Fantastic Fest

Origins

Festivals by year

2005

• '

• 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 Last Wave
• Miracle Mile
• No Blade of Grass

• Special events

2006

• Roman with Q&A by director Angela Bettis and star Lucky McKee

• 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

• 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
• Nightmare
• '
• The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
• Puzzlehead
• A Quiet Love
• Renaissance
• Severance
• '
• 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

  Retrospective screenings

• Parasite 3-D
• Northville Cemetery Massacre
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with Q&A by star Edwin Neal
• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Fantastic Planet presented by Darren Aronofsky

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

• Ab Tak Chhappan
• Company
• Ek Hasina Thi

Award winners

• 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

• Best of Show – The Listening Dead
• Best Short-Form – Cost of Living
• Best Long-Form – Rogairi
• Best Animated – If I Had a Hammer
• Best Comedy – They're Made Out of Meat

• 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

• 1st Place – Hatchet
• 2nd Place – Isolation
• 3rd Place – Firefly

  Highlights

• A notable highlight for the audience occurred when Mel Gibson walked 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

• There Will Be Blood, with a Q&A by director Paul Thomas Anderson
• Los Cronocrímenes, with director Nacho Vigalondo in attendance

• Alone
• The Backwoods
• The Devil's Chair
• Diary of the Dead with Q&A by director George A. Romero
• Flash Point
• Hell's Fever
• La Hora Fria
• Inside
• Invisible Target
• Maiko Haaaan!!!
• Mirageman with Q&A by director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza and action star Marko Zaror
• Rug Cop
• Summer Scars
• Wolfhound
• ' with Q&A by director Joe Lynch

• Aachi & Ssipak
• The Beautiful Beast
• Blood, Boobs, and Beast
• Death Note
• '
• '
• A Dirty Carnival
• Dog Bite Dog
• End of The Line
• The Entrance
• Exte: Hair Extensions
• The Ferryman
• Finishing the Game
• Five Across The Eyes
• '
• The Girl Next Door
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• Hell's Ground
• Kiltro with Q&A by director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza and star Marco Zaror
• The Last Winter
• 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
• Retribution
• Sex and Death 101
• Son of Rambow
• Spiral
• The Sword Bearer
• Taxidermia
• Uncle's Paradise
• Weirdsville
• Wicked Flowers

  Special screenings

• Southland Tales, the world premiere of the final version after heavy edits, with Q&A by director Richard Kelly
• Persepolis
• Dai Nipponjin
• El Orfanto , with Q&A by director Juan Antonio Bayona

  Retrospective screenings

• Velvet Hustler
• The Warped Ones
• A Colt Is My Passport
• Crazy Thunder Road

  Award winners

• Gold Medal – Los Cronocrímenes
• Silver Medal – Spiral
• Bronze Medal – Mirageman
• Special Jury Prize for Innovative Vision – End of the Line

• Gold Medal – Exte
• Silver Medal – Alone
• Bronze Medal – The Devil's Chair

• 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

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

• Gold Medal – "Everything Will Be OK"
• Silver Medal – "Raymond"
• Bronze Medal – "X-Pression"

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

• Gold Medal – Mirageman
• Silver Medal – TimeCrimes
• 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 in the front yard of festival director Tim League's house
• Q&A by director Uwe Boll and star Zack Ward after a screening of Postal

  2008

• ', with director John Gulager and most of the cast in attendance
• Santos, with director Nicolas Lopez in attendance
• Seventh Moon, with director Eduardo Sanchez and stars Amy Smart and Tim Chiou in attendance
• '

• Acolytes with director Jon Hewitt in attendance
• Art of the Devil 3
• Sauna
• Deadgirl with directors Gadi Harel and Marcel Sarmiento in attendance.

