..Fantastic Fest is an 8 day festival of horror, sci-fi, fantasy and other genre films. We look upon ourselves as a film festival with all the boring parts cut out. The festival features around 60-70 features, and 30-40 short films, and includes a jury and an audience competition. In addition to the competition films, we also feature special guests and hollywood sneak previews. Last year we had the premiere of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: the Beginning with the cast and crew in attendance, a sneak preview of Apocalypto with Mel Gibson live in person and The Fountain with Darren Aronofsky live in person.
We will also host several parties, luncheons, galas and group outings (at least one for Barbeque) for out of town guests to get a taste of Austin and central Texas.
Official Fantastic Fest website