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Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the short film lineup for the seventh edition of Fantastic Fest, happening September 22-29 in Austin, Texas. Fantastic Fest loves its short films – they provide a fertile ground for new and exciting filmmaking talent to show off their genre goods in an unrestrained format. Here is the lineup for Fantastic Fest 2011:

ALL MEN ARE CALLED ROBERT (2011)
U.S. Premiere
Director: Marc-Henri Boulier, France, 6 minutes
A naked, terribly bruised man is running through the woods. He stops suddenly. Who is this mysterious woman calling for help? And why are men trying to shoot him?

BEDTIME FOR TIMMY (2010)
Regional Premiere
Director: Thomas Nicol and Becky Griesheimer, USA, 3 minutes
Night falls, shadows creep out, and the time has come for little Timmy to go to bed. But can he brave the ominous gaze of his closet door?

BLACK DOLL (2011)
U.S. Premiere
Director: Sofia Carrillo, Mexico, 8 minutes
Two sisters share their life imprisoned in a strange place. The mundane routine, along with their curiosity, will cause them to break their boundaries.

BRUTAL RELAX (2010)
Texas Premiere
Director: David Munoz, Rafa Dengra & Adrian Cardona, Spain, 15 minutes
Having recently recovered from a mental breakdown, Mr. Oliveras is in need of a relaxing vacation but things don't go exactly as planned.

THE CANDIDATE (2010)
Texas Premiere
Director: David Karlak, USA, 19 minutes
An underhanded company man is offered assistance by a secret organization that immerses him in forces beyond his control.

THE COLDEST CALLER (2011)
Regional Premiere
Director: Joe Tucker, United Kingdom, 4 minutes
Mrs. Evans wasn't expecting any visitors today... A short, comic film about the banality and randomness of death.

COP HARD (2011)
World Premiere
Director: Charles C. Custer, Australia, 30 minutes
Hard cop. Tough cop. Detective Larry Hard is more cop than an old doughnut next to a dead hooker.

COST OF LIVING (2011)
World Premiere
Director: Ben David Grabinski, USA, 8 minutes
Silas (Brandon Routh) and Jerry (Bret Harrison) work for a very interesting corporation. One day things go wrong... Scary things.

COLOURBLEED (2011)
Regional Premiere
Director: Peter Szewczyk, Poland, 9 minutes
A young girl's fate is inextricably sealed when she crosses paths with a scheming and enigmatic old woman, who harbors a dark secret.

CREATE (2011)
World Premiere
Director: Dan MacKenzie, USA, 2 minutes
A young mad scientist sets out to create a pet monster within the parallel worlds of an imaginary laboratory and the reality of the boy's bedroom.

CTIN! (2011)
North American Premiere
Director: Cyrille Drevon, France, 15 minutes
At midnight, a man wakes up at a bizarre dinner party, surrounded by strangers speaking a curious language ...

CURTAIN (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director: Dennis Widmyer, USA, 13 minutes
An unemployed deadbeat runs into a heap of girl trouble when he's forced to choose the lesser of two evils: the succubus haunting his bathtub or the psychotic girlfriend lying in his bedroom.

DEAD ON TIME (2010)
Regional Premiere
Director: Andreas Lambropoulos and Kostas Skiftas, Greece, 12 minutes
A young woman tries to escape from murderous criminals, but soon discovers death to be the least of her troubles.

DECAPODA SHOCK (2011)
North American Premiere
Director: Javier Chillon, Spain, 9 minutes
An astronaut returns to Earth after a fatal accident on a distant planet.

DICKFACE (2011)
World Premiere
Director: Eric Vogel and Thomas Seeberg Torjussen, Norway, 2 minutes
Portrait of the artist as a young man...if he had no hands and a dick for a nose.

DIRTY SILVERWARE (2011)
Regional Premiere
Director: Steve Daniels, USA, 16 minutes
In this dark, whimsical fantasy, a man travels deep into the forest to stop an ancient creature from creating cursed silverware that brings unhappiness to the world.

THE DUNGEON MASTER (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director: Rider Strong and Shiloh Strong, USA, 13 minutes
After they discover they were both fantasy geeks as kids, Shane and Cooper decide to spend a night playing Dungeons & Dragons. But they can't remember the rules, so they invite a true gamer to help them. When he shows up in a cape, things get awkward very quickly...

EXIT (2011)
World Premiere
Director: Daniel S. Zimbler, United Kingdom, 13 minutes
A Christmas party in the countryside. As a parlor trick becomes a bewitching, one of the guests gets his darkest desire.

