Reaching the sixth edition of Fantboi should not have been possible without a loyal and courageous audience, nor without a team that, year after year, puts time, energy and passion into this project.
To all of you, thank you for continuing to be here, for filling the halls and for defending a way of understanding culture that is free, critical and committed to its time.
Fantboi was born from a love of fantasy and horror cinema , genres that have historically been powerful tools for questioning power, highlighting injustices, and giving a name to collective fears. Genre cinema is not escapism: it is thought, it is denunciation, and it is a form of resistance. At a time when fascist rhetoric is regaining ground, culture becomes one of the most effective weapons to combat it: because it makes us think, because it generates empathy, and because it makes us uncomfortable.
In this sixth edition, we look to France and its revolution as a symbol of breaking with the established order . Not as a distant memory, but as a current idea: that rights are not given freely, that culture is not neutral, and that it is necessary to take a stand. Culture, like revolution, begins when someone dares to ask uncomfortable questions and refuses to accept the imposed narrative .
Thanks to the Fantboi team for showing that even with limited resources, great things can be achieved when there’s conviction. And thanks to the audience for experiencing the festival with us, shouting, laughing, and reflecting on each session. Without you, this festival wouldn’t be possible.
Director of the Fantboi
Fantastic Cinema Festival of Sant Boi de Llobregat
Fantboi – Sant Boi de Llobregat Fantastic Film Festival and SegaSaturno Productions announce the ten selected stories from the short story competition they jointly organized during this sixth edition of the festival. The competition received a total of 26 original stories, making the selection process particularly difficult due to the high quality and variety of…
For the sixth year, Fantboi ( Sant Boi de Llobregat Fantastic Film Festival ) has once again brought together fans of the genre with an attractive program of short films, feature films, a short story contest, the lively Mercat market , and one of the festival’s highlights: the charity vermouth and auction featuring works by…
The dates for the sixth edition of Fantboi ( Sant Boi de Llobregat Fantastic Film Festival ) are approaching, and the festival organizers are finalizing the details of the program and events that will fill Sant Boi with blood and terror between May 7 and 10 . This year’s poster is the work of a…
Rules for the Short Story Contest Submitted works must be original, unpublished, and not previously published in any format, whether print or digital, nor have received awards in other competitions. The authorship must belong entirely to the participant, who is responsible for the originality of the submitted text. The use of AI in the writing…
February 16, 2026. Sant Boi de Llobregat. Since its inception, the Fantboi ( Sant Boi de Llobregat Fantastic Film Festival ) has chosen a theme for each edition. The central theme around which their proposals revolve, and this year, 2026, from May 7th to 10th , the festival’s battle cry—and that of the attending public—will…
Sant Boi de Llobregat. 06/10/2025 . Welcome to the new edition of Noches of Souls ! To this one event , which revolves around cinema and music, we celebrate the Castañada , Halloween, Día de Muertos, that there are sweet potatoes in the supermarket, that leaves the fresh or what each one find appropriate for…
On Saturday, June 21, before the screening of Parallel Consequences – this year’s Fantboi -winning film – the first Itziar Castro Award was presented to film director Rocío Mesa for her powerful female voice in the fantasy scene. «Thank you to the Fantboi Festival team for welcoming me with such warmth and for making this…
Aagoraphobic architect must confront his fears to return to his daily life, for that he will follow the strict therapy of his neighbor, a dog trainer. This is the beginning of El Instinto, the film written and directed by Juan Albarracín and made possible thanks to support received through Verkami, featuring Javier Pereira, Fernando Cayo,…
Sant Boi de Llobregat, 04/11/2025. The artist Santboiana Saray Fernández is The author of the poster for the fifth edition of Fantboi ( Fantastic Cinema Festival of Sant Boi de Llobregat), which will be presented there April 10th pels responsible for the festival. Sota the leitmotiv Nobody’s perfect , Fantboi 2025 places the focus on…
The Fantboi – Sant Boi Fantastic Film Festival is celebrating its 5th edition this year, and we invite media, filmmakers, sponsors, and film lovers to discover all the new features at a presentation event taking place on April 10 at 7:00 PM at the Cal Ninyo Theater. During the event, we will unveil this year’s…
Saint Boi de Llobregat. 01/13/2025 . The mental health of human beings is something that is gaining weight in society, and at the Fantboi ( Santander Fantastic Film Festival) Boi de Llobregat ) are closely linked to this because in Sant Boi is building the largest mental health centre in Europe. But also, for the…
21.10.2024. saint Boi de Llobregat . nights of Souls it’s a new one event around cinema and music where we celebrate the Chestnut Festival , Halloween, Dia de Muertos, that there are sweet potatoes in the supermarket, that the cold weather is coming or whatever find suitable for these dates. The threads drivers they are…
