Fantastic Fest is excited to announce its final wave of film programming, including Terry Gilliam's unique dystopian vision of the future, The Zero Theorem, as the closing night film on September 26th. The ninth edition of Fantastic Fest, will take place September 19 - 26 at Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline in Austin, Texas. See below for descriptions of twenty-five new World, North American & US premiere films at this year's festival.

ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE (USA, 2006)
Special Screening
Director - Jonathon Levine, 98 min
All the boys love Mandy Lane and all the girls want to be her. There's at least one person, though, that wants Mandy and her friends dead.

CHANTHALY (Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2013)
North American Premiere
Director - Mattie Do, 98 min
A sickly young woman experiences visions of her dead mother. Is the apparition simply a side effect of her daily medication, or her mother actually reaching out to her from beyond the grave?

CONFESSION OF MURDER (Korea, 2012)
U.S. Premiere
Director - Jeong Byeong-Gil, 119 min
After the statute of limitations expires on a series of high profile murders, a man writes a book claiming to be the killer, setting off a firestorm of media attention as the families of the dead and the cop in charge of the case hunt for justice.

DETECTIVE DOWNS (Norway, 2013)
World Premiere
Director - Bård Breien, 90 min
What makes Robert a unique P.I. isn't that he has Down Syndrome; it's that he uses empathy to solve his cases. And empathy will come in handy as he investigates a complicated, conspiracy-laden disappearance.

THE DIRTIES (Canada, 2013)
Regional Premiere
Director - Matt Johnson, 83 min
A pair of cinema-obsessed high school geeks are caught up in an escalating cycle of violence when the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur.

ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW (USA, 2013)
Regional Premiere
Director - Randall Moore, 90 min
A family vacation at the happiest place on Earth devolves into a hellish nightmare.

THE FAKE (South Korea, 2013)
U.S. Premiere
Director - Sang-ho Yeon, 101 min
Yeun Sang-ho's follow-up to THE KING OF PIGS tells the story of a brutal scumbag who tries to expose a religious fraud.

FATAL (South Korea, 2013)
Texas Premiere
Director - Lee Don-ku, 103 min
A Korean teen's desire to overcome a horrible crime committed as a youth turns into violence in Lee Dong-ku's passionate and moving debut.

GATCHAMAN (Japan, 2013)
U.S. Premiere
Director - Touya Sato, 113 min
The classic anime series - known variously as BATTLE OF THE PLANETS and G-FORCE - explodes on the big screen with its first live action adaptation.

GREATFUL DEAD (Japan, 2013)
World Premiere
Director - Eiji Uchida, 97 min
A young female peeping tom develops a fatal attraction to a virile old man.

JODOROWSKY'S DUNE (USA, 2013)
Texas Premiere
Director - Frank Pavich, 88 min
This is the story of the greatest film never made: Alejandro Jodorowsky's adaptation of Frank Herbert's DUNE.

JOURNEY TO THE WEST: CONQUERING THE DEMONS (China, 2013)
North American Premiere
Directors - Stephen Chow & Chi-kin Kwok 110 min
One of the undisputed Chinese masters of comedy, Stephen Chow (SHAOLIN SOCCER; KUNG FU HUSTLE) returns with an action-packed love story about competing demon hunters vying for the same conquests.

LOVE ETERNAL (Ireland, 2013)
U.S. Premiere
Director - Brendan Muldowney, 94 min
When a young shut-in is forced back out into the real world following the death of his mother, he discovers he can find peace and love only amongst the dead.

METALLICA THROUGH THE NEVER 3D (USA, 2013)
Regional Premiere
Director - Nimród Antal, 92 min
Director Nimrod Antal creates a groundbreaking 3-D motion picture event, combing a bold narrative and spectacular live-performance footage of one of the most influential rock bands in history.

MISS ZOMBIE (Japan, 2013)
North American Premiere
Director - Hiroaki Tanaka, 85 min
Cult director Sabu returns with his first original story in a decade! When a family has a zombie unexpectedly delivered to their house, they decide to keep her as a domestic servant.

MOEBIUS (South Korea, 2013)
U.S. Premiere
Director - Kim Ki-duk, 89 min
A transgressive taboo-shattering psychodrama from Korean auteur Kim Ki-Duk.

MONSOON SHOOTOUT (India, 2013)
North American Premiere
Director - Amit Kumar, 88 min
When a rookie cop corners a suspected murderer, he must make a choice with far-reaching effects in this violent Indian thriller.

NINJA II: SHADOW OF A TEAR (USA, 2013)
World Premiere
Director - Isaac Florentine, 95 min
Scott Adkins returns as Casey Bowman, a Ninjitsu master out to avenge the death of his wife in director Isaac Florentine's follow-up to his 2009 film NINJA.

RAGNAROK (Norway, 2013)
World Premiere
Director - Mikkel Brænne Sandemose, 100 min
The ancient and modern worlds collide in this rousing Norwegian action adventure.

RIGOR MORTIS (Hong Kong, 2013)
U.S. Premiere
Director - Juno Mak, 105 min
A former movie star gets a battle he didn't bargain for when he moves into a haunted public housing tenement inhabited by various degrees of the undead.

THE STRANGE COLOR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS (France, Belgium, 2013)
U.S. Premiere
Directors - Bruno Forzani & Hélène Cattet
A man finds violence and sex at every turn as he searches his apartment building for his missing wife in this stylish mystery from the directors of AMER.

WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (USA, 2013)
Texas Premiere
Director - Jim Mickle, 105 min
Director Jim Mickle paints a gripping portrait of an introverted family struggling to keep their macabre traditions alive.

WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE (USA, 2013)
U.S. Premiere
Director - Simon Hawkins & Zeke Hawkins, 91 min
Three fun-seeking teenagers end up on the VERY wrong side of a bloodthirsty crew of rural crimelords.

WOLF (The Netherlands, 2013)
U.S. Premiere
Director - Jim Taihuttu, 120 min
Freshly released on parole and hailing from an immigrant family, Majid's only real assets are his fists. He's inexorably drawn into the worlds of competitive fighting and organized crime in this gritty crime thriller.

THE ZERO THEOREM (United Kingdom, 2013)
North American Premiere
Director - Terry Gilliam, 107 min
An eccentric and reclusive computer genius plagued with existential angst works on a mysterious project aimed at discovering the purpose of existence - or the lack thereof - once and for all. However, it is only once he experiences the power of love and desire that he is able to understand his very reason for being.

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Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the second wave of programming for the ninth edition of Fantastic Fest, taking place September 19 - 26 at Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline in Austin, Texas. See below for descriptions of nineteen new World, North American & US premiere films at this year's festival and stay tuned for more amazing 2013 content to be announced!

FIELD IN ENGLAND, A (England, 2013)
North American Premiere
Director - Ben Wheatley, 90 mins
During the British Civil War, when magic was science, an alchemist forces a group of deserters to help him locate buried treasure, and sends them all straight into the mouth of madness.

AFFLICTED (Canada, 2013)
US Premiere
Director - Clif Prowse, 85 mins
Derek and Clif, best friends documenting their journey across the world, are in for an unexpected adventure when one of them comes down with a sinister sickness.

ALMOST HUMAN (USA, 2013)
US Premiere
Director - Joe Begos, 80 mins
A man who disappeared under mysterious circumstances returns to wreak havoc upon a small town.

BLUE RUIN (USA, 2013)
US Premiere
Director - Jeremy Sauliner, 90 mins
A homeless man aims to avenge his dead parents when their killer is released from prison, triggering a chain of events that will only end in more blood.

COHERENCE (USA, 2013)
World Premiere
Director - James Ward Byrkit, 127 mins
On the night a comet is passing near Earth, a dinner party takes an odd turn. When the power goes out, eight friends discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.

