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The Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival (MIFFF) was a three day international genre
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festival held annually in Seattle, Washington. MIFFF was the premiere Pacific northwest event devoted to action,
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, fantasy,
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and science fiction cinema from around the globe. The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) Cinema at
McCaw Hall Marion Oliver McCaw Hall (often abbreviated to McCaw Hall) is a performing arts hall in Seattle, Washington, United States. Located on the grounds of Seattle Center and owned by the city of Seattle, McCaw Hall's two principal tenants are the Seat ...
hosted MIFFF which resided on the campus of Seattle Center.


Overview

The "Founding Fathers" of MIFFF are Eric Morgret, Isaac Alexander, Rick Tillman, Gabe de los Angeles & Dan Doody. The festival was first conceived at a gathering in June 2008, which led to the first event taking place in September 2009. The event was created to offer exposure to films that traditionally are overlooked by the mainstream festival circuit from genres including action, animation, fantasy, horror, and science fiction. The vision drew inspiration from other genre film festivals around the globe such as Fantasia Festival in Montreal, Fantastic Fest in Austin, and the first genre film festival, the
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in Catalonia. MIFFF was registered shortly thereafter as a Washington State non-profit and acts as the parent organization of the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival. The festival featured a diverse selection of
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genre cinema from around the globe – with the possibility of artists presenting the works themselves.


Current & upcoming festivals


2011

The third annual MIFFF was held September 16–18, 2011 at the SIFF Cinema at McCaw Hall in Seattle, Washington. The festival showcased five feature films and 49 short films from around the world.


Feature films presented

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* Boy Wonder * The Melancholy Fantastic *
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* The Selling


Short films presented

* A Penny Earned * Air * Alley Dog * Alone * Antedon * Arthur * The Astronaut on the Roof * Blind Luck * Brutal Relax * Call of Nature * Cankered & Cursed * Cosas Feas (Nasty Stuff) * Dead Friends * La Doncella Dormida (The Sleeping Maiden) * Doppelganger * Earthship * Employé du Mois (Employee of the Month) * Entanglement * Escape Of The Gingerbread Man * Fábrica de Muñecas (Dolls Factory) * Facing Rupert * Fitness Class Zombie * The Girl and the Fox * High Fashion * Idle Worship * Juan Con Miedo (Fearful John) * Junk * Junk Bonds: The Return of Junkbucket (trailer) * Lonely * Loom * Mongrel's Creed * Nullarbor * Paths of Hate * Payload * Pharos * Pinball * Rantdog's Top Ten Zombies Ever * R.O.A.C.H. * Rosa * Sharfik * O Solitário Ataque de Vorgon (Vorgon's Lonesome Raid) * Status * Suffer * Switch * Toy House * La Tragedia del Hombre Hueco (The Hollow Man's Tragedy) * Vicenta * The Waking * The Year of the Child


Awards

* Best Feature (Audience Award): Boy Wonder * Best Feature (Jury Award):
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* Best Animation Short (Audience & Jury Award): Nullarbor * Best Fantasy Short (Audience Award): Employe du Mois * Best Fantasy Short (Jury Award): Arthur * Best Horror Short (Audience & Jury Award): Brutal Relax * Best Sci-Fi Short (Audience Award): Mongrel's Creed * Best Sci-Fi Short (Jury Award): Status


Past festivals


2010

The second annual MIFFF was held September 17–19, 2010 at the
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Cinema at
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in Seattle, Washington. The festival showcased 4 feature films and 41 short films from around the world.


Feature films presented

* Blood River * Mørke Sjeler (Dark Souls) * The Presence * Srpski Film (A Serbian Film)


