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Fantasia International Film Festival (also known as Fantasia-fest, FanTasia, and Fant-Asia) is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. It focuses on niche, B-rated and low budget movies in various genres, from horror to sci-fi. Regularly held in July/August, by 2016 its annual audience had already surpassed 100,000 viewers and outgrown even the Montreal World Film Festival.
By virtue of the reputation developed over the last two decades, Fantasia has been called the "most outstanding and largest genre film festival in North America". Its mission is to promote genre, anti-Hollywood cinema and assist independent filmmakers. Fantasia has launched the careers of many modern auteurs. Since 2012, the festival has also held the Frontières cinema market that allows promising projects to find potential producers and distributors. In 2016 the Frontières announced collaboration with Marché du Film led by Cannes Film Festival.