Fantastic Fest is an annual film festival

Film festival

A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...

 in Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

. It was founded in 2005 by Tim League of Alamo Drafthouse

Alamo Drafthouse

The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is an American cinema chain founded in 1997 in Austin, Texas, United States. It has screens in nine locations across Texas and one in Winchester, Virginia...

, Harry Knowles

Harry Knowles

Harry Knowles is known for his website called Ain't It Cool News. Knowles is a member of the Austin Film Critics Association.-Biography:...

 of Ain't It Cool News

Ain't It Cool News

Ain't It Cool News is a website founded and run by Harry Knowles, dedicated to news, rumors and reviews of upcoming and currently playing films and television projects, with an emphasis on science fiction, fantasy, horror, comic-book and action genres...

, Paul Alvarado-Dykstra, and Tim McCanlies

Tim McCanlies

Tim McCanlies is a film director and screenwriter. He has attracted attention for his work writing and directing Secondhand Lions, and wrote the screenplays for The Iron Giant and Dennis the Menace Strikes Again....

, writer of The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant is a 1999 animated film produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. Brad Bird directed the film, which stars a voice cast of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick, Jr., Vin Diesel, Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonald and John Mahoney...

and Secondhand Lions

Secondhand Lions

Secondhand Lions is a 2003 American dramedy film written and directed by Tim McCanlies. It tells the story of an introverted young boy who is sent to live with his eccentric uncles on a farm in the U.S...

. The festival focuses on genre films such as horror

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

, science fiction

Science fiction film

Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...

, fantasy

Fantasy film

Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap...

, action

Action film

Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...

, Asian

Asian cinema

Asian cinema refers to the film industries and films produced in the continent of Asia, and is also sometimes known as Eastern cinema. More commonly however, it is used to refer to the cinema of Eastern, Southeastern and Southern Asia. West Asian cinema is sometimes classified as part of Middle...

, and cult. The festival takes place in September at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, filling three screens for eight days and hosting many writers, directors and actors, both well established and unknown. A notable feature of this festival is the inclusion of "special screenings" by Knowles. For these screenings, the audience often does not know what the film will be until seated, moments before it begins. It also features many themed parties, outings, food/film "feasts", and other events that are signature hallmarks of the original Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. In 2007, Variety publisher Charles Koones included Fantastic Fest as one of "ten festivals we love". In 2008, Moviemaker named Fantastic Fest "one of the 25 film festivals worth the entry fee".

2005

The 2005 festival was only three days long, October 6–9. Screened films included Feast

Feast (film)

Feast is a 2005 black comedy horror film, a result of Project Greenlights third season, the amateur filmmaking documentary series and contest. The winning team was composed of writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, and director John Gulager...

, Wolf Creek

Wolf Creek (film)

Wolf Creek is a 2005 independent Australian horror film written, co-produced and directed by Greg McLean. The story revolves around three backpackers who find themselves held captive by a serial killer in the Australian outback...

, and Zathura

Zathura (film)

Zathura: A Space Adventure is a 2005 fantasy science fiction film directed by Jon Favreau, and is loosely based on the illustrated book Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg, author of Jumanji. It stars Jonah Bobo as Danny and Josh Hutcherson as Walter. Tim Robbins also had a small role as the boys'...

. The official sponsors of the 2005 festival were: Milkshake Media, KOOP Radio, The Austin Chronicle, Jackson Walker L.L.P., and Independence Brewery.

Premieres

US premieres

• Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick
  Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick
  is an animated Japanese television series, based on Herman Melville's original novel Moby-Dick. However, this adaptation used futuristic outer space as the setting, with "whales" being large abandoned spaceships instead. It aired from 1997 to 1999, albeit with a suspension of new episodes from...
  
  

Texas premieres

• The Big White
• The Birthday
• Creep
• Dark Hours
• G.O.R.A.
• Malefique
• Marebito
• Night of the Living Dorks
• P
• Pulse
• Strings
• The Wild Blue Yonder
• Wolf Creek

Special screenings

• Sneak preview of Feast
• Work in progress sneak preview of Hostel
• Sneak preview of the recut and extended version of Sin City
  Sin City (film)
  Sin City, also known as Frank Miller's Sin City, is a 2005 crime thriller film written, produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez...
  
  
• Sneak preview of Zathura
• A Scanner Darkly

Retrospective screenings

The theme of the 2005 Retrospective series was "Post Apocalyptic Cinema" which included

• The Last Wave
• Miracle Mile
• No Blade of Grass
• 1990: Bronx Warriors

Special events

The special effects team from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Andrew Adamson and based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published and second chronological novel in C. S. Lewis's children's epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of...

installed a display of costumes, creatures and props from the Narnia film. Legendary make-up and effects supervisor Howard Berger presided over a special effects Q&A.

Premieres

World premiere

• Roman
  Roman (film)
  Roman is a 2006 suspense-horror film starring Lucky McKee and Kristen Bell with Angela Bettis directing. The movie is a spin-off of 2002 cult hit May. In May, Angela Bettis played the title role and Lucky McKee directed, roles which have been switched for Roman...
  
  with Q&A by director Angela Bettis
  Angela Bettis
  Angela Marie Bettis is an American actress, film producer and director best known for her lead roles in the 2002 TV remake of the Stephen King film Carrie, the title character in May , and in Girl, Interrupted as the anorexic girl Janet Webber.-Early life:Bettis was born in Austin, Texas to Mary...
  
   and star Lucky McKee
  Lucky McKee
  Edward Lucky McKee is an American director, writer, and actor, largely known for the 2002 film May, which has acquired a cult following.-Biography:...
  
  

US premieres

• Gamerz
• Isolation
• Lie Still with Q&A by director Sean Hogan
• The Living and the Dead with Q&A by director Simon Rumley
• The Woods
• Blood Trails
  Blood Trails
  Blood Trails is a horror film, released in 2007 by Lions Gate Entertainment and starring Rebecca Palmer, Ben Price and Tom Frederic. It was directed by Robert Krause and won the Dawn by Dead Horror Festival Audience Award in 2006.-Plot:...
  
  
• Broken
  Broken (film)
  Broken is a 1993 horror musical short film/long form music video filmed and directed by Peter Christopherson, based on a scenario by Trent Reznor, the founder of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails...
  
  
• The Host
  The Host (film)
  The Host is a 2006 South Korean monster film, which also contains elements of comedy and drama films. The film was directed by Bong Joon-ho, who co-wrote the screenplay, along with Baek Chul-hyun....
  
  
• Blood Tea and Red String
  Blood Tea and Red String
  Blood Tea and Red String is a stop-motion-animated feature film, called by director Christiane Cegavske a "fairy tale for adults". It was released on February 2, 2006 after a production time of 13 years, having been filmed in various places in the West Coast and in two studios...
  
  
• Frank and Wendy
• Bug with Q&A by star Michael Shannon
• The Hamster Cage with Q&A by director Larry Kent
• Venus Drowning

Texas premieres

• Abominable
• Beach Party at the Threshhold of Hell
• The District!
• Firefly
• Frostbite
• The Glamourous Life of Sachiko Hanai
• Hatchet
• Inside
• The Last Supper
• Naisu No Mori
• Nightmare
• Origin, Spirit of the Past
• Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
• Puzzlehead
• A Quiet Love
• Renaissance
• Severance
• Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
• Shiva
• Simon Says" With Q&A with star Crispin Glover
• Starfish Hotel
• Unrest
• Wilderness
• Zhest

Special screenings

• An unfinished version of Apocalypto
  Apocalypto
  Apocalypto is a 2006 American epic action-adventure film directed by Mel Gibson. Set in Yucatan, Mexico, during the declining period of the Maya civilization, Apocalypto depicts the journey of a Mesoamerican tribesman who must escape human sacrifice and rescue his family after the capture and...
  
  , followed by a question and answer session with Mel Gibson
  Mel Gibson
  Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in...
  
   and star Rudy Youngblood
  Rudy Youngblood
  Rudy Youngblood is a Native American actor, musician, dancer and artist. He was born in Belton, Texas.-Acting career:...
  
  
• Pan's Labyrinth
  Pan's Labyrinth
  Pan's Labyrinth is a 2006 Spanish Spanish-language dark fantasy film, written and directed by Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro. It was produced and distributed by the Mexican film company Esperanto Films...
  