• Alien Raiders
• Astropia
• The Burrowers
• Cargo 200
• The Chaser
• Chocolate
• La Creme
• Dark Floors
• Doctor Infierno
• Donkey Punch
• Estomago: A Gastronomic Story
• Ex Drummer
• Fanboys
• Fear of the Dark
• Fighter
• '
• The Good, The Bad, the Weird
• How To Get Rid of Others
• I Think We're Alone Now
• '
• JCVD
• Just Another Love Story
• Late Bloomer
• Left Bank
• Let The Right One In
• Martyrs
• Muay Thai Chaiya
• 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

• Zack and Miri Make a Porno with guest director Kevin Smith in attendance
• The Brothers Bloom, with director Rian Johnson in attendance
• Appaloosa
• Eagle Eye
• Role Models, with Paul Rudd and David Wain in attendance
• RocknRolla
• City of Ember, with Bill Murray and Gil Kenan in attendance

  Retrospective screenings

• Dark Age
• Mad Max
• The Man from Hong Kong
• Razorback
• Road Warrior, shown on an outdoor screen in the parking lot
• Turkey Shoot

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

  Award winners

• Gold Medal – Tokyo Gore Police
• Silver Medal – Deadgirl
• Bronze Medal – La Creme

• Best Feature Film – South of Heaven
• Best Short Film – Treevenge

• Gold Medal – Let the Right One In
• Silver Medal – Acolytes
• Bronze Medal – Donkey Punch
• Special Jury Award for most politically incorrect gore – '
• Special Jury Award for best use of latex – '

• Gold Medal – How to Get Rid of Others
• Silver Medal – Cargo 200
• Bronze Medal – Ex Drummer
• Special Jury Award for originality and vision – Santos

• 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"

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

• 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 was held at Longhorn Caverns. Bill Murray attended.
• 100 Best Kills Party
• Donkey Punch Boat Party
• The Fantastic Feud
• Michael Jackson: Thrill the World, an attempt to break the world record for largest synchronized Thriller dance
• Smokin' Karaoke Apocalypse Party 2008, with live band karaoke

  2009

• Zombieland, with a Q&A by director Ruben Fleischer and stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, and Emma Stone
• Gentlemen Broncos, with a Q&A by director Jared Hess and stars Jemaine Clement, Michael Angarano Sam Rockwell, and Mike White
• ', with Q&A by star Dolph Lundgren
• REC 2
• Down Terrace with Q&A by director Ben Wheatley
• First Squad
• Macabre
• Mandrill with Q&A by director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza and action star Marko Zaror

• Breathless
• Bronson
• Buratino, Son of Pinocchio, with Q&A by director Rasmus Merivoo
• The Children
• Clive Barker's Dread
• Crazy Racer
• Cropsey
• Dirty Mind
• '
• Fireball
• Fish Story
• Groper Train
• Hard Revenge Milly
• House
• The House of the Devil
• Journey to Saturn
• 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 director Uwe Boll
• The Revenant
• Salvage
• Soloman Kane
• Stingray Sam, with Q&A by director Cory McAbee
• Survival of the Dead
• Terribly Happy
• A Town Called Panic
• Trick R Treat
• Truffe with Q&A by director Kim Nguyen
• Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl
• Yatterman
• Yesterday

  Special screenings

• , with Q&A by stars John C. Reilly, Chris Massoglia, and Josh Hutcherson
• The Men Who Stare at Goats
• The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
• A Serious Man

  Retrospective screenings

• Succubus
• Venus in Furs
• Female Vampire
• Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion

  Award winners

• Best Feature: Down Terrace
• Best Director: Yang Ik-june
• Best Screenplay: Robin Hill, Ben Wheatley
• Best Actor: Hwang Jung-min
• Best Actress: Shera Bechard

• Best Horror Feature: Human Centipede
• Best Horror Director: Kerry Prior
• Best Horror Actor: Dieter Laser
• Best Horror Actress: Neve McIntosh

• Best Fantastic Feature: Mandrill
• Best Fantastic Director: Kim Nguyen
• Best Fantastic Screenplay: Tamio Hayashi adapted from Kotaro Isaka
• Best Fantastic Actor: Marko Zaror
• Best Fantastic Actress: Chiaki Kuriyama

• Best Horror Short – "Full Employment"
• Special Mention – "Excision"

• Best Fantastic Short – "Terminus"
• Special Jury Award – "Next Floor"

• Best Animated Short – "I Am So Proud of You"
• Special Mention – "Alma"

• Audience Award, Best Feature: A Town Called Panic
• 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 fight Alamo Drafthouse owner Tim League at the Fantastic Debates
• Chaos Reigns!
• Brutus and Balzaak Bash party celebrating Gentlemen Broncos opening night party
• 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
• 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

