Imagine: Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival

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Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2011, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: February 2011, TBA
Festival Data:
- Established: 1984
- Genre: Science Fiction - Fantasy (click to see)
- Attendance: 20000
- Media Attendance: 150
- Accredited Industry Attendance: 250
- Total Screenings: 232
- Competitive
- Retrospective
- Film Market
- Online Festival
- Students Section
- Has Panels
- Has Seminars
Festival Website:
http:/ / www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/ index.php?pageid=english&catid=english
Festival Description:

The AFFF has, in 25 years, grown into a mature 'player' on the festival circuit. As a member of the EFFFF (European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation) it organized the 2004 Golden Méliès Gala, where the prize for the best long and short European fantastic films of the year were awarded. In addition, the AFFF saw its adult status recently confirmed through the approval of structural (four year) subsidies by both the Ministry of Culture and the City of Amsterdam.

Since the first Weekend of Terror in 1986, the 'fantastic' offering has become a great deal more diverse, and the public's taste has likewise become more refined. The development of the AFFF program, started from a feast for horror lovers and has evolved to become a broadly oriented 'fantastic' festival.

In the main program of the AFFF the whole range of the genre film from blockbuster to art house film can be seen on screen: fantasy, horror, science-fiction, thriller, anime, and cult. The festival screens Dutch fabrication to films from far and away. The program also includes the Night of Terror when you can count on old-fashioned goosebumps.

AFFF has honored many guests over the years, including the recipients of The Lifetime Achievement Award (awarded since 2000) which include: Terry Gilliam (Career Achievement Award), Roger Corman, Ray Harryhausen, Paul Naschy, Peter Jackson, Lloyd Kaufman, Paul Verhoeven, Dario Argento and Wes Craven.
Film Submissions:
- Accepts direct submissions
- Submission formats: Beta-SP, Digi-Beta, 35mm
Email: info(at)afff.nl

Phone: +31 (0)20 679 4875

Fax: +31 (0)20 470 2696

Mailing Address: Timorplein 53
Amsterdam 1094 CC
Netherlands

Email:	info(at)afff.nl
Phone:	+31 (0)20 679 4875
Fax:	+31 (0)20 470 2696
Mailing Address:	Timorplein 53 Amsterdam 1094 CC Netherlands

APR 27, 2008 09:15PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Awards Announced for the 2008 Amsterdam Fantastik Film Festival

And the winners are...
During the closing ceremony of the 24th AFFF the winners of the jury awards were announced. The Black Tulip was awarded to TIMECRIMES. Due to illness director Nacho Vigalondo was unable to attend, but in a video message he thanked the jury. Director Gonzalo Lopez Gallego was present to accept the Silver Méliès for best European fantastic film for his KING OF THE HILL. A very enthusiastic Ivan Nunez Lopez accepted a nomination for best European fantastic short for his DE OVERKANT.

Silver Scream Award: [REC]
Director Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza

[REC] headed the chart for days and neither the closing night (DOOMSDAY by director Neil Marshall ) nor the Eyes Wide Open double-bills could change that (although the Japanese THE MACHINE GIRL by director Noboru Iguchidid very well). So the Spanish horror hit took the Silver Scream Award home. This marks the return of true horror at the top of the list, since ever since 1996 (Robert Rodriguez' FROM DUSK TILL DAWN) the audience favored other fantastic genres such as anime, fantasy, science-fiction and thriller.

The race for second and third place was much closer in which WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY by director Goran Dukicwas bumped off the podium by ACROSS THE UNIVERSE by director Julie Taymor (2) and FIDO by director Andrew Currie (3). 8,768 votes were counted, an increase of almost 20% compared to 2007.
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NOV 19, 2007 03:00PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

The Silver Scream Award, the audience award of the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, was won in previous years

2007: "Adam's Apples"
Directed By: Anders Thomas Jensen

2006: "Ordinary Man"
Directed By: Vincent Lannoo

2005: "Kung Fu Hustle"
Directed By: Stephen Chow

2004: "Tempus Fugit"
Directed By: Enric Folch

2003: "Spirited Away"
Directed By: Hayao Miyazaki

2002: "Donnie Darko"
Directed By: Richard Kelly

2001: "El Corazón del Guerrero"
Directed By: Daniel Monzón

2000: "Galaxy Quest"
Directed By: Dean Parisot

1999: "Existenz"
Directed By: David Cronenberg

1998: "Dark City"
Directed By: Alex Proyas

1996: "From Dusk Till Dawn"
Directed By: Robert Rodriguez

1995: "Dellomorte Dellamore"
Directed By: Michele Soavi

1994: "Return of the Living Dead 3"
Directed By: Brian Yuzna

1993: "Braindead"
Directed By: Peter Jackson

1992: "Akira"
Directed By: Katsuhiro Otomo

1991: "The Silence of the Lambs"
Directed By: Jonathan Demme

1990: "Nightbreed "
Directed By: Clive Barker
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