  ; director Guillermo del Toro
  Guillermo del Toro
  Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and designer. He is mostly known for his acclaimed films, Blade II, Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film franchise. He is a frequent collaborator with Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi and Doug Jones...
  
   was unable to attend but sent along a written introduction for the audience
• Advance Screening of Beowulf & Grendel
  Beowulf & Grendel
  Beowulf & Grendel is a 2005 film loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. Filmed in Iceland and directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, it stars Gerard Butler as Beowulf, Stellan Skarsgård as Hrothgar, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Grendel and Sarah Polley as the witch Selma...
  
  
• Advance Screening of Terry Gilliam's Tideland
  Tideland (film)
  Tideland is a 2005 British-Canadian fantasy thriller film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, an adaptation of Mitch Cullin's novel of the same name. The film was shot in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and surrounding area in the fall and winter of 2004...
  
  
• Advance Screening of The Fountain with Q&A by director Darren Aronofsky
• Advance Screening of Edmond
  Edmond (film)
  Edmond is a 2005 drama-thriller film starring William H. Macy, based on the play of the same name. It was written by David Mamet and directed by Stuart Gordon....
  
  
• Advance Screening of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, a 2006 American slasher film, functions as a prequel to the 2003 remake of the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman and co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper , the film went into release in North America on October 6,...
  
  

Retrospective screenings

There were 3 retrospective series; the first paid homage to cult midnight films and included

• Parasite 3-D
• Northville Cemetery Massacre
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with Q&A by star Edwin Neal
  Edwin Neal
  Edwin Neal is an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as the Hitchhiker in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre or his role as Lord Zedd in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. He has been a top voice talent and actor for years appearing on screen and off in such diverse projects as The Lord of the...
  
   ("The Hitchhiker")
• A Nightmare on Elm Street
  A Nightmare on Elm Street
  A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher film directed and written by Wes Craven, and the first film of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. The film features Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund, and Johnny Depp in his feature film...
  
  
• Fantastic Planet presented by Darren Aronofsky

The second was presented by cult author Jack Stevenson and included

• A compilation of films depicting drugs in American film
• Scandinavian Sinema, a presentation of postwar Scandinavian erotic cinema
• Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages

And the third was a retrospective of the action/crime films of director Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer...

, featuring

• Ab Tak Chhappan
• Company
• Ek Hasina Thi

There was also Meltdown Memoirs, a documentary about the making of Street Trash, which also played.

Award winners

Horror Jury Awards, for excellence in the Horror Genre

• Best Picture - Isolation
• Best Director - Billy O'Brien
  Billy O'Brien
  William Smith O'Brien was a Major League Baseball first baseman. He was a native of Albany, New York.O'Brien played for the St. Paul Saints and Kansas City Cowboys, both of the Union Association, in 1884. He also played for the National League Washington Senators and the Brooklyn Gladiators...
  
  , for Isolation
• Best Script - Dylan Bank and Morgan Pehme
  Morgan Pehme
  Morgan Pehme is an American filmmaker, writer, and producer.The son of journalist Kalev Pehme, Pehme has been involved in film since he was a child...
  
   for Nightmare
• Best Actor - Kane Hodder
  Kane Hodder
  Kane Warren Hodder is an American actor and stuntman. Standing , he is best known for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees in four films from the Friday the 13th film series . He is also known for his role as Victor Crowley in Hatchet. -Career:Hodder is the only actor to portray Jason Voorhees more...
  
   for Hatchet
  Hatchet (film)
  Hatchet is a 2006 American slasher film written, produced, and directed by Adam Green.-Plot:Set in the Louisiana bayou, it is the story of the legend of Victor Crowley...
  
  
• Best Actress - Nicole Roderick for Nightmare
• Best Supporting Actor - Lance Henriksen
  Lance Henriksen
  Lance James Henriksen is an American actor and artist best known to film and television audiences for his roles in science fiction, action, and horror films such as the Alien film franchise, and on television shows such as Millennium....
  
   for Abominable
  Abominable
  Abominable is a 2006 Sci Fi Horror Channel original movie, directed and written by Ryan Schifrin. The film stars Matt McCoy, Jeffrey Combs, Lance Henriksen, Rex Linn, Dee Wallace, Phil Morris, Paul Gleason and . The film features the cryptid Bigfoot as the main antagonist, despite the title. It...
  
  
• Best Supporting Actress - Kristen Bell
  Kristen Bell
  Kristen Anne Bell is an American actress. Although her first film role was an uncredited appearance in Polish Wedding, Bell previously acted in stage and musical productions. In 2001, she made her Broadway debut as Becky Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer...
  
   for Roman
  Roman (film)
  Roman is a 2006 suspense-horror film starring Lucky McKee and Kristen Bell with Angela Bettis directing. The movie is a spin-off of 2002 cult hit May. In May, Angela Bettis played the title role and Lucky McKee directed, roles which have been switched for Roman...
  
  
• Best Art Direction - Alex Boynton for Unrest
  Unrest
  Unrest is a sociological phenomenon, for instance:* Industrial unrest* Labor unrest* Rebellion* Riot-Notable historical unrests:* 19th century Luddites* 1978–79 Winter of Discontent...
  
  
• Best Cinematography - Robby Ryan for Isolation
• Best Special Effects - Hatchet
• Best Make-up - Broken
  Broken (film)
  Broken is a 1993 horror musical short film/long form music video filmed and directed by Peter Christopherson, based on a scenario by Trent Reznor, the founder of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails...
  
  

Serving on the Horror jury were Jay Slater of FilmThreat.com, Edwin Neal

Edwin Neal

Edwin Neal is an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as the Hitchhiker in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre or his role as Lord Zedd in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. He has been a top voice talent and actor for years appearing on screen and off in such diverse projects as The Lord of the...

 of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American independent horror film directed and produced by Tobe Hooper, who cowrote it with Kim Henkel. It stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen, who respectively portray Sally Hardesty, Franklin Hardesty, the...

, Peter Martin of Twitch.com, and Chris Cargill of AintItCoolNews.com.

Short Film Jury Awards

• Best of Show - The Listening Dead
• Best Short Form - Cost of Living
• Best Long Form - Rogairi (Villains)
• Best Animated - If I Had a Hammer
  If I Had a Hammer
  "If I Had a Hammer " is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman, and then by Peter, Paul and Mary.- Early...
  
  
• Best Comedy - They're Made Out of Meat
  They're Made Out of Meat
  "They're Made Out of Meat" is a Nebula Award-nominated short story by Terry Bisson. It was originally published in OMNI. It consists entirely of dialogue between two characters, and Bisson's website hosts a theatrical adaptation...
  
  

Serving on the Short Film Jury were Brian Satterwhite, Jay Knowles and Chris Cargill, all of AintItcoolNews.com.

Fantastic Fest Jury Awards, for excellence in films outside the Horror Genre

• Best Film - The Living and the Dead
• Best Director - Simon Rumley for The Living and the Dead
• Best Script - Larry Kent and Daniel Williams for The Hamster Cage
• Best Actor - Leo Bill from The Living and the Dead
• Best Actress - Jodie Jameson from Venus Drowning
• Best Supporting Actor - Alan Scarfe from The Hamster Cage
• Best Supporting Actress - Kate Fahy from The Living and The Dead
• Best Art Direction - Starfish Hotel
• Best Cinematography - A Quiet Love
• Best Special Effects - Puzzlehead
  Puzzlehead
  Puzzlehead is a Sci fi drama starring Stephen Galaida, Robbie Shapiro, and Mark Janis. It was written and directed by James Bai and the film debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21, 2005 before opening in limited release in New York City on March 23, 2006.- Plot :Walter, a scientist living...
  
  
• Best Make-up - The Living and the Dead
• Special Jury Mention - Blood Tea and Red String
  Blood Tea and Red String
  Blood Tea and Red String is a stop-motion-animated feature film, called by director Christiane Cegavske a "fairy tale for adults". It was released on February 2, 2006 after a production time of 13 years, having been filmed in various places in the West Coast and in two studios...
  
  

Serving on the Fantastic Fest Jury Awards were Christian Hallman of the Lund International Fantastic Film Festival, Wiley Wiggins

Wiley Wiggins

Wiley Ramsey Wiggins is an American film actor and blogger. A native of Austin, Texas, he is the nephew of Lanny Wiggins, who was a member of Janis Joplin's early band, The Waller Creek Boys....

 of Dazed and Confused

Dazed and Confused

"Dazed and Confused" is a song by Jake Holmes, which was covered by The Yardbirds, and later reworked by Led Zeppelin who hold a separate copyright on the song.-Jake Holmes:...

and Waking Life

Waking Life

Waking Life is an American animated film , directed by Richard Linklater and released in 2001. The entire film was shot using digital video and then a team of artists using computers drew stylized lines and colors over each frame.The film focuses on the nature of dreams, consciousness, and...

