Toronto After Dark Film Festival

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.

Festivals

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 "", which won the festival's first Audience Award.

Other films included "The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell", ', "Night of the Living Dorks", "Re-cycle", "Mad Cowgirl", "Slaughter Night" and '. The festival also featured a Make Your Own Damn Movie! masterclass taught by Lloyd Kaufman.

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 ', Uwe Boll's latest epic ', 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", "The Rebel", "Audience of One", "Aachi & Ssipak", "Ambassador's Day", "Murder Party", "Operation Fish", "Terror On The 3918", and many others.

2008

The 3rd annual festival will be held from October 17 to 24, 2008, at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto, Canada. Theatrical premieres include Repo! The Genetic Opera, Tokyo Gore Police, Låt den rätte komma in (film), Trailer Park of Terror, Mutant Chronicles (film), the North American premiere of I Sell The Dead, the international premiere of South Of Heaven (film), and many more!

ee also

Genre film festivals

* European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation
* Fantasia Festival
* Festival de Cine de Sitges
* Fantastic Fest
* TromaDance
* Eerie Horror Film Festival
* New York City Horror Film Festival
* Dead by Dawn
* Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film
* International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival

References

* [http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_15884.aspx "Toronto After Dark Film Fest Features Offbeat Fare" (CityTV News)]
* [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-10-18/movie_reviews2.php "After Dark gets Bloody Good" (Now Magazine)]
* [http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/268357 "Bring Out Your Undead" (The Toronto Star)]
* [http://www.fangoria.com/fearful_feature.php?id=5225 "After Dark in the Great White North" (Fangoria)]
* [http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/interview/423 "Toronto After Dark Film Festival Report and Reviews" (Bloody Disgusting.com)]
* [http://boxoffice.com/festivals/afterdark/2007/10/horrorgeddon-toronto-after-dar.php "Horrorgeddon: Toronto After Dark 2007" (Box Office Magazine)]
* [http://culturatti.com/2007/10/30/the-self-esteem-awards-toronto-after-dark-2007-the-shorts "2007 Toronto After Dark Film Festival short film reviews" (The Culturatti)]

External links

* [http://www.torontoafterdark.com Toronto After Dark Film Festival] website
* [http://www.myspace.com/torontoafterdark myspace.com/torontoafterdark] Myspace page
* [http://www.youtube.com/torontoafterdark youtube.com/torontoafterdark] YouTube page