Imagine Film Festival
imagine film festival formerly amsterdam fantastic film festival afff also known imagine fantastic film festival simply imagine annual film festival amsterdam netherlands festival created amsterdam fantastic film festival focus mainly fantasy horror film changing name imagine started weekend terror several year weekend turned fullblown festival titled amsterdam fantastic film festival afff showed wide array international genre film horror also scifi fantasy martial art anime afff hosted golden méliès gala best european fantastic long short film festival got new name imagine film festival name change organization wanted emphasize festival become focused film cannot strictly defined fantasy horror science fiction year many year based kriterion festival chose eye film institute home base year eye festival started adding vr experience well game flag imagine expanded extended science programme timing venue changed end october instead midapril two new base venue imagine take place end october lab de filmhallen festival aim acquaint film lover general public selection new classic film genre fantasy horror science fiction large part program consists genre film exploitation film cult film obscure film though offering become increasingly diverse year event organised foundation afff profit receives subsidy film fund city amsterdam imagine time capsule awarded former award include black tulip award vr award lifetime career achievement award prize awarded festival sea devil award best fantastic feature film silver méliès best fantastic european film one feature one short silver scream award voted audience feature film except classic eligible best feature formerly black tulip award jury prize awarded three category afterwards category best feature méliès award initiative méliès international festival federation formerly european fantastic film festival federation effff imagine member since affiliated festival year grant two silver méliès award festival one best long one best short film fantastic winner join méliès dor award ceremony amsterdam méliès winner amsterdam mélièswinners silver scream award voted audience festival inaugural vr award awarded eightchannel video australian work called summation force filmmaker matthew bate photographer narelle autio trent parke lifetimecareer achievement award awarded following people phil tippett career achievement award alejandro jodorowsky career achievement award neil jordan stan lee rutger hauer dick maas tim burton career achievement award terry gilliam career achievement award roger corman ray harryhausen paul naschy awarded lloyd kaufman paul verhoeven dario argento wes craven prize awarded online entry official website