, and Scott Weinberg of eFilmCritic.com and Cinematical.com.

Audience Awards

• 1st Place - Hatchet
• 2nd Place - Isolation
• 3rd Place - Firefly
  Firefly (film)
  Firefly is an independent film directed by Pete Marcy and produced by Failure Boys, a small production company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was shot in Minnesota and Wisconsin with a $6,000 budget. It should not be confused with the 2002 Science Fiction production "Firefly".- Plot...
  
  

Highlights

A notable highlight for the audience occurred when Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in...

 walked into the theater.

2007

The 2007 festival was held September 20–27. In 2007, Fantastic Fest became a supporting member of the Melies European Federation of Fantastic Film Festivals (EFFFF) and helped to found the North American Fantastic Festival Alliance, along with Fantasia in Montreal, and Dead Channels in San Francisco. The official sponsors of the 2007 Fantastic Fest were: AMD, Stella Artois

Stella Artois

Stella Artois is a 5% ABV lager brewed in Leuven, Belgium since 1926. In the UK, Canada and New Zealand a 4% ABV version is also available.-Production:...

, AT&T

AT&T

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...

, Twitch.com, B-Side, Rue Morgue, Fangoria, and Mondo Macabro.

Premieres

World premieres

• There Will Be Blood
  There Will Be Blood
  There Will Be Blood is a 2007 drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is based on Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!. It tells the story of a silver miner-turned-oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom of the late 19th and...
  
  , with a Q&A by director Paul Thomas Anderson
  Paul Thomas Anderson
  Paul Thomas Anderson is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has written and directed five feature films: Hard Eight , Boogie Nights , Magnolia , Punch-Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood...
  
  
• Los Cronocrímenes
  Los Cronocrímenes
  Timecrimes is a 2007 science fiction film written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo.An English language remake of the film is planned for 2012.-Plot:...
  
  (Timecrimes), with director Nacho Vigalondo
  Nacho Vigalondo
  Ignacio "Nacho" Vigalondo is a Spanish filmmaker.-Movie career:In addition to receiving an Academy Award nomination and a Best Short Film Award nomination at the European Film Awards, Vigalondo's 2003 short film 7:35 de la Mañana received the Bronze Moon of Valencia at the Cinema Jove – Valencia...
  
   in attendance (Timecrimes was purchased out of the festival by Magnolia Films for theatrical distribution, and remake rights were purchased by United Artists
  United Artists
  United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
  
  .)

US premieres

• Alone
  Alone (2007 film)
  Alone is a 2007 Thai horror film directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom, a duo whose debut film, Shutter, was a box-office smash in Thailand and other Asian countries. Alone stars Thai-German pop singer Marsha Wattanapanich in her first film role in 15 years.-Plot:Pim was born as...
  
  
• The Backwoods
• The Devil's Chair
  The Devil's Chair
  The Devil's Chair is a 2006 British horror film. It premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:Nick West brings the easy and filthy Sammy to the abandoned Blackwater Asylum for using acid and having sex. They find a weird chair and Nick proposes kinky sex to Sammy; however the device traps...
  
  
• Diary of the Dead
  Diary of the Dead
  Diary of the Dead is a 2007 American/Canadian horror film by George A. Romero...
  
  with Q&A by director George A. Romero
  George A. Romero
  George Andrew Romero is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter and editor, best known for his gruesome and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse. He is nicknamed "Godfather of all Zombies." -Life and career:...
  
  
• Flash Point
  Flash Point (film)
  Flash Point is a 2007 Hong Kong film directed by Wilson Yip, featuring fight choreography by the film's producer and star Donnie Yen. Yen portrays Ma Jun, a police sergeant who plants his friend and partner, Wilson, as a mole in a pursuit against a triad led by three Vietnamese brothers .Flash...
  
  
• Hell's Fever
• La Hora Fria (The Cold Hour)
• Inside
  Inside (2007 film)
  Inside is a 2007 French horror film directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, starring Alysson Paradis and Béatrice Dalle. It was written by co-director Alexandre Bustillo, and is the first film from either director...
  
  
• Invisible Target
  Invisible Target
  Invisible Target is a 2007 Hong Kong action film produced and directed by Benny Chan. The film stars Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue and Jaycee Chan as three police officers who are thrown together due to their backgrounds to bring down a criminal gang of seven led by Tien Yeng-seng -Plot:An armoured...
  
  
• Maiko Haaaan!!!
  Maiko Haaaan!!!
  -Plot:Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one. Upon being transferred to his company's Kyoto branch, he dumps his coworker girlfriend Fujiko and makes his first ever visit to a geisha house...
  
  
• Mirageman with Q&A by director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza and action star Marko Zaror
  Marko Zaror
  Marko Zaror Aguad is a Chilean martial artist, actor, and stuntman, currently living in Los Angeles, California. Zaror has appeared in several Spanish language action films, including Chinango and Kiltro, and acted as stuntman for The Rock in the 2003 film The Rundown...
  
  
• Rug Cop
• Summer Scars
  Summer Scars
  Summer Scars is a British feature film produced and directed by Julian Richards in 2007 and is based on a hostage situation that Richards experienced during his childhood....
  
  
• Wolfhound
• Wrong Turn 2
  Wrong Turn 2
  Wrong Turn 2: Dead End is a 2007 American slasher film, directed by Joe Lynch, and starring Erica Leerhsen, Crystal Lowe, Henry Rollins and Texas Battle. It is a sequel to the 2003 horror film Wrong Turn, and has been available on DVD since October 9, 2007...
  
  with Q&A by director Joe Lynch

Texas premieres

• Aachi and Ssipak
• Angel
• The Beautiful Beast
• Blood, Boobs, and Beast
• Death Note
• Death Note: The Last Name
• Devil's Helper: The Folk Art Films of Phil Chambliss
• A Dirty Carnival
• Dog Bite Dog
• End of The Line
• The Entrance
• Exte: Hair Extensions
• The Ferryman
• Finishing the Game
• Five Across The Eyes
• Flight of the Living Dead
• The Girl Next Door
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• Hell's Ground
• Kiltro with Q&A by director Ernesto Diaz and star Marco Zaror
• The Last Winter
• Moebius Redux: A Life In Pictures with Q&A by director Hasko Baumann
• Never Belongs To Me
• OffScreen
• Postal with Q&A by director Uwe Boll and actor Zack Ward
• Princess
• Restribution
• Sex and Death 101
• Son of Rambow
• Spiral
• The Swordbearer
• Taxidermia
• Uncle's Paradise (the food/film feature of the year)
• Weirdsville
• Wicked Flowers

Special screenings

• Southland Tales
  Southland Tales
  Southland Tales is a 2006 American-Franco-German science fiction dark comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Kelly. The title refers to the Southland, a name used by locals to refer to Southern California and Greater Los Angeles...
  
  , the world premiere of the final version after heavy edits, with Q&A by director Richard Kelly
• Persepolis
  Persepolis
  Perspolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire . Persepolis is situated northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid...
  
  
• Dai Nipponjin (Big Man Japan)
• El Orfanto
  The Orphanage (film)
  The Orphanage is a 2007 Spanish-Mexican horror film and the debut feature of Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona. The film stars Belén Rueda as Laura, Fernando Cayo as her husband, Carlos, and Roger Príncep as their adopted son Simón. The plot centers on Laura, who returns to her childhood home, an...
  
   (The Orphanage), with Q&A by director Juan Antonio Bayona.

Retrospective screenings

The Nikkatsu

Nikkatsu

is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...

 action series featured films mainly never before shown theatrically in the United States:

• Velvet Hustler
• The Warped Ones
  The Warped Ones
  is a 1960 Japanese Sun Tribe film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and starring Tamio Kawachi, Eiji Go, Yuko Chishiro and Noriko Matsumoto. It was produced and distributed by the Nikkatsu Company...
  
