structures, manipulation and murder. Good and evil become blurred. Exciting and thought-provoking, but definitely not for the faint-hearted!

fresh blood – deutschlandpremiere

she loved blossoms more

Three brothers are working on a time machine, that shall be able to bring back dead people back to life. What survives the trip through their closet is so far a headless chicken. Then, a young woman appears with her more drugs and alcohol. A melancholy fever dream, a surreal science fiction fable, a head-spinning body horror: director Yannis Veslemes invites us on a mysterious, sometimes uncomfortable journey.

The short A MONSTER CALLED LOVE will be screened prior to the film.

pre-screening: a monster called love

In the supporting film A MONSTER CALLED LOVE by Sophia Lara Nimue Schweizer, a young woman encounters a monster called LOVE in a forest.