FAMILY UNIT (2011)
World Premiere
Director: Blackmagic Rollercoaster, USA, 3 minutes
Celebrate the death anniversary of your wife and share a stainless breast milk picnic with your little boy.

THE HOLE CHICKEN OF LIFE AND MUSIC (2010)
Regional Premiere
Director: Nomint, Greece, 3 minutes
This is the story of the Holy Chicken, a magnificent beast, worshiped and exploited, in a tale of love and regret, art and science, life and music.

THE HUMAN NATURE (2010)
World Premiere
Director: Tore Frandsen, Denmark, 3 minutes
Set in the 1970's, this brief tale is centered around the classic horror theme of man vs. nature. Needless to say, in this battle, man will suffer.

THE HUNTER AND THE SWAN DISCUSS THEIR MEETING (2010)
Austin Premiere
Director: Emily Carmichael, USA, 8 minutes
A Brooklyn couple has dinner with a hunter and his girlfriend, a magical swan woman.

INCUBATOR (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director: Jimmy Weber, USA, 7 minutes
A young man wakes up in a bathtub full of ice in a dingy motel room only to discover his problems have just begun. You've heard the urban legend. This is worse.

INFERNAL NUNS (2011)
U.S. Premiere
Director: Roland Petrizza, Germany, 3 minutes
When Pope Innocentius VIII is doomed to die, Marie Claire, a devoted nun, is willing to sacrifice everything to save him. But her undying love for the Holy Father will be her downfall.

INNERCITY (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director: Alain Fournier, Canada, 8 minutes
In a lonely, gray city, a young boy has only pigeons for company. When he spies a pretty neighbor, he tries all manner of inventions to catch her eye and heart.

LADY CRUSH (2011)
North American Premiere
Director: Hanna Skold, Sweden, 11 minutes
An absurd, associative tale about love, role-playing and the longing to be seen.

THE LADY PARANORMA (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director: Vincent Marcone, Canada, 6 minutes
Estranged from the rest of the townsfolk, an eccentric lady is haunted by ghostly whispers, and follows an eerie call to an unusual happily-ever-after.

THE LAST NORWEGIAN TROLL (2011)
Regional Premiere
Director: Pjotr Sapegin, Norway, 13 minutes
In the old days, Norway used to be a safe heaven for Trolls, but not anymore. One day three young goats decide to get rid of an old Troll who lives under a bridge. Little do they know that he is the last survivor of his species, the very last Troll of Norway...

LAZAROV (2010)
North American Premiere
Director: Nietov, France, 5 minutes
Refusing to accept the decline of the USSR, a handful of Russian scientists work secretly to resurrect the Soviet power. Here are some new images of the mysterious program Lazarov.

THE LEGEND OF THE MIGHTY SOAP (2009)
World Premiere
Director: Andrew Bond, Estonia, 24 minutes
Dirtpeople are living in misery until the Mighty Soap arrives, who washes them clean.

MY DAD (2010)
North American Premiere
Director: Patrice Gablin, France, 13 minutes
What is behind the door at the end of the corridor? A secret, a family under pressure, and an unforeseen event which might change everything.

NIGHT OF THE DEVIL (2011)
North American Premiere
Director: Florian Puchert and Wolfgang Bohm, Germany, 15 minutes
When charlatan Paul pretends to exorcise a ghost from an old Bavarian farmhouse, he encounters the impossible – an actual supernatural presence. Attempting to save this lost soul, he unleashes Hell...

NO REST FOR THE WICKED (2011)
World Premiere
Director: Ryan Schifrin, USA, 16 minutes
Basil and Moebius are badass partners-in-crime who work for the mysterious and supernatural Collector. They pull a daring heist during an illegal gambling party thrown by an underworld kingpin.

NO WAY OUT (2011)
World Premiere
Director: Aaron Morgan, USA, 8 minutes
Isolated in a place where twisted creatures torment him from the dark, a man desperately tries to find an escape. But there may be no way out.

PATH OF BLOOD: DEMON AT THE CROSSROAD OF DESTINY (2011)
Austin Premiere
Director: Eric Power, USA, 4 minutes
A lone samurai sets his course towards the path of blood, where unknown dangers and terrors await. Will his great swordsmanship be enough to combat the treacherous demon lord and his minions?

PROFILE (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director: Timo Pierre Rositzki, Germany, 7 minutes
Caro is approached by Thomas, and she has no idea about the surprises the encounter will bring...

