Beyond Fest 2025 Plans Guillermo del Toro Retrospective

This year’s festival will include Está Vivo: The Gods and Monsters of Guillermo del Toro, the most complete look back at the filmmaker’s career to date.

Beyond Fest Logo for Está Vivo: The Gods and Monsters of Guillermo del Toro.

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Beyond Fest has announced Está Vivo: The Gods and Monsters of Guillermo del Toro.
It’ll feature 12 of the director’s movies.
Del Toro will be on hand to talk about his work and goals.

With ‘Frankenstein’, his latest bold cinematic vision headed to screens this year in theaters and via Netflix, it seems like a good time to celebrate the work of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.

Frankenstein

"Only monsters play God."

RDrama Horror Science Fiction

Release Date: Oct 17, 2025

Run Time: 2 hr 29 min

Starring: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth

The team at Beyond Fest thought so too, and has organized a special retrospective featuring 12 of his movies under the banner Está Vivo: The Gods and Monsters of Guillermo del Toro.

The planned special programme runs between September 23rd and October 8th, and will also boast discussions with del Toro about his work.

Here’s what Evrim Ersoy, Head of Programming at Beyond Fest had to say about the new programming feature:

“Guillermo del Toro’s films have inspired generations of filmmakers and audiences alike in a way unlike any other artist we’ve experienced. To welcome him and celebrate his artistic vision on this scale truly honors who he is as both a creative force of nature and a proudly obsessive servant of Cinema.”

Which of Guillermo del Toro’s movies are featured in the retrospective?

Guillermo del Toro poses backstage with the Oscar® for Animated Feature Film during the live ABC telecast of the 95th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 12, 2023.

Está Vivo is broken down into four specific sections: In The Mood For Love will feature ‘Crimson Peak’, ‘Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light’, and ‘The Shape of Water’, exploring the emotional core of del Toro’s high wire balancing of beauty and bloodshed.

That’s followed by From Sketch to Screen, which digs into del Toro’s deep-rooted and passionate love of comic books with three of the most radical adaptations ever committed to screen: ‘Hellboy’, ‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’ and ‘Blade II’.

The Early Years, meanwhile, looks at his foundational works, featuring the theatrical premiere 4K restoration of his debut feature ‘Cronos’, the L.A. premiere of the 4K restoration of ‘The Devil’s Backbone’, and his first studio feature, ‘Mimic’ presented in Director’s Cut form.

Finally, The Revolution wraps things up in a singular evening devoted to the internationally acclaimed masterpiece, ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’.

How can I get tickets to the retrospective?

(L to R) Oscar Isaac, Guillermo del Toro, and Mia Goth speak onstage Netflix TUDUM 2025: The Live Event at The Kia Forum on May 31, 2025 in Inglewood, California. Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Netflix.

Tickets will be on sale on the American Cinematheque website Thursday, September 4th at 12:00 pm PST.

Visit the Beyond Fest and American Cinematheque sites for more details.

When will Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ be on screens?

‘Frankenstein’ premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival and will enjoy a limited theatrical run on October 17th, before Netflix releases the movie globally via its streaming service on November 7th.