The Fantastic Pavilion is proud to present the 2026 selection for the Fantastic Round Robin, featuring genre projects from such countries as the United States, Italy, Spain, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Canada, Australia, Chile, Uruguay, and Mexico. A deadly pandemic, a vengeful spirit, an AI assistant, an ancient demon, and a cursed creature are part of the lineup’s tapestry. Check out below more details of each project.
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Animal Heart (Sahra Bhimji, USA)
“A bold, emotionally charged elevated horror film rooted in themes of reproductive autonomy, medical misogyny, and the fear and wonder of pregnancy.”
Genres: Science fiction, horror.
Chronicles of Nature and City (Aurora Ovan, Italy)
“Nature and City are in conflict. On both sides, everyone is convinced that they cannot coexist peacefully. Luna wants to prove otherwise.”
Genres: Science fiction, fantasy.
Little Death (Stefano Mutolo, Italy)
“A creature feature with strong elements of supernatural psychological horror.”
Genre: Horror.
Llegó con ella (It Came With Her) (Alicia Alvares and Paco Cavero, Spain)
“In 1955, in the midst of Spain’s postwar period, a pregnant woman arrives with her family at an isolated farmhouse in Jaén (Andalusia). There, supernatural presences and a legacy of superstitions awaken an ancestral trauma, forcing her to confront patriarchal violence and an evil that threatens her daughters.”
Genres: Horror, drama.
Los Eastman (Mauricio Leiva-Cock, Colombia)
“As a deadly pandemic ravages, a housekeeper enslaved by her wealthy employers unleashes a brutal revenge… but drenched in blood, she must choose between freedom and the very infection that held her captive: privilege.”
Genres: Thriller, horror.
Macheteros (Daniel Emilio Oramas, Dominican Republic)
“An action-packed elevated horror thriller set in the lush, dangerous jungles of the Dominican Republic.”
Genres: Horror, thriller.
One Way Ticket (Ambra Principato, Italy)
“A supernatural horror thriller set entirely on a train traveling between life and death.”
Genres: Horror, thriller.
She Comes for You (Janet-Rose Nguyen, Canada)
“After her sister’s death, a woman and her estranged mother must confront a buried tragedy from the Vietnam War before a vengeful spirit destroys them both.”
Genre: Horror.
Symbiont (Vera Graziadei, UK)
“In a tech-feudal near future, mycologist Sophie, living off-grid with her partner Ethan, faces the seductive pull of a state-imposed AI assistant, that threatens to unravel her home, her relationship and her grip on reality.”
Genre: Horror.
The Beast (Ramón Medina, Mexico)
“Ramiro returns to his hometown to avenge the death of his parents, caused by a terrifying beast. The Beast is a rural horror thriller set in 1990s Mexico.”
Genres: Horror, thriller.
The Shadow That Comes from the Sea (Vladimir Scavuzzo and Daniele Matteo Sebastian, Italy)
“Samuele is a forty-year-old veterinarian torn by guilt due to the sudden death of his mother, Susanna. Following the loss, Samuele discovers he has inherited a beach house he never knew existed.”
Genre: Horror.
TINA (Joseph Díaz, Spain)
“After the death of his wife, an agnostic father discovers that behind his daughter’s traumatic illness lies Molech, an ancient demon that haunts children. His only chance to save her is to become is own daughter’s exorcist.”
Genre: Horror.
Usos y costumbres (Customs and Traditions) (Juan Villarreal Garza, Mexico)
“Rosa and Xun are a young Indigenous Tsotsil couple living on the outskirts of the Lacandon Jungle, far from the traditions imposed by their community in Chamula. Xun begins to experience conflicting feelings toward his coworker, Elías, while Rosa spends her days with her best friend, Lety, forming a bond that transcends friendship. Their lives become intertwined with the appearance of a mysterious figure who, according to legend, guides souls to reunite with their true selves.”
Genres: Drama, fantasy.
Daughters of Death (Emily Lawson, Canada)
“A living fissure tears open in the Gobi Desert calling men from across the globe to sacrifice themselves, pulling an aid worker with a history of familial violence into a ritual of desire, death, and birth.”
Genre: Horror.
Raíces ocultas (Hidden Roots) (Simón Bucher, Chile)
“François, a French man illegally adopted during the Chilean dictatorship, returns to the country with his pregnant wife to reunite with his three biological brothers on the enigmatic island of Chiloé. What begins as a journey of reconciliation turns into a nightmare when François begins to be stalked by visions of the Invunche: a cursed creature of local mythology, a deformed and condemned child.”
Genre: Horror.
ALT-X (Miguel Parga, USA)
“Darkly beautiful Miami artist, Sonya Delgado, takes a hip new designer drug to forget her boyfriend’s betrayal. Instead, the drug plunges her down a psychological rabbit hole, unleashing the demons within, and distorting the nature of reality itself.”
Genre: Horror.
IMPURO (Gustavo Hernández, Uruguay)
“To save the possessed son of a powerful landowner, a retired, alcoholic exorcist must once again use an ancient wooden chair carved by Joseph of Nazareth himself, for a ritual capable of opening the threshold between the world of the living and the dead. But upon crossing, he discovers that the family isn’t trying to banish evil, but rather to give it a place to stay.”
Genre: Horror.