Fantastic Fest
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Status | Active |
Genre | Film festival |
Location(s) | Austin, Texas |
Country | United States |
Inaugurated | 2005 |
Most recent | September 21–28, 2023 |
Organized by | Alamo Drafthouse |
Website | fantasticfest |
Fantastic Festis an annualfilm festivalinAustin, Texas.It was founded in 2005 byTim LeagueofAlamo Drafthouse.
Lisa Dreyer is festival director.[1]Annick Mahnertis head of programming.
History
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The festival focuses on genre films such ashorror,science fiction,fantasy,action,Asian,andcult.The festival takes place in September at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, filling eight screens for eight days and hosting many writers, directors, and actors, either well-established or unknown. The festival has become known as a launch-pad for genre films, where critical acclaim at the fest can lead to big box office returns.[2]A notable feature of this festival is the inclusion of "secret screenings". For these screenings, the audience often does not know what the film will be until seated, moments before it begins.[3]It also features many themed parties, outings, film-themed "feasts", and other events that are hallmarks of the originalAlamo Drafthouse Cinema.In 2007,Varietypublisher Charles Koones included Fantastic Fest as one of "ten festivals we love".[4]In 2008,Moviemakernamed Fantastic Fest "one of the 25 film festivals worth the entry fee".[5]In 2017,Moviemakerlisted Fantastic Fest in "The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World."[6]
In 2022, an online-exclusive section of programming was created: "Burnt Ends." In this new segment, Fantastic Fest wants to showcase "the weirdest, wildest, most fringe films out there."[7]
Festivals by year (2005–2009)
[edit]2005
[edit]The 2005 festival was only three days long, October 6–9. Screened films includedFeast,Wolf Creek,andZathura.The official sponsors of the 2005 festival were Milkshake Media,KOOPRadio,The Austin Chronicle,Jackson Walker LLP, and Independence Brewery.
U.S. premieres
Texas premieres
- The Big White
- The Birthday
- Creep
- The Dark Hours
- G.O.R.A.
- Malefique
- Marebito
- Night of the Living Dorks
- P
- Pulse
- Strings
- The Wild Blue Yonder
- Wolf Creek
Special screenings
[edit]- Sneak preview ofFeast
- Work-in-progress sneak preview ofHostel
- Sneak preview of the recut and extended version ofSin City
- Sneak preview ofZathura
- A Scanner Darkly
Retrospective screenings
[edit]The theme of the 2005 retrospective series was "Post Apocalyptic Cinema".
Special events
[edit]The special effects team fromThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobeinstalled a display of costumes, creatures and props from the Narnia film. Legendary makeup and effects supervisorHoward Bergerpresided over a special effects Q&A.
2006
[edit]The 2006 festival was expanded to 8 days and held September 21–28.
World premiere
- Romanwith Q&A by directorAngela Bettisand starLucky McKee
U.S. premieres
- Gamerz
- Isolation
- Lie Stillwith Q&A by director Sean Hogan
- The Living and the Deadwith Q&A by directorSimon Rumley
- The Woods
- Blood Trails
- Broken
- The Host
- Blood Tea and Red String
- Frank and Wendy
- Bugwith Q&A by starMichael Shannon
- The Hamster Cagewith Q&A by directorLarry Kent
- Venus Drowning
Texas premieres
- Abominable
- The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell
- The District!
- Firefly
- Frostbite
- The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai
- Hatchetwith Q&A by directorAdam Green
- Insidewith Q&A by director Jeff Mahler
- The Last Supper
- Funky Forest (aka Naisu No Mori)
- Nightmare
- Origin: Spirits of the Past
- The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
- Puzzlehead
- A Quiet Love
- Renaissance
- Severance
- Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
- Shiva
- Simon Sayswith Q&A with starCrispin Glover
- Starfish Hotel
- Unrest
- Wilderness
- Zhest
Special screenings
[edit]- An unfinished version ofApocalypto,followed by a Q&A withMel Gibsonand starRudy Youngblood
- Pan's Labyrinth;directorGuillermo del Torowas unable to attend but sent along a written introduction for the audience
- Advance screening ofBeowulf & Grendel
- Advance screening of Terry Gilliam'sTideland
- Advance screening ofThe Fountainwith Q&A by director Darren Aronofsky
- Advance screening ofEdmond
- Advance screening ofThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Retrospective screenings
[edit]There were three retrospective series. The first paid homage to cult midnight films and included:
- Parasite 3-D
- Northville Cemetery Massacre
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacrewith Q&A by starEdwin Neal( "The Hitchhiker")
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Fantastic Planetpresented byDarren Aronofsky
The second was presented by cult authorJack Stevensonand 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 directorRam Gopal Varma,featuring:
There was alsoMeltdown Memoirs,a documentary about the making ofStreet Trash,which also played.
Award winners
[edit]Horror Jury Awards,for excellence in the horror genre[8]
- Best Picture –Isolation
- Best Director –Billy O'Brien,forIsolation
- Best Script – Dylan Bank andMorgan PehmeforNightmare
- Best Actor –Kane HodderforHatchet
- Best Actress – Nicole Roderick forNightmare
- Best Supporting Actor –Lance HenriksenforAbominable
- Best Supporting Actress –Kristen BellforRoman
- Best Art Direction – Alex Boynton forUnrest
- Best Cinematography – Robby Ryan forIsolation
- Best Special Effects –Hatchet
- Best Make-up –Broken
Serving on the horror jury were Jay Slater ofFilmThreat,Edwin NealofThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre,Peter Martin ofTwitch,and Chris Cargill ofAintItCoolNews.
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
- Best Comedy –They're Made Out of Meat
Serving on the Short Film Jury were Brian Satterwhite, Jay Knowles and Chris Cargill, all ofAintItcoolNews.
Fantastic Fest Jury Awards,for excellence in films outside the horror genre
- Best Film —The Living and the Dead
- Best Director —Simon RumleyforThe Living and the Dead
- Best Script —Larry Kentand Daniel Williams forThe Hamster Cage
- Best Actor — Leo Bill fromThe Living and the Dead
- Best Actress — Jodie Jameson fromVenus Drowning
- Best Supporting Actor — Alan Scarfe fromThe Hamster Cage
- Best Supporting Actress — Kate Fahy fromThe Living and the Dead
- Best Art Direction —Starfish Hotel
- Best Cinematography —A Quiet Love
- Best Special Effects —Puzzlehead
- Best Makeup —The Living and the Dead
- Special Jury Mention —Blood Tea and Red String
Serving on the Fantastic Fest Jury Awards were Christian Hallman of theLund International Fantastic Film Festival,Wiley WigginsofDazed and ConfusedandWaking Life,and Scott Weinberg ofFearnetand Cinematical.
Audience Awards
Highlights
[edit]- A notable highlight for the audience occurred whenMel Gibsonwalked into the theater.
- Closing night party was Undead Till Dawn, a vampire-themed dance party
- There was a special screening timed with the release of 42nd STREET FOREVER VOLUME 5: ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE EDITION where every trailer was shown in 35mm
2007
[edit]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 and helped to found the North American Fantastic Festival Alliance, along withFantasia International Film Festivalin Montreal and Dead Channels in San Francisco. The official sponsors of the 2007 Fantastic Fest wereAMD,Stella Artois,AT&T,Twitch, B-Side, Rue Morgue,Fangoria,and Mondo Macabro.
World premieres
- There Will Be Blood,with a Q&A by directorPaul Thomas Anderson[9]
- Los Cronocrímenes(Timecrimes), with directorNacho Vigalondoin attendance[10](Timecrimeswas purchased out of the festival by Magnolia Films for theatrical distribution, and remake rights were purchased byUnited Artists.)[11]
U.S. premieres
- Alone
- The Backwoods
- The Devil's Chair
- Diary of the Deadwith Q&A by directorGeorge A. Romero
- Flash Point
- Hell's Fever
- La Hora Fria(The Cold Hour)
- Inside
- Invisible Target
- Maiko Haaaan!!!
- Miragemanwith Q&A by directorErnesto Diaz Espinozaand action starMarko Zaror
- Rug Cop
- Summer Scars
- Wolfhound
- Wrong Turn 2: Dead Endwith Q&A by directorJoe Lynch
Texas premieres
- Aachi & Ssipak
- The Beautiful Beast
- Blood, Boobs, and Beast
- Death Note
- Death Note 2: 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
- Kiltrowith Q&A by directorErnesto Díaz Espinozaand starMarco Zaror
- The Last Winter
- Moebius Redux: A Life In Pictureswith Q&A by director Hasko Baumann
- Never Belongs To Me
- Offscreen
- Postalwith Q&A by directorUwe Bolland actorZack Ward
- Princess
- Retribution
- Sex and Death 101
- Son of Rambow
- Spiral
- The Sword Bearer
- Taxidermia
- Uncle's Paradise(the food/film feature of the year)
- Weirdsville
- Wicked Flowers
Special screenings
[edit]- Southland Tales,the world premiere of the final version after heavy edits, with Q&A by directorRichard Kelly
- Persepolis
- Dai Nipponjin(Big Man Japan)
- El Orfanto(The Orphanage),with Q&A by director Juan Antonio Bayona
Retrospective screenings
[edit]TheNikkatsuaction series featured films mainly never before shown theatrically in the U.S.:
AMD Next Wave Award,for excellence by an up-and-coming filmmaker
- Gold Medal –Los Cronocrímenes(TimeCrimes)
- Silver Medal –Spiral
- Bronze Medal –Mirageman
- Special Jury Prize for Innovative Vision –End of the Line
Horror Jury Award,for excellence in the horror genre
- Gold Medal –Exte(Hair Extensions)
- Silver Medal –Alone
- Bronze Medal –The Devil's Chair
Fantastic Fest Jury Award,for excellence outside of the horror genre
- Gold Medal –Offscreen
- 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"
- 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
- Bronze Medal –Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door
Highlights
[edit]- Shooting shotguns with the Next Wave directors
- Impromptu karaoke party and Fantastic Feud game show
- Watching pornography (Japanese pinkuUncle's Paradise) in the front yard of festival directorTim League's house
- Q&A by directorUwe Bolland star Zack Ward after a screening ofPostal
2008
[edit]Fantastic Fest 2008 was held September 18–25.
World premieres
- Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds,with directorJohn Gulagerand most of the cast in attendance
- Santos,with directorNicolás Lópezin attendance
- Seventh Moon,with directorEduardo Sanchezand starsAmy SmartandTim Chiouin attendance
- Zombie Girl: The Movie[13]
US premieres
- Acolyteswith director Jon Hewitt in attendance
- Art of the Devil 3
- Sauna
- Deadgirlwith 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
- Fear(s) of the Dark
- Fighter
- Gachi Boy: Wrestling With a Memory
- The Good, The Bad, the Weird
- How To Get Rid of 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: Afterlife
- Repo! The Genetic Opera
- Rule of Three
- South of Heaven
- Spine Tingler — The William Castle Story
- The Substitute
- Surveillancewith Q&A by directorJennifer Lynch
- Terra
- Tokyo!
