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At Fantasia 2025, Foreigner emerges as a quietly powerful meditation on belonging and otherness. Set in the early 2000s, the film follows Yasamin, a Persian newcomer navigating the fraught social landscape of a Canadian high school. What begins as a tentative coming-of-age drama steadily unfurls into an undercurrent of unease, as subtle acts of exclusion and coded microaggressions build toward a simmering sense of dread.
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Fantasia 2021: Last Night at the Strip Club
Toronto stripper Andrea Werhun was ousted from her club by the COVID-19 lockdown. Now, she’s taking business online.
Fantasia 2021: The Lovers
A roommate stuck in a codependent cycle finds her burgeoning romance might lead to something unexpected.
Fantasia 2021: The Booth
A documentary about adult video arcades and the role alternative spaces play in shaping – and preserving – identities.
Fantasia 2021: Sexy Furby
Amid the picturesque backdrop of rural northern Connecticut, a suicidal girl’s life changes when she encounters a man-sized Furby.