Chicagoland’s very own G-FEST will be returning for another year of monster mayhem in just over two weeks! Leading up to the show, G-FEST has been inviting fans to peek into what this year will hold, having a plethora of different announcements of what’s being showcased. The most recent of these announcements has been the much-beloved Film Festival. This film festival is not the movies that play at the Pickwick Theatre, but instead a carefully selected curation of brilliant independent kaiju/tokusatsu films & familiar classics for the entire family to enjoy! The film fest is held downstairs in the International Ballrooms A, B, and C, so head on down if you want to check out a fresh, captivating indie kaiju film amongst a global lineup of options!
Special Thanks to Avery Guerra and Jeff Horne.
Check out the full schedule of programming on the official G-FEST website HERE.
Full Film Festival Schedule
FRIDAY JULY 12
9:00 AM
Gamera vs. Zigra (1:28)
Noriaki Yuasa – 1971 – Japan
10:30 AM
The Story Of Hong Gil-Dong (1:06) SRS
Shin Dong-heon – 1967 – Korea
11:36 AM
Lake Merritt Monster (:16)
Benjamin MulHolland – 2022 – United States
12:00 PM
Monster Seafood Wars (1:24)
Minoru Kawasaki – 2020 – Japan
1:30 PM
BigJackFilms The Movie (2:09)
Jack Buchanan – 2024 – Canada
3:40 PM
Space Beast Barrigular (:20)
Takashi Iwamura – 2023 – Japan
4:00 PM
Space Monster Wangmagwi (1:22) SRS
Kwon Hyeok-jin – 1967 – Korea
5:30 PM
Kaiju Glam Metal Shark Attack (1:09) SRS
Brett Kelly – 2024 – Canada
*World Premiere*
7:00 PM
Ape vs. Monster (1:28) TA
Daniel Lusko – 2021 – United States
8:30 PM
Ape vs Mecha-Ape (1:24) TA
Marc Gottlieb – 2023 – United States
10:00 PM
Megalodon (1:28) TA
James Thomas – 2018 – United States
11:30 PM
The Whale God (1:40) SRS
Tokuzo Tanaka – 1962 – Japan
SATURDAY JULY 13
9:00 AM
Johnny Socko & The Space Giants 1:00 1967 / 1966
10:00 AM
Ultraman: The Adventure Begins (1:18)
Mitsuo Kusakabe – 1987 – Japan
11:30 AM
The Great Yokai War: Guardians (1:56) SRS
Takashi Miike – 2021 – Japan
1:30 PM
Daikaiju Bugon (Big Beast Bugon) (:21)
Kiyotaka Taguchi – 2023 – Japan
2:00 PM
The Barbados Project (1:00)
Thomas Burke and Stockton Miller – 2022 – Barbados
3:00 PM
Zone Fighter: Season 2 – Episode 09 (:30)
Jake DeNunzio – 2024 – United States
3:45 PM
The Lake (1:44)
Lee Thongkham and Aqing Xu – 2022 – Thailand / China / Australia / United States
5:30 PM
Super Legend God Hikoza (1:11) SRS
Minoru Kawasaki – 2022 – Japan
6:40 PM
*Lights on*
7:00 PM
*Costume Parade Closed Circuit*
10:00 PM
Bloodspawn (1:16)
Derek S. Campbell and David Rotan – 2024 – United States
*1st. Test Screening*
+Filmmakers In Attendance+
11:16 PM
Kings Fall (:22)
Shinobu Date and Asao Goto – 2024 – Japan
*North American Premiere*
11:38 PM
Evie (:19)
Alexander von Hofmann – 2023 – Australia
12:00 AM
Monster Mash (1:25) TA
Jose Prendes- 2024 – United States
SUNDAY JULY 14
SUNDAY (June 14th.):
9:00 AM
…Dojo Studios Presents…
GFANTIS DEATHGAME (:17)
Dojo Studios – 2021 – United States
War of the Colossal Beasts( :19)
Dojo Studios – 2022 – United States
Breaking News (:10)
Dojo Studios – 2023 – United States
Breaking News 2 (:10)
Dojo Studios 2024 – United States
10:00 AM
Ape x Mecha-Ape: New World Order (1:30) TA
Marc Gottlieb – 2024 – United States
11:30 AM
*Video Contest Entries* (2:01:58)
1:30 PM+ A Giant Collection of Shorts +
Snaggletooth (:05)
Scott David Lister – 2024 – Australia
Revive! Smile Rock Giant God (:12)
Ryo Momota – 2024 – Japan *North American Premiere*
The Man In The Green Suit (:14)
John Goodwin – 2023 – United States
2:05 PM*Awards Ceremony*
3:00 PM
Daikaiju Bugon (Big Beast Bugon ) (:21)
Kiyotaka Taguchi – 2023 – Japan
3:30 PM
Gamera vs Gyaos (1:26)
Noriaki Yuasa and Shigeo Tanaka -1967 – Japan
* Director – Year of Release – Country Of Origin *
* (0:00) runtimes *
*All films courtesy of the original creators, SRS Cinema (SRS) and The Asylum (TA).*