  
• A Colt Is My Passport
  A Colt Is My Passport
  is a 1967 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Nomura for the Nikkatsu Corporation.-Synopsis:It stars Joe Shishido as a hitman who, along with his sidekick played by Jerry Fujio, is hired by the yakuza to eliminate a rival gang's boss. The two are captured after the job, escape and are waylaid...
  
  
• Crazy Thunder Road
  Crazy Thunder Road
  is a 1980 Japanese science fiction-action-biker film written and directed by Sōgo Ishii. Ishii made the film as his graduation project whilst studying at Nihon University and was subsequently distributed by Toei Studios.-Cast:*Tatsuo Yamada as Jin...
  
  

Award winners

AMD Next Wave Award, for excellence by an up and coming new filmmaker

• Gold Medal - Los Cronocrímenes
  Los Cronocrímenes
  Timecrimes is a 2007 science fiction film written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo.An English language remake of the film is planned for 2012.-Plot:...
  
  (TimeCrimes)
• Silver Medal - Spiral
  Spiral
  In mathematics, a spiral is a curve which emanates from a central point, getting progressively farther away as it revolves around the point.-Spiral or helix:...
  
  
• Bronze Medal - Mirageman
• Special Jury Prize for Innovative Vision - End of the Line
  End of the Line (2007 film)
  End of the Line is a 2007 Canadian horror film starring Ilona Elkin, Nicolas Wright, Neil Napier, Emily Shelton, Tim Rozon, Nina Fillis and written, produced and directed by Maurice Devereaux.-Plot:...
  
  

Horror Jury Award, for excellence in the Horror genre

• Gold Medal - Exte
  Exte
  is a 2007 Japanese horror film written and directed by Sion Sono, and stars Chiaki Kuriyama, Ren Osugi, and Megumi Satō. The title is a Japanese slang shortening Romanization of the English term "extension" from "hair extension"....
  
  (Hair Extensions)
• Silver Medal - Alone
  Alone (2007 film)
  Alone is a 2007 Thai horror film directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom, a duo whose debut film, Shutter, was a box-office smash in Thailand and other Asian countries. Alone stars Thai-German pop singer Marsha Wattanapanich in her first film role in 15 years.-Plot:Pim was born as...
  
  
• Bronze Medal - The Devil's Chair
  The Devil's Chair
  The Devil's Chair is a 2006 British horror film. It premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:Nick West brings the easy and filthy Sammy to the abandoned Blackwater Asylum for using acid and having sex. They find a weird chair and Nick proposes kinky sex to Sammy; however the device traps...
  
  

Fantastic Fest Jury Award, for excellence outside of the Horror genre

• Gold Medal - Offscreen
  Offscreen
  Offscreen is a 2006 Danish film directed by Christoffer Boe, who also wrote the screenplay together with Knud Romer Jørgensen. With an odd mixture of fiction and reality, it tells the peculiar story of a man who films himself for a whole year in a quest for invisibility.-Cast:*Nicolas Bro --...
  
  
• Silver Medal - Never Belongs to Me
• Bronze Medal - Aachi and Ssipak
• Special Jury Prize for Most Original Scenario - Never Belongs to Me

Horror Shorts Award

• Gold Medal - "In the Wall"
• Silver Medal - "The Fifth"
• Bronze Medal - "Far Out"

Animated Shorts Award

• Gold Medal - "Everything Will Be OK
  Everything Will Be OK
  Everything Will Be OK is a 2006 animated short film by Don Hertzfeldt. It is the first chapter of a planned three-part story about Bill, the protagonist. Hertzfeldt released the second film in the series, titled I am so proud of you, in 2008....
  
  "
• Silver Medal - "Raymond"
• Bronze Medal - "X-Pression"

Fantastic Shorts Award

• Gold Medal - "Waiting For Yesterday"
• Silver Medal - "Sniffer"
• Bronze Medal - "Suityman"

Audience Award

• Gold Medal - Mirageman
• Silver Medal - TimeCrimes
  Los Cronocrímenes
  Timecrimes is a 2007 science fiction film written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo.An English language remake of the film is planned for 2012.-Plot:...
  
  
• Bronze Medal - Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door

Highlights

• Shooting shotguns with the "Next Wave" directors
• Impromptu Karaoke party and "Fantastic Feud" game show
• Watching pornography (Japanese pinku Uncle's Paradise) in the suburban front yard of festival director Tim League's house
• Q&A by director Uwe Boll
  Uwe Boll
  Uwe Boll is a German director, producer and screenwriter, whose work includes several films adapted from video games. He finances his own films through his Boll KG production company. He is often cited as the worst director of all time.-Early life:...
  
   and star Zack Ward after a screening of Postal
  Postal (film)
  Postal is a 2007 Canadian-American-German black comedy action film co-written and directed by Uwe Boll.Like the majority of Boll's previous films, Postal is a film adaptation of a video game, in this case, Postal, though this film draws more heavily from that video game's sequel, Postal 2.-Plot:The...
  
  

Premieres

World premieres

• Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds, with director John Gulager and most of the cast in attendance
• Santos, with director Nicolas Lopez in attendance
• Seventh Moon, with director Eduardo Sanchez
  Eduardo Sánchez
  Eduardo Miguel Sánchez-Quiros is a Cuban-born American director most famous for co-directing and writing the 1999 film The Blair Witch Project with Daniel Myrick....
  
   and stars Amy Smart and Tim Chiou in attendance
• Zombie Girl: The Movie

US premieres

• Acolytes
  Acolytes (film)
  Acolytes is a 2008 Australian horror and thriller film about three teenagers and their sudden involvement with murder and violence over the course of a dangerous week...
  
  with director Jon Hewitt in attendance
• Art of the Devil 3
  Art of the Devil 3
  Art of the Devil 3 is a 2008 Thai horror film directed by Kongkiat Khomsiri, Art Thamthrakul, Yosapong Polsap, Putipong Saisikaew, Isara Nadee, Pasith Buranajan and Seree Pongniti...
  
  
• Sauna
  Sauna (film)
  Sauna, also known as Filth or Evil Rising, is a 2008 Finnish horror film directed by Antti-Jussi Annila.- Plot :In 1595, after the long war between Sweden and Russia, brothers Knut and Eerik are marking the border between Finland and Russia. When they are crossing a swamp, a young girl, whom they...
  
  
• Deadgirl
  Deadgirl (2008 film)
  Deadgirl is a horror film directed by Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel, and written by Trent Haaga.-Plot:Rickie and J.T. are two high school seniors who gaze at the girls they wish they could get, especially JoAnn, the object of Rickie's affection, whom he has known since he was a child...
  
  with directors Gadi Harel and Marcel Sarmiento in attendance.

Texas premieres

• Alien Raiders
• Astropia
• The Burrowers
• Cargo 200
• The Chaser
• Chocolate
• La Creme
• Dark Floors
• Doctor Infierno
• Donkey Punch
• Estomago: A Gastronomic Story (Food/film event)
• Ex Drummer
• Fanboys
• Fears of the Dark
• Fighter
• Gachi Boy: Wrestling With a Memory
• The Good The Bad and the Weird
• How To Get Rid of the Others
• I Think We're Alone Now
• Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
• JCVD
• Just Another Love Story
• Late Bloomer
• Left Bank
• Let The Right One In
• Martyrs
• 'Muay Thai Chaiya
• Pulse 2
• Repo! The Genetic Opera
• Rule of Three
• South of Heaven
• Spine Tingler - The William Castle Story
• The Substitute
• Surveillance with Q&A by director Jennifer Lynch
• Terra
• Tokyo!
• Tokyo Gore Police
• Vinyan
• Wicked Lake
• The Wild Man of the Navidad
• The Wreck
• Your Name Here

Special screenings

• The Brothers Bloom, with director Rian Johnson
  Rian Johnson
  Rian Craig Johnson is an American writer and director, who won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival with his debut feature, Brick.-Background:...
  
   in attendance
• Appaloosa
• Eagle Eye (With road rally scavenger hunt)
• Role Models, with Paul Rudd
  Paul Rudd
  Paul Stephen Rudd is an American actor and screenwriter. He has primarily appeared in comedies, and is known for his roles in the films Clueless, Wet Hot American Summer, Anchorman, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Dinner for Schmucks, The Object of My...
  
   and David Wain
  David Wain
  David Benjamin Wain is an American comedian, writer, actor and director. He is most widely known for the feature films Role Models and Wet Hot American Summer, the 1990s' sketch comedy series The State and for producing/directing/writing the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital...
  
   in attendance
• RocknRolla
• City of Ember (closing night film), with Bill Murray
  Bill Murray
  William James "Bill" Murray is an American actor and comedian. He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live in which he earned an Emmy Award and later went on to star in a number of critically and commercially successful comedic films, including Caddyshack , Ghostbusters , and...
  
   and Gil Kenan
  Gil Kenan
  Gil Kenan is a British-American-Israeli film director. Kenan received his MFA degree from the UCLA Film School in 2002.-Life and career:...
  
   in attendance.