CONGRESS, THE (Israel, Germany, 2013)
North American Premiere
Director - Ari Folman, 122 mins
Robin Wright (playing herself) receives the last offer she'll ever get from a Hollywood studio in Ari Folman's adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's classic scifi novel, and his follow-up to WALTZ WITH BASHIR.

GOLDBERG AND EISENBERG (Israel, 2013)
World Premiere
Director - Oren Carmi, 91 mins
A psychopath develops a dangerous obsession with a schlubby computer programmer.

GRAND PIANO (Spain, 2013)
World Premiere
Director - Eugenio Mira, 90 mins
A renowned concert pianist (Elijah Wood) returns to the stage for one final performance, only to become the target of a sadistic cat-and-mouse game with a faceless sniper (John Cusack).

HENTAI KAMEN: FORBIDDEN SUPER HERO (Japan, 2013)
Texas Premiere
Director - Yuichi FUKUDA, 105 mins
A new hero has arisen in Japan: One with fishnet stockings, a mankini, and a pair of women's panties over his face. When conventional justice fails, make way for the Hentai Kamen.

MARUYAMA THE MIDDLE SCHOOLER (Japan, 2013)
North American Premiere
Director - Kankuro Kudo, 119 mins
A middle school student prone to wild daydreams devotes his waking hours to stretching and flexibility exercises with the ultimate goal of one day being able to lick his own penis.

MIRAGE MEN (United Kingdom, 2013)
North American Premiere
Director - John Lundberg, 85 mins
A mind-scrambling documentary that posits that popular myths about the existence of UFOs originated from a disinformation campaign by the U.S. government.

O'APOSTOLO (Spain, 2013)
Texas Premiere
Director - Fernando Cortizo, 87 mins
Gothic legends are brought to life by gorgeous stop-motion animation in this adult fantasy film from Spain.

OUR HEROES DIED TONIGHT (France, 2013)
North American Premiere
Director - David Perrault, 94 mins
Freshly returned home from a stint in the French Foreign Legion, Victor finds work as a reluctantly villainous masked wrestler in this marvelously crafted ode to film noir from first-time director David Perrault.

PATRICK (Australia, 2013)
North American Premiere
Director - Mark Hartley, 95 mins
Nurse Kathy Jaquard didn't expect a lot of trouble on the coma ward but she gets more than she can handle when she meets the telekinetic Patrick in Mark Hartley's remake of the Ozsploitation classic.

PROXY (USA, 2013)
US Premiere
Director - Zack Parker, 120 mins
American director Zack Parker delivers an unexpected, nasty little thriller about a woman whose life spins out of control following an attack on her unborn child.

SEPTIC MAN (Canada, 2013)
World Premiere
Director - Jesse Thomas Cook, 83 mins
An erstwhile plumber undergoes a hideous transformation when trapped inside a septic tank and tormented by the bizarre residents of his town's sewage treatment plant.

TALES FROM THE ORGAN TRADE (Canada, 2013)
Austin Premiere
Director - Ric Bienstock, 82 mins
David Cronenberg narrates this fascinating documentary about the secret world of international organ trafficking.

WHY DON'T YOU PLAY IN HELL (Japan, 2013)
US Premiere
Director - Sion Sono, 126 mins
Things get insanely bloody when an inspiring film troupe known as The Fuck Bombers collide with a yakuza boss who wants to make a movie with his daughter, in Fantastic Fest veteran Sion Sono's (LOVE EXPOSURE; SUICIDE CLUB) latest.

WITCHING & BITCHING (Spain, 2013)
US Premiere
Director - Alex de la Iglesia, 120 mins
Hit Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia (THE LAST CIRCUS) returns to Fantastic Fest with a hilarious and gory tale of thieves who find themselves in over their heads when faced with a coven of bloodthirsty witches.

Look for more film & event programming announcements for Fantastic Fest in the weeks ahead

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Fantastic Fest is excited to announce Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills will have its world premiere on September 19, 2013 as the opening night film for the 2013 festival, which will take place in Austin, Texas at the new Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline location from September 19-26, 2013. Talent from the film, including Danny Trejo, Alexa Vega and Robert Rodriguez, will be in attendance. Additional talent to be confirmed closer to festival.

"Every year we compile our dream targets for opening night film; MACHETE KILLS was at the top of that list," said Fantastic Fest Co-founder & Creative Director Tim League. "We are going to pull out all the stops to ensure Robert's world premiere red carpet experience is literally blood red."

"Fantastic Fest has quickly become the best place for fans to first experience the newest and coolest genre movies and blockbusters," said director Robert Rodriguez. "I am honored and extremely excited for Machete Kills to have its world premiere right here in Austin and kick off Fantastic Fest."

In Machete Kills, Danny Trejo returns as ex-Federale agent Machete, who is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man - he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet.

The talented and eclectic cast includes: Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Carlos Estevez, Lady Gaga, Antonio Banderas, Jessica Alba, Demian Bichir, Alexa Vega, Vanessa Hudgens, Cuba Gooding, Jr., William Sadler, Marko Zaror and Mel Gibson.

Presented by Open Road Films, Machete Kills is directed by Robert Rodriguez, produced by Robert Rodriguez, Aaron Kaufman, Iliana Nikolic, Sergei Bespalov, Alexander Rodnyansky and Rick Schwartz, from a screenplay by Kyle Ward, based on a story by Marcel Rodriguez and Robert Rodriguez. Machete Kills releases in U.S. theaters on October 4, 2013.

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Fantastic Fest is thrilled to announce this year's Fantastic Fest Award winners. It's a terrible task to pick favorites and single out any of the magnificent films that played at this year's festival, but our esteemed team of jurors have done the nearly impossible and chosen the best and most striking films of the festival.

The audience awards are presented by accounting firm Maxwell Locke & Ritter (www.mlrpc.com), who provided the certified tabulation of ballots this year and are the exclusive accounting sponsor of Fantastic Fest. AMD is the presenter of the prestigious "Next Wave" Awards, which honors emerging filmmakers. The winner of the "Next Wave" feature award is presented with an elegant AMD/Next Wave Trophy along with AMD-based computer hardware featuring the AMD Accelerated Processing Unit (APU).

AUDIENCE AWARD (Presented by Maxwell Locke & Ritter)

I Declare War (dir. Robert Wilson & Jason Lapeyre)

AMD "NEXT WAVE" SPOTLIGHT COMPETITION

Best Picture: Flicker (dir. Patrik Eklund)
Best Director: Charles de Lauzirika (Crave)
Best Screenplay: Max Porcelijn (Plan C)
Best Actor: Michael Eklund (Errors of the Human Body)
Best Actress: Alina Levshin (Combat Girls)


FANTASTIC FEATURES

Best Picture: Vanishing Waves (dir. Kristina Buozyte)
Best Director: Kristina Buozyte (Vanishing Waves)
Best Screenplay: Bruno Samper, Kristina Buozyte (Vanishing Waves)
Best Actor: Rene Bitorajac (Vegetarian Cannibal)
Best Actress: Jurga Jutaite (Vanishing Waves)

HORROR FEATURES

Best Picture: Here Comes the Devil (dir. Adrián García Bogliano)
Best Screenplay: Adrián García Bogliano (Here Comes the Devil)
Best Director: Adrián García Bogliano (Here Comes the Devil)
Special mention: Hajime Ohata (Henge)
Best Actor: Francisco Barreiro (Here Comes the Devil)
Best Actress: Laura Caro (Here Comes the Devil)
Special Mention: Katherine Isabel (American Mary)

GUTBUSTER COMEDY FEATURES

Best Picture: New Kids Nitro (dir. Steffen Haars & Flip Van der Kuil)
Best Director: Dario Russo (Danger 5)
Best Screenplay: John Mitchell (The History of Future Folk)
Best Actor: Chapman To (Vulgaria)
Best Actress: Rina Takeda (Dead Sushi)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

Best Picture: The American Scream (dir. Michael Stephenson)
Best Director: Rodney Ascher (Room 237)

SHORT FUSE: HORROR SHORTS

Winner: At The Formal (Andrew Kavanagh, Australia)
Runner-up: The Sleepover (Chris Cullari, USA)

FANTASTIC SHORTS

Winner: Record/Play (Jesse Atlas, USA)
Runner-up: Love (Kaveh Nabatian, Canada)

DRAWN AND QUARTERED: ANIMATED SHORTS

Winner: Bendito Machine IV - (Jossie Malis, Spain)
Runner-up: Tram - (Michaela Pavlátová, Czech Republic)

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Fantastic Fest is thrilled to announce the final installment of programming for Fantastic Fest 2012, including the world premiere screening of The Collection.  Fantastic Fest will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.