- Tokyo Gore Police
- Vinyan
- Wicked Lake
- The Wild Man of the Navidad
- The Wreck
- Your Name Here
Special screenings
[edit]- Zack and Miri Make a Porno(opening night film) with guest directorKevin Smithin attendance (followed by theAir Sex World Championships)
- The Brothers Bloom,with directorRian Johnsonin attendance
- Appaloosa
- Eagle Eye(with road rally scavenger hunt)
- Role Models,withPaul RuddandDavid Wainin attendance
- RocknRolla
- City of Ember(closing night film), withBill MurrayandGil Kenanin attendance
Retrospective screenings
[edit]There was anOzploitationretrospective featuringAustralianexploitation films from the '70s and '80s:
- Dark Age
- Mad Max
- The Man from Hong Kong
- Razorback
- Road Warrior,shown on an outdoor screen in the parking lot
- Turkey Shoot
And the documentaryNot Quite Hollywoodabout Ozploitation in the golden age.
There was also a sampling of Japanese "pinku" titles, including
AMD Next Wave Awardfor excellence by an up-and-coming filmmaker
- Gold Medal –Tokyo Gore Police
- Silver Medal –Deadgirl
- Bronze Medal –La Creme
AMD Fantastic Fest Online
- Best Feature Film –South of Heaven
- Best Short Film –Treevenge
Horror Features,for excellence in the horror genre
- Gold Medal –Let the Right One In
- Silver Medal –Acolytes
- Bronze Medal –Donkey Punch
- Special Jury Award for most politically incorrect gore –Feast 2
- Special Jury Award for best use of latex –Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
Fantastic Features,for excellence outside of the horror genre
- Gold Medal –How to Get Rid of Others
- Silver Medal –Cargo 200
- Bronze Medal –Ex Drummer
- 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 – "The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon"
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
[edit]- DirectorNacho Vigalondocovering 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 bo xing ring to settle things with fists.
- Closing party, sponsored by the filmCity of Emberwas held atLonghorn Caverns.Bill Murrayattended.
- 100 Best Kills Party
- Donkey Punch Boat Party
- The Fantastic Feud (Team USA wins!)
- Michael Jackson: Thrill the World, an attempt to break the world record for largest synchronizedThrillerdance
- Smokin' Karaoke Apocalypse Party 2008, with live band karaoke
2009
[edit]The 2009 festival was held September 24 – October 1. It was the first year of the Fantastic Fest Lifetime Achievement Award, which was given to directorJess Franco.The official sponsors of the 2009 Fantastic Fest were Real D,G4,Dark Sky Films,Best Buy,Stella Artois,Jeremiah Weed, Ain't It Cool News, and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.
World premieres
- Zombieland,with a Q&A by directorRuben Fleischerand starsWoody Harrelson,Jesse Eisenberg,andEmma Stone[15]
- Gentlemen Broncos(opening night film), with a Q&A by directorJared Hessand starsJemaine Clement,Michael AngaranoSam Rockwell,andMike White[16]
- Universal Soldier: Regeneration,with Q&A by starDolph Lundgren[17]
- REC 2
- Down Terracewith Q&A by directorBen Wheatley
- First Squad
- Macabre
- Mandrillwith Q&A by directorErnesto Diaz Espinozaand action starMarko Zaror
U.S. premieres
- Antichrist
- Daybreakers,with Q&A by starDolph Lundgren
- Survival of the Dead,with Q&A by directorGeorge A. Romero
- Human Centipede,with Q&A by directorTom Six
- Doghouse,with Q&A by director Jake West
- Smash Cut
- RoboGeisha
- Duress,with Q&A by director Jordan Barker
- Merantau
- Metropia,with Q&A by directorTarik Saleh
- Sweet Karma,with Q&A by director Andrew Thomas Hunt and starShera Bechard
- Van Diemen's Landwith Q&A by starMark Leonard Winter
- Tokyo Onlypics
- Under the Mountain
Texas premieres
- Breathless
- Bronson
- 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
- Fireball
- Fish Story
- Groper Train
- Hard Revenge Milly
- House (Hausu)
- The House of the Devil
- Journey to Saturn
- K-20: Legend of the Mask
- Kaifek Murder
- Kamogawa Horumo — 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 directorUwe Boll
- The Revenant
- Salvage
- Soloman Kane
- Stingray Sam,with Q&A by directorCory McAbee
- Survival of the Dead
- Terribly Happy
- A Town Called Panic
- Trick R Treat
- Truffe(food/film event) with Q&A by directorKim Nguyen
- Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl
- Yatterman
- Yesterday
Special screenings
[edit]- Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant,with Q&A by starsJohn C. Reilly,Chris Massoglia,andJosh Hutcherson
- The Men Who Stare at Goats
- The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
- A Serious Man
Retrospective screenings
[edit]A retrospective of the films ofJess Francoin support of his lifetime achievement award:[18]
- Succubus
- Venus in Furs
- Female Vampire (aka The Bare-Breasted Countess)
- Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion
Award winners
[edit]Next Wave Award,for excellence by an up-and-coming filmmaker
- Best Feature:Down Terrace(Ben Wheatley)
- Best Director:Yang Ik-june(Breathless)
- Best Screenplay: Robin Hill,Ben Wheatley(Down Terrace)
- Best Actor:Hwang Jung-min(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)
- 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 fromKotaro 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"(Don Hertzfeldt)
- Special Mention – "Alma"(Rodrigo Blaas)
Audience Award
- Audience Award, Best Feature:A Town Called Panic(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
[edit]- WatchingUwe Bollfight Alamo Drafthouse ownerTim Leagueat the Fantastic Debates
- Chaos Reigns!
- Brutus and Balzaak Bash party celebratingGentlemen Broncosopening night party
- Shooting machine guns
- 100% medically accurate Q&A by directorTom Sixafter his filmHuman Centipede
- Opening of the Highball, the official Fantastic Fest party-place/bowling alley/bar
- Double 3D Dance Party at the Highball
- The Future of 3D: Panels and Presentations event
- The Michael Jackson Dance Party
- Sake, Shochu and Karaoke: Meet the Japanese! – party at Highball
- Return of the Fantastic Feud (and win by Team USA!)
Festivals by year (2010–2014)
[edit]2010
[edit]The 2010 festival was held September 23–30. It was the first year of the Fantastic Arcade, a showcase of independent video games.[22]The presenting sponsors of the 2010 Fantastic Fest wereDell,AMD,RealD,Ambhar Tequila, FearNet,Sony PlayStation,and Qriocity.[23]
- Agnosia,with a Q&A by directorEugenio Mira
- 30 Days Of Night: Dark Days,with Q&A by directorBen Ketai,writersKiele SanchezandSteve Niles,and starsDiora BairdandTroy Ruptash
- Undocumented,with Q&A by director Chris Peckover
- Zombie Roadkillwith Q&A by director David Green and stars David Dorfman andThomas Haden Church
- Helldriver,with Q&A by directorYoshihiro Nishimura
- Sharktopus,with Q&A byRoger CormanandJulie Corman
- True Legend,with Q&A by directorYuen Woo-ping
- Troll Hunterwith Q&A by directorAndré Øvredal
- Red,with Q&A by starKarl Urban
International premieres
- Norwegian Ninja,with Q&A by directorThomas Cappelen Malling
- Ong Bak 3
US premieres
- Bedevilledwith Q&A by directorJang Chul-soo
- Bunraku,with Q&A by directorGuy Mosheand starJosh Hartnett
- Cold Fish
- The 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 directorAdam Green
- A Horrible Way to Die,with Q&A by directorAdam Wingard
- The Housemaid(2010 version)
- Julia's Eyes
- Kidnapped,with Q&A by director Miguel Angel Vivas
- The Last Circus,with Q&A by directorÁlex de la Iglesia
- Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
- Let Me In,with Q&A by directorMatt Reeves,and starsKodi Smit-McPhee,Elias Koteas,andDylan Minnette
- Naan Kadavul
- Outrage
- Rammbock,with Q&A by director Marvin Kren
- Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
- Red Hill
- Redline
- I Saw the Devil
- A Somewhat Gentle Man
- Sound of Noise
- I Spit on Your Grave
- Stake Land,with Q&A by directorJim Mickle,and starsNick Damici,Connor Paolo,andDanielle Harris
- Stone,with Q&A by directorJohn Curranand starEdward Norton
- Transfer
- We Are What We Are
Texas premieres
- 13 Assassins
- 14 Blades
- Bibliothèque Pascal
- Carancho
- Drones,with Q&A by directorsAmber BensonandAdam Busch
- Gallants
- Golden Slumber
- Heartless
- High Lane
- In the Attic,with Q&A by directorJiří Barta
- Ip Man 2
- The Life and Death of a Porno Gang
- The Man From Nowhere
- Mother's Day,with Q&A by directorDarren Bousmanand starRebecca De Mornay
- Mutant Girls Squad
- Never Let Me Go
- Primal
- Red White & Blue
- Rubber
- Summer Wars
- The Violent Kind,with Q&A by directorsMitchell AltieriandPhil Flores,and producer Don Lewis
- Woochi
Special screenings
[edit]- Buried,with Q&A by starRyan Reynolds
- Machete Maidens Unleashed
- Nerdcore Rising(to kick off Fantastic Arcade)
- Playing Columbine,played as part of Fantastic Arcade
- Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission,with guest starRichard Garriott
- Enter the Void
- Nightmares– shown as part of Terror Tuesday
- For Your Height Only– presented in Foleyvision to commemorateMachete Maidens Unleashed!
Retrospective screenings
[edit]- Class of 1984– to celebrate the debut of the new book byZack Carlson,Destroy All Movies
- The Housemaid(1960 version)
- X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes– to commemorate the lifetime achievement award forRogerandJulie Corman
- Snake In Eagle's Shadow– to commemorate the lifetime achievement award forYuen Wo Ping
- Five Element Ninjas– to commemorate the lifetime achievement award for Yuen Wo Ping
- Joysticks– shown for Weird Wednesday to commemorateDestroy All Movies
- The Twilight People– special Weird Wednesday to honorMachete Maidens Unleashed!