  2010

World premieres

• Agnosia, with a Q&A by director Eugenio Mira
• ', with Q&A by director Ben Ketai, writers Kiele Sanchez and Steve Niles, and stars Diora 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, with Q&A by director Yoshihiro Nishimura
• Sharktopus, with Q&A by Roger Corman and Julie Corman
• True Legend, with Q&A by director Yuen Woo-ping
• Troll Hunter with Q&A by director André Øvredal
• Red, with Q&A by star Karl Urban

• Bedevilled with Q&A by director Jang Chul-soo
• Bunraku, with Q&A by director Guy Moshe and star Josh 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 director Adam Green
• A Horrible Way to Die, with Q&A by director Adam Wingard
• The Housemaid
• Julia's Eyes
• Kidnapped, with Q&A by director Miguel Angel Vivas
• The Last Circus, with Q&A by director Álex de la Iglesia
• '
• Let Me In, 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
• '
• 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 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

• 13 Assassins
• 14 Blades
• Bibliothèque Pascal
• Carancho
• Drones, with Q&A by directors Amber Benson and Adam Busch
• Gallants
• Golden Slumber
• Heartless
• High Lane
• In the Attic, with Q&A by director Jiří Barta
• Ip Man 2
• The Life and Death of a Porno Gang
• The Man From Nowhere
• Mother's Day, with Q&A by director Darren Bousman and star Rebecca De Mornay
• Mutant Girls Squad
• Never Let Me Go
• Primal
• Red White & Blue
• Rubber
• Summer Wars
• The Violent Kind, with Q&A by directors Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores, and producer Don Lewis
• '

  Special screenings

• Buried, with Q&A by star Ryan Reynolds
• Machete Maidens Unleashed
• Nerdcore Rising
• Playing Columbine, played as part of Fantastic Arcade
• , with guest star Richard Garriott
• Enter the Void
• Nightmares – shown as part of Terror Tuesday
• For Your Height Only – presented in Foleyvision to commemorate Machete Maidens Unleashed!

  Retrospective screenings

• Class of 1984 – to celebrate the debut of the new book by Zack Carlson, Destroy All Movies
• The Housemaid
• ' – to commemorate the lifetime achievement award for Roger and Julie Corman
• Snake In Eagle's Shadow – to commemorate the lifetime achievement award for Yuen Wo Ping
• Five Element Ninjas – to commemorate the lifetime achievement award for Yuen Wo Ping
• Joysticks – shown for Weird Wednesday to commemorate Destroy All Movies
• The Twilight People – special Weird Wednesday to honor Machete Maidens Unleashed!
• Re-Animator – with special guest director Stuart Gordon and star Jeffery Combs
• From Beyond – with special guest director Stuart Gordon and star Jeffery Combs

• 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

• Best Feature: We Are What We Are
• Best Director: Thomas Cappelen Malling
• Best Screenplay: Jorge Michel Grau
• Best Actor: Mads Ousdal
• Best Actress: Seo Young-hee

• Best Horror Feature: Kidnapped
• Best Horror Director: Miguel Angel Vivas
• Best Horror Screenplay: Simon Barrett
• Best Horror Actor: A.J. Bowen
• Best Horror Actress: Amy Seimetz

• Best Fantastic Feature: The Sound of Noise
• Best Fantastic Director: Pablo Trapero
• Best Fantastic Screenplay: Sion Sono and Yoshiki Takahashi
• Best Fantastic Actor: Stellan Skarsgard
• Best Fantastic Actress: Martina Gusman

• Best Horror Short – "Legend of Beaver Dam"
• Special Mention – "Deus Irae"

• Best Fantastic Short – "Sorry... I Love You"

• Best Animated Short – "Teclopolis"

• Audience Award, Best Feature: Bedevilled
• Audience Award, Honorable Mention: Ip Man 2
• Audience Award, Honorable Mention: Rubber
• Audience Award, Honorable Mention: Golden Slumber

  Highlights

• Boys' choir singing the theme from Let Me In at opening night
• Tim League boxing against Michelle Rodriguez
• Bill Pullman, Elijah Wood, and RZA singing 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
• Geeks Who Drink presents The Fantastic Fest Quiz
• Nerdeoke!
• Karaoke Apocalypse with live band
• Opening Night Party '80s Dance Party and MC Frontalot Live

  2011

World premieres

• Calibre 9 – Q&A with director Jean-Christian Tassy and producer Axel Guyot
• The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence – director Tom Six, producer Ilona Six, and actors Ashlynn 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