When Elena's (Emma Fitzpatrick) friends take her to a secret party at an undisclosed location, she never imagined she would become the latest victim of The Collector, a psychopathic killer. The Collector kidnaps and transports her to an abandoned hotel he's transformed into his own private maze of torture and death. Upon learning of his daughter's disappearance, Elena's wealthy father (Christopher McDonald) hires a group of mercenaries to retrieve her from the vicious grips of The Collector. These mercenaries coerce Arkin (Josh Stewart), the only man to have escaped the wrath of this heinous monster, to lead them through the gruesome labyrinth. Now, Arkin finds himself fighting for his own life in order to save Elena. "The Collection," directed by Marcus Dunstan and written by Dunstan and Patrick Melton, is a suspense horror film with nonstop thrills at every turn, starring Josh Stewart (The Dark Knight Rises), Emma Fitzpatrick (The Social Network), and Christopher McDonald (Requiem for a Dream).  LD Entertainment will release The Collection in theaters November 30, 2012.

For more information about THE COLLECTION, please visit http://www.thecollectionmovie.com/, "like" the film on Facebook at Facebook.com/TheCollectionMovie or follow on twitter @collectionfilm, #TheCollection.

See below for the final wave of films at this year's festival. 

AMERICAN MARY (2011)
US Premiere
Directors - Jen and Sylvia Soska, 95 mins
Disillusioned with her chosen profession and perpetually broke, medical student Mary Mason finds herself drawn into a shady world of underground surgery and body modification.

ANTIVIRAL (2012)
US Premiere
Director - Brandon Cronenberg, 110 mins
Syd March makes people sick, infecting them with viruses harvested to order from celebrities, but gets more than he bargained for when his most famous source dies from a virus Syd has just infected himself with.

BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO (2012)
US Premiere
Director - Peter Strickland, 92 mins
Strange things occur after a British audio technician is summoned to Italy to work on a gory giallo film.

BESTIES (2012)
World Premiere
Director - Rebecca Perry Cutter, 91 mins
BESTIES tells the story of two high school girls-an awkward freshman and a sexy senior-who become immersed in a manipulative and deadly friendship.

BLACK OUT (2012)
World Premiere
Director - Arne Toonen, 73 mins
A splitting headache, a dead gangster, twenty kilos of missing coke and 24 hours to sort it all out before getting married. Jos is about to have a very bad day.

BRING ME THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE GUN WOMAN (2012)
World Premiere
Director - Ernesto Diaz Espinosa, 75 mins
Timid, video game-loving DJ Santiago seemingly digs his own grave when he agrees to bring a violent criminal kingpin the head of Machine Gun Woman.

THE COLLECTION (2012)

World Premiere with director/writer Marcus Dunstan, writer Patrick Melton and cast Josh Stewart and Emma Fitzpatrick in person
Directors - Marcus Dunstan, 83 mins

When Elena's friends take her to a secret party at an undisclosed location, she never imagined she would become the latest victim of The Collector, a psychopathic killer.

COME OUT AND PLAY (2012)
US Premiere
Director - Makinov, 95 mins
While on vacation, Beth and Francis visit a remote island that turns out to be almost solely inhabited by children. Unfortunately for them, these kids are far from well behaved.

DANGER 5 (2012)
World Premiere
Director - Dario Russo, 150 mins
It's World War II and there's nothing Hitler won't do to take over the world! Dinosaur men! Love potions! Giant robots! And all that stands in his way are the intrepid forces of the DANGER 5!

DOM - A RUSSIAN FAMILY (2011)
North American Premiere
Director - Oleg Pogodin, 109 mins
A Russian mobster returns to his ancestral home for a family reunion after years of living in the criminal underworld. Unbeknownst to him, his ruthless enemies follow close behind.

EXORCIST IN THE 21ST CENTURY, THE (2012)

World Premiere

Director - Fredrik Horn Akselsen, 80 mins

Norwegian documentarian Fredrik Horn Akselsen examines the work of Father Jose Antonio Fortea - an actual, Vatican-approved exorcist - in this balanced look at a largely hidden world within the Catholic church.

THE FINAL MEMBER (2012)

Regional Premiere

Directors - Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math, 75 mins

A mind-blowing documentary about three men who are deeply obsessed with penises-human or otherwise.

THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER ROLLED (2012)
World Premiere
Director - Ryan Polito, 90 mins
Inspired by Morgan Spurlock's Greatest Movie Ever Sold, two comedians, Doug Benson and Graham Elwood, decide to finance a movie about going on tour by going on tour.

HAIL (2012)
Regional Premiere
Director - Amiel Courtin-Wilson, 104 mins
Real life ex-con Daniel P. Jones stars in this haunting and unflinchingly realistic film crafted from over 500 pages of his own memories and experiences.

HELLFJORD (2012)
World Premiere
Directors - Patrik Syversen, Kenneth Olaf Hjellum, Ole Giæver, Sebastian Dalén, Vegar Hoel and Roar Uthaug, 203 mins  
Seven of Norway's finest directors team up for writer / producer Tommy Wirkola's fusion of HOT FUZZ and TWIN PEAKS. A seven part TV series from the director of DEAD SNOW.

HISTORY OF FUTURE FOLK (2012)

Regional Premiere

Directors - J. Anderson Mitchell and Jeremy Kipp Walker, 85 mins

Real life bluegrass band Future Folk use a banjo and a guitar to save mankind in this sci-fi comedy origin story.

LEE'S ADVENTURE (2011)
North American Premiere
Director - Frant Gwo, 91 mins
When Li Xianje's beautiful girlfriend dies in a tragic accident, he attempts to harness his temporal dilation disorder in order to travel back in time and save her.

MIAMI CONNECTION (1987)
Repertory screening  
Directors - Y.K. Kim and Woo-sang Park, 120 mins  
The legendary long-lost '80s thunder-rager! Martial arts rock band Dragon Sound throw down in the ultimate conflict against an army of cocaine-powered motorcycle ninjas. The BEST unseen movie in HISTORY!

PUSHER (2012)
US Premiere  
Director - Luis Prieto, 89 mins
A small time drug dealer gets in way over his head when a big deal goes bad in Luis Prieto's British remake of Nicolas Winding Refn's debut feature film.

TAI CHI 0 (2012)
US Premiere
Director - Stephen Fung, 100 mins
Martial arts meets steampunk in Hong Kong actor-director Stephen Fung's slick, stylish pop-art take on the life of Yang-lu Chan (played by new martial-arts sensation Yuan Xiaochao), founder of the Yang school of tai chi.

TAPED (2012)

Regional Premiere

Director - Diederik van Rooijen, 80 mins

A trip meant to save their marriage turns into a nightmare when Johan and Saar accidentally videotape a police shooting in the streets of Argentina.

TEBANA SANKICHI: SNOT ROCKETS (2012)
World Premiere
Director - Yudai Yamaguchi, 79 mins
Tak Sakaguchi stars in Yudai Yamaguchi's feature-length reboot of an original indie short film made in 1995. Follow the ridiculous adventures of sometime private detective and fighting master Tebana "Snot Rockets" Sankichi, and his loyal sidekick "Twice" Shiro. An episodic, nonsense comedy that flies like a rocket and lands like a wet loogie.

