TOP10 Fantastic Cinema 2024

The time has come, after meeting in committee and debating –heatedly– about what we believe has defined this season of the Fantastic. Here’s the final result: what the Festival considers the most remarkable highlights of the 2024 selection.

We have titles that shone at home; others that couldn’t make it but still made a strong impact on us.

Because they immersed us in scenarios as terrifying as they are plausible, because they made us see with new eyes some of the figures we thought we knew so well... because we just can’t get them out of our heads.

Here they are, take note!

1. The Substance, by Coralie Fargeat
2. Nosferatu, by Robert Eggers
3. Longlegs, by Osgood Perkins
4. The Devil's Bath, by Severin Fiala & Veronika Franz
5. Dune: Part Two, by Denis Villeneuve

6. Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, by Stephen Quay & Timothy Quay

   Strange Darling, by J.T. Mollner

   I saw the TV Glow, de Jane Schoenbrun

7. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, by George Miller

8. Civil War, by Alex Garland

   Flow, by Gints Zilbalodis

9. Azrael, by E.L. Katz
10. Mads, by David Moreau

But... how did we get to this point? Easy, by coming to an agreement... and compiling all the TOP10 lists submitted by the team.

Do you want to know what each person voted for? Keep reading...

Ángel Sala - Artistic Director

1. Dune: Part Two, by Denis Villeneuve
2. Nosferatu, by Robert Eggers
3. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, by George Miller
4. Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, by Stephen Quay & Timothy Quay
5. The Substance, by Coralie Fargeat
6. Flow, by Gints Zilbalodis
7. The First Omen, by Arkasha Stevenson
8. Kinds of Kindness, by Yorgos Lanthimos
9. 2073, by Asif Kapadia
10. Dead Mail, by Joe DeBoer & Kyle McConaghy

Mònica Garcia - General Manager Foundation

1. The Substance, by Coralie Fargeat
2. Handling the Undead, by Thea Hvistendahl 
3. Longlegs, by Osgood Perkins
4. Nosferatu, by Robert Eggers
5. Azrael, by E.L. Katz
6. Mads, by David Moreau
7. Strange Darling, by J.T. Mollner
8. The First Omen, by Arkasha Stevenson
9. Dead Mail, by Joe DeBoer & Kyle McConaghy
10. In a Violent Nature, by Chris Nash

Diego López-Fernández - Direction Assistant

1. Civil War, by Alex Garland
2. MaXXXine, by Ti West
3. The Substance, by Coralie Fargeat
4. Longlegs, by Osgood Perkins
5. Mads, by David Moreau
6. L'orto americano, by Pupi Avati
7. Steppenwolf, by Adilkhan Yerzhanov
8. Dead Mail, by Joe Deboer & Kyle McConaghy
9. Sister Midnight, by Karan Kandhari
10. Exorcismo, by Alberto Sedano

Geard Casau - Selection Committee

1. Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, by Stephen Quay & Timothy Quay
2. Chime, by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
3. The Devil's Bath, by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
4. I Saw the TV Glow, by Jane Schoenbrun
5. A Different Man, by Aaron Schimberg
6. Olivia & las nubes, by Tomás Pichardo Espaillat
7. Nosferatu, by Robert Eggers
8. Flow, by Gints Zilbalodis
9. Else, by Thibault Emin
10. In a Violent Nature, by Chris Nash

Omar Parra - Selection Committee

1. Longlegs, by Osgood Perkins
2. The Shadow Strays, by Timo Tjahjanto
3. City Hunter, by Yuichi Sato
4. Azrael, by E.L. Katz
5. Night Call, by Michiel Blanchart
6. Pig That Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease, by Hur Bum-wook
7. Strange Darling, by J.T. Mollner
8. Exhuma, by Jang Jae-hyun
9. The Devil's Bath, by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
10. Monkey Man, by Dev Patel

Domingo López - Selection Committee

1. The Substance, by Coralie Fargeat
2. Strange Darling, by J.T. Mollner
3. Twilight of the Warriors, by Soi Cheang
4. Visitors, by Kenichi Ugana
5. Game of Shark, by Minoru Kawasaki
6. The Devil's Bath, by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
7. Woman of the Hour, by Anna Kendrick
8. Cloud, by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
9. Salaar, by Prashanth Neel
10. Maxxine, by Ti West

Víctor Esquirol - Selection Committee

1. I Saw the TV Glow, by Jane Schoenbrun
2. Dune: Part Two, by Denis Villeneuve
3. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, by George Miller
4. The Devil's Bath, by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
5. Flow, by Gints Zilbalodis
6. Universal Language, by Matthew Rankin
7. Civil War, by Alex Garland
8. Una ballena, by Pablo Hernando
9. Sasquatch Sunset, by David Zellner & Nathan Zellner
10. Una historia de pastores, by Jaime Puertas Castillo