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

Toronto After Dark 2008 First Films Announced! Lineup includes Repo, Tokyo Gore, Red and More!
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:02:00 -0500
In its first wave of film titles revealed for 2008, Toronto After Dark Film Festival is proud to announce a selection of eight outstanding new horror, sci-fi, action and cult feature films that will have their Toronto Theatrical Premieres at the festival this October 17-24.  The initial lineup includes a number of critically acclaimed and award-winning films from around the world including the much-anticipated new sci-fi horror musical REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA, Sundance selection revenge thriller RED based on Jack Ketchum’s novel, cult horror action movie TOKYO GORE POLICE, celebrated vampire feature LET THE RIGHT ONE IN which won Best Picture at the Tribeca Film Festival, and Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton’s dark and twisted modern fairytale, IDIOTS & ANGELS. For a closer look at the films, and links to individual film trailers, click here. FESTIVAL PREVIEW Watch our brand-new Festival Preview Trailer featuring scenes from the first eight announced feature titles below! ADVANCE FESTIVAL VIP PASSES - NOW AVAILABLE!
Join us at our Brand New Facebook Group!
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:06:00 -0500
If you use the social site facebook you can now join over 2,000 fans of our film festival at the all-new Toronto After Dark Film Festival Facebook Group. Membership benefits include monthly updates on Toronto’s thrilling cinema event scene plus exclusive contest giveaways to some of the hottest screenings in town!  So what are you waiting for? Sign up today here.
Toronto After Dark Joins the Fantastic Festival Alliance!
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:03:00 -0500
We are thrilled to announce that Toronto After Dark Film Festival has become a fully accredited member of the prestigious North American Fantastic Festival Alliance.  NAFFA is comprised of professional North American festivals dedicated to presenting the best new independent and international fantasy, science fiction, horror, animation, exploitation, experimental and cult movies with a dedication to quality and respect for the filmmaker’s work.  Only six other film festivals have been given the NAFFA seal of approval, so this is huge honour for Toronto After Dark, only its third year. 
Toronto After Dark’s 2008 Call for Submissions Ends with a Record Over 700 Film Entries!
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:04:00 -0500
Our 2008 call for entries has now ended and we would like to thank the hundreds of filmmakers from around the world who chose to submit their works to our festival.  We received another record amount of entries this year, a staggering over 700 films! If you are waiting to see your status update change on the withoutabox submission system, please be patient as due to the record volume, it is taking additional time to update all records. Our little worker droids in the programming department will be spending the next few weeks reviewing every single one of our entries before we make our final selection for screening at this year’s 3rd Annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival. All filmmakers will be notified of our selection decision by August 31. 
Toronto After Dark 2007 Wraps with Record Attendance and Wins Runner-Up, Best Film Fest in the City!
Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:48:00 -0500
OVER 6,500 FANS TAKE IN THE FEST! A big thank you to all the fans, filmmakers and supporters who helped make the Second Annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival, 7 Amazing Nights of New Horror & Fantasy Cinema, Oct. 19-25, 2007, such a huge success! Our 2007 event exploded with over 6,500 fans coming out over seven nights, a more than 50% jump on our first year.  Watch the slideshow featuring all the most memorable scenes from the festival here. HUGE MEDIA BUZZ! Toronto After Dark 2007 also broke records for our media coverage this year. The festival and our incredible lineup of films and events were featured in more than 100 media outlets across Television, Print, Radio and the Web including Ain’t It Cool News, Bloody-Disgusting, CHUD, CityTV, Exclaim, Fangoria, Filmmaker Magazine, The Globe and Mail, Inside Entertainment, Joblo.com, MTV, NOW, Rue Morgue Magazine, Showcase, Space Channel, Toronto Star, Twitch and dozens more!  Read what the critics have to say about us here. RUNNER-UP FOR BEST FILM FESTIVAL IN THE CITY! UPDATE (Feb’08): Toronto After Dark has been voted Runner-up, Best Film Festival in the City by Filmgoers at Toronto’s leading news, arts, and events blog, BlogTO. WATCH THE SLIDESHOW & VIDEO CLIPS! If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the slideshow here featuring all the most memorable moments of our 2007 festival and the collection of video clips here. JOIN US FOR MORE CINEMATIC THRILLS IN OCT ‘08! Join us in Toronto in October 2008 for more cinematic mayhem! To get the latest updates and film announcements from Toronto After Dark Film Festival, be sure to subscribe to the festival newsletter here.
2007 Festival Award Winners Announced, Thai Supernatural Hit, ALONE, the Big Winner!
Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:40:00 -0500
Toronto After Dark is proud to announce the Award Winners of its recently wrapped 2007 Festival. Over 2,000 votes were cast for the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film and the Gold (1st Place) winner is Thai supernatural horror film ALONE, with Silver (2nd Place) going to horror-comedy MURDER PARTY and Bronze (3rd Place) to Russian Fantasy film WOLFHOUND. New for this year were the Toronto After Dark Spirit Awards recognizing outstanding independent genre filmmaking, where the big winner was indie zombie flick MULBERRY STREET. For the complete run-down of 2007 winners, including short film awards, click here.

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