Celebrating the best in independent horror cinema, SFF will showcase a full slate of features, shorts, panels and fully immersive experiences – set at the Stanley Hotel. The haunted landmark opened in 1909 and was the inspiration for Stephen King’s Overlook Hotel in The Shining.
The Stanley Film Festival is honored to recognize Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Howling, Piranha) with the inaugural 2014 Stanley Film Festival Master of Horror award. The award will be presented by horror icon, Mick Garris (Sleepwalkers, The Shining, The Stand, Masters of Horror), creator and chief organizer of the fabled master of horror dinners attended by great filmmakers past and present on Sunday, April 27th at the Stanley Awards Horror Brunch. Not only will festival goers be treated to an awards ceremony with some of the genre’s most prolific players, they will enjoy one hell of a gory brunch as well.
Before the breakdown of new stuff, a quick note…I’ll be co-hosting Dead Right Horror Trivia at this event. If you’re going and want to register to play – FOLLOW THIS LINK TO SIGN UP!
ADDED SCREENINGS:
- LFO – Sweden/Denmark/2013 – (Director: Antonio Tublen, Featuring Patrik Karlson, Izabella Jo Tschig, Per Löfberg, Ahnna Rasch, Lukas Loughran) – Presented by SpectreVision, a hermit discovers he can control people’s minds through a unique pattern of sound frequencies, which he in turn uses on his unsuspecting neighbors.
STANLEY DEAN’S CUP SHORTS:
See the future of horror with short films from local, national and international students. The Competition features a Juried and Audience Award with cash prizes going to the winning schools.
- BANEFUL, USA, directed by David Roth: Five college students break into an abandoned insane asylum in this horror/comedy mashup.
- BURST, USA, directed by Hannah Waterbury: A secluded female scientist must come to terms with the killer fungus she has contracted.
- BAREFOOT, Israel, directed by Amit Asraf: Nine moments in a life of a girl as she searches for the meaning of revenge.
- KELLERKIND, Germany, directed by Julia Ocker: A woman gives birth to a child. But the child is absolutely different from other children.
- PONDEROSA DRIVE, directed by Kirsten West: A realtor staging a foreclosed cabin finds the family still settled, making it known that no one’s leaving anytime soon.
- THE LOST BOY, USA, directed by John McSween: A father takes his family on vacation in the woods where they stumble into an ancient ritual for eternal youth.
- VELVET VOYEUR, USA, directed by Quinn Williams: After the tragic suicide of his sister, Hayden hires three models to partake in a dark, visceral photo shoot, in order to interpret his sister’s beauty and pain. Hayden captures his vision, and his method is death.
- WORMBUG, Canada, directed by Arlen Konopaki: After Henry swallows a bug in his sleep, very strange things start happening to him.
PANEL DISCUSSIONS:
- NEW WAVE: THE SURVIVAL OF INDEPENDENT HORROR Saturday, April 26 1:30pmIn a genre often clogged with cliche and camp, new auteurs emerge with gruesome ideas and innovative executions that keep the horror alive. Learn secrets of the shoestring trade and production horror stories from those who lived to tell the tales. PANELISTS: Ti West (The Sacrament), Larry Fessenden (Tales From Beyond The Pale, Wendingo), Glenn McQuaid (I Sell The Dead, Tales From Beyond The Pale), Travis Stevens (Cheap Thrills, Jodorowsky’s Dune, Starry Eyes)MODERATOR: Ryan Turek (Shock Till You Drop)
- SPECTREVISIONARIES Saturday, April 26 3:00pmFounded in 2010 by partners Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller, SpectreVision is a film production and music management company created to tell heartfelt, character-driven stories tackling real, social and emotional issues that test the boundaries of the horror genre. PANELISTS: Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, Josh Waller, Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night), Craig MacNeill (The Boy) MODERATOR: Devin Faraci (Badass Digest)
- WHO WATCHES THIS STUFF?: BUYING, SELLING AND DISTRIBUTING HORROR TODAY Saturday, April 26 12:00pm Get to know the buyers, sellers, distributors, and exhibitors of the finest in world horror as they discuss the realities of peddling genre cinema in today’s climate. PANELISTS: James Shapiro (Drafthouse Films), Peter Van Steemburg (Magnolia Pictures) Crystal Decker Orren (Well Go USA Entertainment) MODERATOR: Ryland Aldrich (Twitch)
