Beyond Fest Announces Full 2025 Line Up

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Beyond Fest is back in Los Angeles for its 2025 edition later this month.
‘Bugonia’, ‘After the Hunt’ and more will receive premieres.
Filmmakers including Gore Verbinski and John Carpenter will discuss their work. Following news of its Guillermo del Toro celebration, the highest-attended genre film festival in the US, Beyond Fest is back for 2025 offering even more exciting screenings, including ‘Bugonia’, ‘Black Phone 2’ and ‘Good Fortune’ and talks with filmmakers.

Bugonia

"Of all the abductions, this one is different."

RComedy Thriller Science Fiction

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Release Oct 31, 2025Runtime 1h 59mBudget $55M

WHERE TO WATCH

If you enjoy hearing talented types talk up their work, attendees will be able to see the likes of Al Pacino, William Petersen and John Carpenter at special screenings of movies they appeared in or made.

What other movies will screen at this year’s Beyond Fest?

Emma Stone stars as Michelle Fuller in director Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Bugonia', a Focus Features release. .Credit: Atsushi Nishijima/Focus Features © 2025 All Rights Reserved.

As is usual for Beyond Fest, there is a packed programme at the 2025 event. The opening night movie is Park Chan-Wook’s ‘No Other Choice’, while the likes of Bryan Fuller’s ‘Dust Bunny’ and Luca Guadagnino’s ‘After the Hunt’.

And that’s not all! Stunt icon Kenji Tanigaki brings his instantly infamous epic-fight-fest, ‘The Furious’, to the Egyptian Theatre for its US Premiere, while Jalmari Helander’s ‘Sisu: Road to Revenge’ will raise the action to another level.

Plus, there is the usual host of retrospective presentations, including Al Pacino discussing the legacy of ‘Dick Tracy’, an event celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Karyn Kusama’s ‘The Invitation’ and Gore Verbinski returns to the Egyptian Theatre for a very special screening of ‘The Ring’.

Finally, the whole event wraps up with Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest chunk of weirdness, ‘Bugonia’.

That’s just a small sampling of what’s on offer. Visit beyondfest.com and americancinematheque.com for more details.

When and where is Beyond Fest 2025 happening?

(from left) Finn (Mason Thames) and The Grabber (Ethan Hawke) in 'Black Phone 2', directed by Scott Derrickson. © 2025 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

This year’s event runs between September 23rd –– October 8th.

In partnership with the American Cinematheque and presented exclusively by distributor NEON, Beyond Fest will screen at the Egyptian Theatre, Aero Theatre and Los Feliz 3. Theatre.