21.07.2024. Sant Boi de Llobregat. From Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 July, the Fantboi (Sant Boi de Llobregat Fantastic Film Festival) opened the doors of its fourth edition «Only happens in Japan» to the public who over the course of several days attended both the screenings that took place at Can Castellet and Cal Ninyo…
San Boi de Llobregat. A month from the start of its fourth edition, the Fantboi (fantastic film festival of Sant Boi de Llobregat) turns on the engines so that the year 2024 will be special for all those who come to the festival. In the meeting that will take place with the press and spectators…
This year the Fantboi (Sant Boi de Llobregat Fantastic Film Festival) is consolidated as the largest leisure proposal in Sant Boi between July 11 and 14. All audiences eager to explore the feature film programming in the official section and the retrospectives will have a guaranteed appointment at the Can Castellet cinemas and the Cal…
Sant Boi de Llobregat. 04/30/2024. Do you have a short film in mind and don’t know how to develop and create it? During the second and third edition, the Fantboi Lab worked with institutes to teach future filmmakers the possibilities of short films as a means of expression and the tools to give shape and…
Sant Boi de Llobregat. April 5, 2024. During a meeting with the media at the Cal Ninyo Theater, the director of Fantboi, Hugo Cobo and the Councilor of Culture of Sant Boi de Llobregat, José Manuel Labrador, presented to the audience the poster of Alba Qm’s work based in the leitmotiv of this fourth edition…
Sant Boi de Llobregat. March 25, 2024. The Fantboi (fantastic film festival of Sant Boi de Llobregat) is about to close its programming for the fourth edition, which will take place between July 11 and 14, 2024. For this reason, Starting at 7 p.m. and with free admission, a meeting with the media and public…
The Fantboi Lab is a laboratory-workshop designed to support filmmakers in the development of a fantasy genre short film project from its initial idea to the end. The call will be open from 04/04/2024 to 06/01/2024 A winning project will be chosen from among the candidates and its author will receive personalized online tutoring that…
Sant Boi de Llobregat. DATE. The #Fantboi4 continues to warm up its engines ahead of its celebration on June 6 and 9 and among its new features is a new section titled «Otra Mirada». The Another Look section will accommodate titles with fantastic themes and an independent vocation, preferably unpublished in Spain and that are…
Fant Boi de Llobregat. El festival de cine fantástico de Sant Boi de Llobegrat, Fanboi, sigue consolidando su apuesta por el género y por ello, este 31 de Octubre celebrará Un Halloween Diferent. En colaboración con los cinemes Can Castellet, El Fanboi celebra una sesión para todo tipo de público y edades. La sesión empezará…
FANTBOI – Festival de Cine Fantástico de Sant Boi de Llobregat. Despide la segunda edición – celebrada del 16 al 19 de junio de 2022 en los cines Can Castellet – contentos por el trabajo muy bien hecho pero con la tristeza de haber acabado. Durante los cuatro días del festival, siempre bajo el leitmotiv From Outer…
El miércoles día 1 de junio a las 17.00 inauguramos la exposición del Fantboi, donde se podrán ver 9 obras de artistas locales, entre los que destaca Raquel Gu, encargada también del póster de nuestra segunda edición del Festival. La exposición se podrá ver del 1 al 15 de junio. También haremos una presentación del Festival,…
Las puertas del FANTBOI 2022 se abrirán el próximo jueves 16 de junio con una película de cine independiente argentino, en estreno estatal que nos hará superar los miedos internos de cada uno, en un film donde el propio director tuvo que superar sus propios miedos para poder rodar “El Oscuro Lugar donde Habitan”, Gabriel Musco nos…
La invasión llega a la segunda edición del Fantboi, que se celebrará del 16 al 19 de junio y anuncia los primeros nombres de su programación. Una edición que mostrará el abanico más amplio de tendencias dentro del cine de género, a través de la variedad de estilos y miradas que conviven en el panorama…
El Fantboi, Festival de cine fantástico de Sant Boi, apuesta de nuevo por el publico infantil en las sesiones matinales. Este año, los futuros espectadores del género, podrán disfrutar de un clásico que cumple 40 años en 2022: E.T. El Extraterrestre de Steven Spielberg, estrenada en Estados Unidos el 11 de junio de 1982. Protagonizada por Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote y Dee…
21 de Octubre de 2021. Sant Boi de Llobregat. Del 16 al 19 de junio de 2022 se celebrará la 2ª edición del FANTBOI – Festival de Cinema Fantàstic de Sant Boi de Llobregat – que este año tiene como leitmotiv FROM OUTER SPACE! centrándose en el tema de las invasiones extraterrestres, con multitud de películas de Serie B o secuelas…
La primera edición del Festival de cine fantástico de Sant Boi de Llobregat, ha terminado cuatro intensos días en los que se presentaron un total de 12 films y 2 sesiones de cortometrajes. Aparte de incluir estrenos internacionales y estrenos nacionales, bajo el leitmotiv del festival, «Fight like a Girl!»,se proyectaron las inmortales Aliens de James…
El naixement d’un festival de cinema sempre és una bona notícia per a la indústria cinematogràfica i amplia l’oferta dins el territori. Enguany, tindrà lloc la 1a edició del Festival de Cinema Fantàstic de Sant Boi de Llobregat, FANTBOI, de l’1 al 4 de juliol, i establirà la seu principal als cinemes Can Castellet (c/ Jaume I…
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