- Re-Animator– with special guest directorStuart Gordonand starJeffery Combs
- From Beyond– with special guest director Stuart Gordon and star Jeffery Combs
Live Performances
- The Intergalactic Nemesis,a graphic novel radio play by Jason Neulander
- Nevermore,a stage performance by Jeffrey Combs asEdgar Allan Poe,directed by Stuart Gordon
- Independence Day,with live commentary by Master Pancake withBill Pullman
- SpaceBalls Quote-Along,hosted byBill Pullman
The Dell/AMD Next Wave Award,for excellence by an up-and-coming filmmaker
- Best Feature:We Are What We Are
- Best Director:Thomas Cappelen Malling(Norwegian Ninja)
- Best Screenplay: Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are)
- Best Actor:Mads Ousdal(Norwegian Ninja)
- Best Actress:Seo Young-hee(Bedevilled)
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 Sonoand 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(Jang Cheol-soo)
- Audience Award, Honorable Mention:Ip Man 2
- Audience Award, Honorable Mention:Rubber
- Audience Award, Honorable Mention:Golden Slumber
Highlights
[edit]- Boys' choir singing the theme fromLet Me Inat opening night
- Tim League bo xing againstMichelle Rodriguez(Girl Fight,Avatar)
- Bill Pullman, Elijah Wood, andRZAsinging karaoke
- Whole-roasted cow and 500,000 volts of electricity at the closing night party
- 100 Best Kills party
- 30 Days of Night Flashlight Dance Party
- Criterion"Chaos Reigns" Karaoke Party
- Fantastic Arcade Awards Ceremony/Starcade Competition
- Datapop 4.0 Arcade Closing Night Party
- The FearNet Fantastic Feud (Team USA wins again!)
- Geeks Who Drink presents The Fantastic Fest Quiz
- Nerdeoke!
- Karaoke Apocalypse with live band
- Opening Night Party '80s Dance Party andMC FrontalotLive
2011
[edit]The 2011 Fantastic Fest film festival was held September 22–29.
- Calibre 9– Q&A with director Jean-Christian Tassy and producer Axel Guyot
- The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence(opening night film) – directorTom Six,producer Ilona Six, and actorsAshlynn Yennie,Laurence Harvey, Maddi Black, Katherine Templar, and Emma Lock in attendance
- Manborg– writer/director/producer Steve Kostanski, co-writer/actor Jeremy Gillespie, and actor Andrea Carr in attendance
- Penumbra
- The Squad– Q&A with director Jaime Osorio Marquez
- Zombie Ass
International premieres
U.S. premieres
- Blind
- A Boy and His Samurai
- Bullhead– Q&A with directorMichaël R. Roskam
- Bunohan
- Carre Blanc– Director Jean-Baptiste Léonetti, producer Benjamin Mamou, and executive producer Camille Havard Bourdon in attendance
- Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope(closing night film) – ProducerHarry Knowles,and stars James Darling, Se Young, andHolly Conradlive in person
- The Corridor– Director Evan Kelly, writer Josh MacDonald, producer Mike Masters, and producer Craig Cameron live in person
- The Day– Producer Guy Danella, writer Lucas Passmore, and actorDominic Monaghanlive in person
- Extraterrestrial– Q&A with directorNacho Vigalondo
- Headhunters
- Juan of the Dead– Q&A with director Alejandro Brugués and producer Gervasio Iglesias Macias
- Julia X 3D– Q&A with director P.J. Pettiette, producer Claudie Viguerie, and actorKevin Sorbo
- Karate-Robo Zaborgar– Q&A with directorNoboru Iguchiand makeup/FX supervisorYoshihiro Nishimura
- Kill Me Please– Q&A with director Olias Barco
- Last Screening– Q&A with actorPascal Cervo
- Livid
- Michael
- New Kids Turbo– Q&A with actors Huub Smit and Wesley van Gaalen
- Rabies
- Retreat
- Revenge: A Love Story
- Sleep Tight– Q&A with directorJaume Balagueró
- Sleepless Night
- Smuggler
- Snowman's Land
- Snowtown
- Two Eyes Staring
- Urban Explorer
- You Said What?– Q&A with director Patrik Syversen, producer Kjetil Omberg, producer Terje Stromstad, and actorStig Frode Henriksen
- You're Next– Q&A with writer/producerSimon Barrett,producersKeith Calderand Jess Wu, actorsBarbara Crampton,A.J. Bowen,Sharni Vinson,and Nick Tucci
Texas premieres
- A Lonely Place to Die– Q&A with director/co-writerJulian Gilbeyand co-writer/editorWill Gilbey
- Angels & Airwaves Presents LOVE– with guest Q&A fromTom Delonge
- Aardvark
- Beyond the Black Rainbow– Q&A with directorPanos Cosmatos
- Body Temperature– Q&A with director Takaomi Ogata
- Borderline
- Boys On The Run
- El Infierno
- Elite Squad: The Enemy Within– Q&A with directorJosé Padilha
- Haunters
- The Holding
- Invasion of Alien Bikini
- Klown(Clown)– Q&A with director Mikkel Norgaard
- Knuckle– Q&A with director Ian Palmer and James McDonagh
- Let the Bullets Fly
- Melancholia
- Milocrorze: A Love Story
- Polvora Negra– Q&A with director Kapel Furman
- The Stoker
- Summerland
- Take Shelter
- Underwater Love
- We Need to Talk About Kevin
- Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps
- Yakuza Weapon
- The Yellow Sea
Special screenings
[edit]- The Skin I Live In– (secret screening)
- Paranormal Activity 3– (secret screening)
- The Innkeepers– premiered atSXSWbut also was shown at the closing night of Fantastic Fest
Retrospective screenings
[edit]- An American Werewolf in London(1981) – presented by Mondo with special-edition poster and appearance byStan Winston
- House by the Cemetery– theatrical premiere of the 2K digitally restored version
- Zombie– theatrical premiere of the 2K digitally restored version
- Comin' At Ya! 3D– with producerTom Sternand starTony Anthonyin attendance
- Movies on Fire: Hong Kong Action Classics
- War of the Worlds– played as part of the Alamo Kid's Club
- Versus– Guest starsTak Sakaguchiand writerYudai Yamaguchi
Audience Award
AMD & Dell "Next Wave" Spotlight Competition
- Best Picture —Bullhead
- Best Director —Michael R. Roskam(Bullhead)
- Best Screenplay — Josh MacDonald (The Corridor)
- Best Actor —Matthias Schoenaerts(Bullhead)
- Best Actress — Jessica Cole (Aardvark)
- Special Jury Award for Boldness of Vision:Beyond the Black Rainbow
Horror Features
- Best Picture —You're Next
- Best Director —Adam Wingard(You're Next)
- Best Screenplay —Simon Barrett(You're Next)
- Best Actor —Sean Harris(A Lonely Place to Die)
- Best Actress —Sharni Vinson(You're Next)
Fantastic Features
- Best Picture —Milocrorze: A Love Story
- Best Director —Noboru Iguchi(Karate Robo Zaborgar)
- Best Screenplay — Olafur Egilsson,Grimur Haonarson(Summerland)
- Best Actor —Julián Villagrán(Extraterrestrial)
- Best Actress — Sawa Masaki (Underwater Love)
Gutbuster Comedy Features
- Best Picture –Clown
- Best Director — Steffen Haars, Flip Van Der Kuil (New Kids Turbo)
- Best Screenplay —Casper Christensen,Frank Hvam(Clown)
Short Fuse: Horror Shorts
- Winner: "How to Rid Your Lover of a Negative Emotion Caused By You" (Nadia Litz)
- Runner-up: "The Unliving" (Hugo Lilj)
- Special Jury Award for Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects and General Badassery: "Brutal Relax" (David Muñoz, Rafa Dengrá, Adrián Cardona)
Fantastic Shorts
- Best Fantastic Short: "Decapoda Shock" (Javier Chillón)
- Runner-up: "All Men Are Called Robert" (Marc-Henri Boulier)
- Special Jury Mention for Acting:Robert Picardo( "The Candidate" )
Drawn and Quartered: Animated Shorts
- Best Animated Short: "The Last Norwegian Troll" (Pjotr Sapegin)
- Runner-up: Lazarov ( "NIETOV" )
Highlights
[edit]- James Quinn McDonagh versus Tim League at the Fantastic Fest Debates
- The opening night filmHuman Centipede 2had an ambulance on standby outside and handed out barf bags[32]
- Opening night party in celebration ofHuman Centipede 2with live music from the Charles Edward Cheese band
- Fantastic Feud (Team USA continues win streak over Team International)
- Fantastic Arcade ran Sept. 22–24
- Japan Night: Chaos Reigns Karaoke Party
- 100 Best Kills featuring the best of audience submitted movie deaths
- Karaoke Apocalypse – karaoke with a live band
- Fantastic Trivia presented by Geeks Who Drink
- Fantastic Fest Closing Night Party: Superhero Carnival – featuring Aquaman's Ocean, The Flash's Mountain Race Challenge, Batman's Bo xing Battle, Spider-man's Wall of Webbing, Superman's House of Flight and carnival food
2012
[edit]The 2012 Fantastic Fest Film Festival took place September 20–27. This was the last year Fantastic Fest was held at the Highball and South Lamar theater before it was all remodeled.