TWO RABBITS (DOIS COEHLOS) (2012)
International Premiere
Director - Afonso Poyart, 108 mins
Edgar returns to Brazil after two years in Miami, focused on enacting a complicated revenge plot and hoping to find absolution for his sins in the process.

VEGETARIAN CANNIBAL (2012)
North American Premiere
Director - Branko Schmidt, 84 mins
A corrupt gynecologist provides illegal abortions to prostitutes working for the Croatian mafia.

VULGARIA (2012)

Regional Premiere
Director - Pang Ho-Cheung, 90 mins
What do pubic hair, pop rocks, cow vaginas and sex with mules have in common? They are all part of moviemaking in Hong Kong.      

  

WAKE IN FRIGHT (1971)

Repertory screening

Director - Ted Kotcheff, 114mins

A Palme D'Or nominee based on the 1961 book of the same name by Kenneth Cook and directed by FIRST BLOOD's Ted Kotcheff, WAKE IN FRIGHT is an uncompromisingly brutal look at what happens when men are left alone together in the outback with guns and a lot of beer. This is going to be a mind-blower on the big screen. Get ready.

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Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the short film lineup for the eighth edition of Fantastic Fest, happening September 20th-27th in Austin, Texas. Fantastic Fest loves its short films - they provide a fertile ground for new and exciting filmmaking talent to show off their genre goods in an unrestrained format. Here is the lineup for Fantastic Fest 2012:

38-39°C (2011)
Regional Premiere
Director: Jason Hong, South Korea, 8 minutes
A father and son confront the emotional divide that separates them in the intimate setting of a Korean bathhouse.

88:88 (2012)
Regional Premiere
Director: Joey Ciccoline, USA, 14 minutes
Val has lost control of her life. Those around her deny the reality of the extraordinary experiences she feels powerless against. Realizing she must stand alone, she has only one remaining option - to find a way to fight back.

ADVANTAGEOUS (2012)
Regional Premiere
Director: Jennifer Phang, USA 23 minutes
Gwen is the spokesperson for a radical technology allowing people to overcome their natural disadvantages. But when her job and family are in crisis, will she undergo the procedure herself?

AT THE FORMAL (2012)
Austin Premiere
Director: Andrew Kavanagh, Australia, 8 minutes
Modern and ancient rituals collide in this macabre depiction of a high school formal.

ATTACK OF THE KILLER MUTANT CHICKENS (2011)
Austin Premiere
Director: Nayeem Mahbub, Bangladesh, 15 minutes
In the near future, Bangladesh is terrorized by killer mutant chickens. A team of kung-fu fighting chefs must hunt the killer chickens in order to keep chicken on their menu.

BENDITO MACHINE IV (2012)
North American Premiere
Director: Jossie Malis, Spain, 10 minutes
An improbable hero embarks on a crude journey by land, sea and air -throughout all the attractions of a planet turned into a massive petrochemical park... and beyond

BIO-COP (2012)
US Premiere
Director: Steven Kotanski, USA, 5 minutes
A new super drug is about to hit the streets of New York, and only one man can stop it: Bio-Cop. He's crime's worst enemy...and his own.

BOBBY YEAH (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director: Robert Morgan, UK, 23 minutes
Bobby Yeah is a petty thug who lightens his miserable existence by brawling and stealing stuff. One day, he steals the favourite pet of some very dangerous individuals, and finds himself in deep trouble. He really should learn, but he just can't help it.

BRAINS? (2012)
North American Premiere
Director: Giles McNeill, New Zealand, 7 minutes
Four sociable Zombies enjoy a meal of delicious brains, but are confronted by terrifying, yet tasty-smelling humanity, which will change their un-dead existence forever.

THE CAPTURED BIRD (2012)
US Premiere
Director: Jovanka Vuckovic, Canada, 12 minutes
In this dark fable, a little girl is drawn to a mysterious mansion where she witnesses the birth of five horrifying apparitions.

CATERWAUL (2012)
Regional Premiere
Director: Ian Samuels, USA, 14 minutes
An aging fisherman develops an intimate relationship with a lobster at the risk of reawakening an irresolvable loss.

CHILLY (2012)
Regional Premiere
Director: Dylan Kohler, USA, 5 minutes
As the heat rises in a stuffy hotel room, a talking ice cube pitches the wonders of modern refrigeration to a strangely distracted man.

CROWN (2012)
Austin Premiere
Director: AG Rojas, USA, 8 minutes
A gang of street kids turns an unassuming house into a haven for middle aged junkies hooked on a most bizarre narcotic. Doug, a habitual user, returns to experience a surreal high from which he may not return.

CRUSH THE SKULL (2012)
Austin Premiere
Director: Viet Nguyen, USA, 9 minutes
It's too familiar of a scenario for a young couple who break down on a desolate road and an ominous stranger shows up out of nowhere to assist them.

DIALOGUE (2012)
World Premiere
Director: Josh Johnson, USA, 1 minute
A couple struggles with an unexpected development.

FOLLOW THE SUN! (2012)
Texas Premiere
Director: Teddy Dibble, USA, 4 minutes
While we have a few minutes before the show, why not stop by our refreshment stand? We have all kinds of tasty treats -- delicious pizza, ice-cold refreshments, fresh popcorn and Milk Bombs! Tempt your taste buds today with our selection of sweets and all-American beef products! Popcorn for all eternity! Hell's on it's way!

GAME (2012)
US Premiere
Director: Josh MacDonald, Canada, 8 minutes
Through the woods, a cat-and-mouse game unfolds between a businesswoman and her three monstrous pursuers.

GET REAL! (2010)
US Premiere
Director: Evert de Beijer, Netherlands, 12 minutes
A high school student is addicted to a computer game in which he portrays a bodyguard protecting a sexy female singer. He overcomes his obsession once a real girl in his class gives him his first kiss.

HELL CAT (2012)
Austin Premiere
Director: Ged Murray, Ireland, 10 minutes
Charlotte is obsessed with her talking cat Charlie's Youtube hits. But when her new boyfriend tries to muscle in between her and her cat, all hell breaks loose.

LE LAC NOIR (2011)
US Premiere
Director: Victor Jaquier, Switzerland, 20 minutes
Madeleine and Jean are living on the shores of an alpine lake. One day, Jean catches a huge fish, and in the stomach he discovers a young boy that sets Madeleine's memories in motion.

LEGEND (2012)
US Premiere
Director: Pau Teixidor, Spain, 15 minutes
Claudia, a ten-year-old girl, leaves with her family to spend the weekend out of town. During their car trip, they decide to take a short rest at an abandoned gas station. The appearance of a strange woman will reveal her true fate to Claudia.

LIGHT FRIDAY (2012)
North American Premiere
Director: Asier Abio, Spain, 10 minutes
Feliciano is eating french fries with light mayonnaise while watching TV. It's a boring Friday night until he stumbles upon a racy channel.

LITTLE APPLIANCES (2012)
World Premiere
Director: Manuel Arija de la Cuerda, Spain, 9 minutes
A shy couple on their first date will discover each other's unexpected compatibilities.

LOVE (2012)
Regional Premiere
Director: Kaveh Nabatian, Canada, 7 minutes
New Years' Eve. Boy meets girl. Boy doesn't have condom. A film about unprotected sex, destiny, and soul music.

MEAT STICK MAN (2012)
World Premiere
Director: Jared Bentley, USA, 3 minutes
A dark take on the "Snap in to a Slim Jim" ads. Meat Stick Man bursts into a young boy's room to personally "feed" his hunger, only to find the boy needs some convincing.

