Noomi Rapace’s AI-Themed Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Hot Spot’ to World Premiere at Fantasia

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The Fantastia Film Festival has unveiled its first wave of titles for its 2026 edition this summer, led by a world premiere for Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s AI-Themed sci-fi thriller Hot Spot.

Focus Features earlier picked up the film starring Noomi Rapace, Andrzej Konopka and Reika Kirishima and about a private eye investigating a murder case in a near future society for an Aug. 21 theatrical release.

Fantasia for its 30th edition to run July 16 to August 2 in Montreal also booked world premieres for Jenn Wexler’s The Last Temptation of Becky, the third film in her indie action-thriller franchise Becky that stars Lulu Wilson, Kate Siegel and Neil Patrick Harris; Kasper Kalle’s No Rest For the Wicked, a queer vampire film starring Egor Venned and Pilou Asbaek; and Casey Walker’s sci-fi thriller Home Bodies, where twin actors Emma and Ian Ho play two children raised in isolation by an automated house.

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Fantasia also has first looks for Harrison Atkins’ Sour Minnows, the director’s second feature starring David Brown and Chase Williamson; Tight Lettuce, Harrison Houde’s dark comedy about Joel, played by Dakota Daulby, and his unwavering love for his father Bodo (Emmanuel Bilodeau);  Tim Riedel’s psychological horror Ancestral Beasts, starring Outlander actor Morgan Holmstrom; and Michael Gabriele’s holiday horror pic Unholy Night!, starring Marc Bendavid, Shailene Garnett and Ron Lea.

There’s also North American premieres in Montreal for Makoto Ueda’s debut feature You Are the Film, led by Marika Ito, Kai Inowaki and Riko Fujitani; director Yeom Ji-oh’s horror thriller The Eyes, starring Shin Min-a; and Giddens Ko’s Kung Fu, a martial arts fantasy pic from Taiwan that stars Kai Ko, Berant Zhu and Gingle Wang; and Yusuke Iwasaki’s Anymart, where a disillusioned young man (Shota Sometani) working in a convenience store faces a sassy new employee (Erika Karata).

Fantastia, which hands out prizes as part of its juried Cheval Noir competition, will make additional lineup announcements in the coming months.  

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