- The ABCs of Death
- The American Scream– Q&A with director Michael Paul Stephenson, producer Lindsay Stephenson, and haunters Manny Souza and Victor Bariteau and family
- Besties
- Black Out
- Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman– Q&A with director Ernesto Diaz
- The Collection– Q&A with actress Emma Fitzpatrick
- The Conspiracy– Q&A with Director Christopher MacBride, producer Lee Kim, actor/producer Aaron Poole, cinematographer Ian Anderson, and actor Jim Gilbert
- Danger 5
- The Exorcist in the 21st Century
- Frankenweenie– (opening night film) – Q&A withTim Burtonand voice actorsWinona RyderandMartin Landau
- The Greatest Movie Ever Rolled– Q&A with director Ryan Polito, starDoug Benson,producer Sharon Everitt, and cinematographer Will Deloney
- Hellfjord
- Plan C
- Red Dawn– (closing night film) – Q&A with starsJosh PeckandAdrianne Palicki,director Dan Bradley, and producersTripp VinsonandBeau Flynn
- Tebana Sankichi: Snot Rockets
- Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning– Q&A with actorScott Adkinsand Mariah Bonner
International premieres
U.S. premieres
- Aftershock-Q&A with directorNicolás Lópezand actor/producerEli Roth
- American Mary– Q&A with theSoska Sistersand actressTristan Risk
- Antiviral
- Berberian Sound Studio
- Cockneys vs. Zombies– Q&A with directorMatthias Hoeneand writerJames Moran
- Combat Girls
- Come Out and Play
- Crave– Q&A with directorCharles de Lauzirikaand actorJosh Lawson
- Dead Sushi– Q&A with directorNoboru Iguchi,producer Mana Fukui, and actressRina Takeda
- Dom: A Russian Family
- Errors of the Human Body– Q&A with actorMichael Eklund,director Jennifer Phang, actor/co-producer Jacqueline Kim, and technical director Jon Destoppeleire
- Everybody in Our Family
- Fuck Up– Q&A with director Oystein Karlsen, producer Anders Tangen, cinematographer Pal Bugge Haagenrud, and actorJon Oigarden
- Henge
- Here Comes the Devil– Q&A with director Adrián García Bogliano, producer Andrea Quiroz Hernandez, and actor Francisco Barreiro
- Holy Motors
- I Declare War– Q&A with director Rob Wilson and producer Lewin Webb
- La Memoria del Muerto(Memory of the Dead)– Q&A with director Javier Diment and writer Martin Blousson
- Lee's Adventure
- Looper– Q&A with director Rian Johnson
- My Amityville Horror– Q&A with director Eric Walter and producers Andrea Adams and Christine Irons
- New Kids Nitro– Q&A with directors Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil, as well as actors Huub Smit and Wesley van Gaalen
- Outrage Beyond
- Pusher
- Tai Chi 0
- Tower Block– Q&A with director Ronnie Thompson
- Vanishing Waves
- Vegetarian Cannibal
- The Warped Forest
- Young Gun in the Time
Texas premieres
- Cold Blooded
- Cold Steel– Q&A with director David Wu
- Dredd– Q&A with writer/directorAlex Garland,actressOlivia Thirlby,and actorKarl Urban
- The Final Member– Q&A with directors Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math
- Flicker
- Graceland– Q&A with director Ron Morales and producer Rebecca Lundgren
- Hail
- The History of Future Folk– Q&A with producer/co-directorJeremy Kipp Walker,writer/co-director John Mitchell, and actors Nil d-Aulaire and Jay Klaitz
- The Kings of Pigs
- No Rest for the Wicked
- Paris By Night
- Room 237
- Taped
- Unit 7
- Vulgaria
- Wrong
Austin premieres
Special screenings
[edit]- Cloud Atlas– (secret screening)
- Sightseers– (secret screening)
- Sinister– premiered atSXSW;then had a special screening at Fantastic Fest
- Paranormal Activity 4– work-in-progress print with a Q&A with actressKatie Featherstonand co-directorHenry Joost
Retrospective screenings
[edit]- The Entity(1982) – repertory screening as part of the House of Psychotic Women series
- The Mafu Cage(1978) – repertory screening as part of the House of Psychotic Women series
- Miami Connection(1987) – Q&A with actor/producerGrandmaster YK,and actors Joe Diamond, Maurice Smith, Angelo Jannotti, and Vince Hirsch
- Secret Ceremony(1968) repertory screening as part of the House of Psychotic Women series
- The Shining(1980) – played simultaneously back and forth over each other
- Wake in Fright(1971)
Audience Award
- I Declare War(dir. Robert Wilson and Jason Lapeyre)
AMD "Next Wave" Spotlight Competition
- Best Picture:Flicker(dir. Patrik Eklund)
- Best Director:Charles de Lauzirika(Crave)
- Best Screenplay: Max Porcelijn (Plan C)
- Best Actor:Michael Eklund(Errors of the Human Body)
- Best Actress:Alina Levshin(Combat Girls)
Fantastic Features
- Best Picture:Vanishing Waves(dir.Kristina Buozyte)
- Best Director:Kristina Buozyte(Vanishing Waves)
- Best Screenplay: Bruno Samper,Kristina Buozyte(Vanishing Waves)
- Best Actor:Rene Bitorajac(Vegetarian Cannibal)
- Best Actress: Jurga Jutaite (Vanishing Waves)
Horror Features
- Best Picture:Here Comes the Devil(dir. Adrián García Bogliano)
- Best Screenplay: Adrián García Bogliano (Here Comes the Devil)
- Best Director: Adrián García Bogliano (Here Comes the Devil)
- Special Mention: Hajime Ohata (Henge)
- Best Actor: Francisco Barreiro (Here Comes the Devil)
- Best Actress:Laura Caro(Here Comes the Devil)
- Special Mention:Katherine Isabel(American Mary)
Gutbuster Comedy Features
- Best Picture:New Kids Nitro(dir. Steffen Haars & Flip Van der Kuil)
- Best Director: Dario Russo (Danger 5)
- Best Screenplay: John Mitchell (The History of Future Folk)
- Best Actor:Chapman To(Vulgaria)
- Best Actress:Rina Takeda(Dead Sushi)
Documentary Features
- Best Picture:The American Scream(dir.Michael Stephenson)
- Best Director:Rodney Ascher(Room 237)
Short Fuse: Horror Shorts
- Winner: "At the Formal" (Andrew Kavanagh, Australia)
- Runner-up: "The Sleepover" (Chris Cullari, US)
Fantastic Shorts
- Winner: "Record/Play" (Jesse Atlas, US)
- Runner-up: "Love" (Kaveh Nabatian,Canada)
Drawn and Quartered: Animated Shorts
- Winner: "Bendito Machine IV" (Jossie Malis, Spain)
- Runner-up: "Tram" (Michaela Pavlátová, Czech Republic)
Highlights
[edit]- Front of Drafthouse Lamar painted up forFrankenweenieworld premiere
- SpecialFrankenweeniescreening for dogs and their owners[41]
- Chaos Reigns Karaoke Party with reunited Dragon Sound at the Highball
- Opening night Monsters Ball where attendees were encouraged to wear their favorite silver-screen monster costume
- The American ScreamHomemade Haunted House
- Datapop party celebrating 8-bit music and culture for Fantastic Arcade
- "Hellfjord" Norwegian Party
- Tim League fighting YK Kim at the Fantastic Debates
- Closing night party was Red Dawn themed. The Austin American Legion was decorated as a maximum-security prison with free prison tattoos and head shaving
- Fantastic Feud (Team International's first victory over Team USA)
2013
[edit]The 2013 festival was hosted for the first time at the brand new Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline location from September 19–26.
- Coherence
- Detective Downs
- Goldberg and Eisenberg
- Grand Piano
- Greatful Dead
- LFO
- Machete Kills(opening night)
- Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
- Ragnarok
- Septic Man
North American premieres
- Chanthaly
- The Congress
- A Field in England
- Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
- Kid's Police
- Maruyama the Middle Schooler
- Mirage Men
- Miss Zombie
- Monsoon Shootout
- Nothing Bad Can Happen
- Our Heroes Died Tonight
- Patrick
- She Wolf
- The Zero Theorem
U.S. premieres
- Afflicted
- Almost Human
- Blue Ruin
- Borgman
- Commando: A One Man Army
- Confession of Murder
- The Fake
- Gatchaman
- Love Eternal
- Man of Tai Chi
- Moebius
- Mood Indigo
- On The Job
- Proxy
- R100
- Rigor Mortis
- The Sacrament
- "Sleep Clinic"
- The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears
- Vic + Flo Saw a Bear
- We Gotta Get Out of This Place
- Why Don't You Play in Hell?
- Witching & Bitching
- Wolf
Texas premieres
- Big Bad Wolves
- The Dirties
- Escape from Tomorrow
- Fatal
- Halley
- Hentai Kamen: Forbidden Super Hero
- Jodorowsky's Dune
- Metallica Through the Never
- Narco Cultura
- Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut
- Northwest
- The Resurrection of a Bastard
- O'Apostolo
- We Are What We Are
Austin premieres
- Cheap Thrills– special encore presentation
- The Green Inferno– (secret screening)
- Gravity– (secret screening)
- Child of God– (secret screening)
- The Rundown– a movie interruption fromDoug Benson
Retrospective screenings
[edit]- All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
- Timecrimes– special screening with Mondo poster and vinyl of soundtrack with directorNacho Vigalondo
- The Devils
Audience Award
- Best Documentary:Jodorowsky's Dune(directorFrank Pavich)
- Best Narrative Feature:Blue Ruin(directorJeremy Saulnier)
"Next Wave" Spotlight
- Best Picture:The Dirties(director Matt Johnson)
- Best Director: Oren Carmi (Goldberg and Eisenberg)
- Best Screenplay:James Ward Byrkit(Coherence)
- Best Actor:Yorick van Wageningen(The Resurrection of a Bastard)
- Best Actress: Swantje Kohlhof (Nothing Bad Can Happen)
Fantastic Features
- Best Picture:The Congress(directorAri Folman)
- Best Director: David Perrault (Our Heroes Died Tonight)
- Best Screenplay:Ari Folman(The Congress)
- Best Actor: Svein André Hofsø Myhre (Detective Downs)
- Best Actress:Robin Wright(The Congress)
Horror Features
- Best Picture:Afflicted(directors Derek Lee and Clif Prowse)
- Best Director: Derek Lee and Clif Prowse (Afflicted)
- Best Screenplay: Derek Lee and Clif Prowse (Afflicted)
- Best Actor: Jason David Brown (Septic Man)
- Best Actress:Julia Garner(We Are What We Are)
Gutbuster Comedy Features
- Best Picture: Why Don't You Play In Hell (directorSion Sono)
- Best Director: Sion Sono (Why Don't You Play In Hell)
- Best Screenplay:Kankurô Kudô(Maruyama The Middle Schooler)
- Best Actor:Fuku Suzuki(Kid's Police)
- Best Actress: Qi Shu (Journey To the West: Conquering The Demon)
Documentary Features
- Best Picture: Jodorowsky's Dune (directorFrank Pavich)
- Best Director: Shaul Schwarz (Narco Cultura)
Short Fuse: Horror Shorts
- Winner:Remember Me(director Jean-François Asselin)
- Runner-up:Perfect Drug(directorToon Aerts)
Fantastic Shorts
- Winner:Beasts in the Real World(directorSol Friedman)
- Runner-up:My Pain Is Worse Than Your Pain(directorAdam Hall)
Drawn and Quartered: Animated Shorts
- Winner:The Sad House(director Sofia Catalina Carrillo Ramírez)
- Runner-up:Kick-Heart(directorMasaaki Yuasa)
Fantastic Arcade
- Best in Show and Audience Choice: Samurai Gunn (developed by Teknopants)
- Danger Gods!: The True Daredevils of Hollywood Legend – live stunt show
- Fantastic Arcade panels and tournaments
- Opening Night Party: Machete Don't Stop
- Fantastic Fest presentsDoug Loves Movies
- Chaos Reigns!!! Karaoke Party
- The Fantastic Debates Presented by Man of Tai Chi
- Cards Against HumanityHappy Hour
- Fantastic Arcade VideoHeroeS Tournament and Arcade Awards
- You Guys Like Tequila?: The Fantastic Arcade After Party
- Nerd Rap Throwdown
- Fantastic Feud (win by Team USA)
- Fantastic Trivia presented by Geeks Who Drink
- Metal Meltdown with Karaoke Apocalypse – live band karaoke
- Closing Night Party
2014
[edit]The 2014 festival returned to the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar location from September 18–25 for the 10-year anniversary.