MI BURRO! EP. 1 ESOS HUESOS (2012)
Austin Premiere
Director Zach Passero, USA, 8 minutes
Orphaned Niño loves Burro and would do anything for his friend. Burro, a retired Donkey loves that Niño would. Together they have banded together as a support system for one another as Niño and his parasitic friend navigate gonzo adventures in a Mexican seaside village.

MI BURRO! EP. 2 SOLO EN SUEÑOS (2012)
World Premiere
Director Zach Passero, USA 13 minutes
The continuing adventures of Niño and Burro!

MODERN FAMILY (2011)
Regional Premiere
Director: Kim Kwang-bin, South Korea, 18 minutes
Hyun-soo hears unexpected news when he receives a call from home during a meeting.

OUT OF ERASERS (2010)
Austin Premiere
Director: Erik Rosenlund, Sweden, 15 minutes
As the world transforms, you're the last one to find out.

PAPERMAN (2012)
Austin Premiere
Director: John Kahrs, USA, 6 minutes
The crown jewel topping off the Drawn and Quartered program this year, PAPERMAN introduces a groundbreaking technique that seamlessly merges computer-generated and hand-drawn animation techniques. First-time director John Kahrs takes the art of animation in a bold new direction using a minimalist black-and-white style. The short follows the story of a lonely young man in mid-century New York City, whose destiny takes an unexpected turn after a chance meeting with a beautiful woman on his morning commute.

POSTHUMAN (2012)
Texas Premiere
Director: Cole Drumb, USA, 6 minutes
A genius hacker and his dog help an enigmatic young woman to free the remaining test subjects of a black ops ESP test lab.

THE QUIET GIRLS GUIDE TO VIOLENCE (2012)
World Premiere
Director: Rafael Antonio Ruiz, USA, 15 minutes
A victim of childhood bullying decides she will no longer suffer silently in this darkly comic story of revenge and Christmas.

THE RECIPE (2012)
US Premiere
Director: Jason Noto, Italy, 5 minutes
After a boy is confronted with death for the first time, he turns to his imagination for protection and understanding.

RECORD/PLAY (2012)
Regional Premiere
Director: Jesse Atlas, USA, 11 minutes
A malfunctioning cassette tape captures more than just audio in this sci-fi love story.

SÉANCE (2012)
Texas Premiere
Director: Zachary Beckler, USA, 15 minutes
Alice and Daniel are married and expecting their first child. They just bought nice little house for their new family. Unfortunately, the house appears to be haunted. They host a séance party to cast the spirit out. It awakens something...

SKINFECTIONS 1: MY MAIN SQUEEZE (2011)
US Premiere
Director: Chris Nash, Canada, 9 minutes
A socially inept introvert with an emotional dependency on bubble wrap finds herself on an unexpected blind date

SKINFECTIONS 2: BLACKHEAD (2009)
Regional Premiere
Director: Chris Nash, Canada, 14 minutes
A man with intimacy issues wakes up one morning to find an abnormally large blackhead growing in the middle of his back

SKINFECTIONS 3: LIPLOCK (2011)
US Premiere
Director: Chris Nash, Canada, 18 minutes
A lonely woman's plan to hook up with her ex while her current boyfriend is away on business goes horribly wrong.

SLAGBRØDRE (2012)
Texas Premiere
Director: Kristoffer Jørgensen, Norway, 9 minutes
Northern Norway 1929: A man returns home after years of absence and receives a less than cordial welcome from his brother.

THE SLEEPOVER (2012)
World Premiere
Director: Chris Cullari, USA, 5 minutes
The town of Derry has a secret, but no one told the new kid. It's gonna be a long night.

SPACEWRECKED (2012)
North American Premiere
Director: Kalle Doniselli Gulbrandsen, Norway, 14 minutes
After witnessing the total destruction of planet Earth 20 years earlier, two Norwegian astronauts must fight extreme boredom while living inside a cramped space station.

SUGAR (2010)
Austin Premiere
Director: Jeroen Annokkeé, Netherlands, 8 minutes
Klaasje, Bert's scantily-dressed downstairs neighbor, stops by to borrow a cup of sugar. What appears to be a normal situation becomes Bert's worst nightmare.

THE TEA PARTY (2012)
North American Premiere
Director: Cameron McCulloch, Australia, 12 minutes
Princess has waited a long time to finally meet her Prince Charming, the only thing standing in their way is her foul mouthed pets and the lack of a Afternoon Tea condiment.

THIS IS NOT REAL (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director: Gergely Wootsch, UK, 7 minutes
A young boy's chimerical journey from a small town to the Himalayas with an all-defining conclusion.

TOO LATE (2012)
World Premiere
Director: Rani Naamani, USA, 2 minutes
On a dark and gloomy night, John finds himself struggling against time as he painfully morphs into something else...

TRAM (2012)
Texas Premiere
Director: Michaela Pavlatova, Czech Republic, 7 minutes
A coproduction of Sacrebleu Productions and Negativ Film ; the humdrum daily routine of a Tram conductress takes an interesting turn when she allows her imagination to wander

THE TRANSMISSION (2012)
Regional Premiere
Director: Brian Lonano, USA, 6 minutes
While a storm rages outside and Henry drinks his bottle of absinthe, he receives a television transmission...from his dead wife.

VIDEOBOY (2011)
US Premiere
Director: Stian Kristiansen, Norway, 33 minutes
The relationship between 13 year old Hasse and Pål is tested the day they accept an offer to visit a boy who is famous for his collection of videofilms. The journey they take gets darker and darker, and the young boys are forced to meet boundaries that they never have been even close to. Nothing will ever be the same.

VIENNA WAITS FOR YOU (2012)
North American Premiere
Director: Dominik Hartl, Austria, 26 minutes
After breaking up with her boyfriend Daniel, Anna just wants to hole up somewhere and recover. But she should have had a closer look at the fine-print of her rental contract - for the old Viennese apartment is a creature with never ending appetite, living of the youth of its residents.

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The organizers at Fantasic Fest send us information that Film District's "Red Dawn" will be the closing film of the festival. The film will also be making its world premiere at the festival. "Red Dawn" stars CHRIS HEMSWORTH (Thor, The Avengers, Snow White & The Huntsman), JOSH PECK (Drake & Josh, The Wackness), JOSH HUTCHERSON (The Hunger Games), ADRIANNE PALICKI (Friday Night Lights, upcoming GI Joe: Retaliation), ISABEL LUCAS (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Immortals), CONNOR CRUISE (Seven Pounds) and JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN (Watchmen).

If you can't make it to the festival, "Red Dawn" will be hitting theaters on November 21st.

For more information on this film, you can visit the film's official website at: www.RedDawnFilm.com

Press Release:

The Wolverines are infiltrating Fantastic Fest to defend all that is good and American! The world premiere of FilmDistrict's RED DAWN will close Fantastic Fest, on Thursday, September 27, with stars Josh Peck and Adrianne Palicki in attendance. A Korean-invasion-themed party will follow the premiere screening to celebrate the closing night of the festival. Fantastic Fest will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.

RED DAWN stars CHRIS HEMSWORTH (Thor, The Avengers, Snow White & The Huntsman), JOSH PECK (Drake & Josh, The Wackness), JOSH HUTCHERSON (The Hunger Games), ADRIANNE PALICKI (Friday Night Lights, upcoming GI Joe: Retaliation), ISABEL LUCAS (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Immortals), CONNOR CRUISE (Seven Pounds) and JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN (Watchmen).

In RED DAWN, a city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping fromthe sky - shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and withoutwarning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fightback, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselvesinto a guerilla group of fighters. Taking inspiration from their high school mascot, they call themselves theWolverines, banding together to protect one another, liberate their town from its captors, and take back theirfreedom. FilmDistrict will release RED DAWN in theaters nationwide on November 21, 2012, just in time for Thanksgiving.

