TESTIMONIALS FROM PAST ATTENDEES
“The geek Telluride… Fantastic Fest lives up to its name” – VARIETY
“Fantastic Fest is kinda what I think a festival should be. The whole festival isn’t built to sell movies or to line them up on a wall for Critics to rate and whine about, it’s built for film fans to have a really great time at. Fancy that…” – Rian Johnson, writer/director of THE BROTHERS BLOOM
“If there’s a heaven, I want it to be just like the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar during the week of Fantastic Fest. I’ve been to film festivals before but never one as amazing, exciting and ultimately movie loveraffirming as this one.” – Devin Faraci, CHUD.com
“I attend a solid handful of film festivals every year – and Fantastic Fest was (far and away) one of the most entertaining trips I’ve ever taken. I could not recommend Fantastic Fest highly enough.” – Scott Weinberg, managing editor, CINEMATICAL.com
"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)
"Considering Fantastic Fest is in its infancy,
it has already established a solid reputation on the global festival circuit as a world leader:
the ace in the pack of cards. With an awesome list of guests and movies,
Fantastic Fest also has the best cinema in the world, period: "The Alamo".
Founder Tim League has succeded a mission impossible with a bruiser of a movie
festival with a touch of genuine Texan hospitality. Take my word for it: Fantastic Fest rocks our planet." – Jay Slater, journalist, HOT DOG MAGAZINE UK
"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
"I had a terrific time at Fantastic Fest and felt waited on hand-and-foot.
I was just bowled over by the whole experience. I had such a wonderful time that
I'm tempted to make another film just so I can be invited back." – Roy Frumkes, producer, STRET TRASH
"Fantastic Fest's motto is "like a film festival with all the boring parts cut out", but it's more than that.
It's a festival with all politics and pretension cut out.
And what you're left with, besides Fantastic Fests bloodied,
mangled body, is a festival with a big heart that truly loves movies.
From the programmers, to the attendees, to the volunteers...everyone who's there is there out of love of movies.
Not for what's hot or what's big (though they do have that and then some with the appearance of some
ridiculous amazing screenings and guests) but out of real passion.
And there's no better place to experience this than at the world famous Alamo Drafthouse.
In fact, there's no better place to have your movie played than at Fantastic Fest and the Alamo.
Seriously, if you make a movie, you owe it to your film to try and play Fantastic Fest.
If you don't try, you'll most likely regret it forever." – Jeff Mahler, director, INSIDE