- The ABCs of Death 2
- Danger 5 (Season 2)
- Relocos y Repasados
- Horsehead
- Dios Local
- Wyrmwood
- The Absent One
- Dwarves Kingdom
- Felt
- I Am Here
- I Am Trash
- Purgatory
- Redeemer
- Everly
- From the Dark
- Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD
- The Hive
- My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
- Confetti of the Mind: The Short Films of Nacho Vigolando
North American premieres
- Whispers Behind the Wall
- El Incidente
- Naturaleza Muerte (Still Life)
- Tombville
- Tommy
- As Seen by the Rest
- Free Fall
- Necrophobia 3D
- Realiti
- Wastelander Panda:Exile
- Darkness by Day
- Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
- Nymphomaniac (Director's Cut)
U.S. premieres
- Alleluia
- Bro's Before Ho's
- The Man in the Orange Jacket
- Norway
- Tusk
- V/H/S:Viral
- The Creeping Garden
- The Editor
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
- Force Majeure
- Nightcrawler
- Over Your Dead Body
- Spring
- The Tale of Princess Kaguya
- Tokyo Tribe
- The Treatment
- Automata
- Cub
- The Duke of Burgundy
- Haemoo
- Hardkor Disco
- I Am a Knife With Legs
- It Follows
- Let Us Prey
- Shrew's Nest
- The Tribe
- Waste Land
- When Animals Dream
- The World of Kanako
Texas premieres
- The Babadook
- Closer to God
- Jacky in the Kingdom of Women
- Blind
- Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead
- In Order of Disappearance
- No Man's Land
Austin premieres
Special screenings
[edit]- Kung Fu Elliot– Fantastic Fest premiere
- John Wick– special gala screening
- Goodnight Mommy– secret screening
- Miami Connection– a movie interruption fromDoug Benson
- The Look of Silence– a Drafthouse Alliance special screening
- The Island of Dr. Moreau– Master Pancake screening
- Bugsy Malone– Kid Power! book launch
- Death Wish III
- The Astrologer
- Ninja III: The Domination
- The Soultangler
Audience Award
- The Tale of Princess Kaguya(directorIsao Takahata)
"Next Wave" Spotlight
- Best Picture:It Follows(directorDavid Robert Mitchell)
- Best Director:Miroslav Slaboshpitsky(The Tribe)
- Best Screenplay:David Robert Mitchell(It Follows)
- Best Actor:Lou Taylor Pucci(Spring)
- Best Actress:Amy Everson(Felt)
Fantastic Features
- Best Picture:Alleluia(directorFabrice Du Welz)
- Best Director: Fabrice Du Welz (ALLELUIA)
- Best Screenplay:Tetsuya Nakashima,Miako Tadano and Nobuhiro Monma (THE WORLD OF KANAKO)
- Best Actor:Laurent Lucas(ALLELUIA)
- Best Actress:Lola Dueñas(ALLELUIA)
Horror Features
- Best Picture: THE BABADOOK (directedJennifer Kent)
- Best Screenplay: Jennifer Kent (THE BABADOOK)
- Best Director: Martín De Salvo (DARKNESS BY DAY)
- Best Actor: Noah Wiseman (THE BABADOOK)
- Best Actress:Essie Davis(THE BABADOOK)
Gutbuster Comedy Features
- Best Picture: DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS DEAD (director byTommy Wirkola)
- Best Director:Hans Petter Moland(IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE)
- Best Screenplay: Vegar Hoel,Stig Frode Henriksenand Tommy Wirkola (DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS DEAD)
- Best Actor:Pål Sverre Hagen(IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE)
- Best Actress:Sylvia Hoeks(BROS BEFORE HOS)
Documentary Features
- Best Picture: KUNG FU ELLIOT (director Jaret Belliveau)
- Best Director: Tim Grabham, Jasper Sharp (THE CREEPING GARDEN)
Short Fuse: Horror Shorts'
- Winner: THE STOMACH directed by Ben Steiner
- Runner-up: INVADERS directed by Jason Kupfer
Fantastic Shorts
- Winner: THE VOICE THIEF directed by Adan Jodorowsky
- Runner-up: MY FATHER IS A BIRD (director Boaz Debby) and SOLITUDO (directorAlice Lowe)
Drawn and Quartered: Animated Shorts
- Winner: THE CHAPERONE (director Fraser Munden)
- Runner-up: DAY 40 (directorSol Friedman)
Fantastic Arcade
- Best in Show: BANANA CHALICE (developed by Kyle Reimergartin)
‘Mercado Fantastico’
- Gold Prize: HAVANA VAMPIRE TERRITORY (director Carlos Lechuga) and THE TURNED (director Andrés Rosende)
- Silver Prize: FIERCE (director Francisco Lorite)
- Bronze Prize: HURT (director Pablo Proenza)
- Special Jury Mention for "Keeping the Spirit of the 80's Alive": THE SHADOWDWELLERS (producer Erick Salomon)
- Jury Award for Work in Progress, and Chemistry Award: FRONDOSO EDEN DEL CORAZON (director Juan Manuel Fodde)
- Morbido/Latam Consultation Award: EAT ME (director David Michán)
- Maltin's Game Tournament hosted byLeonard Maltin
- The Meltdownwith Jonah and Kumail
- Fantastic Debates
- Nerd Rap Throwdown
- Opening Night: 10th Birthday Armageddon (featuring food fight and human piñata)
- Fantastic Feud (winner: Team USA)
- Fantastic Arcade
- Chaos Reigns! Karaoke Party
- Metal Meltdown with Karaoke Apocalypse
- Fantastic Fest ABCs of Closing Night Party
Festivals by year (2015–2019)
[edit]2015
[edit]The 2015 festival returned to the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar location from Sept. 24–Oct. 1.
- Bone Tomahawk
- Darling
- Dirty Romance
- Gridlocked
- La Granja
- Lazer Team
- Man Vs Snake
- The Passing
- Sensoria
- The Similars
- What We Become
- Zinzana
North American premieres
U.S. premieres
- April and the Extraordinary World
- Assassination Classroom
- Baskin
- The Club
- Demon
- German Angst
- Green Room
- High-Rise
- The Lobster
- Love and Peace
- Ludo
- The Missing Girl
- Office
- Remake, Remix, Rip-off
- Stand By for Tape Back Up
Texas premieres
Special screenings
[edit]Audience Award
- 1st Place –Green Room(directorJeremy Saulnier)
- 2nd Place –Liza the Fox Fairy(director Károly Ujj Mészáros)
- 3rd Place –Stand By for Tape Back-Up(director Ross Sutherland)
"Next Wave" Spotlight
- Best Picture:Der Bunker(directorNikias Chryssos)
- Best Director: Can Evrenol forBaskin
Fantastic Features
- Best Picture:The Club
- Best Director:Duke JohnsonandCharlie KaufmanforAnomalisa
Horror Features
- Best Picture:Demon
- Best Director: Joe Begos for THE MIND’S EYE
Comedy Features
- Best Picture: THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT
- Best Director: Anders Thomas Jensen for MEN & CHICKEN
Documentary Features
- Best Picture: MAN VS SNAKE
- Best Director: Heath Cozens for DOGLEGS
Horror Shorts
- Best Picture: SISTER HELL
- Best Director: Ryan Spindell for THE BABYSITTER MURDERS
Fantastic Shorts
- Best Picture: MOVIES IN SPACE
- Best Director: Jeremy David White for ENHANCED
Fantastic Arcade
- Best in Show: SECRET LEGEND developed by Andrew Shouldice
- Audience Award Winner: SUPER RUSSIAN ROULETTE developed by Andrew Reitano
Mercado Fantastico
- 1st Place: THE DUMP by Fernando Montes de Oca and Xavier Sánchez Mercado
- 2nd Place: PARADISE HILLS byAlice Waddington
- 3rd Place: EL GIGANTE byGigi Saul Guerrero
FANTASTIC BUMPER COMPETITION – Presented by SourceFed Nerd
- THE JURY directed by Joe Nicolosi
2016
[edit]The 2016 festival took place at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar from Sept. 22–29.
- Split– withM. Night Shyamalanin attendance
- 24x26: A Movie About Movie Posters
- A Dark Song
- Dearest Sister
- The Dwarves Must Be Crazy
- Jungle Trap
- Phantasm: Ravager
- The Void
- Better Watch Out
- Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
- The Zodiac Killer
- Another Wolfcop
- Bad Black
- Boyka: Undisputed
- Fashionista
- The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One
International Premieres
- Popoz
- Aalavandhan
- The High Frontier
- Shimauma
- Terry Teo
- Young Offenders
- The Truth Beneath
North American Premieres
- Chunyuki
- Call of Heroes
- Don't Kill It– withDolph Lundgrenin attendance
- Kammattipadam
- The Red Turtle
- Re:Born
- S Is for Stanley
- Salt and Fire
U.S. Premieres
- Arrival
- Asura
- Assassination Classroom – Graduation
- The Bad Batch
- Zoology
- Dog Eat Dog
- Elle
- The Girl With All the Gifts
- The Handmaiden
- Nova Seed
- Raw
- Sadako vs. Kayako
- Toni Erdmann
- The Age of Shadows
- The Autopsy of Jane Doe
- Colossal
- Headshot
- The Invisible Guest
- My Entire Highschool is Sinking Into the Sea
Texas Premieres
- Helmut Berger, Actor
- They Call Me Jeeg Robot
- A Monster Calls
- Hentai Kamen 2: The Abnormal Crisis
- The Lure
Regional Premieres
Austin Premieres
Repertory Screenings
Special Screenings
- The Greasy Strangler
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- Phantasm: Remastered
- Goke: Body Snatcher from Hell
- Ash vs. Evil Dead– withBruce Campbell,Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo andLee Majorsin attendance
- Westworld
Audience Award
- Bad Black– Directed by Nabwana Igg
- 1st Runner Up – Nirvanna The Band The Show – Directed by Matt Johnson
- 2nd Runner Up – Raw – Directed by Julia Ducournau
"Next Wave" Features
- Best Picture: ZOOLOGY directed by Ivan I. Tverdovsky
- Best Director: Julia Ducournau for RAW
- Special Mention for Fantastic Spirit: THE LURE
Fantastic Features
- Best Picture:COLOSSALdirected byNacho Vigalondo
- Best Director: Amat Escalante for THE UNTAMED
Horror Features
- Best Picture: THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE directed byAndré Øvredal
- Best Director:Colm McCarthyfor THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS
Comedy Features
- Best Picture: DOWN UNDER directed by Abraham Forsythe
- Best Director: Abraham Forsythe for DOWN UNDER
- Special Mention for Best Comedy Debut: THE YOUNG OFFENDERS
Action Features
- Best Picture: AGE OF SHADOWS directed byKim Jee-woon
- Best Director: Nabwana IGG for BAD BLACK
- Special Mention for Best Action: CALL OF HEROES
Documentary Features
- Best Picture:Original Copydirected by Florian Heinzen-Ziob & Georg Heinzen
- Best Director: Florian Heinzen-Ziob and Georg Heinzen forOriginal Copy
Short Fuse: Horror Shorts
- Best Picture: CURVE directed by Tim Egan
- Best Director: Tim Egan for CURVE
- Special Mention: OVERTIME
- Special Mention: Najarra Townsend, lead actress in THE STYLIST
Fantastic Shorts
- Best Picture: SUMMER CAMP ISLAND directed byJulia Pott
- Best Director: Chris Mitchell & Yoav Lester for IRON SPYDER
Shorts With Legs
- Best Picture: PACO directed by Catalina Jordan Alvarez
- Best Director: Calvin Reeder for THE PROCEDURE
- Special Mention for Best Meal: THE WORM
Fantastic Arcade
- Most Fantastic: Everything by David O'Reilly
- Audience Choice: Loot Rascals by Hollow Ponds
Fantastic Bumper Competition
- JACK SKELLINGTON IN THE BOX directed by Roman Fruehan
Highlights
[edit]- Satanic Panic Escape Room[61]
- Fantastic Feud
- Fantastic Debates
- Doug Loves Movies
- The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
- Itchy-O
- Maltin at the Movies:Tim Burton
- Puke and Explode! – The Fantastic Fest Eating Contest
- Dishoom Reigns Karaoke Party
- Maltin at the Movies:Bruce Campbell
- Nerd Rap
- Rogue One for the Road: The Star Wars Drink Competition
- Everything Is Terrible!