• The Devil's Business
• How to Steal 2 Million

• Blind
• A Boy and His Samurai
• Bullhead – Q&A with director Michaël R. Roskam
• Bunohan
• Carre Blanc – Director Jean-Baptiste Léonetti, producer Benjamin Mamou, and executive producer Camille Havard Bourdon in attendance
• ' – Producer Harry Knowles, and stars James Darling, Se Young, and Holly Conrad live 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 actor Dominic Monaghan live in person
• Extraterrestrial – Q&A with director Nacho 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 actor Kevin Sorbo
• Karate-Robo Zaborgar – Q&A with director Noboru Iguchi and makeup/FX supervisor Yoshihiro Nishimura
• Kill Me Please – Q&A with director Olias Barco
• Last Screening – Q&A with actor Pascal Cervo
• Livid
• Michael
• New Kids Turbo – Q&A with actors Huub Smit and Wesley van Gaalen
• Rabies
• Retreat
• '
• Sleep Tight – Q&A with director Jaume 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 actor Stig Frode Henriksen
• You're Next – Q&A with writer/producer Simon Barrett, producers Keith Calder and Jess Wu, actors Barbara Crampton, A.J. Bowen, Sharni Vinson, and Nick Tucci

• A Lonely Place to Die – Q&A with director/co-writer Julian Gilbey and co-writer/editor Will Gilbey
• Angels & Airwaves Presents LOVE – with guest Q&A from Tom Delonge
• Aardvark
• Beyond the Black Rainbow – Q&A with director Panos Cosmatos
• Body Temperature – Q&A with director Takaomi Ogata
• Borderline
• Boys On The Run
• El Infierno
• ' – Q&A with director José Padilha
• Haunters
• The Holding
• Invasion of Alien Bikini
• Klown – Q&A with director Mikkel Norgaard
• Knuckle – Q&A with director Ian Palmer and James McDonagh
• Let the Bullets Fly
• Melancholia
• '
• Polvora Negra – Q&A with director Kapel Furman
• The Stoker
• Summerland
• Take Shelter
• Underwater Love
• We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Yakuza Weapon
• The Yellow Sea

  Special screenings

• The Skin I Live In – secret screening
• Paranormal Activity 3 – secret screening
• The Innkeepers – premiered at SXSW but also was shown at the closing night of Fantastic Fest

  Retrospective screenings

• An American Werewolf in London – presented by Mondo with special-edition poster and appearance by Stan 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 producer Tom Stern and star Tony Anthony in attendance
• Movies on Fire: Hong Kong Action Classics
• War of the Worlds – played as part of the Alamo Kid's Club
• Versus – Guest stars Tak Sakaguchi and writer Yudai Yamaguchi

  Award winners

• A Boy and His Samurai
• Runners-Up: You're Next, Juan of the Dead

• Best Picture — Bullhead
• Best Director — Michael R. Roskam
• Best Screenplay — Josh MacDonald
• Best Actor — Matthias Schoenaerts
• Best Actress — Jessica Cole
• Special Jury Award for Boldness of Vision: Beyond the Black Rainbow

• Best Picture — You're Next
• Best Director — Adam Wingard
• Best Screenplay — Simon Barrett
• Best Actor — Sean Harris
• Best Actress — Sharni Vinson

• Best Picture — Milocrorze: A Love Story
• Best Director — Noboru Iguchi
• Best Screenplay — Olafur Egilsson, Grimur Haonarson
• Best Actor — Julián Villagrán
• Best Actress — Sawa Masaki

• Best Picture – Clown
• Best Director — Steffen Haars, Flip Van Der Kuil
• Best Screenplay — Casper Christensen, Frank Hvam

• Winner: "How to Rid Your Lover of a Negative Emotion Caused By You"
• Runner-up: "The Unliving"
• Special Jury Award for Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects and General Badassery: "Brutal Relax"

• Best Fantastic Short: "Decapoda Shock"
• Runner-up: "All Men Are Called Robert"
• Special Jury Mention for Acting: Robert Picardo

• Best Animated Short: "Last Norwegian Troll"
• Runner-up: Lazarov

  Highlights

• James Quinn McDonagh versus Tim League at the Fantastic Fest Debates
• The opening night film Human Centipede 2 had an ambulance on standby outside and handed out barf bags
• Opening night party in celebration of Human Centipede 2 with live music from the Charles Edward Cheese band
• Fantastic Feud
• 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 Boxing Battle, Spider-man’s Wall of Webbing, Superman’s House of Flight and carnival food