Retrospective screenings

There was an Ozploitation

Ozploitation

Ozploitation films are a type of low budget horror, comedy and action films made in Australia after the introduction of the R rating in 1971. The year also marked the beginnings of the Australian New Wave movement, and the Ozploitation style peaked within the same time frame...

 retrospective featuring Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n exploitation films from the 70's and 80's:

• Dark Age
• Mad Max
  Mad Max
  Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller and revised by Miller and Byron Kennedy over the original script by James McCausland. The film stars Mel Gibson, who was unknown at the time. Its narrative based around the traditional western genre, Mad Max tells a story...
  
  
• Man From Hong Kong
• Razorback
  Razorback (film)
  Razorback is a 1984 Australian film, based on Peter Brennan's novel, written by Everett De Roche, and directed by Russell Mulcahy who would later make the first two of the Highlander trilogy...
  
  
• Road Warrior
• Turkey Shoot
  Turkey Shoot (film)
  Turkey Shoot is a 1982 Australian dystopian futurist exploitation film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith notable for its extreme violence and sadistic prison sequences...
  
  

And the documentary Not Quite Hollywood about Ozploitation in the golden age.

There was also a sampling of Japanese "pinku" titles, including

• Blue Film Woman
• Gushing Prayer
• A Lonely Cow Weeps At Dawn
• S&M Hunter

Award winners

AMD Next Wave Award for excellence by an up-and-coming new filmmaker

• Gold Medal - Tokyo Gore Police
  Tokyo Gore Police
  is a 2008 Japanese gore film co-written, edited, and directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura and stars Eihi Shiina as Ruka, a vengeful police officer.Tokyo Gore Police was released to several film festivals in North America...
  
  
• Silver Medal - Deadgirl
• Bronze Medal - La Creme

AMD Fantastic Fest Online

• Best Feature Film - South of Heaven
  South of Heaven
  South of Heaven is the fourth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer. Released on July 5, 1988, the album was the band's second collaboration with record producer Rick Rubin, whose production skills on Slayer's previous album Reign in Blood had helped the band's sound evolve.South of...
  
  
• Best Short Film - Treevenge
  Treevenge
  Treevenge is a short film written and directed by Jason Eisener, and produced by Yer Dead Productions. Shooting started in November 2007, and ended in February 2008. Post-production was completed in June 2008. The film stars Jonathan Torrens, Sarah E...
  
  

Horror Features, for excellence in the Horror genre

• Gold Medal - Let the Right One In
• Silver Medal - Acolytes
• Bronze Medal - Donkey Punch
  Donkey Punch (film)
  Donkey Punch is a 2008 British thriller film about a group of English people on holiday in Spain who end up fighting for their lives. The film was written and directed by Oliver Blackburn and David Bloom, and stars Nichola Burley, Tom Burke, Jaime Winstone and Julian Morris.-Plot:Three women Lisa ,...
  
  
• Special Jury Award for most politically incorrect gore - Feast 2
• Special Jury Award for best use of latex - Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
  Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
  Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer is a Canadian comedy horror monster movie produced by Brookstreet Pictures. The film was directed Jon Knautz and stars Trevor Matthews, Robert Englund and Rachel Skarsten. The film is about a plumber named Jack whose family gets slaughtered by a demonic beast. While...
  
  

Fantastic Features, for excellence outside of the Horror genre

• Gold Medal - How to Get Rid of the Others
• Silver Medal - Cargo 200
  Cargo 200
  Cargo 200 is a Russian film from 2007 by Aleksei Balabanov that depicts a negative view of the late Soviet society. The action is set during culmination of the Soviet war in Afghanistan in 1984...
  
  
• Bronze Medal - Ex Drummer
  Ex Drummer
  Ex Drummer is a 2007 Flemish film directed by Koen Mortier. It is based on the book by Herman Brusselmans of the same name.- Plot :In Ostend three handicapped musicians are looking for a drummer for their band, consisting entirely of disabled people. They want to perform only one time at a music...
  
  
• Special Jury Award for originality and vision - Santos

Horror Shorts

• Gold Medal - "Electric Fence"
• Silver Medal - "I Love Sarah Jane"
• Bronze Medal - "El Senor Puppe"
• Special Jury Award for sheer enjoyability - "The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon
  The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon
  The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon is a 10 minute film short that was released in 2008. It was filmed entirely in California over the course of 22 days. It was written, directed, and narrated by Richard Gale...
  
  "

Fantastic Shorts

• Gold Medal - "The Object"
• Silver Medal - "Spandex Man"
• Bronze Medal - "Stagman"
• Special Jury Award for Visual Invention - "Rojo Red"

Animated Shorts

• Gold Medal - "Bernie's Doll"
• Silver Medal - "Muto"
• Bronze Medal - "Violeta"
• Special Jury Award for Technical Merit - "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Hollow"

Highlights

• Director Nacho Vigalondo covering his face with honey and shooting himself with a confetti cannon following the screening of his short films.
• The "shaky-face" badge photos required attendees to submit a picture of themselves taken while violently shaking their heads back and forth. This resulted in some very unusual portraits.
• The Fantastic Debates pitted film lovers against one another in spirited arguments about "Horror Remakes - Reinvented Classics, or Modern Abominations" and the like. Debators unable to resolve their differences with words then stepped into the boxing ring to settle things with fists.
• Closing party, sponsored by the film City of Ember
  City of Ember
  City of Ember is a 2008 science fiction-fantasy film based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Jeanne DuPrau. It was directed by Gil Kenan from a screenplay by Caroline Thompson, and stars Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Landau and Tim Robbins.-Plot:In the...
  
  was held at Longhorn Caverns. Bill Murray
  Bill Murray
  William James "Bill" Murray is an American actor and comedian. He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live in which he earned an Emmy Award and later went on to star in a number of critically and commercially successful comedic films, including Caddyshack , Ghostbusters , and...
  
   attended.

2009

The 2009 festival was held September 24–October 1. It was the first year of the Fantastic Fest Lifetime Achievement Award, given to director Jess Franco. The official sponsors of the 2009 Fantastic Fest were: Real D, G4

G4

G4, G.IV, G04, G.4 or G-4 may refer to:- Aircraft :* AEG G.IV, a German World War I heavy bomber* Caudron G.4, a 1915 French biplane* Friedrichshafen G.IV, a 1918 German medium bomber* Gotha G.IV, a 1916 German heavy bomber...

, Dark Sky Films, Best Buy

Best Buy

Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the United States, accounting for 19% of the market. It also operates in Mexico, Canada & China. The company's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, CinemaNow, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales, and, in Canada operates...

, Stella Artois

Stella Artois

Stella Artois is a 5% ABV lager brewed in Leuven, Belgium since 1926. In the UK, Canada and New Zealand a 4% ABV version is also available.-Production:...

, Jeremiah Weed, Ain't It Cool News, and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.

Premieres

World premieres

• Zombieland
  Zombieland
  Zombieland is a 2009 American zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin as survivors of a zombie apocalypse...
  
  , with a Q&A by director Ruben Fleischer
  Ruben Fleischer
  Ruben Fleischer is an American film director, advertisement/copy writer, and music video director. He is currently based in Los Angeles. He is best known as the director of the critically acclaimed and financially successful Zombieland, his first feature film. He followed it by making 30 Minutes...
  
   and stars Woody Harrelson
  Woody Harrelson
  Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson is an American actor.Harrelson's breakthrough role came in the television sitcom Cheers as bartender Woody Boyd...
  
  , Jesse Eisenberg
  Jesse Eisenberg
  Jesse Adam Eisenberg is an American actor. He made his screen debut with the comedy-drama television series Get Real from 1999 to 2000...
  
  , and Emma Stone.
• Gentlemen Broncos
  Gentlemen Broncos
  Gentlemen Broncos is a 2009 comedy film written by Jared and Jerusha Hess, and directed by Jared Hess. The film stars Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Sam Rockwell and Jennifer Coolidge.-Plot:...
  
