The 30th Fantasia International Film Festival, taking place in Montreal from July 16 to August 2, 2026, presents an extensive European selection centering on five world premieres. Agnieszka Smoczyńska returns with the dystopian AI thriller Hot Spot, starring Noomi Rapace, while Kasper Kalle screens the queer vampire epic No Rest for the Wicked, set in the Faroe Islands. Furthermore, Bob Colaers' Attack on Paradise and Nicky Murphy's I Love Paris stand out as world premieres, alongside North American premieres of Hanna Bergholm's Nightborn and Minos Papas' Motherwitch. Nicolas Winding Refn opens the festival with Her Private Hell and receives the Cheval Noir Career Achievement Award.