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The Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival (MIFFF), is a three day international genre film festival held annually in Seattle, Washington. MIFFF is the premiere Pacific northwest event devoted to action, animation, fantasy, horror, and science fiction cinema from across the globe. The SIFF Cinema at McCaw Hall hosts MIFFF which resides on the campus of Seattle Center.
Overview
Official posters outside the SIFF Cinema at McCaw Hall leading to the 2009 event.
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 of 2008. 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 across the globe such as Fantasia Festival in Montreal, Fantastic Fest in Austin, and the first genre film festival, the San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Catalonia. MIFFF was registered shortly there after as a Washington State non-profit and acts as the parent organization of the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival. The festival feature a diverse selection of cult genre cinema from around the globe – with the possibility of artists presenting the works themselves.
Current & Upcoming Festivals
2010
The second annual MIFFF will be held September 17th-19th, 2010 at the SIFF Cinema at McCaw Hall in Seattle, Washington.
Past Festivals
2009
The first MIFFF was held September 18-20, 2009 at the SIFF Cinema at McCaw Hall 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
Other genre film festivals
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