  2012

World premieres

• 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 – – Q&A with Tim Burton and voice actors Winona Ryder and Martin Landau
• The Greatest Movie Ever Rolled – Q&A with director Ryan Polito, star Doug Benson, producer Sharon Everitt, and cinematographer Will Deloney
• Hellfjord
• Plan C
• Red Dawn – – Q&A with stars Josh Peck and Adrianne Palicki, director Dan Bradley, and producers Tripp Vinson and Beau Flynn
• '
• ' – Q&A with actor Scott Adkins and Mariah Bonner

• Two Rabbits

• Aftershock - Q&A with director Nicolás López and actor/producer Eli Roth
• American Mary – Q&A with the Soska Sisters and actress Tristan Risk
• Antiviral
• Berberian Sound Studio
• Cockneys vs. Zombies – Q&A with director Matthias Hoene and writer James Moran
• Combat Girls
• Come Out and Play
• Crave – Q&A with director Charles de Lauzirika and actor Josh Lawson
• Dead Sushi – Q&A with director Noboru Iguchi, producer Mana Fukui, and actress Rina Takeda
• Dom: A Russian Family
• Errors of the Human Body – Q&A with actor Michael 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 actor Jon 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 – 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

• Cold Blooded
• Cold Steel – Q&A with director David Wu
• Dredd – Q&A with writer/director Alex Garland, actress Olivia Thirlby, and actor Karl 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-director Jeremy 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

• Doomsday Book

  Special screenings

• Cloud Atlas –
• Sightseers –
• Sinister – premiered at SXSW; then had a special screening at Fantastic Fest
• Paranormal Activity 4 – work-in-progress print with a Q&A with actress Katie Featherston and co-director Henry Joost

  Retrospective screenings

• The Entity – repertory screening as part of the House of Psychotic Women series
• The Mafu Cage – repertory screening as part of the House of Psychotic Women series
• Miami Connection – Q&A with actor/producer Grandmaster YK, and actors Joe Diamond, Maurice Smith, Angelo Jannotti, and Vince Hirsch
• Secret Ceremony repertory screening as part of the House of Psychotic Women series
• The Shining – played simultaneously back and forth over each other
• Wake in Fright

  Award winners

• I Declare War

• Best Picture: Flicker
• Best Director: Charles de Lauzirika
• Best Screenplay: Max Porcelijn
• Best Actor: Michael Eklund
• Best Actress: Alina Levshin

• Best Picture: Vanishing Waves
• Best Director: Kristina Buozyte
• Best Screenplay: Bruno Samper, Kristina Buozyte
• Best Actor: Rene Bitorajac
• Best Actress: Jurga Jutaite

• Best Picture: Here Comes the Devil
• Best Screenplay: Adrián García Bogliano
• Best Director: Adrián García Bogliano
• Special Mention: Hajime Ohata
• Best Actor: Francisco Barreiro
• Best Actress: Laura Caro
• Special Mention: Katherine Isabel

• Best Picture: New Kids Nitro
• Best Director: Dario Russo
• Best Screenplay: John Mitchell
• Best Actor: Chapman To
• Best Actress: Rina Takeda

• Best Picture: The American Scream
• Best Director: Rodney Ascher

• Winner: "At the Formal"
• Runner-up: "The Sleepover"

• Winner: "Record/Play"
• Runner-up: "Love"

• Winner: "Bendito Machine IV"
• Runner-up: "Tram"

  Highlights

• Front of Drafthouse Lamar painted up for Frankenweenie world premiere
• Special Frankenweenie screening for dogs and their owners
• 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 Scream Homemade 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

  2013

World premieres

• Coherence
• Detective Downs
• Goldberg and Eisenberg
• Grand Piano
• Greatful Dead
• LFO
• Machete Kills
• '
• Ragnarok
• Septic Man

• Chanthaly
• The Congress
• A Field in England
• '
• Kid's Police
• Maruyama the Middle Schooler
• Mirage Men
• Miss Zombie
• Monsoon Shootout
• Nothing Bad Can Happen
• Our Heroes Died Tonight
• '
• She Wolf
• The Zero Theorem

• Eega
• Tales from the Organ Trade''

