PRESENTATION
The International Congress of Fantastic Genre, Audiovisuals and New Technologies is an annual scientific, educational and outreach event held annually since 2018 within the framework of the Elche International Fantastic Film Festival – FANTAELX. It is organised by the Association for the Development and Promotion of Fantastic Genre “Black Unicorn”, in collaboration with Miguel Hernández University of Elche, the Research Centre for the Arts (CíA) and the MASSIVA Research Group.
This is a well-established forum whose mission is to promote and disseminate academic research across the various thematic strands and discourses of the fantastic genre from an interdisciplinary perspective, covering fields such as Art History, Film Studies, Literary Studies, New Technologies and other related fields, while embracing all forms of artistic and cultural expression, such as cinema, television, theatre, literature, comics, video games, role-playing games, virtual reality, plastic arts, etc.
The ninth edition of the International Congress of Fantastic Genre, Audiovisuals and New Technologies will take place on 17, 18, 19 and 20 November 2026. Sessions on 17 and 18 November will be held online via the Congress’s YouTube channel, while sessions on 19 and 20 November will take place in person at the Auditorium of the Congress Centre “Ciutat d’Elx” (see map).
