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SUBMIT YOUR FILM TO FANTASTIC FEST
Film submissions for 2009 will be active by December, 2008. You can submit your film online via WITHOUT A BOX. Follow their simple submission procedures and you are on your way.
2008 SUBMISSION DEADLINES
Discount Earlybird Deadline: March 4, 2009
Regular Deadline: May 6, 2009
Late Deadline: June 3, 2009
Without A Box Extended Deadline: July 17, 2009
Schedule Announced: September 3, 2009
Festival Begins: September 24, 2009
TESTIMONIALS
In the spring 2008 issue, MOVIEMAKER MAGAZINE named fantastic fest one of the 25 festivals worldwide worth the submission fee. View article or read the quote below:
"The folks at Austin's Fantastic Fest set the tone when they describe it as a place for "all around badass cinema." With kudos from Charlie Koones, former publisher of Variety, who calls it "one of the 10 Film Festivals We Love," moviemakers are definitely getting into that tender sprit, too, especially when it comes to the amount of publicity their Fantastic Fest screenings are generating. "For the size of our event, we have an incredibly high number of journalists from key publications: Variety, Twitchfilm, The Hollywood Reporter, Cinematical, Ain't It Cool News, Fangoria, Rue Morgue, indieWIRE and Film Threat just to name a few. We guarantee that your film will get a review and possibly as many as eight to ten," promises festival director Tim League. If you're hoping those good reviews will turn into a great distribution deal, this genre-focused fest has got you covered on that front, too. "We have a high volume of acquisition representatives and buyers from major and indie studios at the fest and have a media room equipped with screeners of all films for those agents who can only be on hand for part of the fest." - MOVIEMAKER MAGAZINE
"Fantastic Fest has made my whole career. Everything related to the
future of Timecrimes and mine as an american directors comes
through your festival. I know that some directors have a particular
festival attached to their whole biography. Now I know mine."
- Nacho Vigalondo, director, TIMECRIMES (worldwide rights to TIMECRIMES
were purchased by Magnolia Releasing following the world premiere of
the film at Fantastic Fest 2007)
"The best film festival I've ever been to, at the best theater in the world.
Everyone at Fantastic Fest really cared about the filmmakers, and worked incredibly hard to make every screening memorable. Thanks to everyone for making this first-time short film director feel like a Hollywood superstar."
- Phil Mucci, director, THE LISTENING DEAD