Fantastic Fest Logo 2010Fantastic Fest is moving into its sixth year and the 2010 event will take place in Austin, Texas September 23rd. This year's showings will include over fourty short films, each of which has been listed below. The horror short highlights include the creature feature "Culebra," the exorcist fueled "Deus Irae," the comical "The Legend of Beaver Dam," the dark "La Petit Mort" and undead characterizations in "Only Son." More details on the horror shorts are available below, along with the entire 2010 Fantastic Fest short film lineup.
"5 Minute Dating"
Canada
Director: Peter Hatch.
"A dating service where anyone can find their soul mate" (Fantastic).
"12 Years"
Germany
Director: Daniel Nocke.
"We're not the only species that needs to endure the wrenching pain of relationships gone sour" (Fantastic).
"The Astronomer's Sun"
Director: David Bunting.
"Lovely animated story about a boy and his bear and the secrets of the universe."
"Atomic Hubbub"
UK
Director: Stephen Irwin.
"5 Minute Dating"
Canada
Director: Peter Hatch.
"A dating service where anyone can find their soul mate" (Fantastic).
"12 Years"
Germany
Director: Daniel Nocke.
"We're not the only species that needs to endure the wrenching pain of relationships gone sour" (Fantastic).
"The Astronomer's Sun"
Director: David Bunting.
"Lovely animated story about a boy and his bear and the secrets of the universe."
"Atomic Hubbub"
UK
Director: Stephen Irwin.
- 9/3/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Hot diggity! Fantastic Fest is screening a whole lot of shorts and they're a whole lot of good. We've featured a number of these on Twitch in the past so get searching to turn up a fistful of happiness. Here's the full announcement!
Fantastic Fest 2010 Announces Full Short Films Slate
Over 40 Genre-Bending Shorts From Across The Globe
Set To Premiere At This Year's Festival
Austin, TX---Friday, September 3, 2010--- Fantastic Fest announces the full short films lineup, including over 40 genre-bending selections from around the world. The festival has amassed the ultimate array of cool, twisted, beautiful, mind-bending, horrifying and hilarious short films. The best short films can pack in more emotion, laughs adrenaline, creativity and flat-out insanity than a million big-budget blockbusters. Or they can show you something so ambitiously horrendous that you beg for mercy.
Fantastic Fest 2010 Short Film Lineup
5 Minute Dating
Canada, Director: Peter Hatch
A dating service...
Fantastic Fest 2010 Announces Full Short Films Slate
Over 40 Genre-Bending Shorts From Across The Globe
Set To Premiere At This Year's Festival
Austin, TX---Friday, September 3, 2010--- Fantastic Fest announces the full short films lineup, including over 40 genre-bending selections from around the world. The festival has amassed the ultimate array of cool, twisted, beautiful, mind-bending, horrifying and hilarious short films. The best short films can pack in more emotion, laughs adrenaline, creativity and flat-out insanity than a million big-budget blockbusters. Or they can show you something so ambitiously horrendous that you beg for mercy.
Fantastic Fest 2010 Short Film Lineup
5 Minute Dating
Canada, Director: Peter Hatch
A dating service...
- 9/3/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Fantastic Fest has announced its full 2010 short films lineup, including over 40 genre-bending selections from around the world. The festival has amassed the ultimate array of cool, twisted, beautiful, mind-bending, horrifying and hilarious short films. The best short films can pack in more emotion, laughs adrenaline, creativity and flat-out insanity than a million big-budget blockbusters. Or they can show you something so ambitiously horrendous that you beg for mercy.
Fantastic Fest 2010 Short Film Lineup
5 Minute Dating
Canada, Director: Peter Hatch
A dating service where anyone can find their soul mate.
12 Years
Germany, Director: Daniel Nocke
We’re not the only species that needs to endure the wrenching pain of relationships gone sour.
The Astronomer’s Sun
UK, Director: David Bunting
Lovely animated story about a boy and his bear and the secrets of the universe
Atomic Hubbub
UK, Director: Stephen Irwin
Here’s the newest way to enjoy mankind’s impending self-apocalypse.
