A Night of Horror International Film Festival

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A Night of Horror International Film Festival
LocationSydney, Australia
LanguageEnglish
Websiteanightofhorror.com

A Night of Horror International Film Festival is a horror genre film festival that is based in Sydney, Australia.[1]

There seems to be some consensus that the event is Australia's premiere, and possibly only, horror film festival. In his monthly column in Encore Magazine, columnist Harvey Shore referred to the festival as "Australia's first horror film festival [it] recognises the past and gives the horror genre a platform for the future."[2] In an article in Sydney's Drum Media magazine, journalist Liz Guiffre refers to the horror festival as "a one of a kind in our parts".[3]

Festival history[]

The festival was founded in 2006, by Dean Bertram, Lisa Mitchell, and Grant Bertram.[4] It was originally a short film festival, but has since expanded to include feature films and horror themed music videos. Indeed, now that the festival runs for a longer duration, the festival's name, "A Night of Horror", is actually something of a misnomer (the 2008 festival actually ran for ten days and nights). The principal screening venue for the 2008 festival was the Dendy Newtown Cinema. Additional special events included a horror filmmaking forum, a zombie walk, and a number of horror-themed parties.[3]

In addition to the principal annual event in Sydney, a "best of" program of films from the festival tours within Australia and internationally. Some of these screenings take place at other festivals under the "A Night of Horror" banner, and have included programs at: It Came From Lake Michigan Film Festival,[5] Weekend de la Peur,[6] and Revelation Perth International Film Festival.[7]

In 2007, A Night of Horror International Film Festival also programmed a special selection of Canadian produced horror films for Possible Worlds: Sydney's Canadian Film Festival (which took place at the Chauvel Cinema, Paddington).[8]

Festival Judges and Winning Films[]

The festival is competitive and films compete for several awards and prizes. A panel of judges decide these winners. 2009 judges included: Antony I. Ginnane (IFM World Releasing, SPAA), Jon Dalgaard (International Coordinator, Lionsgate), Jason Di Rosso (ABC Radio National Movietime), Lewis Alsamari (actor UNITED 93, GREEN ZONE and writer). Previous year's judges have included film author and curator Jack Sargeant, People magazine editor , television and radio personalities Jaimie Leonarder and , and FBi Radio presenter and journalist .

2007 Winning films

Best of Fest: (AUS)

Best Film: (ESP)

Best Animation: The Tell Tale Heart (LUX/ESP/USA)

Best Lovecraft Film: From Beyond (USA)

Best Zombie Film: (AUS)

Best Director: Paul Campion, Night of the Hell Hamsters (UK/NZ)

Best Performance: Emma Caulfield, (USA)

Best Scream Queen: , (AUS)

Best Special Effects: , (AUS)

Best Score: , Nazdravicko! (SVK)

2008 Winning Films

Best Film: Brain Dead (USA)

Best Foreign Film: La Antena (ARG)

Best Short Film: (USA)

Best Australian Film: (AUS)

Best Lovecraft Film: The Call of Cthulhu (USA)

Best Animation: (KOR/USA)

Best Music Video: Torture Device, featuring Dawn of Ashes (USA)

Best Director: Paco Limon, () (ESP)

Best Performance: Sammi Davis, (USA)

Best Scream Queen: Tess McVicker, Brain Dead (USA)

Best Special Make-Up Effects: Brain Dead (USA)

Best Special Visual Effects: Eel Girl (NZ/UK)

Directors' Choice Award (Best Feature Film): (USA)

Directors' Choice Award (Best Short Film): (USA)

2009 Winning Films

Best Film: Splinter (USA)

Best Foreign Language Film: (I'll Never Die Alone) (ARG)

Best Australian Film: (AUS)

Best Director: Adrián García Bogliano () (ARG)

Best Australian Director: Ursula Dabrowsky (Family Demons) (AUS)

Best Female Performance: Olga Fedori (Mum & Dad) (UK)

Best Male Performance: Shea Whigham (Splinter) (USA)

Best Special Effects: Splinter (USA)

Best Special Effects (Short Film): Treevenge (CAN)

Best Short Film: Una Storia Di Lupi () (ITA)

Best Short Animation: The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow[9] (CAN)

Best Lovecraft Film: AM 1200 (USA)

Best Short Australian Film: (AUS)

Best Music Video: More Control - (Dir: Steve Daniels) (USA)

Directors' Choice (BEST FEATURE): Reel Zombies (CAN)

Directors' Choice (BEST SHORT): Allure (USA)

Independent Spirit Award (FEATURE FILM): Finale (USA)

Independent Spirit Award (SHORT): (CAN)

Independent Spirit Award (AUSTRALIA): (AUS)

2009 Festival[]

The 2009 Sydney festival is scheduled for 25 March to 3 April 2009.

On 2 June 2008, the festival announced its call for entries for the 2009 festival. The festival accepts films in several different categories, including: feature films, short films, animations, films inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and horror-themed music videos.

It has also introduced a screenplay competition to take place in conjunction with the 2009 festival, and is calling for unproduced feature length and short horror scripts.

2009 Feature Screenplay Winners:

1st - Terminal - (Paul Campion & Elisabeth Pinto)

2nd - Children of the Night - (Harry Basil)

3rd - Footage - (Duncan Samarasinghe)

2009 Short Screenplay Winners:

1st - Brother Moose's Broken Shorts - (A.J. Mitchler)

2nd - Fragments of Normal - (Gwyn Duffy)

3rd - Mr. Roach - (Franck Zuanic)

References[]

  1. ^ Filmfreeway.com
  2. ^ Encore Magazine, September 2007, p. 46
  3. ^ a b Drum Media, 1 April, no. 899, p. 71
  4. ^ Encore Magazine, June 2008, p. 46
  5. ^ Itcamefromlakemichigan.com Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Weekenddelapeur.cs.cx Archived 7 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Revelationfilmfest.org Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Possibleworlds.net.au Archived 31 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "2009 Festival Award Winners". Lovecraft 21C Productions. 3 April 2009. Archived from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.

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