- 100 Best Kills: 100 Worst Births
- Geeks Who Drink
- Doug Benson Movie Interruption:The Monster Squad
- Dark Corner VR
- Catatonic
- Mule
- Burlap
2017
[edit]The 2017 festival took place at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar from Sept. 21–28. The event attracted attention due to the disclosure thatTim Leaguehad re-hiredDevin Faracias a writer even though Faraci resigned fromBirth.Movies.Deathin 2016 after he was accused of sexual assault. Faraci's re-hiring prompted the resignation of Todd Brown, Fantastic Fest's director of international programming.[62]Alamo Drafthouse/Fantastic Fest severed ties withHarry Knowlesafter sexual harassment/assault allegations pertaining to him also surfaced.[63]
- 1922
- Anna and the Apocalypse
- Juvenile
- Maus
- Applecart
- Haunters: The Art of the Scare
- Salyut-7
- Tigers Are Not Afraid
- Wheelman
- World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts
- Ichi the Killer(4k Restoration)
- Take It Out in Trade– (secret screening presented by Something Weird)
- All You Can Eat Buddha
- Wizard (Matwetwe)
- Hagazussa[67]
International Premieres
North American Premieres
- Ron Goossens: Low-Budget Stuntman
- Top Knot Detective
- Before We Vanish
- Blue My Mind
- Firstborn
- Good Manners
- Jupiter's Moon
- The Line
- Mary and the Witch's Flower
- The Merciless
- Generatie B
- Pin Cushion
- See You Up There
U.S. Premieres
- Blade of the Immortal
- Brawl in Cell Block 99
- Cold Hell
- Black Spot (Zone Blanche)
- Bodied
- Dan Dream
- The Death of Stalin
- Gerald's Game
- Jailbreak
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer
- King Cohen
- The Square
- Tiger Girl
- The Cured
- Darkland
- Five Fingers for Marseilles
- Junk Head
- Les Affames
- Let the Corpses Tan
- Letterkenny
- Mom and Dad
- The Prince of Nothingwood
- Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
- Radius
- Revenge
- Under the Tree
- Vampire Clay
- Downsizing
- 1%
- Tabula Rasa
Texas Premieres
- Mon Mon Mon Monsters
- Rift
- Thelma
- Vidar the Vampire
- The Endless
- My Friend Dahmer
- Bad Genius
- Bat Pussy
- Love and Saucers
Repertory Screenings
- The Nude Vampire
- Anyab
- Maniac Cop 2
Special Screenings
- Gemini
- Doug Benson Movie Interruption:Babe: Pig in the City
Audience Award Winner
- Audience Award Winner: BODIED directed byJoseph Kahn
- 1st Runner-Up: GILBERT directed by Neil Berkeley
- 2nd Runner-Up: WORLD OF TOMORROW EPISODE TWO directed byDon Hertzfeldt
"Next Wave" Features
- Best Picture:Hagazussa: A Heathen's Cursedirected by Lukas Feigelfeld
- Best Director: Takahide Hori for JUNK HEAD
- Special Mention for bothFive Fingers for MarseillesandMaus
Fantastic Features
- Best Picture:My Friend Dahmerdirected by Marc Meyers
- Best Director:Kornél MundruczóforJupiter's Moon
- Special Mention for bothTiger GirlandGood Manners
Horror Features
- Best Picture: THE CURED directed byDavid Freyne
- Best Director:Issa Lópezfor TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID
- Special Mention for Most Creative FX and Innovative Approach to Vampire Mythology to VAMPIRE CLAY
Comedy Features
- Best Picture: THE SQUARE directed byRuben Östlund
- Best Director: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson for UNDER THE TREE
- Special Mention for Sheer Ballsiness to RON GOOSMAN’S LOW BUDGET STUNT MAN
Thriller Features
- Best Picture: BAD GENIUS directed byNattawut Poonpiriya
- Best Director:Park Hoon-jungforV.I.P.
- Special Mention for Building a Cinematic Universe on a Budget:The Endless
Documentary Features
- Best Picture and Best Director: BRIMSTONE & GLORY directed by Viktor Jakovleski
- Special Mention toLove and Saucers
Short Fuse: Horror Shorts
- Best Picture: VOYEUR directed by Charlotte Lam, Claire Stradwick
- Best Director: Gonçalo Almeida for THURSDAY NIGHT
- Special Mention to CRESWICK
Fantastic Shorts
- Best Picture: THE BURDEN directed by Niki Lindroth von Bahr
- Special Mention for Biggest Face Melter to KAIJU BUNRAKU
Shorts With Legs
- Best Picture and Best Director: THE TESLA WORLD LIGHT directed by Matthew Rankin
- Special Mention to BEANS by director Maxwell Nalevansky
Fantastic Bumper Competition
- SNAP SNAP directed by Felicia Rein
Highlights
[edit]- Fantastic Debates
- Fantastic Feud
- Maltin at the Movies:Elijah Wood
- Maltin at the Movies:Vince Vaughn
- Puke and Explode! – The Fantastic Fest Eating Contest[69]
- Nerd Rap Contest
- Chaos Reigns Karaoke Party
- Opening Night Pajama Party Jam[70]
- Transference VR[71]
- TheMonster SquadMega Mash[72]
- The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 Game Play[71]
- Teen Panel:Anna and the Apocalypse
- The Glassed Jedi: Star Wars Drink Competition[69]
- Everything is Terrible: The Great Satan
- Cadaverous Closing Night Party withItchy-O
2018
[edit]The 2018 festival took place at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar from Sept. 20–27.
- Bros: After the Screaming Stops
- All the Gods in the Sky
- Apostle
- Between Worlds
- Bloodline
- The Boat
- Feral
- Folklore
- Mongdal
- Toyol
- FP2: Beats of Rage
- Girls with Balls
- House of Sweat and Tears
- I Was a Teenage Serial Killer– new restoration
- Level 16
- Maniac– new 4K restoration
- Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore– new 4K restoration
- The Night Comes for Us
- Overlord
- The Perfection
- Savage
- Starfish
- Strike, Dear Mistress, and Cure His Heart
- Sudden Fury– new restoration
- The Trip Back
- The Unthinkable
- You Might be the Killer
International Premieres
- Madam Yankelova's Fine Literature Club
- Werewolf
North American Premieres
- Suspiria
- The Bouncer
- Dachra
- Deadly Games
- Fugue
- Keep an Eye Out
- Knife + Heart
- The Man Who Killed Don Quixote[77][78]
- May the Devil Take You
- Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Vol 1
- Murder Me, Monster
- Open 24 Hours
- Quit Your Life
- School's Out
- When the Trees Fall
- White Fire– 2K restoration
- The Wolf House
U.S. Premieres
- The Angel
- Cam
- Climax
- Close Enemies
- Dog
- Donnybrook
- Halloween
- Hold the Dark
- In Fabric
- The Innocent
- I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story
- Ladyworld
- Luz
- Mid90s
- Shadow
- The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
- The Night Shifter
- Terrified
- Tumbbad
- Under the Silver Lake
- The Wind
Regional Premieres
- Ban Geum-ryeon
- The Blood of Wolves
- Deadwax
- Laika
- Violence Voyager
- The World is Yours
Texas Premieres
- Bad Times at the El Royale
- The Bastards' Fig Tree
- Border
- Burning
- Chained for Life
- Destroyer
- Dogman
- An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
- Life After Flash
- Lords of Chaos
- One Cut of the Dead
- Piercing
- The Quake
- Slut in a Good Way
Austin Premieres
- The Guilty
- Holiday
Retrospective Screenings
[edit]- Blood Lake
- Flash Gordon
Fantastic Shorts
[edit]- Hi-Five the Cactus
- O.I.
- Petite Avarie
- Pizzamonster
- Puppet Master
- Space Flower
- Squirrel
Short Fuse Presented by Stage 13
[edit]- Acid
- Chowboys: An American Folktale
- Drum Wave
- A Haunting
- Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre
- Riley Was Here
- Songbird
- Special Day
- Stigma
Shorts with Legs
[edit]- The Beaning
- Cold Fish
- Emotion 93
- Entropia
- Hair: The Story of Grass
- Pan
- The Passage
Shorts with Kimchi: Korean Short Film Sidebar
[edit]- Human Stone
- The Lady from 406
- Lal La Land
- Pepper
- Unknown Woman
Paired with Features
[edit]- Albatross Soup
- Bedridden
- The Bloody Ballad of Squirt Reynolds
- Catcalls
- Caterpillarplasty
- CC
- End Times
- Feast on the Young
- Floor 9.5
- Goodnight
- Gutter
- Information Superhighway
- Keep Your Mouth Shut
- Laura & Vineta
- Liquid Soul
- The Menu
- Monstagram
- Monster Challenge
- My Name Is Marc, And You Can Count On It
- Occupant
- Rosalina
- Salt
- The Slows
- Sprites
- A Thing of Dreams
- Time Enforcer
"Main Competition" Features
- Best Picture: DONNYBROOK directed by Tim Sulton
- Best Director: Peter Strickland for IN FABRIC
"Next Wave" Features
- Best Picture/Director: HOLIDAY directed by Isabella Eklöf
- Special Mention forSébastien MarnierforSchool's Out(L'Heure de la sortie)
"Horror" Features
- Best Picture: TERRIFIED directed by Demián Rugna
- Best Director: Shinichiro Ueda for ONE CUT OF THE DEAD
- Special Mention to LUZ directed by Tilman Singer
"Audience Award" Winner
- Audience Award Winner: ONE CUT OF THE DEAD directed by Shinichiro Ueda
- 1st Runner-Up: THE GUILTY directed by Gustav Möller
- 2nd Runner-Up: AFTER THE SCREAMING STOPS directed by Joe Pearlman and David Soutar
Short With Legs
- Best Picture: THE PASSAGE directed by Kitao Sakurai
- Special Mention to EMOTION 93 directed by Oz Davidson
Short Fuse: Horror Shorts
- Best Picture: ACID (aka ACIDE) directed by Just Philippot
Fantastic Shorts
- Best Picture: SQUIRREL directed by Alex Kavutskiy
Fantastic Bumper Competition
- DARK BIDDINGS directed by Jensen Yancey
2019
[edit]The 2019 festival took place at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar from Sept. 19–26.