  Special screenings

• Cheap Thrills – special encore presentation
• The Green Inferno –
• Gravity –
• Child of God –
• The Rundown – a movie interruption from Doug Benson

  Retrospective screenings

• All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
• Timecrimes – special screening with Mondo poster and vinyl of soundtrack with director Nacho Vigalondo
• The Devils

  Award Winners

• Best Documentary: Jodorowsky’s Dune
• Best Narrative Feature: Blue Ruin

• Best Picture: The Dirties
• Best Director: Oren Carmi
• Best Screenplay: James Ward Byrkit
• Best Actor: Yorick van Wageningen
• Best Actress: Swantje Kohlhof

• Best Picture: The Congress
• Best Director: David Perrault
• Best Screenplay: Ari Folman
• Best Actor: Svein André Hofsø Myhre
• Best Actress: Robin Wright

• Best Picture: Afflicted
• Best Director: Derek Lee and Clif Prowse
• Best Screenplay: Derek Lee and Clif Prowse
• Best Actor: Jason David Brown
• Best Actress: Julia Garner

• Best Picture: Why Don't You Play In Hell
• Best Director: Sion Sono
• Best Screenplay: Kankurô Kudô
• Best Actor: Fuku Suzuki
• Best Actress: Qi Shu

• Best Picture: Jodorowsky’s Dune
• Best Director: Shaul Schwarz

• Winner: Remember Me
• Runner-up: Perfect Drug

• Winner: Beasts in the Real World
• Runner-up: My Pain Is Worse Than Your Pain

• Winner: The Sad House
• Runner-up: Kick-Heart

• Best in Show and Audience Choice: Samurai Gunn

  Highlights

• 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 presents Doug Loves Movies
• Chaos Reigns!!! Karaoke Party
• The Fantastic Debates Presented by Man of Tai Chi
• Cards Against Humanity Happy Hour
• Fantastic Arcade VideoHeroeS Tournament and Arcade Awards
• You Guys Like Tequila?: The Fantastic Arcade After Party
• Nerd Rap Throwdown
• Fantastic Feud
• Fantastic Trivia presented by Geeks Who Drink
• Metal Meltdown with Karaoke Apocalypse – live band karaoke
• Closing Night Party

  2014

Special screenings

• Kung Fu Elliot – Fantastic Fest premiere
• John Wick – special gala screening
• Goodnight Mommy – secret screening
• Miami Connection – a movie interruption from Doug Benson
• The Look of Silence – a Drafthouse Alliance special screening
• The Island of Dr. Moreau – Master Pancake screening

  Retrospective screenings

• Bugsy Malone – Kid Power! book launch
• Death Wish III
• The Astrologer
• The Soultangler

  Award winners

• The Tale of Princess Kaguya

• Best Picture: It Follows
• Best Director: Miroslav Slaboshpitsky
• Best Screenplay: David Robert Mitchell
• Best Actor: Lou Taylor Pucci
• Best Actress: Amy Everson

• Best Picture: Alleluia
• Best Director: Fabrice Du Welz
• Best Screenplay: Tetsuya Nakashima, Miako Tadano and Nobuhiro Monma
• Best Actor: Laurent Lucas
• Best Actress: Lola Dueñas

• Best Picture: THE BABADOOK
• Best Screenplay: Jennifer Kent
• Best Director: Martín De Salvo
• Best Actor: Noah Wiseman
• Best Actress: Essie Davis

• Best Picture: DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS DEAD
• Best Director: Hans Petter Moland
• Best Screenplay: Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen and Tommy Wirkola
• Best Actor: Pål Sverre Hagen
• Best Actress: Sylvia Hoeks

• Best Picture: KUNG FU ELLIOT
• Best Director: Tim Grabham, Jasper Sharp

• Winner: THE STOMACH directed by Ben Steiner
• Runner-up: INVADERS directed by Jason Kupfer

• Winner: THE VOICE THIEF directed by Adan Jodorowsky
• Runner-up: MY FATHER IS A BIRD and SOLITUDO

• Winner: THE CHAPERONE
• Runner-up: DAY 40

• Best in Show: BANANA CHALICE

• Gold Prize: HAVANA VAMPIRE TERRITORY and THE TURNED
• Silver Prize: FIERCE
• Bronze Prize: HURT
• Special Jury Mention for "Keeping the Spirit of the 80's Alive": THE SHADOWDWELLERS
• Jury Award for Work in Progress, and Chemistry Award: FRONDOSO EDEN DEL CORAZON
• Morbido/Latam Consultation Award: EAT ME

