A film festival is a festival in one or more movie theaters with a special program showcasing many films. The films are usually of a recent date; sometimes there is a focus on a specific genre (e.g. animation) or subject (e.g. gay and lesbian film festivals). These are typically annual events.

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The world's first major film festival was held in Venice in 1932; the other major film festivals of the world (Berlin, Cannes, Moscow and Karlovy Vary) date back to the 1940s and 1950s.

The Edinburgh International Film Festival in Scotland was established in 1947 and is the longest continually running film festival in the world.

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Toronto After Dark Film Festival Updates

Rue Morgue presents the FRANKENSTEIN FORMAL this Sat, Oct 31 in Toronto!
Adam Lopez Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:26:57 -0000
Horror movie fans! Check out Rue Morgue’s freaktastic Halloween Party, FRANKENSTEIN FORMAL at Toronto’s Revival Club this Sat: http://bit.ly/1iO4TE
Check out our TERRIFYING TIPSHEET for monthly updates on Toronto’s Horror & Cult Film Event Scene!
Adam Lopez Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:36:06 -0000
We’ve added a new page to the Toronto After Dark website, THE TERRIFYING TIPSHEET, where we list other cool dark and thrilling events for fans to check out in our city each month! We’ll be updating this page on site at least once every month, so be sure to bookmark the page and check back often! October highlights include tonight’s CINEMA OF THE DEAD (Sat, Oct 24, 7pm) zombie-themed double bill at the Bloor Cinema and Rue Morgue Magazine’s incredible Halloween Party, THE FRANKENSTEIN FORMAL next week (Sat, Oct 31, 9pm). For info and links to over 20 thrilling cinematic events over the next few weeks click here.
Coming August 2010, the 5th Annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival!
Adam Lopez Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:27:59 -0000
The 5TH ANNUAL TORONTO AFTER DARK FILM FESTIVAL returns to thrill thousands of fans over 8 amazing nights at the Bloor Cinema next AUG 13-20, 2010 with 17 new horror, sci-fi, action & cult movies!  In the last two years fans at Toronto After Dark got to be THE FIRST to see such amazing films as LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, TRICK ‘R TREAT, DEAD SNOW, REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA, GRACE and BLACK DYNAMITE! Be sure to block our dates for next year in your summer schedule as you won’t want to miss what we premiere in 2010!  Also make sure to subscribe to our newsletter here so you get all key updates in the New Year including our Call for Film Entries and All-Access Festival Passes Sale announcement.
Toronto After Dark Fan Favourites DEAD SNOW, TRICK ‘R TREAT and more now on DVD!
Adam Lopez Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:12:50 -0000
Be sure to check out these awesome films which screened at recent Toronto After Dark Film Festivals, now available on DVD and BLU-RAY at you favourite video outlets! Unless stated, all links below are to each film’s Amazon.ca DVD pages. If you require Blu-Ray, please do a separate search at the site: I SELL THE DEAD (Release Date: Nov 24, available for pre-order now), DEAD SNOW (Released Oct 20), TRICK ‘R TREAT (Released Oct 6), THE CHILDREN (Released Oct 6),  MIRAGEMAN (Released Oct 6), CROOKED STORIES, CROOKED SYMBOLS: The Short Films of Rodrigo Gudino (Released Sept 1) Includes THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF MISTER HOLLOW available directly from Rue Morgue’s Website!
2009 Fest Wraps Up with Record Crowds, Rave Reviews, and a big win for Nazi Zombie film DEAD SNOW!
Adam Lopez Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:42:44 -0000
AUGUST 28: Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2009 wrapped up eight thrilling nights of new horror, sci-fi, action and cult cinema last week, blazing new cinematic trails and setting new records! A new high of over 9,000 enthusiastic fans attended the festival which ran Aug 14-21 at the legendary Bloor Cinema, over double the size of our event of just three years ago! Highlights of the 4th Annual Festival included jam-packed screenings of Nazi zombie movie DEAD SNOW, the creepy anthology TRICK ‘R TREAT and the cult action flick BLACK DYNAMITE, which won Gold, Silver and Bronze respectively in our Audience Choice Awards.  The festival also hosted its first ever World Premiere, STRIGOI, an offbeat Romanian vampire comedy that was awarded by the fest Gold in the Best Independent Feature Film category. Silver and Bronze honours went to the darkly hilarious undead buddy movie THE REVENANT and the shocking zombie baby flick GRACE respectively. Visit our Festival Awards Page for the complete lowdown on all the awards given out by fans and the festival this year including winners in our Short Film categories. But it wasn’t just about the movies! Over 20 attending filmmakers came on stage to introduce their films or host lively Q&As with the fans including acclaimed young actor Noah Segan (BRICK, DEADGIRL) and SFX maestro Kerry Pryor (LOST BOYS, THE ABYSS, BUBBA HO-TEP). The fest also enjoyed packed nightly social events, and record rave reviews from fans and critics alike for the films selected this year, and of course plenty of dressed up zombies for our ever-popular Zombie Appreciation Night! For pictures from the festival check out our Facebook Fan Page here and click on the Photos Tab, while for video clips including exclusive behind the scenes interviews with attending filmmakers visit our Youtube Channel here. THANK YOU! We would like to say a big thank you to all our filmmakers, fans, volunteers, supporters and sponsors, especially Anchor Bay Entertainment, SPACE, Rue Morgue, Eye Weekly and Onestop for helping make 2009 such a successful and record-breaking year for Toronto After Dark. Be sure to join us next year for eight more thrilling nights of cinematic mayhem, when the festival turns 5 Years OId! Our dates are already booked, so be sure to mark them down: August 13-20, 2010 (and for those that are checking, that’s the perfectly spooky FRIDAY the 13th we start next year!) If you are a filmmaker stay tuned as our 2010 Call for Film Entries will begin in the New Year. Subscribe to our our newsletter here to get updates.  Until next year, from all of us at the festival, See You After Dark!
Toronto After Dark Film Fest 2009 Now Running! Press Raving About Our Film Lineup!
Adam Lopez Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:17:48 -0000
Toronto After Dark Film Festival, 17 New Horror, Sci-Fi, Action and Cult Movies,  is finally here! Join us over eight incredible nights this Aug. 14-21,  at Toronto’s legendary Bloor Cinema for what critics in the city are billing as a must-see film event.  Click on the links to read what they’re saying about our festival and advance reviews of our films at Eye Weekly, Toronto Star, NOW Magazine, Globe & Mail,  Metro News here and here, Toronto Life, and Fangoria to name a few! You can also see Toronto After Dark featured in print in this month’s Rue Morgue magazine. To find out more about the awesome films screening each day and watch trailers visit the festival schedule or to browse films by genre visit the film lineup page. Please note: our Festival All-Access Passes and advance tickets to TRICK ‘R TREAT have now sold out. But please remember for all screenings this year, including TRICK ‘R TREAT, we hold back a good supply of same-day-only tickets, so from one hour or more before each show you can buy tickets starting from $12/$10 exclusively at the door of the Bloor Cinema. To buy in advance or to find out how early you can get tickets at the door each day, visit our box office page here.  Finally, don’t forget to join other festival-goers and filmmakers at our fun nightly parties and pub social nights, which you can get more details of here. See you after dark at the movies! 

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