Following the World Premiere, Fantastic Fest will transform the Austin American Legion into a maximum-security prison for the ultimate Red Dawn shindig. Prisoners will experience mandatory enjoyment from delousing stations as well as free prison tattoos and head-shaves. Executive chef John Bullington will be doling out wild-game bulgogi, kimchi and piping-hot shots of deer blood while the uniformed detainees enjoy the musical stylings of festival favorite Future Folk.

For more information about RED DAWN, please visit RedDawnFilm.com, "like" the film on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/RedDawnFilm follow on twitter www.Twitter.com/RedDawnFilm , #RedDawn.

The creators behind "Best Worst Movie" are back with "The American Scream". The film is set have its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 23 in Austin, Texas. is an original feature length documentary for NBCUniversal's cable channel, Chiller. It will premiere on the Chiller Channel on October 28, 2012 at 8pm EST and will play theatrically in select cities in October.

For more information on the film, you can goto and "Like" the film's official Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/TheAmericanScream

For more information on Fantastic Fest, you can goto: http://fantasticfest.com/

Press Release:

Magic Stone Productions (Magic Stone), the team behind the critically acclaimed documentary BEST WORST MOVIE, and Brainstorm Media are pleased to announce that their feature documentary, THE AMERICAN SCREAM, will have its world premiere at Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the U.S., on September 23 in Austin, Texas. THE AMERICAN SCREAM is the second documentary from director Michael Paul Stephenson. His first documentary BEST WORST MOVIE was a critical success when it was released in 2010.

Every Halloween, sleepy Fairhaven, Massachusetts erupts with the most ambitiously creative spookery in the world. Endless styrofoam tombstones and backyard beasts come courtesy of a few supremely dedicated local "home haunters" who've devoted their lives to the art of handmade monster making. THE AMERICAN SCREAM follows three of these horrific households to uncover the triumphs and tragedies that come with carrying the blackened banner of true Halloween spirit.

"After BEST WORST MOVIE, the thought of making another documentary was a bit terrifying. With BEST WORST MOVIE, I felt as if we got lucky; lucky to have been able to follow amazing characters and tell a story that meant so much to everybody involved. How on earth could we make another documentary that would have as much meaning," said filmmaker Michael Paul Stephenson.

"But then came THE AMERICAN SCREAM and with it, a feeling of immense love and pride for these characters and their story. This film is about more than 'haunted houses' or Halloween. It's a small, intimate story that is centered on dedication, creative passion, obsession and even sacrifice. It embodies a strong sense of small-town American identity, family and community. It only feels fitting to return to the Alamo Drafthouse for the premiere," continued Stephenson.

THE AMERICAN SCREAM will world premiere at Fantastic Fest at Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar on Sunday, September 23. Filmmakers and stars of the film will be in attendance. This includes director Michael Paul Stephenson and stars Manny Souza and Victor Bariteau and family.

THE AMERICAN SCREAM is an original feature length documentary for NBCUniversal's cable channel, Chiller. It will premiere on the Chiller Channel on October 28, 2012 at 8pm EST and will play theatrically in select cities in October. Michael Stephenson, Lindsay Stephenson, Zack Carlson and Rod Olson of Magic Stone Productions and Meyer Shwarzstein of Brainstorm Media produce the film.

Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the U.S., is pleased to announce the 2012 AMD Next Wave competition, which recognizes outstanding new talent in genre film directing. Eight films from seven different countries have been selected to compete in the latest installment of this annual international competition.

These up-and-coming filmmakers are at the beginning of their movie careers and may well become the next generation of talent to shape the film industry for decades to come. The AMD Next Wave competition films will debut at Fantastic Fest, many in world and U.S. premiere screenings and compete for the highest honor of the festival.

The winning filmmaker will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize and AMD based computer hardware featuring their latest Accelerated Processing Unit (APU). The AMD Next Wave awards will be the final presentation at the annual Fantastic Fest Awards presentation on Monday, September 26th at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.

The winner of last year's AMD Next Wave competition, BULLHEAD, was acquired by Drafthouse Films and went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Director Michaël R. Roskam was heralded for his incredibly artful and original vision and has been compared to a young Martin Scorsese. Roskam's next project is Focus Features' THE TIGER

produced by Darren Aronofsky and Brad Pitt.

"Michaël Roskam exemplifies the powerful potential of emerging genre directors," said festival Founder and Creative Director Tim League. "In addition to being nominated for the best foreign language film Oscar, Michael is now working with Michael Mann on a high-profile American television pilot. The AMD Next Wave helps foster and support today's most exciting debut directors who may become tomorrow's industry leaders."

"AMD technology continues to be utilized by top movie makers worldwide including the director Robert Rodriguez. We created the AMD Next Wave award along with our great partners at Alamo Drafthouse to recognize up and coming directorial talent across the globe. Fantastic Fest has become the premier genre festival in the world," said Charlie Boswell AMD Director of Digital Media and Entertainment. "The Oscar nominated film Bullhead from Belgium director Michael Roskam is the latest product coming through the festival."

All eyes look to the AMD Next Wave for the hottest new international directorial talent. Below you will find a brief description for each of the 2012 AMD Next Wave competition films:

COMBAT GIRLS (2011)
North American Premiere
Director - David Wnendt, 103min
The debut feature from director-writer David Wnendt is a bleak tale of two girls who, for very different reasons, get swept up in the resurgent Neo-Nazi movement in Germany.

CONSPIRACY, THE
World Premiere
Director - Christopher MacBride, 85min
Two young documentary filmmakers are drawn into a shadowy world of secret societies when the subject of their film simply disappears. Have his investigations led to his demise?

CRAVE (2012)
U.S. Premiere
Director - Charles de Lauzirika, 113min
CRAVE follows a mentally unstable crime scene photographer on his descent into violence and madness. CRAVE won the New Flesh Award for Best First Feature at the 2012 edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival.

ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY (2012)
U.S. Premiere
Director - Eron Sheean, 101min
Plagued by the memory of the infant son he could not save, geneticist Geoff Burton plunges into a web of intrigue, jealousy and lies in this icily precise thriller.

FLIMMER (2012)
North American Premiere
Director - Patrik Eklund, 99min
Oscar-nominated short film director Patrik Eklund's feature debut showcases the wry wit that made his shorts so hugely popular in this tale of a small town telecom company plagued by anti-radiowave anarchists.

FUCK UP (2012)
North American Premiere
Director - Øystein Karlsen, 135min
Clearly it's all the moose's fault. Jack had everything under control until his best friend crashed into a moose on the Swedish border. With a trunk full of cocaine. Now it's all gone to shit.

KING OF PIGS, THE (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director - Yeung Sang-ho, 97min
THE KING OF PIGS is an emotionally punishing animated indie film about a group of friends whose brutal childhoods continue to haunt them as adults.

PLAN C (2012)
World Premiere
Director - Max Porcelijn, 95min
Detective Ronald Plasmeyer has a problem in need of a solution: A ten thousand Euro debt to the Chinese mafia. Plan A didn't work. Plan B made things much, much worse. Now it's time for Plan C.

Look for more film & event programming announcements for Fantastic Fest in the weeks ahead.

For the latest developments, tickets and badges visit the Fantastic Fest official site www.fantasticfest.com and follow us on Facebook & Twitter.

Two of the fall season's most anticipated genre films, sci-fi actioner Looper and supernatural horror Sinister, are coming to Fantastic Fest along with a wide array of mind-boggling/bending/warping films from around the world. The lineup also includes the world premieres of The American Scream, from the filmmaking team behind Best Worst Movie and Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning introduced by stars Scott Adkins and Dolph Lundgren. Fantastic Fest will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.

See below for the second wave lineup of films at this year's festival.