World Premieres
[edit]- 100 Best Kills - The Sweetest Taboo
- Amigo
- Bloody Birthday- new restoration
- Butt Boy
- The Cleansing Hour
- Climate of the Hunter
- Cosmic Candy
- Fractured
- Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal
- In the Shadow of the Moon
- In the Tall Grass
- The McPherson Tape- new preservation
- The Mortuary Collection
- Nail in the Coffin - The Fall and Rise ofVampiro
- Night Drive
- Night Has Come
- The Peanut Butter Solution- new 2K restoration
- Random Acts of Violence
- Reflections of Evil- new preservation
- She Mob- 2K preservation
- Tammy and the T-Rex- fully restoration
- VFW
- Vhyes
- The Wave
- We Summon the Darkness
- Wrinkles in the Clown
- Wyrm
International Premieres
- Homewrecker
- Phil Tippett- Mad Dreams and Monsters
North American Premieres
- 4x4
- Abou Leila
- Adoration
- Blood Machines
- Deerskin
- Die Kinder der Toten
- The Golden Glove
- Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
- Keep Me Company
- Patrick
- Rock, Paper, and Scissors
- The True Adventures of Wolfboy
U.S. Premieres
- The Antenna
- Color Out of Space
- The Deeper You Dig
- Dogs Don't Wear Pants
- First Love
- Guns Akimbo
- I Lost My Body
- Jallikattu
- Jojo Rabbit
- The Long Walk
- Nobadi
- The Other Lamb
- Pelican Blood
- The Platform
- Ride Your Wave
- Saint Maud
- Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
- Son of the White Mare
- Synchronic
- Vivarium
- The Whistlers
Texas Premieres
- After Midnight
- Blissin 35mm
- Come to Daddy
- Dolemite Is My Name
- Happy Face
- Knives and Skin
- Koko-di Koko-da
- The Last to See Them
- Limbo- new preservation
- The Lodge
- Memory: The Origins of Alien
- Parasite
- The Pool
- Swallow
- Sweetheart
- The Vast of Night
- Why Don't You Just Die!
- You Don't Nomi
Austin Premieres
Retrospective Screenings
[edit]- The Black Pit of Dr. M
- Lyle
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revengein 35mm
- Prey
- The Ship of Monsters
- Trampa Infernal
Shorts
[edit]Horror Features
[edit]- The Color Out of Space
Celebration of Fantastic Fest (2020)
[edit]2020
In 2020, due to the prevalence of COVID-19, the physical festival was canceled. Instead, they held a completely free, virtual festival with a reduced lineup called Celebration of Fantastic Fest.[81]The virtual event also included two special physical screenings and virtual parties.[82]
World Premieres
- Action U.S.A(world premiere of the 4K restoration)
- Bloodthirsty (dir. Amelia Moses)
- The Boy Behind The Door(dir. David Charbonier & Justin Powell)
- Daughters of Darkness(world premiere of the 4k restoration)
- The Stylist(dir. Jill Gevargizian)
- How To Deter a Robber(dir. Maria Bissell)
International Premieres
- Laughter(dir. Martin Laroche)
- Teddy(dir. Ludovic Boukherma & Zoran Boukherma)
North American Premieres
- Queen of Black Magic(dir. Kimo Stamboel)
US Premieres
- Girl(dir. Chad Faust)
- The Old Man Movie(Mikk Mägi & Oskar Lehemaa)
Texas Premieres
Austin Premieres
AGFA presents Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island (dir. Dan Kapelovitz)
Festivals by year (2021–present)
[edit]2021
[edit]The 2021 festival took place at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar from 23 to 30 September. The festival was held in reformated structure due to restrictions of COVID-19 pandemic aftermath.[83]
Feature films
[edit]- A Banquet
- After Blue
- Agnes
- Alone With You
- Benedetta– (secret screening)
- The Beta Test
- Belle
- Beyond the Infinite 2 Minutes
- Bingo Hell
- Black Friday
- The Black Phone
- Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest
- Dead & Beautiful
- Dealer
- The Deer King
- Devil Story
- Fangs aka Snakes (1974)
- Hellbender
- The Innocents
- Iké Boys
- King Car
- Lamb
- Last Night in Soho– (secret screening with Q&A by directorEdgar Wright)
- Let the Wrong One In
- Limbo
- Luzifer
- Masking Threshold
- Mother Schmuckers
- Name Above Title
- Once Upon a time in Uganda
- Preman
- The Sadness
- Silent Night
- Slumber Party Massacre
- Sweetie, You Won't Believe It
- There's Someone Inside Your House
- Titane
- The Trip
- The United States of Insanity
- V/H/S/94
- Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched
2022
[edit]The 2022 festival took place at the Alamo Drafthouse inSouth Lamar, Austin, Texasfrom September 22 to September 29, with virtual screenings taking place from September 29 to October 4.[84]
World premieres
[edit]- Amazing Elisa(Sadrac González-Perellón,Spain, 2022)
- The Antares Paradox(Luis Tinoco Pineda, Spain 2022)
- Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle(James Nguyen,US, 2022)
- Blood Flower(Dain Said, Malaysia, 2022)
- Blood Relatives(Noah Segan,US, 2022)
- Disappear Completely(Luis Javier Henaine, Mexico, 2022)
- Flowing(Paolo Strippoli, Italy, Belgium, 2022)
- Garcia!(Eugenio Mira,Spain, 2022; first 2 episodes)
- Kids vs. Aliens(Jason Eisener,US, 2022)
- King on Screen(Daphné Baiwir,France, US, 2022)
- Hellraiser(David Bruckner,US, 2022; secret screening with Q&A by director and cast members)
- The Legacy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre(Phillip Escott, United Kingdom, 2022)
- Mister Organ(David Farrier,New Zealand, 2022)
- NightMare(Kjersti Helen Rasmussen, Norway, 2022)
- Razzennest(Johannes Grenzfurthner, Austria, 2022;Burnt Endsshowcase)
- Satanic Hispanics(Mike Mendez,Demian Rugna,Eduardo Sánchez,Gigi Saul Guerrero&Alejandro Brugués,US, Mexico, Argentina, 2022)
- Smile(Parker Finn,US, 2022)
- Solomon King(Jack Bomay & Sal Watts, US, 1974; 4K Restoration)
- Spoonful of Sugar(Mercedes Bryce Morgan, US, 2022)
- The Stairway to Stardom Mixtape(AFGA, US, 2022)
- Video Diary of a Lost Girl(Lindsay Denniberg, US, 2022; new preservation)
- Terminal USA(Jon Moritsugu,US, 1993; 4K restoration)
- Werewolf by Night(Michael Giacchino,US, 2022; secret screening)
US Premieres
[edit]- The Banshees of Inisherin(Martin McDonagh,UK/Ireland, US, 2022)
- Country Gold(Mickey Reece, US, 2022)
- Decision to Leave(Park Chan-wook,South Korea, 2022)
- Demigod: The Legend Begins(Chris Huang Wen Chang, Taiwan, 2022)
- The Elderly(Raúl Cerezo & Fernando González Gómez, Spain, 2022)
- Final Cut(Michel Hazanavicius,France, 2022)
- Give Me Pity(Amanda Kramer,US, 2022)
- Joint Security Area(Park Chan-wook,South Korea, 2000; restoration)
- La Pietà(Eduardo Casanova,Spain, Argentina, 2022)
- Manticore(Carlos Vermut,Spain, 2022)
- The Menu(Mark Mylod,US, 2022)
- Missing(Shinzô Katayama, Japan, 2021)
- Nightsiren(Tereza Nvotová, Slovakia, Czech Republic, 2022)
- The Offering(Oliver Park, US, 2022)
- The People's Joker(Vera Drew,US, 2022)
- Project Wolf Hunting(Kim Hongsun, South Korea, 2022)
- Sick(John Hyams,US, 2022)
- Sick of Myself(Kristoffer Borgli,Norway, Sweden, 2022)
- Triangle of Sadness(Ruben Östlund,Sweden, 2022)
- Unicorn Wars(Alberto Vázquez,Spain, France, 2022)
- V/H/S/99(Johannes Roberts,Maggie Levin,Flying Lotus,Tyler MacIntyre, Vanessa Winter & Joseph Winter, US, 2022)
- Venus(Jaume Balagueró,Spain, 2022)
- Vesper(Kristina Buožytė & Bruno Samper, Belgium, France, Lithuania, 2022)
International premieres
[edit]- Evil Eye(Isaac Ezban,Mexico, 2022)
- Nothing(Trine Piil & Seamus McNally, Denmark, Germany, 2022)
North-American premieres
[edit]- Aatank(Prem Lalwani & Desh Mukherjee, India, 1996)
- Bad City(Kensuke Sonomura, Japan, 2022)
- Deep Fear(Grégory Beghin, France, 2022)
- Everyone Will Burn(Davier Hebrero, Spain, 2021)
- The Five Devils(Léa Mysius, France, 2022)
- Gamera vs. Zigra(Noriaki Yuasa,Japan, 1971)
- H4Z4RD(Jonas Govaerts, Belgium, 2022)
- Medusa Deluxe(Thomas Hardiman,United Kingdom, 2022)
- The Strange Case of Jacky Caillou(Lucas Delangle, France, 2022)
- Terrifier 2(Damien Leone,US, 2022)
- Tropic(Edouard Salier, France, 2022)
- The Visitor From the Future(François Descraques, France, 2022)
- Year of the Shark(Ludovic Boukherma & Zoran Boukherma, France, 2022)
Texas premieres
- A Life on the Farm(Oscar Harding, United Kingdom, 2022)
- All Jacked Up and Full of Worms(Alex Phillips, US, 2022)
