Imagine Filmfestival

Every year the festival presents its Career Achievement Award to a filmmaker with an outstanding track record in the field of fantastic cinema. In recent years filmmakers such as Dario Argento, Paul Verhoeven, Ray Harryhausen, Roger Corman, Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton and Rutger Hauer came to Amsterdam to personally accept the award.

Imagine has, in more than a quarter of a century, grown into a mature 'player' on the festival circuit. As a member of the EFFFF (European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation) it promotes European fantastic cinema through the Méliès competition for both feature length and short films.
Imagine has come a long way, but through the years has retained its adventurous outlook. It hosts blockbusters as well as low budget independent productions from all over the world. Being relatively small, it also has lost none of its original accessibility and relaxed atmosphere.