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Genre and fantastic film festivals in Canada
We list 33 genre and fantastic film festivals in Canada. Cities with the most: Toronto (6) and Ottawa (2). Dated editions cluster in October and April.
Coming up
- TORONTO AFTER DARK: Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action & Cult Film FestivalToronto, CanadaOctober 14–18, 2026
- The Vancouver Horror Show Film FestivalVancouver, CanadaOctober 14–18, 2026
- Hellifax Horror FestCanadaOctober 15–18, 2026
- Shock Stock Horror & Underground Film FestivalCanadaApril 28 – May 2, 2027
All of them
- Horror Underground Film & Screenplay FestivalMontreal, Canada
- Ottawa Spookshow and Fantastic Film FestivalOttawa, Canada
- The Great Canadian Sci-Fi Film FestivalToronto, Canada
- The Great Canadian Horror Film FestivalToronto, Canada
- 15 Second Horror Film ChallengeCanada, Canada
- Saskatoon Fantastic Film FestivalSaskatoon, Canada
- THE DROIDS & DRAGONS SCI-FI and FANTASY FILM FESTIVALCanada
- TORONTO AFTER DARK: Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action & Cult Film FestivalToronto, CanadaOctober 14–18, 2026
- Hellifax Horror FestCanadaOctober 15–18, 2026
- Night of Horror - Three Fires International Film FestivalCanada
- Calgary Horror ConCalgary, Canada
- Shock Stock Horror & Underground Film FestivalCanadaApril 28 – May 2, 2027
- Bloody Horror International Film FestivalOttawa, Canada
- INTERNATIONAL RIVER'S EDGE HORROR SHORT FILM FESTIVALCanada
- LOST EPISODE FEST TORONTO (LEFT): Horror, Sci-Fi, & Fan Film FestivalToronto, Canada
- HORROR-RAMA International Short Film FestivalCanada
- Terror In The Bay Film Festival: Horror, Thriller & Mystery FilmsCanada
- The Vancouver Horror Show Film FestivalVancouver, CanadaOctober 14–18, 2026
- Weirdward Whimsy: A Fantasy Film FestivalCanada
- THE UNITED STATES OF HORRORCanada
- Toronto Indie Horror FestivalToronto, Canada
- 6ix Screams International Horror Film FestivalCanada
- Little Nightmares Canadian Horror Shorts FestivalCanada
- Little Terrors Short Film FestivalCanada
- Okanagan HorrorFest XICanada
- Toronto International Spring of Horror and Fantasy Film FestivalToronto, Canada
- Monster Pool Horror FestivalCanada
- The Genre Film LabCanada
- Astrophobia Science Fiction and Horror Film FestivalCanada
- FOGFEST Horror Film FestivalCanada
- The Northwest HorrorshowCanada
- Cabane A Sang - Montreal Horror and Trash Film FestivalMontréal, Canada
- Shock Therapy - Short Indie Horror FilmsCanada
Built from our directory of 15,028 festivals. Dates are listed only when we could source them (Wikidata or the festival’s own site). Spot a mistake? Tell us.