  , with a Q&A by director Jared Hess
  Jared Hess
  Jared Lawrence Hess is an American filmmaker known for his work Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre , which he co-wrote and directed with his wife, Jerusha Hess....
  
   and stars Jemaine Clement
  Jemaine Clement
  Jemaine Clement is a New Zealand comedian, actor and musician, best known as one half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords along with Bret McKenzie.-Early life:...
  
  , Michael Angarano
  Michael Angarano
  - Early life :Angarano was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Doreen and Michael P. Angarano. He is of Italian descent. His family owns and operates three successful dance studios; two in New York and one in California called Reflections in Dance. His mother is the owner and director of all...
  
   Sam Rockwell
  Sam Rockwell
  Sam Rockwell is an American actor known for his leading roles in Lawn Dogs, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Choke and Moon, as well as for his supporting roles in The Green Mile, Iron Man 2, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Frost/Nixon, Galaxy Quest, Matchstick Men, The Assassination of...
  
  , and Mike White.
• Universal Soldier: Regeneration, with Q&A by star Dolph Lundgren
  Dolph Lundgren
  Dolph Lundgren is a Swedish actor, director, and martial artist. He belongs to a generation of film actors who epitomise the movie action hero stereotype including Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme.A graduate in chemical...
  
  
• REC 2
  REC 2
  REC 2 or [●REC]² is the 2009 Spanish horror film sequel to 2007's REC. Written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, both of whom returned from the previous film, the story takes place immediately after the events of the first film, with producing company Filmax International describing...
  
  
• Down Terrace
  Down Terrace
  Down Terrace is a 2009 British crime film directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Robert Hill, Robin Hill and Julia Deakin.-Plot:Upon release from prison, Bill and his son Karl arrive home at Down Terrace in Brighton...
  
  with Q&A by director Ben Wheatley
• First Squad
  First Squad
  First Squad is a joint animation project of Japan's Studio 4°C and Russian authors with Molot Entertainment. It won the Kommersant newspaper's prize.-Plot:Set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front...
  
  
• Macabre
  Macabre (2010 film)
  Macabre, international title for Rumah Dara , in Russia titled Dara and in Singapore Darah, is a 2010 Indonesian horror-slasher film. The film tells about a group of people travelling by car to the airport, when along the road, they meet a beautiful woman named Maya who says she has been robbed...
  
  
• Mandrill
  Mandrill
  The mandrill is a primate of the Old World monkey family, closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the drill. Both the mandrill and the drill were once classified as baboons in genus Papio, but recent research has determined they should be separated into their own genus, Mandrillus...
  
  with Q&A by director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza and action star Marko Zaror
  Marko Zaror
  Marko Zaror Aguad is a Chilean martial artist, actor, and stuntman, currently living in Los Angeles, California. Zaror has appeared in several Spanish language action films, including Chinango and Kiltro, and acted as stuntman for The Rock in the 2003 film The Rundown...
  
  

U.S premieres

• Antichrist
  Antichrist (film)
  Antichrist is a 2009 arthouse-horror film written and directed by Lars von Trier, starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg. It follows horror film conventions and tells the story of a couple who, after the death of their child, retreat to a cabin in the woods where the man experiences strange...
  
  
• Daybreakers
  Daybreakers
  Daybreakers is a 2009 science-fiction horror film written and directed by Australian filmmakers Michael and Peter Spierig. The film takes place in 2019, where a plague has turned most of the planet's human population into vampires. A vampiric corporation sets out to capture and farm the remaining...
  
  , with Q&A by star Dolph Lundgren
• Survival of the Dead with Q&A by director George A. Romero
  George A. Romero
  George Andrew Romero is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter and editor, best known for his gruesome and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse. He is nicknamed "Godfather of all Zombies." -Life and career:...
  
  
• Human Centipede with Q&A by director Tom Six
• Doghouse
  Doghouse (film)
  Doghouse is a 2009 British horror comedy and splatter film.A group of men travels to a remote village in England for a 'boys' weekend'. Upon their arrival, they found out that all the women in the town had been transformed into some kind of man-eating cannibals.-Plot:Vince is depressed over his...
  
  with Q&A by director Jake West
• Smash Cut
  Smash Cut
  Smash Cut is a 2009 Canadian slasher film released by Odessa Filmworks and Zed Filmworks, distributed by Imagination Worldwide LLC. Lee Demarbre directs this film, which is produced by Robert Menzies.-Plot:...
  
  
• RoboGeisha
  RoboGeisha
  is a 2009 Japanese sci-fi action B movie written and directed by Noboru Iguchi, visual effects directed by Tsuyoshi Kazuno, and special effects directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura. All three had previously worked together on The Machine Girl, and Nishimura worked on Tokyo Gore Police. The film...
  
  
• Duress
  Duress (film)
  Duress is a 2009 American psychological thriller B movie. The film was initially screened at various film festivals in May 2009 in Poland and Russia. The film was released theatrically in Greece on December 3, 2009 by mainstream Greek distributor Hollywood Entertainment.The movie is written by Jim...
  
  with Q&A by director Jordan Barker
• Merantau
  Merantau (film)
  Merantau is an Indonesian martial arts film released on August 6, 2009, produced by Merantau Films, directed and written by Gareth H. Evans, and starring Iko Uwais...
  
  
• Metropia
  Metropia (film)
  Metropia is a 2009 Swedish adult animated science-fiction film directed by Tarik Saleh. The screenplay was written by Fredrik Edin, Stieg Larsson, and Tarik Saleh after a story by Tarik Saleh, Fredrik Edin and Martin Hultman. The film uses a technique where actual photographs have been altered and...
  
  with Q&A by director Tarik Saleh
• Sweet Karma with Q&A by director Andrew Thomas Hunt and star Shera Bechard
• Van Diemen's Land
  Van Diemen's Land
  Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by most Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to land on the shores of Tasmania...
  
  with Q&A by star Mark Leonard Winter
• Tokyo Onlypics
• Under the Mountain
  Under the Mountain
  Under the Mountain was an eight-part television series based on the novel of the same name written by Maurice Gee and produced by Television New Zealand and first transmitted in 1981...
  
  

Texas premieres

• Breathless
• Bronson
• Brutus and Balzaak Bash
• Buratino, son of Pinocchio with Q&A by director Rasmus Merivoo
• The Children
• Clive Barker's Dread
• Crazy Racer (Food/film event)
• Cropsey
• Dirty Mind
• District 13: Ultimatum
• Eugenie: Story of Her Journey Into Perversion
• Fireball
• Fish Story
• Groper Train
• Hard Revenge Milly
• House (Hausu)
• House of the Dead
• Journey to Saturn
• K20: The Fiend with 20 Faces
• Kaifek Murder
• Kamogawa Horumu - Battle League in Kyoto
• Kenny Begins
• Krabat
• The Legend Is Alive
• Love Exposure
• Morphine
• Ninja Assassin
• Paranormal Activity
• Private Eye
• Rampage with Q&A by director Uwe Boll
• The Revenant
• Salvage
• Soloman Kane
• Stingray Sam with Q&A by director Corey McAbee
• Survival of the Dead
• Terribly Happy
• A Town Called Panic
• Trick R Treat
• Truffe (Food/film event) with Q&A by director Kim Nguyen
• Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl
• Yatterman
• Yesterday

Special screenings

• Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, with Q&A by stars John C. Reilly
  John C. Reilly
  John Christopher Reilly, Jr. is an American film and theater actor, singer, and comedian. Debuting in Casualties of War in 1989, he is one of several actors whose careers were launched by Brian De Palma. To date, he has appeared in more than fifty films, including three separate films in 2002...
  
  , Chris Massoglia
  Chris Massoglia
  Christopher Paul "Chris" Massoglia is an American television and motion picture actor.-Early life:Chris Massoglia was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Christopher and Karen Massoglia. His father is a chiropractor and his mother a homemaker...
  
  , and Josh Hutcherson
  Josh Hutcherson
  Joshua Ryan "Josh" Hutcherson is an American film and television actor. He began working in the early 2000s, appearing in several minor film and television roles...
  
  
• The Men Who Stare at Goats
  The Men Who Stare at Goats
  The Men Who Stare at Goats is a book by Jon Ronson about the U.S. Army's exploration of New Age concepts and the potential military applications of the paranormal. The title refers to attempts to kill goats by staring at them...
  
