Toronto After Dark Film Festival

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Toronto After Dark Film Festival is an annual showcase of international horror and fantasy cinema. The first festival was held in October 2006 at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto, Canada, and it features a diverse selection of feature-length premieres from Asia, Europe and North America. The festival also supports Canadian independent filmmakers with a showcase of Canadian short films. The festival is a spiritual successor to the Toronto Edition of Montreal's Fantasia Festival.

Toronto After Dark Film Festival's board of advisers include Colin Geddes, programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival, Shane Smith, programmer at the Sundance Film Festival, and Rodrigo Gudino, publisher and founding editor of Rue Morgue.

Founding sponsors of Toronto After Dark Film Festival include Space, NOW, Rue Morgue, Extreme Group Marketing and Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Toronto After Dark Film Festival's founder and director is Adam Lopez, an independent sci-fi and horror filmmaker.

Contents

[edit] Festivals

[edit] 2006

The inaugural 2006 festival was held October 20-24, 2006 at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto, Canada. The festival showcased thirteen feature films from around the world, and 15 short films from Canada. Some of the films screened at the festival included Special, directed by Hal Haberman and Jeremy Passmorewhere, the J-horror film Retribution from cult director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the North American premiere of the Thai action-horror film Vengeance, and Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, which won the festival's first Audience Award.

Other films included The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell, Shinobi: Heart Under Blade, Night of the Living Dorks, Re-cycle, Mad Cowgirl, Slaughter Night and Naisu no mori: The First Contact. The festival also featured a Make Your Own Damn Movie! masterclass taught by Lloyd Kaufman.

[edit] 2007

The 2nd annual festival was held from October 19 to 25, 2007, at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto, Canada. The festival expanded to fifty films; fourteen features and 36 short films from around the world, including 15 Canadian shorts. Some of the highlights include the festival included The Tripper, directed by David Arquette, the new film from director Shinya Tsukamoto Nightmare Detective, the premiere of the latest Troma Entertainment film Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, Uwe Boll's latest epic In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, the zombie-western short film It Came From The West, the world premiere of John Bergin's From Inside, Mulberry Street (film) which went on to win the festival's After Dark Spirit Award, and the Thai horror film Alone (2007 film) from directors Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom, which won the festival's annual Audience Award.

Other films included Blood Car, Volkodav from the Grey Hound Clan (film), The Rebel (2007 Vietnamese film), Audience of One (film), Aachi & Ssipak, Ambassador's Day, Murder Party (film), Operation Fish, Terror On The 3918, and many others.

[edit] 2008

The 3rd annual festival will be held from October 17 to 24, 2008, at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto, Canada. The festival is accepting film submissions for the 3rd annual festival until June 20, 2008.


[edit] See also

[edit] Genre film festivals

[edit] References

[edit] External links

 This Toronto-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
This article about a film festival is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.