Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival

The Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival is an annual film festival, which takes place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.[1] The festival programs an annual line-up of science fiction, horror, fantasy, thriller drama and other genre films.[1]

The festival was launched in 2010 as the Dark Bridges Film Festival,[2] modeled on events such as the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, the After Dark Film Festival in Toronto and the Midnight Madness stream at the Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It changed its name to Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival in 2014, to counter an audience perception that the festival focused solely on horror films.[4] The city's local zombie walk was also staged to occur as part of the event for a few years but it has gone on to become its own event separate from the festival.[4]

References
  1. "Dark places: Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival returns". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, October 17, 2016.
  2. "New film festival has a dark side". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, October 16, 2009.
  3. "Film fest brings monsters to city". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, September 24, 2010.
  4. "Weird And Wonderful; Film festival covers all genres from horror to romance". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, September 22, 2014.
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