  
• The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
• A Serious Man
  A Serious Man
  A Serious Man is a 2009 dark comedy written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The film stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesota Jewish man whose life crumbles both professionally and personally, leading to questions about his faith...
  
  

Retrospective screenings

A retrospective of the films of Jess Franco

Jesús Franco

Jesús "Jess" Franco is a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic The Awful Dr. Orloff, which received wide distribution in the United States and England...

 in support of his lifetime achievement award:

• Succubus
• Venus in Furs
  Venus in Furs (1969 film)
  Venus in Furs is a 1969 Italian supernatural erotic thriller film directed by Jesús Franco and starring James Darren.The film bears only a superficial resemblance to the 1870 Venus in Furs novel by Leopold von Sacher Masoch...
  
  
• Female Vampire
  Female Vampire
  Female Vampire or The Bare Breasted Countess is a 1973 French erotic horror film by Jesus Franco.-Plot:The plot revolves around Countess Irina von Karlstein , a mute woman who needs sex like a vampire needs blood in order to stay alive forever. When new victims are found fatally drained of potency,...
  
  
• The Barebreasted Countess

Award winners

Next Wave Award, for excellence by an up and coming new filmmaker

• Best Feature: Down Terrace
  Down Terrace
  Down Terrace is a 2009 British crime film directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Robert Hill, Robin Hill and Julia Deakin.-Plot:Upon release from prison, Bill and his son Karl arrive home at Down Terrace in Brighton...
  
   (Ben Wheatley
  Ben Wheatley
  Ben Wheatley Animator, Director of internet viral ads, TV idents, TV adverts TV comedy shows and feature films.-Early life:Wheatley was born in Billericay, Essex. He went to Haverstock School in North London and it was here during the sixth form that he met Amy Jump who is now his wife and...
  
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• Best Director: Yang Ik-Joon (Breathless
  Breathless (2009 film)
  Breathless is 2009 South Korean film by Yang Ik-Jun which revolves about child abuse and loan sharks...
  
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• Best Screenplay: Robin Hill, Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace)
• Best Actor: Jeong-min Hwang (Private Eye)
• Best Actress: Shera Bechard (Sweet Karma)

Horror Jury Award, for excellence in the Horror genre

• Best Horror Feature: Human Centipede (Tom Six)
• Best Horror Director: Kerry Prior (The Revenant
  The Revenant
  The Revenant is a horror/dark comedy film from Putrefactory Limited scheduled to be released fall 2011. The film was directed by D. Kerry Prior and stars David Anders as the title character...
  
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• Best Horror Actor: Dieter Laser (Human Centipede)
• Best Horror Actress: Neve McIntosh (Salvage)

Fantastic Fest Jury Award, for excellence outside of the Horror genre

• Best Fantastic Feature: Mandrill (Ernesto Diaz-Espinoza)
• Best Fantastic Director: Kim Nguyen (Truffe)
• Best Fantastic Screenplay: Tamio Hayashi adapted from Kotaro Isaka (Fish Story)
• Best Fantastic Actor: Marko Zaror (Mandrill)
• Best Fantastic Actress: Chiaki Kuriyama (Kamogawa Horumo)

Horror Shorts Award

• Best Horror Short – "Full Employment" (Thomas Oberlies, Matthias Vogel)
• Special Mention – "Excision" (Richard Bates, Jr.)

Fantastic Shorts Award

• Best Fantastic Short – "Terminus" (Trevor Cawood)
• Special Jury Award – "Next Floor" (Denis Villeneuve)

Animated Shorts Award

• Best Animated Short – "I Am So Proud of You
  I Am So Proud Of You
  I Am So Proud Of You is a 2008 animated short film by Don Hertzfeldt. It is the second chapter of a planned three-part story about the character Bill andcontinues the dark and philosophical humor of the first film, Everything Will Be OK....
  
  " (Don Hertzfeldt
  Don Hertzfeldt
  Don Hertzfeldt is the creator of many short animated films, including the Academy-Award nominated Rejected and Everything Will Be OK. His animated films have received over 150 awards and have been presented around the world. Before the age of thirty, his films were already the subject of several...
  
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• Special Mention – "Alma
  Alma (film)
  Alma is a 2009 short film produced by ex-Pixar animator Rodrigo Blaas. It was received notable recognition at the Fantastic Fest awards.-Plot:The film has no spoken dialogue, just lighthearted music playing throughout the background....
  
  " (Rodrigo Blaas)

Audience Award

• Audience Award, Best Feature: A Town Called Panic
  A Town Called Panic (film)
  A Town Called Panic is a 2009 stop-motion animated film, co-produced by Belgium, Luxembourg and France. It was directed by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar and is based on the TV series of the same name...
  
  (Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar)
• Audience Award, Honorable Mention: Fish Story
• Audience Award, Honorable Mention: Breathless
• Audience Award, Honorable Mention: The Revenant
• Audience Award, Honorable Mention: Merantau

Highlights

• Watching Uwe Boll
  Uwe Boll
  Uwe Boll is a German director, producer and screenwriter, whose work includes several films adapted from video games. He finances his own films through his Boll KG production company. He is often cited as the worst director of all time.-Early life:...
  
   fight Alamo Drafthouse owner Tim League at the Fantastic Debates
• Chaos Reigns!
• Shooting machine guns
• 100% medically accurate Q&A by director Tom Six after his film Human Centipede
• Opening of the HighBall, the official Fantastic Fest party-place/bowling alley/bar

2010

The 2010 festival was held September 23–Sept 30. It was the first year of the Fantastic Arcade, a showcase of independent video games. The presenting sponsors of the 2010 Fantastic Fest were: Dell, AMD, RealD, Ambhar Tequila, FearNet.com, PlayStation and Qriocity.

PREMIERES

World premieres

• Agnosia, with a Q&A by director Eugenio Mira, veteran of FF 2005.
• 30 Days Of Night, with Q&A by director Ben Ketai, writers Kiele Sanchez and Steve Niles, and stars Doira Baird and Troy Ruptash
• Undocumented, with Q&A by director Chris Peckover
• Zombie Roadkill with Q&A by director David Green and stars David Dorfman and Thomas Haden Church
• Helldriver
  Helldriver
  is a 2010 Japanese splatter film directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura. It stars Yumiko Hara and Eihi Shiina, and was written by Nishimura and Daichi Nagisa.-Plot:...
  
  , with Q&A by director Yoshihiro Nishimura
• Sharktopus, with Q&A by Roger and Julie Corman
• True Legend, with Q&A by director Yuen Wo Ping
• Troll Hunter with Q&A by director Andre Ouvredal
• Red, with Q&A by star Karl Urban

International premieres

• Norwegian Ninja, with Q&A by director Thomas Cappelen Malling
• Ong Bak 3
  Ong Bak 3
  Ong-Bak 3 is a 2010 Thai martial arts film directed, produced and written by Tony Jaa and Panna Rittikrai. The film's story is a follow-up to Ong Bak 2, where Tien is brutally beaten before being put to death by Lord Rajasena 's men. His body is recovered by his Master Bua who revives him...
  
  

US premieres

• Bedevilled
  Bedevilled (2010 film)
  Bedevilled is a 2010 South Korean thriller film. It is the directorial debut of Jang Chul-Soo, who worked as an assistant director with Kim Ki-duk. The film premiered as an official selection of International Critics' Week at 2010 Cannes Film Festival....
  
  with Q&A by director Jang Cheol-so
• Bunraku, with Q&A by director Guy Moshe and star Josh Hartnett
• Cold Fish
• Corridor with Q&A by directors Johan Lundborg and Johan Storm and star Emil Johnsen
• The Dead, with Q&A by writer/directors Howard and Jonathan Ford
• Fatso
• Fire of Conscience
• Hatchet 2 with Q&A by director Adam Green
• A Horrible Way to Die, with Q&A by director Adam Wingard
• The Housemaid (2010 version)
• Julia's Eyes
• Kidnapped with Q&A by director Miguel Angel Vivas
• The Last Circus, with Q&A by director Alex de la Iglesia
• Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
• Let Me In
  Let Me In (film)
  Let Me In is a 2010 American romantic horror film directed by Matt Reeves and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloë Grace Moretz. It is based on the 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In , directed by Tomas Alfredson, and the novel of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist...
  
  with Q&A by director Matt Reeves and stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, Elias Koteas and Dylan Minnette
• Naan Kadavul
• Outrage
• Rammbock, with Q&A by director Marvin Kren
• Rare Exports
• Red Hill
• Redline
• I Saw the Devil
  I Saw the Devil
  I Saw the Devil is a 2010 South Korean thriller film directed by Kim Ji-woon, written by Park Hoon-jung and starring Lee Byung-hun and Choi Min-sik. The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and had a limited U.S theatrical release. The film was Choi Min-sik's first major role since...
  
