Fantastic Fest
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Fantastic Fest is an annual film festival in Austin, Texas, sponsored by the Alamo Drafthouse and Ain't It Cool News. The festival focuses on the film genres horror, sci-fi, fantasy, asian and "cult".
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[edit] Festival By Year
[edit] 2006
The 2006 festival was held September 21-28. Two special screenings were held, where the audience was not previously told what film they would see. The first was an unfinished version of Apocalypto and was followed by a question and answer session with Mel Gibson and star Rudy Youngblood. The second was Pan's Labyrinth. Director Guillermo del Toro was unable to attend but sent along a written introduction for the audience.
Other screened films included Bug, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, The Fountain, Tideland, and Naisu no mori: The First Contact.
[edit] 2005
Screened films included Feast.