  2015

World premieres

• Bone Tomahawk
• Darling
• Dirty Romance
• Gridlocked
• La Granja
• Lazer Team
• Man Vs Snake
• The Passing
• Sensoria
• The Similars
• What We Become
• Zinzana

• The Brand New Testament
• Coz Ov Moni 2
• Der Bunker
• In Search of Ultra Sex
• Lovemilla
• Speed

• 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

• The Keeping Room
• L'affaire SK1
• The Witch
• Yakuza Apocalypse

  Special screenings

• The Martian
• The Invitation

  Award winners

• 1st Place – Green Room
• 2nd Place – Liza the Fox Fairy
• 3rd Place – Stand By for Tape Back-Up

• Best Picture: Der Bunker
• Best Director: Can Evrenol for Baskin

• Best Picture: The Club
• Best Director: Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman for Anomalisa

• Best Picture: Demon
• Best Director: Joe Begos for THE MIND’S EYE

• Best Picture: THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT
• Best Director: Anders Thomas Jensen for MEN & CHICKEN

• Best Picture: MAN VS SNAKE
• Best Director: Heath Cozens for DOGLEGS

• Best Picture: SISTER HELL
• Best Director: Ryan Spindell for THE BABYSITTER MURDERS

• Best Picture: MOVIES IN SPACE
• Best Director: Jeremy David White for ENHANCED

• Best in Show: SECRET LEGEND developed by Andrew Shouldice
• Audience Award Winner: SUPER RUSSIAN ROULETTE developed by Andrew Reitano

• 1st Place: THE DUMP by Fernando Montes de Oca and Xavier Sánchez Mercado
• 2nd Place: PARADISE HILLS by Alice Waddington
• 3rd Place: EL GIGANTE by Gigi Saul Guerrero

• THE JURY directed by Joe Nicolosi

  2016

World premieres

• Split – with M. Night Shyamalan in attendance
• 24x26: A Movie About Movie Posters
• A Dark Song
• Dearest Sister
• The Dwarves Must Be Crazy
• Jungle Trap
• '
• The Void
• Better Watch Out
• Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
• The Zodiac Killer
• Another Wolfcop
• Bad Black
• '
• Fashionista
• Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child

• Popoz
• Aalavandhan
• The High Frontier
• Shimauma
• Terry Teo
• Young Offenders
• The Truth Beneath

• Chunyuki
• Call of Heroes
• Don't Kill It – with Dolph Lundgren in attendance
• Kammattipadam
• The Red Turtle
• Re:Born
• S Is for Stanley
• Salt and Fire

• Arrival
• '
• '
• 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

• Helmut Berger, Actor
• They Call Me Jeeg Robot
• A Monster Calls
• '
• The Lure

• The Greasy Strangler
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
• Phantasm: Remastered
• Goke: Body Snatcher from Hell
• Ash vs. Evil Dead – with Bruce Campbell, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo and Lee Majors in attendance
• Westworld''

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• 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

• Best Picture: ZOOLOGY directed by Ivan I. Tverdovsky
• Best Director: Julia Ducournau for RAW
• Special Mention for Fantastic Spirit: THE LURE

• Best Picture: COLOSSAL directed by Nacho Vigalondo
• Best Director: Amat Escalante for THE UNTAMED

• Best Picture: THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE directed by André Øvredal
• Best Director: Colm McCarthy for THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS

• Best Picture: DOWN UNDER directed by Abraham Forsythe
• Best Director: Abraham Forsythe for DOWN UNDER
• Special Mention for Best Comedy Debut: THE YOUNG OFFENDERS

• Best Picture: AGE OF SHADOWS directed by Kim Jee-woon
• Best Director: Nabwana IGG for BAD BLACK
• Special Mention for Best Action: CALL OF HEROES

• Best Picture: Original Copy directed by Florian Heinzen-Ziob & Georg Heinzen
• Best Director: Florian Heinzen-Ziob and Georg Heinzen for Original Copy

• 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

• Best Picture: SUMMER CAMP ISLAND directed by Julia Pott
• Best Director : Chris Mitchell & Yoav Lester for IRON SPYDER

• Best Picture: PACO directed by Catalina Jordan Alvarez
• Best Director: Calvin Reeder for THE PROCEDURE
• Special Mention for Best Meal: THE WORM

• Most Fantastic: Everything by David O'Reilly
• Audience Choice: Loot Rascals by Hollow Ponds

• JACK SKELLINGTON IN THE BOX directed by Roman Fruehan

  Highlights

• Satanic Panic Escape Room
• 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

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• 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
• Take It Out in Trade
• All You Can Eat Buddha
• Wizard
• Hagazussa

• The Originals
• 3Ft. Ball and Souls
• Baasha
• Rabbit
• V.I.P.

