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The people who have brought you the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival for 10 years teams up once again with AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center to launch the Washington, DC Fantastic Film Showcase, a four-night event which will take place June 2-5 at the historic AFI Silver Theatre. Fifteen films representing the best in genre cinema – fantasy, sci-fi, action, animation, dark comedy, and horror – will be screened.
Click here for the full schedule! Opening the festival will be HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE, New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi’s rollicking follow-up to WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, followed by French filmmaker Lucile Hadžihalilović's visionary EVOLUTION, her first film in over a decade. |
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Additional highlights include the "Cronenberg-style body horror" ANTIBIRTH, produced by and starring Natasha Lyonne, and directed by Danny Perez, who previously directed the Animal Collective "visual album" ODDSAC; Sundance sensation UNDER THE SHADOW, where a young Tehran mother confronts an ancient evil awoken during the Iran-Iraq war; the '70s-set desert thriller, CARNAGE PARK, set somewhere between Wes Craven's THE HILLS HAVE EYES and Peter Watkins' PUNISHMENT PARK; Zach Clark (WHITE REINDEER) off-kilter tale of an ex-Goth nun, LITTLE SISTER, which recently premiered at SXSW; sci-fi romance EQUALS, starring Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult, directed by AFI Conservatory alum Drake Doremus (LIKE CRAZY); Osgood Perkins' boarding school chiller THE BLACKCOAT'S DAUGHTER (aka FEBRUARY); and the wacky dark comedy THE GREASY STRANGLER, produced by Elijah Wood.
Classic films presented include a 50th anniversary presentation of BATMAN: THE MOVIE starring Adam West and Burt Ward; a new restoration of the 1954 color sci-fi GOG in 3D, presented by 3D expert Robert Furmanek; and the restored version of the rare and transgressive 1973 Japanese animation classic BELLADONNA OF SADNESS [KANASHIMI NO BERADONNA].
The Fantastic Film Showcase will also feature a special screening of Brian De Palma's PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, introduced by Washington, DC-area television legend, Count Gore De Vol. The screening will feature a musical pre-show and concurrent shadowcast by the DC All-Star troupe that recently wowed the AFI Silver audience at last year's screening of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.
The inaugural Washington, DC Fantastic Film Showcase will conclude with two world premieres of films produced in the Mid-Atlantic region: the documentary TREKOFF: THE MOVIE, directed by and starring Justin Timpane (NINJAS VS. MONSTERS); and Jay Spence's modern love letter to grindhouse filmmaking, YOU'RE F@#K'N DEAD!
Tickets for the Washington, DC Fantastic Film Showcase are sold by the AFI Silver Theatre at the box office and online at AFI.com/Silver.
Fantastic Pass
The Fantastic Pass grants the bearer access to all screenings in the 2016 Washington DC Fantastic Film Showcase, no tickets needed! Priced at just $80 (a savings of nearly $100), the Fantastic Pass is a great deal for film lovers! After online purchase, passes may be picked up at AFI Silver Theatre beginning June 2. Click here for more information on tickets and the AFI Silver.
Mid-Atlantic Film and Television Group
The Washington DC Fantastic Film Showcase continues the relationship between the AFI Silver Theatre and the Mid-Atlantic Film and Television Group, now in its 11th year of producing the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival. Movies that have screened at the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival over the years include THE BABADOOK, FINAL GIRLS, EXISTS, TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL, A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, HE NEVER DIED, THE INVITATION and EXCISION. Spooky Movie returns to the AFI Silver October 5–9, 2016.
Classic films presented include a 50th anniversary presentation of BATMAN: THE MOVIE starring Adam West and Burt Ward; a new restoration of the 1954 color sci-fi GOG in 3D, presented by 3D expert Robert Furmanek; and the restored version of the rare and transgressive 1973 Japanese animation classic BELLADONNA OF SADNESS [KANASHIMI NO BERADONNA].
The Fantastic Film Showcase will also feature a special screening of Brian De Palma's PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, introduced by Washington, DC-area television legend, Count Gore De Vol. The screening will feature a musical pre-show and concurrent shadowcast by the DC All-Star troupe that recently wowed the AFI Silver audience at last year's screening of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.
The inaugural Washington, DC Fantastic Film Showcase will conclude with two world premieres of films produced in the Mid-Atlantic region: the documentary TREKOFF: THE MOVIE, directed by and starring Justin Timpane (NINJAS VS. MONSTERS); and Jay Spence's modern love letter to grindhouse filmmaking, YOU'RE F@#K'N DEAD!
Tickets for the Washington, DC Fantastic Film Showcase are sold by the AFI Silver Theatre at the box office and online at AFI.com/Silver.
Fantastic Pass
The Fantastic Pass grants the bearer access to all screenings in the 2016 Washington DC Fantastic Film Showcase, no tickets needed! Priced at just $80 (a savings of nearly $100), the Fantastic Pass is a great deal for film lovers! After online purchase, passes may be picked up at AFI Silver Theatre beginning June 2. Click here for more information on tickets and the AFI Silver.
Mid-Atlantic Film and Television Group
The Washington DC Fantastic Film Showcase continues the relationship between the AFI Silver Theatre and the Mid-Atlantic Film and Television Group, now in its 11th year of producing the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival. Movies that have screened at the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival over the years include THE BABADOOK, FINAL GIRLS, EXISTS, TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL, A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, HE NEVER DIED, THE INVITATION and EXCISION. Spooky Movie returns to the AFI Silver October 5–9, 2016.
