International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival is a film festival dedicated to the

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of horror and

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. The event is held annually in Tempe,

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. The festival was founded in 2005 by

Brian Pulido Brian Pulido (born November 30, 1961) is a creator, writer and producer of comic books and films. Early life Growing up in Long Branch, New Jersey, Pulido first developed an interest in the horror genre after the release of ''Night of the Livin ...

and

Chris LaMont Chris LaMont is a screenwriter, independent filmmaker, and film professor, who co-founded the Phoenix Film Festival in 2000. He has written and co-written several feature films, including ''The Inheritance ', The Locksmith, '' The Au Pair Nightm ...

2006 festival awards

Hall of fame

Mick Garris Mick Garris (born December 4, 1951) is an American filmmaker and screenwriter born in Santa Monica, California. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, as well as making Stephen King adaptations. Early life Garris was born in Sant ...

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The Stand ''The Stand'' is a post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by American author Stephen King and first published in 1978 by Doubleday. The plot centers on a deadly pandemic of weaponized influenza and its aftermath, in which the few survivin ...

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Masters of Horror ''Masters of Horror'' is an anthology television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network. Origin In 2002, director Mick Garris invited some director friends to an informal dinner at a restaurant in Sherman Oaks, ...

Sci-fi awards

* Best Science Fiction Feature - '' Firefly'' * Best Director - ''Firefly'' * Best Documentary - ''Pulp Fiction Art: Cheap Thrills and Painted Nightmares'' * Best Animated Sci-Fi Feature - '' Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles'' * Best Science Fiction Short Film - ''The Grandfather Paradox'' * Best Science Fiction Animated Short - ''I Must Destroy You'' * Best Alternate Reality Featurette - ''Assumption'' * Best Surreal Short Film - ''Reality Check'' * Best Science Fiction Musical - ''Alien Rose'' * Best Alternate Reality Short - ''Outside In'' * Best Science Fiction Tragedy - ''MICROGRAVITY'' * Best Cinematography - ''Model Man'' * Best Story in an SF Short Film - ''The Futurist'' * Best Set Design - Adidas, ''Adi-color Green'' * Best Surreal Future Short Film - ''Last Man in Brooklyn'' * Best Fantasy Short Film - ''Say That You Love Me...''

Horror awards

* Best Horror Feature - ''

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'' * Best Actress -

Corri English Corri English (born Corri Englisby; May 10, 1978) is an American actress. Life and career As a young girl during the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was a frequent host of '' Kid's Beat'' and a few other kids shows on TBS (prior to the merg ...

, ''Unrest'' * Best Screenplay - ''In Memorium'' * Best Splatter - ''The Slaughter'' * Best Short - ''

Penny Dreadful Penny dreadfuls were cheap popular serial literature produced during the nineteenth century in the United Kingdom. The pejorative term is roughly interchangeable with penny horrible, penny awful, and penny blood. The term typically referred to ...

'' * Best College Sound Design - ''Penny Dreadful'' * Best Editing - ''Penny Dreadful'' * Best Acting Ensemble - ''Death by Engagement'' * Best Actress College Short -

Emily Vacchiano Emily Vacchiano (aka Emily Vaughan) is an American actress who has appeared in films, on television (credits include ''The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves ...

, ''Penny Dreadful'' * Creepiest Micro Short - ''No. 12'' * Best Zombie Comedy - ''Zombies in Love'' * Most Disturbing Short - ''Faceless'' * Atomic Comics Fright Fest Award - ''Zomburrito'' * Best Zombie Film - ''Recently Deceased'' * Creepiest College Short - ''Watcher'' * Best Foreign Short - ''Akai'' * Goriest Micro Short - ''Deadly Tantrum'' * Best Dark Future Drama - ''A through M'' * Best Screenplay - ''A through M'' * Best Dark Fantasy Short Film - ''Scribble'' * Best Science Fiction Satire - ''Passion to the Max'' * Best Dystopic Future Short Film - ''Bartholomew's Song'' * Best Special Effects - ''Man vs. Woman'' * Best Dark Future Foreign Film - ''Missing Pages'' * Best Dark Future Short Film - ''The Salesman'' * Best Superhero Short Film - ''Dial ‘A’ for Alphaman'' * Best Accidental Apocalypse - ''Genesis Antipode'' * Best Science Fiction Short Drama - ''NIA'' * Best Black and White Science Fiction Short - ''36'' * Best Story in a Dark Future Short Film - ''Robots Are Blue'' * Creepiest Short - ''Room to Breathe'' * Micro Short Hall of Fame - ''Ghost Busted'' * Best Micro-Short Cinematography - ''The Cobbler's Daughter'' * Best Adaptation - ''Pit and the Pendulum'' * Most Promising Filmmaker - ''Schattenkind'' * Best Comedy/Horror, Micro Short - ''Movie Monster Insurance'' * Best Documentary - ''Horror Fans'' * Best Micro Short Zombie Film - ''Cannibal Grave Yard'' * Best Sound Design, Foreign Short - ''Bad Dreams'' * Creative Vision Award - ''Siniestro'' * Goriest Short - ''Terrorist Ate My Brain'' * Best Comedy/Horror - ''Zombie American'' * Best Animated Short - ''If I Had a Hammer'' * Best Cinematography, Foreign Short - ''Devilwood'' * Best Costumes, Foreign Short - ''Devilwood'' * Best High School Short - ''Snowmaniac'' * Best Actress Horror Short - Lea Moreno, ''The Need'' * IHSFF Alumni Award, Best Returning Filmmaker - ''The Resurrectionist'' * Best Music - ''The Resurrectionist'' * Best Short Screenplay - ''The Resurrectionist'' * Best Short Cinematography - ''The Listening Dead'' * Best Effects - ''The Listening Dead'' * Best Production Design - ''The Listening Dead''

2005 festival awards

Hall of fame

Tobe Hooper Willard Tobe Hooper (; January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in the horror genre. The British Film Institute cited Hooper as one of the most influential horror fi ...

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' is a 1974 American horror film produced and directed by Tobe Hooper from a story and screenplay by Hooper and Kim Henkel. It stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow and Gunnar Hansen, w ...

'', '' Poltergeist'' *

Lloyd Kaufman Stanley Lloyd Kaufman Jr. (born December 30, 1945) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Alongside producer Michael Herz, he is the co-founder of Troma Entertainment film studio, and the director of many of their featur ...

- '' The Toxic Avenger'', ''

Tromeo and Juliet ''Tromeo and Juliet'' is a 1997 American independent transgressive romantic black comedy film and a loose adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''Romeo & Juliet'' from Troma Entertainment. The film was directed by Lloyd Kaufman from a screenplay ...

References

External links

*{{official website, http://www.horrorscifi.com Film festivals in Arizona Film festivals established in 2005 Fantasy and horror film festivals in the United States Science fiction film festivals Tempe, Arizona Events in Maricopa County, Arizona

2006 festival awards

Hall of fame

Sci-fi awards

Horror awards

2005 festival awards

Hall of fame

See also

References

External links