Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival

ithaca fantastik is a film, art, and music festival that normally takes place every november in ithaca, ny. our mission is to bring the best of fantastic culture to upstate new york by presenting a selection of the most anticipated international films, community organized concerts, and diverse art exhibitions. beginning as a three day film festival in 2012, the cinema component of ithaca fantastik is built around four primary axes of programming: (i) an international competition (ii) a retrospective of classic films, selected around an annually changing theme (iii) several off-competition series including a documentary showcase, midnight features and additional mini series with unique focus; and (iiii) a cinema concert performed with an original live score commissioned specifically for the festival. fantastic film is a term used in the european film festival circuit, and derived from todorov’s description of the fantastic in literature- embracing the general concept of the uncanny, whe