  
• A Somewhat Gentle Man
• The Sound of Noise
• I Spit on Your Grave
• Stake Land, with Q&A by director Jim Mickle and stars Nick Damici, Connor Paolo and Danielle Harris
• Stone, with Q&A by director John Curran and star Edward Norton
• Transfer
• We Are What We Are

Texas premieres

• 13 Assassins
• 14 Blades
• Bibliotheque Pascale
• Carancho
• Drones with Q&A by directors Amber Benson and Adam Busch
• Enter The Void
• Five Element Ninjas
• From Beyond
• Gallants
• Golden Slumber
• Heartless
• High Lane
• In The Attic with Q&A by director Jiri Barta
• Ip Man 2
• Life and Death of a Porno Gang
• Man From Nowhere
• Monaco
• Mother's Day with Q&A by director Darren Bousman and star Rebecca De Mornay
• Mutant Girl Squad
• Never Let me Go
• Nightmares
• Playing Columbine
• Primal
• Red White and Blue
• Rubber
• Summer Wars
• The Violent Kind with Q&A by directors Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores
• Woochi

Special screenings

• Buried
  Buried (film)
  Buried is a 2010 Spanish thriller film directed by Rodrigo Cortés. It stars Ryan Reynolds, and was written by Chris Sparling.The film revolves around Iraq-based American truck driver Paul Conroy , who, after being attacked, finds himself buried alive in a wooden coffin, with only a lighter, flask,...
  
  , with Q&A by star Ryan Reynolds
• Machete Maidens Unleashed
• Nerdcore Rising (to kick off Fantastic Arcade)
• Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission

Retrospective screenings

• Class of 1984 (to celebrate the debut of the new book by Zack Carlson "Destroy All Movies")
• The Housemaid (1960 version)
• X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes (to commemorate the lifetime achievement award for Roger and Julie Corman)
• Snake In Eagles Shadow (to commemorate the lifetime achievement award for Yuen Wo Ping)
• Joysticks
• Twilight People

Live Performances

• The Intergalactic Nemesis, a graphic novel radio play by Jason Neulander
• Nevermore, a stage performance by Jeffrey Combs as Edgar Allan Poe, directed by Stuart Gordon
• Independence Day, with live commentary by Master Pancake with Bill Pullman
• SpaceBalls Quote-along, hosted by Bill Pullman

AWARD WINNERS

The Dell/AMD Next Wave Award, for excellence by an up and coming new filmmaker

• Best Feature: We Are What We Are
  We Are What We Are
  We Are What We Are is a 2010 Mexican film directed by Jorge Michel Grau. The film is about a family of cannibals who, after the death of the father, try to continue a ritualistic tradition of kidnapping and eating other humans. The film stars Paulina Gaitán and Daniel Giménez Cacho in the...
  
  
• Best Director: Thomas Cappelen Malling (Norwegian Ninja)
• Best Screenplay: Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are
  We Are What We Are
  We Are What We Are is a 2010 Mexican film directed by Jorge Michel Grau. The film is about a family of cannibals who, after the death of the father, try to continue a ritualistic tradition of kidnapping and eating other humans. The film stars Paulina Gaitán and Daniel Giménez Cacho in the...
  
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• Best Actor: Mads Ousdal (Norwegian Ninja)
• Best Actress: Ji Sung Won (Bedevilled
  Bedevilled (2010 film)
  Bedevilled is a 2010 South Korean thriller film. It is the directorial debut of Jang Chul-Soo, who worked as an assistant director with Kim Ki-duk. The film premiered as an official selection of International Critics' Week at 2010 Cannes Film Festival....
  
  )

Horror Jury Award, for excellence in the Horror genre

• Best Horror Feature: Kidnapped
• Best Horror Director: Miguel Angel Vivas (Kidnapped)
• Best Horror Screenplay: Simon Barrett (A Horrible Way to Die)
• Best Horror Actor: A J Bowen (A Horrible Way to Die)
• Best Horror Actress: Amy Seimetz (A Horrible Way to Die)

Fantastic Fest Jury Award, for excellence outside of the Horror genre

• Best Fantastic Feature: The Sound of Noise
• Best Fantastic Director: Pablo Trapero (Carancho)
• Best Fantastic Screenplay: Sion Sono and Yoshiki Takahashi (Cold Fish)
• Best Fantastic Actor: Stellan Skarsgard (A Somewhat Gentle Man)
• Best Fantastic Actress: Martina Gusman (Carancho)

Horror Shorts Award

• Best Horror Short – "Legend of Beaver Dam" (Jerome Sable)
• Special Mention – "Deus Irae" (Pedro Cristiani)

Fantastic Shorts Award

• Best Fantastic Short – "Sorry... I Love You" (Leticia Dolera)

Animated Shorts Award

• Best Animated Short – "Teclopolis" (Javier Mrad)

Audience Award

• Audience Award, Best Feature: Bedevilled
  Bedevilled (2010 film)
  Bedevilled is a 2010 South Korean thriller film. It is the directorial debut of Jang Chul-Soo, who worked as an assistant director with Kim Ki-duk. The film premiered as an official selection of International Critics' Week at 2010 Cannes Film Festival....
  
   (Jang Cheol-so)
• Audience Award, Honorable Mention: Ip Man 2
  Ip Man 2
  Ip Man 2 is a 2010 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun. A sequel to the 2008 film Ip Man, the film was directed by Wilson Yip, and stars Donnie Yen, who reprises the leading role...
  
  
• Audience Award, Honorable Mention: Rubber
  Rubber (2010 film)
  Rubber is a 2010 French comedy film about a tire that comes to life and kills people with its psychic powers. It was directed and written by Quentin Dupieux. The film was shown at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
  
  
• Audience Award, Honorable Mention: Golden Slumber

Highlights

• Boys Choir singing the theme from Let Me In at opening night
• Tim League boxing Michelle Rodruigez (Girl Fight, Avatar)
• Bill Pullman, Elijah Wood and The Rza singing karaoke
• Whole Roasted Cow and 500,000 volts of electricity at the Closing Night Party

Other Genre Film Festivals

• Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film
  Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film
  The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival , previously named Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film was created in 1983 as a venue for horror, thriller and science fiction films. It takes place in Brussels, every year in March...
  
  
• Dead by Dawn
  Dead by Dawn
  Dead by Dawn is a film festival in Edinburgh, Scotland specifically devoted to horror films. Established in 1993 by Adele Hartley, this is a discovery festival showcasing mostly independent films, both short films and feature length films...
  
  
• European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation
  European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation
  European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation , established in 1996, is a film organisation based Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to promoting and supporting European cinema, particularly films in the fantasy, horror and science fiction genres....
  
  
• Fantasia Festival
  Fantasia Festival
  Fantasia International Film Festival is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996...
  
  
• Festival de Cine de Sitges
  Festival de Cine de Sitges
  The Sitges Film Festival is a Spanish film festival that is one of the most recognizable ones held in Europe, considered the world's foremost international festival specializing in fantasy and horror movies...
  
  
• International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival
  International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival
  International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival is a film festival dedicated to the genres of horror and science fiction that is held annually in Tempe, Arizona, United States...
  
  
• New York City Horror Film Festival
  New York City Horror Film Festival
  The New York City Horror Film Festival was established by Michael J. Hein in 2001. It takes place each year in New York City for a week in October or November and specializes in the horror film genre....
  
  
• Toronto After Dark Film Festival
  Toronto After Dark Film Festival
  Toronto After Dark Film Festival is a showcase of horror, sci-fi, action and cult cinema held annually in Toronto, Canada at the Bloor Cinema. The festival premieres a diverse selection of feature-length and short-films from around the world including new works from Asia, Europe and North...
  
  
• TromaDance
  TromaDance
  The TromaDance Film Festival is a free annual independent film festival organized by Troma Entertainment. Founded in 1999, TromaDance was originally held in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, operating concurrently alongside the Sundance Film Festival in order to showcase an independent...