THE ABCs OF DEATH (2012)
US Premiere with multiple directors in person

Director - Various, 110 min

Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. Co-produced by Drafthouse Films, and finally ready to be unleashed-see what happens when you give more than two dozen of the most brilliant filmmakers from around the world free reign to indulge their creative impulses and black humor. From A to Z, it's got something for every genre fan and is like nothing you've ever seen before.

THE AMERICAN SCREAM (2012)

World Premiere with director Michael Paul Stephenson and stars Manny Souza and Victor Bariteauin person

Director - Michael Paul Stephenson, 81min

In a small Massachusetts community, three Halloween-obsessed households transform into neighbor-terrifying supernatural wonderlands in this surprisingly touching documentary from the director of BEST WORST MOVIE.

COLD BLOODED (2012)

Regional Premiere with director Jason LaPeyre in person
Director - Jason LaPeyre, 86min
Things quickly spiral out of control when a policewoman must protect her recently comatose suspect from a violent crime boss who has cornered them in an isolated hospital wing.

COLD STEEL (2011)

Texas Premiere
Director - David Wu, 107min
After 17 years spent directing television series in North America, director David Wu (a longtime collaborator of John Woo) returns to his native China to deliver the heart-pounding World War II epic COLD STEEL.

DOOMSDAY BOOK (2012)

Austin Premiere
Director - KIM Jee-woon and YIM Pil-sung, 113min

Innovative Korean genre directors Kim Ji-Woon (A TALE OF TWO SISTERS, A BITTERSWEET LIFE, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WEIRD, I SAW THE DEVIL) and Yim Pil-Sung (HANSEL & GRETEL) turn their imaginations to apocalyptic sci-fi with this three-part omnibus film which outlines three possible ways in which the world goes kaput.

GRACELAND (2012)

Texas Premiere with director Ron Morales and producers Theo Brooks and Joshua Sobel in person
Director - Ron Morales, 84min

When a driver for a powerful congressman picks up his and his boss's daughter from school, he's annoyed to find himself being pulled over. But this alleged cop, far from an officer of the law, sets in motion a downward spiral of kidnapping, murder, deceit and deep depravity.

HENGE + THE BIG GUN (2012)

US Premiere

Director - Hajime OHATA, 106min

A double shot from Japanese up-and-comer Hajime Ohata. Blending elements of Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Shinya Tsukamoto with just the right amount of kaiju monster battles, Ohata is quickly building a reputation as one of Japan's brightest new talents.

HERE COMES THE DEVIL (2012)

US Premiere with director Adrián García Bogliano in person

Director - Adrián García Bogliano, 97min

Fantastic Fest veteran Adrián García Bogliano (COLD SWEAT, PENUMBRA) returns with his latest supernatural horror. When two children who went missing while exploring a cave are found, it quickly becomes apparent something evil has come home with them.

HOLY MOTORS (2012)

North American Premiere
Director - Leos Carax, 116min
While following a day in the life of Mr. Oscar as he attends several appointments, things quickly unravel and spiral out of control, abandoning all sense of logic or sanity. Fans of Carax's 'Mierde' segment of Fantastic Fest 2008 hit TOKYO! will be right back at home.

LOOPER (2012)

Special Screening with director Rian Johnson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in person

Director - Rian Johnson, 118 min

In the futuristic action thriller LOOPER, time travel will be invented - but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a "looper" - a hired gun, like Joe - is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good... until the day the mob decides to "close the loop," sending back Joe's future self for assassination. The film, starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt, is written and directed by Rian Johnson and produced by Ram Bergman and James D. Stern.

MY AMITYVILLE HORROR (2012)
US Premiere
Director - Eric Walter, 88min

You've seen the movie, now hear the story of the Amityville haunting from someone who lived it. Regardless of the source, it's clear there was darkness in that Long Island house.

NEW KIDS NITRO (2012)
US Premiere with cast Huub Smit, Wesley van Gaalen, Steffen Haars and Flip Van der Kuil
Director - Steffen Haars & Flip van der Kuil, 78min

In 2011, NEW KIDS TURBOrocked Fantastic Fest audiences with its potent brand of Dutch gross-out humor. Now, Fantastic Fest is proud to present the highly anticipated-and very offensive-sequel: NEW KIDS NITRO.

NO REST FOR THE WICKED (2012)
Regional Premiere
Director - Enrique Urbizu, 104min

A dirty cop who tries to cover up a crime stumbles upon a massive criminal conspiracy. NO REST FOR THE WICKED swept the Spanish Goya awards this year with an electrifying performance by lead actor José Coronado.

OUTRAGE BEYOND (2012)
US Premiere
Director - Takeshi Kitano, 112min

As Japanese police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as internal strife in director Takeshi Kitano's OUTRAGE, has now become a nationwide war in his latest film OUTRAGE BEYOND.

SINISTER (2012)

Special Screening with director Scott Derrickson, producer Jason Blum and writer C. Robert Cargill in person

Director - Scott Derrickson, 110 min

SINISTER is a frightening new thriller about a true crime novelist who discovers a box of mysterious, disturbing home movies that plunge his family into a nightmarish experience of supernatural horror.

UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING (2012)

World Premiere with Dolph Lundgren and Scott Adkins in person

Director - John Hyams, 93 min

Surviving Unisols Luc Deveraux and Andrew Scott battle anarchy to build a new order ruled by Unisols without government oversight. To accomplish this, they weed out the weak and constantly test their strongest warriors in brutal, life-and-death combat.

VANISHING WAVES (2012)

US Premiere
Director - Kristina Buozyte, 124min

A scientist with a neurological research team volunteers to experiment with a new technology which will allow him to access the thoughts of a coma victim.

WARPED FOREST, THE (2011)
US Premiere
Director - Shunichiro Miki, 81min

Shunichiro Miki delivers a shot of utter madness. Penis guns! Nipple monsters! A giant girl running a very small shop! This quasi-sequel to THE FUNKY FOREST more than lives up to the weird factor of its predecessor.

Look for more film & event programming announcements for Fantastic Fest in the weeks ahead.

For the latest developments, tickets and badges visit the Fantastic Fest official site www.fantasticfest.com and follow us on Facebook & Twitter.

Judgment is coming to Fantastic Fest with the red carpet premiere of DREDD 3D and the festival's initial lineup of incredible genre films. Fantastic Fest will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.

The future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One - a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called "Judges" who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner. Known and feared throughout the city, Dredd (Karl Urban) is the ultimate Judge, challenged with ridding the city of its latest scourge - a dangerous drug epidemic that has users of "Slo-Mo" experiencing reality at a fraction of its normal speed. Lionsgate will release DREDD 3D in theaters nationwide on September 21, 2012.

For more information about DREDD 3D, please visit http://dreddthemovie.com, "like" the film on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/dreddthemovie or follow on twitter @LionsgateMovies, #Dredd3D.

The festival is also pleased to announce the House of Psychotic Women sidebar, hosted by author and former Drafthouse programmer Kier-la Janisse. Kier-la will be introducing each show and signing copies of her book afterwards. House of Psychotic Women is an autobiographical exploration of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films. Anecdotes and memories interweave with film history, criticism, trivia and confrontational imagery to create a reflective personal history and examination of female madness, both onscreen and off.

See below for the initial lineup of films at this year's festival.

COCKNEYS VS ZOMBIES (2011)
US Premiere
Director - Matthias Hoene, 87min
When a badly planned bank robbery and a zombie outbreak collide, hilarity ensues in this balls-out, irreverent British comedy.

DEAD SUSHI (2012)
US Premiere
Director - Noboru Iguchi, 91min
Japanese splatter action comedy is on the menu when director Noboru Iguchi & karate girl Rina Takeda join forces to take on flying killer sushi monsters in DEAD SUSHI!