- A Wounded Fawn(Travis Stevens, US, 2022)
- Attachment(Gabriel Bier Gislason, Denmark, 2022)
- Bones and All(Luca Guadagnino,US, 2022)
- Family Dinner(Peter Hengl, Austria, 2022)
- Holy Spider(Ali Abassi,Denmark, 2022)
- Huesera: The Bone Woman(Michelle Garza Cervera, Mexico, 2022)
- Hunt(Lee Jung-jae,South Korea, 2022)
- Leonor Will Never Die(Martika Ramirez Escobar, Philippines, 2022)
- Living with Chucky(Kyra Gardner, US, 2022)
- Lynch/Oz(Alexandre O. Philippe,US, 2022)
- Mako: The Jaws of Death(William Grefé, US, 1976)
- Oink(Mascha Halberstad, The Netherlands, 2022)
- One and Four(Jigme Trinley, China, 2022)
- Piggy(Carlota Pereda,Spain, 2022)
- Shin Ultraman(Shinji Higuchi,Japan, 2022)
- Smoking Causes Coughing(Quentin Dupieux, France, 2022)
- Something in the Dirt(Justin Benson&Aaron Moorhead,US, 2022)
- Swallowed(Carter Smith,US, 2022)
- Ultraman 4K Edition(Samaji Nonagase, Hajime Tsuburaya & Akio Jissoji, Japan, 1966)
- Unidentified Objects(Juan Felipe Zuleta, US, 2022)
- We Might As Well Be Dead(Natalia Sinelnikova, Germany, Romania, 2022)
Austin premieres
- Chop & Steele(Ben Steinbauer & Berndt Mader, US, 2022)
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- 12 Days of Terror(Jack Sholder,US, 2004)
- Aatank(Prem Lalwani & Desh Mukherjee, India, 1996)
- Gamera vs. Zigra(Noriaki Yuasa,Japan, 1971)
- Mako: The Jaws of Death(William Grefé, US, 1976)
- Tintorera!(René Cardona Jr., Mexico, United Kingdom, 1977)
Official Competition Selection
- Amazing Elisa(Sadrac González-Perellón,Spain, 2022)
- Holy Spider(Ali Abassi,Denmark, 2022)
- Huesera(Michelle Garza Cervera, Mexico, Peru, 2022)
- La Pietà(Eduardo Casanova,Spain, Argentina, 2022)
- NightMare(Kjersti Helen Rasmussen, Norway, 2022)
- Nightsiren(Tereza Nvotová, Slovakia, Czech Republic, 2022)
- Spoonful of Sugar(Mercedes Bryce Morgan, US, 2022)
- Year of the Shark(Ludovic Boukherma & Zoran Boukherma, France, 2022)
Horror Competition Selection
- Blood Flower(Dain Said, Malaysia, 2022)
- Deep Fear(Grégory Beghin, France, 2022)
- Piggy(Carlota Pereda,Spain, 2022)
- Project Wolf Hunting(Kim Hongsun, South Korea, 2022)
- Satanic Hispanics(Mike Mendez,Demian Rugna,Eduardo Sánchez,Gigi Saul Guerrero&Alejandro Brugués,US, Mexico, Argentina, 2022)
- Terrifier 2(Damien Leone,US, 2022)
- V/H/S/99(Johannes Roberts,Maggie Levin,Flying Lotus,Tyler MacIntyre, Vanessa Winter & Joseph Winter, US, 2022)
- Venus(Jaume Balagueró,Spain, 2022)
Next Wave Competition
- Everyone Will Burn(Davier Hebrero, Spain, 2021)
- Family Dinner(Peter Hengl, Austria, 2022)
- Flowing(Paolo Strippoli, Italy, Belgium, 2022)
- Leonor Will Never Die(Martika Ramirez Escobar, Philippines, 2022)
- Medusa Deluxe(Thomas Hardiman, United Kingdom, 2022)
- The Five Devils(Léa Mysius, France, 2022)
- Tropic(Edouard Salier, France, 2022)
- We Might As Well Be Dead(Natalia Sinelnikova, Germany, Romania, 2022)
Jurors
Official Competition
- Liane Cunje (Canada)
- Jongsuk Thomas Nam (South Korea)
- Lars Nilsen (US)
Horror Competition
- Johannes Grenzfurthner (Austria)
- Adam Koehler (US)
- Caryn Coleman (US)
Next Wave Competition
- Liz Purchell (US)
- Kerry Deignan Roy (US)
- Drew Taylore (US)
Short Films Competition
- Brad Abrahams (US)
- Michelle Garza (Mexico)
- Addison Heiman (US)
2023
[edit]The 2023 festival took place at the Alamo Drafthouse in South Lamar, Austin, Texas from September 21 to September 28.[85][86]
World premieres
[edit]- 30 Coins(Álex de la Iglesia,Spain, season 2, episodes 1−2)
- The All Golden(Nate Wilson, Canada, 2023)
- Bark(Marc Schölermann, Germany, 2023)
- Blonde Death(James Robert Baker,US, 1984, restoration)
- Crumb Catcher(Chris Skotchdopole, US, 2023)
- The Cult of AGFA Trailer Show(Joseph A. Ziemba & Bret Berg, US, 2023, 35mm restoration)
- Everything Is Terrible!presents 100 BEST KILLS: SATAN
- The Fall of the House of Usher(Mike Flanagan,US, 2023, episodes 1−2)
- I'll Crush Y'All(Kike Narcea, Spain, 2023)
- Jackdaw(Jamie Childs, UK, 2023)
- The Jar(Charon)(Bruce Tuscano, US, 1984, restoration)
- Kill Dolly Kill(Heidi Moore, US, 2023)
- The Last Stop in Yuma County(Francis Galluppi, US, 2023)
- The Last Video Store(Cody Kennedy & Tim Rutherford, Canada, 2023)
- Messiah of Evil(Gloria Katz&Willard Huyck,US, 1974, 35 mm restoration)
- Mushrooms(Paweł Borowski, Poland, 2023)
- Pet Sematary: Bloodlines(Lindsey Anderson Beer,US/Canada, 2023)
- So Unreal(Amanda Kramer, US, 2023)
- Spooktacular!(Quinn Monahan, US, 2023)
- Stopmotion(Robert Morgan,UK, 2023)
- Strange Darling(JT Mollner, US, 2023)
- Suburban Tale(Stephen Alexander, India, 2023)
- There's Something in the Barn(Magnus Martens, Norway, 2023)
- Totally Killer(Nahnatchka Khan, US, 2023)
- The Toxic Avenger(Macon Blair,US, 2023)
- V/H/S/85(David Bruckner, Gigi Saul Guerrero,Natasha Kermani,Mike Nelson, &Scott Derrickson,US, 2023)
- Visitors(Complete edition) (Kenichi Ugana, Japan, 2023)
- Wake Up(RKSS, France, 2023)
- You're Not Me(Marisa Crespo & Moisés Romera, Spain, 2023)
International premieres
[edit]- The Deep Dark(Mathieu Turi, France, 2023)
- Salem(Jean-Bernard Marlin, France, 2023)
- We Are Zombies(RKSS,France/Canada, 2023)
North American premieres
[edit]- Acid(Just Philippot, France, 2023)
- The Altman Method(Nadav Aronowicz, Israel, 2022)
- The Animal Kingdom(Thomas Cailley,France, 2023)
- The Book of Solutions(Michel Gondry,France, 2023)
- Caligula: The Ultimate Cut(US/Italy, 1980)
- The Coffee Table(Caye Casas, Spain, 2022)
- Door(Banmei Takahashi, Japan, 1988)
- Falling Stars (Richard Karpala & Gabriel Bienczycki, US, 2023)
- A Guide to Becoming an Elm Tree(Skye & Adam Mann, Ireland, 2023)
- The Invisible Fight(Rainer Sarnet, Estonia/Latvia/Greece/Finland, 2023)
- Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life ofCliff Twemlow(Jake West, UK, 2023)
- One-Percenter(Yûdai Yamaguchi, Japan, 2023)
- The Origin(Andrew Cumming, UK, 2023)
- The Other Laurens(Claude Schmitz, Belgium/France, 2023)
- Project Silence(Tae-gon Kim, South Korea, 2023)
- Property(Daniel Bandeire, Brazil, 2022)
- Rage(Jorge Michel Grau, Mexico, 2023)
- Restore Point(Robert Hloz, Czech Republic, 2023)
- Scala!!!(Jane Giles & Ali Catterall, UK, 2023)
- Sri Asih: The Warrior(Upi Avianto, Indonesia, 2022)
- Triggered(Richard V. Somes, Philippines, 2023)
- UFO Sweden(Victor Danell, Sweden, 2022)
- Infested(Sébastien Vaniček, France, 2023)
- The Wait(F. Javier Gutiérrez,Spain, 2023)
US premieres
[edit]- 100 Yards(Xu Haofeng & Xu Junfeng, China, 2023)
- Baby Assassins 2(Hugo Sakamoto, Japan, 2023)
- Cobweb(Kim Jee-woon,South Korea, 2023)
- The Fantastic Golem Affairs(Burnin’ Percebes, Spain, 2023)
- Kennedy(Anurag Kashyap, India, 2023)
- Letters to the Postman(Felix Dembinski, UK, 2022)
- Riddle of Fire(Weston Razooli, US, 2023)
- River(Junta Yamaguchi, Japan, 2023)
- The Sacrifice Game(Jenn Wexler, US/Canada, 2023)
- She Is Conann(Bertrand Mandico,France/Luxembourg/Belgium, 2023)
- Sleep(Jason Yu, South Korea, 2023)
- The Strangler(Paul Vecchiali,France, 1970, 2K Restoration)
- Tiger Stripes(Amanda Nell Eu, Malaysia/Taiwan/France/Germany/Netherlands/Indonesia, 2023)
- The Uncle(David Kapac & Andrija Mardešić, Croatia, Serbia, 2022)
- What You Wish For(Nicholas Tomnay, US, 2023)
Texas premieres
- The Creator(Gareth Edwards,United States, 2023)
Special screenings
[edit]- Saltburn– (secret screening)
- Dream Scenario– (secret screening)
- Dogman– (secret screening)
- Saw X– (secret screening)
See also
[edit]Other genre film festivals
[edit]- Sitges Film Festival
- Fantasia International Film Festival
- Screamfest Horror Film Festival
- Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
- Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
- Dead by Dawn
- London FrightFest Film Festival
- Fantafestival
- International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival
- New York City Horror Film Festival
- Toronto After Dark Film Festival
- TromaDance
- Night Visions
- South African Horrorfest
- Nightmares Film Festival
- BizarroLand Film Festival
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