• 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

• Blade of the Immortal
• Brawl in Cell Block 99
• Cold Hell
• Black Spot
• Bodied
• Dan Dream
• The Death of Stalin
• Gerald's Game
• Jailbreak
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer
• '
• 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

• Gemini
• Doug Benson Movie Interruption: ''

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• Audience Award Winner: BODIED directed by Joseph Kahn
• 1st Runner-Up: GILBERT directed by Neil Berkeley
• 2nd Runner-Up: WORLD OF TOMORROW EPISODE TWO directed by Don Hertzfeldt

• Best Picture: ' directed by Lukas Feigelfeld
• Best Director: Takahide Hori for JUNK HEAD
• Special Mention for both Five Fingers for Marseilles and Maus

• SNAP SNAP directed by Felicia Rein

  Highlights

• Fantastic Debates
• Fantastic Feud
• Maltin at the Movies: Elijah Wood
• Maltin at the Movies: Vince Vaughn
• Puke and Explode! – The Fantastic Fest Eating Contest
• Nerd Rap Contest
• Chaos Reigns Karaoke Party
• Opening Night Pajama Party Jam
• Transference VR
• The Monster Squad Mega Mash
• The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 Game Play
• Teen Panel: Anna and the Apocalypse
• The Glassed Jedi: Star Wars Drink Competition
• Everything is Terrible: The Great Satan
• Cadaverous Closing Night Party with Itchy-O

  2018

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• All the Gods in the Sky
• Apostle
• Between Worlds
• Bloodline
• The Boat
• Feral
• Folklore
• *Mongdal
• *Toyol
• '
• 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

• The Guilty
• Holiday''

  Retrospective Screenings

• Blood Lake
• Flash Gordon

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Fantastic Shorts

• Hi-Five the Cactus
• O.I.
• Petite Avarie
• Pizzamonster
• Puppet Master
• Space Flower
• Squirrel

  Short Fuse Presented by Stage 13

• Acid
• Chowboys: An American Folktale
• Drum Wave
• A Haunting
• Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre
• Riley Was Here
• Songbird
• Special Day
• Stigma

  Shorts with Legs

• The Beaning
• Cold Fish
• Emotion 93
• Entropia
• Hair: The Story of Grass
• Pan
• The Passage

  Shorts with Kimchi: Korean Short Film Sidebar

• Human Stone
• The Lady from 406
• Lal La Land
• Pepper
• Unknown Woman

  Paired with Features

• 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

  Award Winners

• Best Picture: DONNYBROOK directed by Tim Sulton
• Best Director: Peter Strickland for IN FABRIC

• Best Picture/Director: HOLIDAY directed by Isabella Eklöf
• Special Mention for Sébastien Marnier for SCHOOL'S OUT

• 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: 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

• Best Picture: THE PASSAGE directed by Kitao Sakurai
• Special Mention to EMOTION 93 directed by Oz Davidson

• Best Picture: ACID directed by Just Philippot

• Best Picture: SQUIRREL directed by Alex Kavutskiy

• DARK BIDDINGS directed by Jensen Yancey

  2019

World Premieres

• 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 of Vampiro
• 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

• Homewrecker
• Phil Tippett - Mad Dreams and Monsters

• 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

• 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

• After Midnight
• Bliss in 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
• '
• Parasite
• The Pool
• Swallow
• Sweetheart
• The Vast of Night
• Why Don't You Just Die!
• You Don't Nomi

• The Death of Dick Long''

  Retrospective Screenings

• The Black Pit of Dr. M
• Lyle
• in 35mm
• Prey
• The Ship of Monsters
• Trampa Infernal

  Shorts

Horror Features

• The Color Out of Space

  Other genre film festivals

• 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