DREDD 3D (2012)
Gala Premiere
Director: Pete Travis, USA, 98 minutes
The future America is an irradiated waste land. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called "Judges" who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner. Known and feared throughout the city, Dredd (Karl Urban) is the ultimate Judge, challenged with ridding the city of its latest scourge

THE ENTITY (1982)
Repertory Screening as part of the
House of Psychotic Women series
Director - Sidney J. Furie, 125min
In this controversial film based on a true story, director Furie explores the domestically-abused-woman-as-masochist stereotype by veiling it as a supernatural horror film.

ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY (2012)
US Premiere
Director - Eron Sheean, 101min
Plagued by the memory of the infant son he could not save, geneticist Geoff Burton plunges into a web of intrigue, jealousy and lies in this icily precise thriller.

EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY (2011)
US Premiere
Director - Radu Jude, 107min
A simple domestic dispute becomes an explosive examination of stress in this powerful and unsettling Romanian drama.

I DECLARE WAR (2012)
Regional Premiere
Director - Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson, 91min
A group of exceptionally creative teens gets sucked into their own private Lord of the Flies scenario when an after-school game of "war" turns into a test of loyalty, strategy and friendship.

THE KING OF PIGS (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director - Yeun Sang-Ho, 97min
THE KING OF PIGS is an emotionally punishing animated indie film about a group of friends whose brutal childhoods continue to haunt them as adults.

LE MEMORIA DEL MUERTO (2012)
US Premiere
Director - Valentín Javier Diment, 89min
Alicia undertakes a bizarre cult ritual to restore her deceased husband to life - a ritual that will see her home and friends visited by the spirits of the dead.

THE MAFU CAGE (1978)
Repertory Screening as part of the House of Psychotic Women series
Director - Karen Arthur, 102min
One of the most compelling and uniquely dark films of the psychotic woman subgenre, Karen Arthur's adaptation of Eric Westphal's play You and Your Clouds stars Lee Grant as Ellen, an astronomer who lives with her feral sister Cissy (Carol Kane).

PARIS BY NIGHT (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director - Philippe Lefebvre, 100min
Phillippe Lefebvre's PARIS BY NIGHT is a sleek French cop thriller that follows a pair of vice cops as they patrol the Parisian club scene over the course of a single evening.

ROOM 237 (2012)
Texas Premiere
Director - Rodney Ascher, 102min
Rodney Ascher's ROOM 237 is a fascinating documentary that explores bizarre theories about the subtext and symbolism underlying Stanley Kubrick's landmark film THE SHINING.

SECRET CEREMONY (1968)
Repertory Screening as part of the House of Psychotic Women series
Director - Joseph Losey, 105min
In Losey's underrated SECRET CEREMONY, an aging but still glamourous Elizabeth Taylor stars as Leonora, a prostitute grieving over the death of her daughter in a drowning accident.

THE SHINING (1980)
Repertory Screening
Director - Stanley Kubrick, 142min
Stanley Kubrick's horror masterpiece features an unhinged performance by Jack Nicholson and a setting that drips with menace. Its imagery and characters have permeated all areas of pop culture throughout the decades, yet the film retains all its power to disturb and terrify.

TOWER BLOCK (2012)
US Premiere
Directors - James Nunn and Ronnie Thompson, 87min
The last remaining tenants of a deteriorating, soon-to-be-demolished tower block must band together to survive when a killer with a high-powered sniper rifle starts picking them off through the windows of their flats.

UNIT 7 (Grupo 7) (2012)
Texas Premiere
Director - Alberto Rodriguez, 95min
Alberto Rodriguez's UNIT 7 is gritty realistic thriller about a crew of narcotics officers in Seville, Spain who go rogue during a citywide crackdown in the years preceding Expo '92.

WRONG (2011)
Regional Premiere
Director - Quentin Dupieux, 94min
Everyman Dolph Springer's (Jack Plotnick) world is turned wrong when he awakens at 7:60 one morning to find his beloved dog missing in Quentin's Dupieux's latest absurdist opus and follow up to 2010's killer tire film, RUBBER.

YOUNG GUN IN THE TIME (2012)
US Premiere
Director - Oh Young Doo, 95min
The director of INVASION OF ALIEN BIKINI returns with a quirky, low budget time travel romp filled with sex shops, robot hands and Hawaiian shirts.

Look for more film & event programming announcements for Fantastic Fest in the weeks ahead.

Fantastic Fest recently announced the winners of this year's festival. "Your Next" was the big winner at the festival. The film won Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress in the horror categories. Here's the complete list of winners and press release.

Press Release:

Fantastic Fest is excited to announce this year's Fantastic Fest Award winners. Fantastic Fest 2011 brought us a time travelling samurai, a supernatural hallway in the woods, a deadly family reunion, and rampaging Cuban zombies. Picking favorites from this year's line up was a formidable task to say the least, but our esteemed team of jurors have done the nearly impossible and chosen the best and most visionary films of the festival.

The juries were comprised of some of the most esteemed filmmakers, critics, festival directors and show biz people in the industry. Their thoughtful deliberations provided the following acknowledgments of cinematic excellence in all things Fantastic:

The audience awards are presented by accounting firm Maxwell Locke & Ritter (www.mlrpc.com), who provided the certified tabulation of ballots this year and are the exclusive accounting sponsor of Fantastic Fest. AMD and Dell are the presenters of prestigious "Next Wave" Awards, which honor emerging filmmakers. The winner of the "Next Wave" feature award is presented with $1,000 and a Dell (www.alienware.com) multimedia laptop provided by AMD (www.amd.com). The Fantastic Fest Awards ceremony is also presented by the Texas Motion Picture Alliance (www.txmpa.org), who advocate for film, video, commercial, interactive, and digital media production inside the state of Texas.

AUDIENCE AWARD (Presented by Maxwell Locke & Ritter)
A Boy And His Samurai (Yoshihiro Nakamura)
Runners Up: You're Next, Juan Of The Dead

AMD & DELL "NEXT WAVE" SPOTLIGHT COMPETITION
Best Picture - Bullhead
Best Director - Michael R. Roskam (Bullhead)
Best Screenplay - Josh MacDonald (The Corridor)
Best Actor - Matthias Schoenaerts (Bullhead)
Best Actress - Jessica Cole (Aardvark)
Special Jury Award for Boldness Of Vision: Beyond The Black Rainbow

HORROR FEATURES
Best Picture - You're Next
Best Director - Adam Wingard (You're Next)
Best Screenplay - Simon Barrett (You're Next)
Best Actor - Sean Harris (A Lonely Place To Die)
Best Actress - Sharni Vinson (You're Next)

FANTASTIC FEATURES
Best Picture - Milocrorze: A Love Story
Best Director - Noboru Iguchi (Karate Robo Zaborgar)
Best Screenplay - Olafur Egilsson, Grimur Haonarson (Summerland)
Best Actor - Julian Villagran (Extraterrestrial)
Best Actress - Sawa Masaki (Underwater Love)

GUTBUSTER COMEDY FEATURES
Best Picture – Clown
Best Director - Steffen Haars, Flip Van Der Kuil (New Kids Turbo)
Best Screenplay - Casper Christensen, Frank Hvam (Clown)

SHORT FUSE: HORROR SHORTS
Winner: How To Rid Your Lover Of A Negative Emotion Caused By You (Nadia Litz)
Runner-up: The Unliving (Hugo Lilj)
Special Jury Award for Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects and General Badassery: Brutal Relax (David Munoz, Rafa Dengra, Adrian Cardona)

FANTASTIC SHORTS
Best Fantastic Short: Decapoda Shock (Javier Chillon)
Runner-up: All Men Are Called Robert (Marc-Henri Boulier)
Special Jury Mention for Acting: Robert Picardo (The Candidate)

DRAWN AND QUARTERED: ANIMATED SHORTS
Best Animated Short: Last Norwegian Troll (Pjotr Sapegin)
Runner-up: Lazarov (NIETOV)