A RIVER IN THE WOODS (2011)
U.S. Premiere
Director: Christian Sparkes, Canada, 12 minutes
A fable about a group of children who befriend a monster they meet while playing in the woods.

SHIFTER (2011)
North American Premiere
Director: Ben Parker, United Kingdom, 8 minutes
A woman, trapped inside a building, tries to evade armed soldiers who want her as bait to entrap her uniquely skilled mentor.

SK8RZ (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director: Robin Todd, United Kingdom, 8 minutes
Set in a world where love exists as forward momentum, sk8rz carry each other over precarious obstacles until they crash in bitter disagreement.

SPOON WARS (2011)
North American Premiere
Director: Richard Gale, USA, 8 minutes
The latest installment of Richard Gale's viral hit THE HORRIBLY SLOW MURDERER WITH THE EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT WEAPON, this epic interstellar battle features the Spoonkiller vs. Jack "Obi-Wan" Cucchiaio.

SUFFER (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director: Kimani Ray Smith, Canada, 18 minutes
A professional fighter risks his life to save a beautiful stranger in Hell's kitchen.

THANK YOU JESUS! (2010)
World Premiere
Director: Free, USA, 6 minutes
Young lovers are cruelly used by malevolent creatures who live within the woods. A bloody supernatural battle ensues, pitting a dead man against his killer.

TUNE FOR TWO (2011)
North American Premiere
Director: Gunnar A K Jarvstad, Sweden, 3 minutes
An execution takes an unexpected turn...

TWO DREAMS (2011)
World Premiere
Director: Meredith Hama-Brown, Canada, 5 minutes
June and Marc sleep in a bed and dream separate dreams of their lives together. Each dream eventually becomes the other person's nightmare.

TWO FRIENDS (2010)
Austin Premiere
Director: Paw Charlie Ravn, Denmark, 8 minutes
Albert and his best friend Jonas are orphans. They live in the future in a harsh dystopia where the women and children are all dead and the men have begun to change.

THE UNLIVING (2010)
Texas Premiere
Director: Hugo Lijia, Sweden, 28 minutes
Thirty years after a zombie outbreak, people have started taming the creatures and using them as a cheap work force. Young couple Katrine and Mark struggle with the duties of dirty zombie-catching, bloody lobotomy experiments and a relationship on the verge of collapse.

VILE BEAST (2011)
U.S. Premiere
Director: William Crooks, Australia, 4 minutes
Luke and Susan are enjoying a nice, boring evening at home until they are interrupted by a vile and implacable monster.

WATER LILIES IN BLOOM (2011)
Regional Premiere
Director: Emil Stang Lund, Norway, 15 minutes
The suspended synchronized swimming guru Labanosov entices overweight women to join him in his mission to prove Isaac Newton wrong at the Championships.

WE, TIME MACHINE (2011)
Texas Premiere
Director: Raul Navarro, Spain, 8 minutes
Time traveler Carlos uses his unique skill to take advantage of women...until he meets fellow traveler Laura. This is the story of a love beyond the space-time continuum.

YUICHI: THE BEGINNING OF THE END (2011)
World Premiere
Director: Aaron Guadamuz, USA, 9 minutes
After the planet is decimated, Yuichi and his dog venture into the charred landscape of cult film artifacts in search of a television tube.

About Fantastic Fest

Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the U.S., specializing in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world. In years past the festival has been home to world premieres of THERE WILL BE BLOOD, APOCALYPTO, ZOMBIELAND and RED while the guest roster has included such talent as Mel Gibson, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Ryan Reynolds, Karl Urban, Josh Hartnett, The RZA, Dolph Lundgren, Jemaine Clement, Paul Rudd, Bill Pullman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kevin Smith, Jon Favreau, George Romero, Darren Aronofsky and Mike Judge. FantasticFest also features world, national and regional premieres of new, up-and-coming genre films. The festival has launched and propelled the buzz for international genre hits like THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE, MONSTERS, TIMECRIMES and TROLLHUNTER. Fantastic Fest is held each year at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema on South Lamar in Austin, Texas. The Alamo Drafthouse was named the best cinema in America by Entertainment Weekly and features food and drink served to your seat without any disruption of the movie experience.

During his Keynote Address at the International film Festival Summit in Las Vegas, Variety president and publisher Charlie Koones listed Fantastic Fest in a list of "10 Film Festivals We Love," a list which included industry heavy-hitters such as Cannes, Toronto and Telluride. We've also been named as one of the "25 coolest film festivals" and the "25 film festivals worth the entry fee" by Moviemaker Magazine.