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SXFantastic! SXSW 2010 presents Fantastic Fest at Midnight!
Austin, Texas - February 4, 2010 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival has announced the complete features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 12 – 20, 2010 in Austin, Texas.
Over the course of nine days, 119 features will screen at the festival, with 55 of those having their world premieres at SXSW 2010.
For the second year in a row, Fantastic Fest has selected a slate of midnight features as part of the official SXSW Lineup. You can see these films and more with a SXSW film badge. SXSW film badges are on sale at www.sxsw.com/attend.
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Mind-bending international Midnighters, hand-selected by Fantastic Fest.
Films screening in SX Fantastic are:
HIGANJIMA (Japan/Korea)
(International Festival Premiere)
Director: Tae-Kyun Kim.
Screenwriter: Tetsuya Ôishi
Two years after losing contact, Akira discovers that his long-lost brother may be found on
Higanjima Island. He may also find an army of blood-sucking vampires.
Cast: Koji Yamamoto, Hideo Ishiguro, Dai Watanabe, Asami Mizukawa
MONSTERS (UK)
(World Premiere)
Director and Screenwriter: Gareth Edwards
Six years after a NASA probe crashes, bringing alien life forms to Earth, a journalist agrees
to escort a shaken tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US border.
Cast: Scoot McNairym, Whitney Able
OUTCAST (Ireland)
(World Premiere)
Director Colm McCarthy.
Screenwriters: Colm McCarthy and Tom McCarthy
Mary and Fergal live their lives on the run, using an ancient form of magic to hide from
a terrifying hunter.
Cast: James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie, Niall Bruton, Hannah Stanbridge
SERBIAN FILM / SRPSKI FILM (Serbia)
(World Premiere)
Director: Srdjan Spasojevic.
Screenwriters: Aleksandar Radivojevic and Srdjan Spasojevic
Facing financial difficulties, a retired porn star is lured back for one final film by a wealthy, eccentric producer. This experience, however, will be vastly more taxing than his previous shoots.
Cast: Sergei Trifunovic, Srdjan Todorovic, Katarina Zutic, Ana Sakic
SUPER SECRET TBA
(World Premiere)
Stay tuned to sxsw.com for more information and trailers about all of these films as well as details on the super secret TBA film!
Check out the full SXSW lineup here at sxsw.com/film/screenings/films
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 Fantastic Fest was founded in 2005 by festival director Tim League (founder of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema) and Harry Knowles (founder of Ain’t It Cool News). The Alamo Drafthouse was named “Best Theater in America” by Entertainment Weekly and Ain’t It Cool News is one of the most popular internet movie sites in the world. Now in its fifth year,
Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the U.S., and has
hosted a large number of world premieres over the years, including THERE WILL BE BLOOD, APOCALYPTO, HOSTEL, CITY OF EMBER and many more. Fantastic Fest was named by Variety president Charlie Koones as “one of the 10 festivals we love,” alongside industry heavy-hitters Cannes, Telluride and Toronto. We were also named by MovieMaker Magazine this year as “one of the 25 coolest film festivals.” Fantastic Fest is programmed in part by Tim League, Harry Knowles, Todd Brown, Rodney Perkins, Karrie League, Michael Lerman, Zack Carlson, Lars Nilsen, Henri Mazza and Eric Vespe. Special thanks to Colin Geddes and Marc Walkow for their programming guidance and support as well as festival co-founders Tim McCanlies and Paul Alvarado-Dykstra.
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Need Fantastic Fest Press Credentials?
If you are a member of the press and would like to attend Fantastic Fest in 2010, please email us with all of your details, the name of your outlet and links to your past film festival coverage.
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Looking for a hotel at Fantastic Fest?
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The Radisson is the official hotel of Fantastic Fest and is offering special rates for badgeholders. Click here for info on the Radisson and all nearby hotels.
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Fantastic Fest in Texas Monthly
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Check out the amazing coverage of Fantastic Fest in this month’s issue of Texas Monthly.
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Fantastic Fest co-founder and programmer, Harry Knowles, just posted about two different advance promo screening opportunities next week- they also happen to be the two upcoming movies we’re most excited about!
