Fanomenon

Fanomenon is packed with acclaimed new films that have wowed, shocked, thrilled, mesmerised, moved and entertained audiences at film festivals around the world. This year’s highlights include Thibault Emin’s psychedelic body-horror Else, John Hsu’s madcap ghost hit Dead Talents Society, a thrilling anthology from South Korea inspired by the Hemingway story The Killers, and Joel Potrykus’ Vulcanizadora, a raw and darkly comedic exploration of outcasts and misfits.

We are delighted to launch two new competitions for Fanomenon at LIFF 2024 – one for feature films with seven UK Premieres, and one for short films which has grown from our very popular selection of fantastic genre shorts.

Also very popular, our Fanathon film marathons return for LIFF 2024 with Sci-Fi day on 2 November, Day of the Dead on 9 November, and Night of the Dead on 15 November, this year opening with the world premiere of Aidan Leary’s Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round.