Cineverse’s Fandor Brings the Heat this Summer with a Lineup of Hot New Titles

Cineverse and Fandor has announced today its Summer slate of programming. This includes genre-blending time-travel adventure, Escape From The 21st Century as well as other Official Selections from film festivals around the world, Else, A Samurai In Time, and The Box Man.

“Fandor continues to invest in bold, distinctive storytelling — elevating emerging filmmakers alongside internationally recognized auteurs who continue to shape contemporary cinema,” said Cineverse Executive Director, Programming, Eric Rowe. “This new slate reflects our curatorial focus: high-impact, conversation-driving titles with strong festival pedigree and global appeal”

As Summer begins to heat up, fans can tune to Fandor to stream new titles including:

  • Escape from the 21st Century (Available June 27) – The story follows three friends who discover they have the power to travel back and forth 20 years with a sneeze. However, the future is not as good as they hoped, and they need to take on the responsibility of saving the world. Escape from the 21st Century is a Fantastic Fest & TIFF Midnight Madness Official Selection.
  • Else (Available July 8) – A romance blossoms between an introvert and a confident woman, but their relationship faces a threat when a strange epidemic causes the infected to merge with their surroundings, trapping the couple in a shapeshifting nightmare. A haunting fusion of Cronenbergian body horror and fevered romance,Else is a Fantastic Fest & TIFF Midnight Madness Official Selection.
  • A Samurai In Time* (Available August 5) – The largest Japanese indie hit since One Cut of the Dead, and eventual Best Film winner at this year’s Japan Academy Film Prize, follows a samurai who gets hit by lightning wakes up to find himself on a film set in the present day and starts to work as an extra on samurai films. A Samurai In Time is a Fantasia Film Festival Official Selection.
  • The Box Man (Available August 19) – Punk provocateur Gakuryu Ishii’s adaptation of the legendary Kobo Abe novel follows a nameless man who gives up his identity to live with a large cardboard box over his head, to meet a range of characters as he wanders in Tokyo. The Box Man is a Berlinale Official Selection.

Other films currently available on Fandor include Hundreds of BeaversThe AccidentHuman Hibernation, Shin Ultraman, Yokohama BJ Blues, Atlantide, Jeannette: the Childhood of Joan of Arc. Beeswax, The Love Witch, Asako I & II, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Ramona, Nocturama, Marwencol, Lake Michigan Monster, Burst City, and many more.

Additional titles set to come to Fandor following their theatrical runs later this year also include The Things You Kill and Lesbian Space Princess.

*As part of Japan Society’s JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film 2025, North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese film, A Samurai in Time will screen at an in-person event on Monday, July 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM in New York City. Tickets can be purchased here.

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