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A look back at Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Career Talk

By Lauren MurphyArticles, Festival highlights, Guests, News, Program

‘I’m surprised – I thought I was just here for a talk,' said Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Imagine's Guest of Honour, as he accepted an Career Achievement Award yesterday afternoon from our...

2 November 2026

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A conversation with the team behind Club VHS

By Lauren MurphyArticles, Festival highlights, Guests, News, Program

This year’s Imagine festival theme, Ghost in the Feed, revolves around media. From radio to the internet and from television to AI: we hate it and we need it; we...

1 November 2026

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Programmer Kiko Morah about Mexico and magical realism

By Lauren MurphyArticles, Festival highlights, News, Program

Magical Realism in Latin-American cinema is one of Imagine’s festival themes this year. Programmer (and filmmaker!) Kiko Morah grew up in Mexico and came to the Netherlands for love. He’s...

29 October 2026

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Julie Corman about her career and the Roger Corman Centennial

By Lauren MurphyArticles, Festival highlights, Guests, News, Program

Roger Corman, born in 1926 and who died in 2024, came within a hair’s breadth of reaching a full century. The man who became known as the ‘king of the...

29 October 2026

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa is this year’s Guest of Honour

By Lauren MurphyArticles, Guests, News

Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa is Imagine 2026's Guest of Honour. The director of films including Cure, Pulse and Cloud will receive the Imagine Career Achievement Award during the festival in...

16 September 2026

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Theme and artwork for Imagine 2026: Ghost in the Feed

By Lauren MurphyArticles, Ghost in the Feed, News, Themes

We’re proud to present our main festival theme and artwork for Imagine Fantastic Film Festival 2026, which takes place from 29 October – 8 November in LAB111, FilmHallen and HAL…

8 July 2026

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CAUTION, HOT! Here are our sizzling genre tips for the Summer of ‘26

By Lauren MurphyArticles, News, Recommendations

Ain’t no summer like an Imagine summer! Burning heat, sweat dripping out of every orifice, blistered skin, crawly critters, swimming in monster-infested waters, oppressive summer camps, screaming kids in creepy…

6 July 2026

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Faces of Imagine: Inez de Coo

By Lauren MurphyArticles, Faces of Imagine, News

Another one of our favourite faces! Imagine’s Senior & Specials Programmer Inez gives us a piece of her mind, from putting the teeth from Teeth to good use to watchlisting...

29 June 2026

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Faces of Imagine: Elina Meinerte

By Lauren MurphyArticles, Faces of Imagine, News

This edition of Faces of Imagine, our Junior Programmer Elina answers our ‘really, really, really loaded questions’. We talked about learning about human history through horror, the lure of The...

29 June 2026

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Faces of Imagine: Fernando Alle

By Lauren MurphyArticles, Faces of Imagine, News

Facestime! Joining us for this one is director Fernando Alle, whose short film Borbuhla (Pimple) screened at Imagine 2025. It's his first time in Amsterdam and he's a bit jetlagged,...

7 June 2026

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A look back at Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Career Talk

A conversation with the team behind Club VHS

Programmer Kiko Morah about Mexico and magical realism

Julie Corman about her career and the Roger Corman Centennial

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is this year’s Guest of Honour

Theme and artwork for Imagine 2026: Ghost in the Feed

CAUTION, HOT! Here are our sizzling genre tips for the Summer of ‘26

Faces of Imagine: Inez de Coo

Faces of Imagine: Elina Meinerte

Faces of Imagine: Fernando Alle

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