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Fantastic Fest is an annual film festival in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 2005 by Tim League of Alamo Drafthouse, Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News, Paul Alvarado-Dykstra, and Tim McCanlies, writer of The Iron Giant and Secondhand Lions. Lisa Dreyer is festival director. Annick Mahnert is head of programming. History The festival focuses on genre films such as horror, science fiction, fantasy, action, Asian, and cult. 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. 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. It also features many themed parties, outings, film-themed "feasts", and other events that are 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". In 2017, Moviemaker listed Fantastic Fest in "The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World." 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." Festivals by year (2005–2009) 2005 The 2005 festival was only three days long, October 6–9. Screened films included Feast, Wolf Creek, and Zathura. The official sponsors of the 2005 festival were Milkshake Media, KOOP Radio, The Austin Chronicle, Jackson Walker LLP, and Independence Brewery. U.S. premieres Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick 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 Sneak preview of Feast Work-in-progress sneak preview of Hostel Sneak preview of the recut and extended version of Sin City Sneak preview of Zathura A Scanner Darkly Retrospective screenings The theme of the 2005 retrospective series was "Post Apocalyptic Cinema". The Last Wave Miracle Mile No Blade of Grass 1990: The Bronx Warriors Special events The special effects team from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe installed a display of costumes, creatures and props from the Narnia film. Legendary makeup and effects supervisor Howard Berger presided over a special effects Q&A. 2006 The 2006 festival was expanded to 8 days and held September 21–28. World premiere Roman with Q&A by director Angela Bettis and star Lucky McKee U.S. 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 Broken The Host Blood Tea and Red String 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 The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell The District! Firefly Frostbite The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai Hatchet with Q&A by director Adam Green Inside with 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 Says with Q&A with star Crispin Glover Starfish Hotel Unrest Wilderness Zhest Special screenings An unfinished version of Apocalypto, followed by a Q&A with Mel Gibson and star Rudy Youngblood Pan's Labyrinth; director Guillermo del Toro was unable to attend but sent along a written introduction for the audience Advance screening of Beowulf & Grendel Advance screening of Terry Gilliam's Tideland Advance screening of The Fountain with Q&A by director Darren Aronofsky Advance screening of Edmond Advance screening of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Retrospective screenings 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 Massacre with Q&A by star Edwin Neal ("The Hitchhiker") A Nightmare on Elm Street 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, 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, for Isolation Best Script – Dylan Bank and Morgan Pehme for Nightmare Best Actor – Kane Hodder for Hatchet Best Actress – Nicole Roderick for Nightmare Best Supporting Actor – Lance Henriksen for Abominable Best Supporting Actress – Kristen Bell for Roman Best Art Direction – Alex Boynton for Unrest Best Cinematography – Robby Ryan for Isolation Best Special Effects – Hatchet Best Make-up – Broken Serving on the horror jury were Jay Slater of FilmThreat.com, Edwin Neal of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, 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 Best Comedy – They're Made Out of Meat 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 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 the Lund International Fantastic Film Festival, Wiley Wiggins of Dazed and Confused and Waking Life, and Scott Weinberg of Fearnet and Cinematical.com. Audience Awards 1st Place – Hatchet 2nd Place – Isolation 3rd Place – Firefly Highlights A notable highlight for the audience occurr.... Discover the Meredith Short Ivan Escalante popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Meredith Short Ivan Escalante books.