Short films presented

* A Complex Villainelle * The Abaddon File * Alice Jacobs Is Dead * Babylon 2084 * Billy Baxter and the Mystery of Dr. Amazo * Clemency * Cockpit: The Rule of Engagement * ConLang * The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger * DemiUrge Emesis * Dracula's Daughter vs The Space Brains * Ducked and Covered: A Survival Guide to the Post Apocalypse * Elder Sign * The Familiar * Father and Sister * Flat Love * Flowers for Norma * The Hatter's Apprentice * The Hollow Girl * Journey Quest * Kidnap * The Lift * Love Does Grow on Trees * The Macabre World of Lavender Williams * Manual Práctico del Amigo Imaginario(A Practical Guide for Imaginary Friends (abridged)) * The Necronomicon * No Escape * Noirville * One Small Step * Porque Hay Costas Que Nunca Se Olvidan (Because There Are Things We Never Forget) * Red Revenge * Rise of the Living Corpse * Scottish Ninjas * Slap Back Jack: High Five Master * ST: Phoenix * Street Angel * SuperBattle (Episode 1) * The 3rd Letter * Thy Kill Be Done * Toothnapped * Two Men, Two Cows, Two Guns


Awards

* Best Feature: The Presence * Best Action Short: Street Angel * Best Animation Short: A Complex Villainelle * Best Fantasy Short: Manual Practico del Amigo Imaginario (abreviado) * Best Horror Short: The Familiar * Best Sci-Fi Short: Babylon 2084


2009

The first MIFFF was held September 18–20, 2009 at the
SIFF SIFF may refer to: * Seattle International Film Festival, established 1976 * Sedona International Film Festival, established 1994 * Shanghai International Film Festival, established 1993 * Singapore International Film Festival, established 1987 ...
Cinema at
McCaw Hall Marion Oliver McCaw Hall (often abbreviated to McCaw Hall) is a performing arts hall in Seattle, Washington, United States. Located on the grounds of Seattle Center and owned by the city of Seattle, McCaw Hall's two principal tenants are the Seat ...
in Seattle, Washington. The festival showcased 6 feature films and 33 short films from around the world.


Feature films presented

* The Ends Of The Earth * Pig Hunt * The Revenant * Strigoi - (West Coast Premier) * TimeTravel_0 * Until The Light Takes Us


Short films presented

* aQua ad lavandum - in brevi * The Auburn Hills Breakdown * Badewanne zum Glück (Bathtub To Happiness) * Cheerbleeders * Dead Bones * Death In Charge * The Delivery * Egg Robot Momo * Enigma * Enter the Sandbox * Fantastic Magnifico * Firemount * Foet * La Glacière Rouge(The Red Icebox) * Greenspoke * Gul(Flower) * Hart * The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon * The Kirkie * Lazarus Taxon * Mr. Gun * Milbe(Mite) * Die Schneider Krankheit(The Schneider Disease) * Skylight * Sunday * Thirsty * The Tree Man * Tropezones * The Ugly File * The Urge * Virtual Dating * Der Weltenbauer(The Builder Of Worlds) * X-Mess Detritus


Awards

* Best Feature: Strigoi * Best Sci-Fi Short: Kirkie * Best Horror Short: Death in Charge * Best Fantasy Short: Hart * Best Animation Short: Enter the Sandbox


Official Festival Posters


Other genre film festivals

* Fantasia Festival * Fantastic Fest *
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* Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival *
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* Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival * European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation *
Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival The Imagine Film Festival, formerly Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival (AFFF), also known as Imagine Fantastic Film Festival or simply Imagine, is an annual film festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The festival was created in 1991 as the Amsterda ...
, Amsterdam *
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), previously named Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film (french: Festival international du film fantastique de Bruxelles, nl, Internationaal Festival van de Fantastische Fil ...
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* Fantafestival * Fantasporto, Porto *
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* Leeds International Film Festival *
Lund International Fantastic Film Festival The Lund International Fantastic Film Festival ( sv, Fantastisk Filmfestival, abbreviated FFF or LIFFF) is a popular film festival in Lund in southern Sweden that mainly shows Fantasy film, fantasy, Science fiction film, science fiction and horro ...
* Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival * Dead by Dawn * FrightFest * Festival européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg * Horrorthon Film Festival, Dublin * International Week of Fantastic Film *
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, Copenhagen * Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival, Ravenna * Riga International Fantasy Film Festival,
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,
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Trieste International Science Fiction Film Festival Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into prov ...
, Trieste * Utopiales - Festival International de Science-Fiction de Nantes


References


External links

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Official MIFFF Twitter Feed

Official MIFFF Facebook

Official MIFFF Flickr Feed

SIFF Cinema at McCaw Hall
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