Fantastic Fest 2010 Short Film Lineup
5 Minute Dating
Canada, Director: Peter Hatch
A dating service where anyone can find their soul mate.
12 Years
Germany, Director: Daniel Nocke
We’re not the only species that needs to endure the wrenching pain of relationships gone sour.
The Astronomer’s Sun
UK, Director: David Bunting
Lovely animated story about a boy and his bear and the secrets of the universe
Atomic Hubbub
UK, Director: Stephen Irwin
Here’s the newest way to enjoy mankind’s impending self-apocalypse.
- 9/3/2010
- by Lars Nilsen
- OriginalAlamo.com
Culebra is set to release at Slamdance tomorrow at 10:30pm and now horror fans can have a look at the first teaser for the trailer here. This first clip adds an adrenalized heartbeat in the soundtrack for extra excitement, as characters scream for help. Is there something hidden underground? Those who like the trailer for Culebra will have to wait a little longer to see the short, unless you are in the Utah area tomorrow nite. Director Sean Carter will be awaiting the response to his horror short in order to decide whether to make Culebra a feature length film. Definitely worthy of a peep, check out the teaser trailer for Culebra inside.
The synopsis for Culebra here:
"A pregnant Mexican woman follows a shady human smuggler into an underground border crossing that goes terribly awry (Slamdance)."
Release Date: January 24th, 10:30pm (Limited Theatrical).
Director/writer: Sean Carter.
The synopsis for Culebra here:
"A pregnant Mexican woman follows a shady human smuggler into an underground border crossing that goes terribly awry (Slamdance)."
Release Date: January 24th, 10:30pm (Limited Theatrical).
Director/writer: Sean Carter.
- 1/24/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Sean Carter (The Killing Room) is the brains behind the horror short Culebra, while Vanessa Hidalgo (The Glitch) is the brawn. Showing at Slamdance beginning January 24th, Culebra is a fifteen minute film that covers the illegal smuggling of immigrants across the American southern border, with a twist. The short, at Slamdance, is the start of what could be a feature length version of the film that has been compared to "Paranormal Activity, Cloverfield, and The Blair Witch Project (Marcos Akiaten)." Have a look at a full scene from Culebra, which shows Hidalgo's character Rosalie trapped, pregnant, and very alone.
The synopsis for Culebra here:
"A pregnant Mexican woman follows a shady human smuggler into an underground border crossing that goes terribly awry (Slamdance)."
Release Date: January 24th, 10:30pm (Limited Theatrical).
Director/writer: Sean Carter.
Cast: Carlos Linares.
The movie clip for Culebra here (movie trailer below):
*Movie clip removed by director's request.
The synopsis for Culebra here:
"A pregnant Mexican woman follows a shady human smuggler into an underground border crossing that goes terribly awry (Slamdance)."
Release Date: January 24th, 10:30pm (Limited Theatrical).
Director/writer: Sean Carter.
Cast: Carlos Linares.
The movie clip for Culebra here (movie trailer below):
*Movie clip removed by director's request.
- 1/22/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Now that Slamdance, Sundance, and Horrorfest 4 are each ready to kick-off this month the trailers and movie promos' are coming in fast and heavy. One trailer that stands out, other than Sean Carter's Culebra, is Chris Sparling's story of a convoy driver kidnapped in Iraq (Buried). Buried stars Ryan Reynolds (Blade: Trinity) as Paul Conroy the driver who awakens in basically a coffin with amnesia. Things become clearer for Conroy and the audience as the film progresses. To be released at Sundance January 23, a small teaser trailer is available for Buried here.
A synopsis for Buried:
"Paul is a U.S. contractor working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap."
Release: January 23, 2010
Director: Rodrigo Cortes.
A synopsis for Buried:
"Paul is a U.S. contractor working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap."
Release: January 23, 2010
Director: Rodrigo Cortes.
- 1/22/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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