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Below is just a small selection of the incredibly positive feedback Toronto After Dark Film Festival has received from filmmakers who have screened at our festival over the last six years:
“Toronto After Dark has an amazing atmosphere with a great energy! Our screening was completely sold out, the lineup was wrapped all the way around the block, and everyone was really into the movie. The fans here are the best!”
- Eli Roth, Filmmaker, CABIN FEVER, HOSTEL, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, THE LAST EXORCISM
“Toronto After Dark is like a rock show! Going to a fest like this, with such a knowledgeable and vibrant crowd is what filmmaking is all about for us. It inspires us to to keep making films we love!”
- Jason Eisener, Director & Rob Cotterill, Producer, HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN and TREEVENGE
“We found the festival circuit’s most appreciative and enthusiastic audience to be the crowd at Toronto After Dark!”
- Daniel Stamm, Director, THE LAST EXORCISM
“We’ve never felt more appreciated, honored, flattered, or more at home at a festival than we did at Toronto After Dark. We felt like rockstars! The staff, the theater, the crowd, the citizens of Toronto are all on my cool list forever. I wish I could do it every year!”
- Jim Mickle, Director/Writer, STAKE LAND and MULBERRY STREET
“I’ve never been welcomed by a more professional, caring and fun-loving group of folks. From their selection of flicks to their in-depth “q & a’s” that spill out to the local pub, this is movie-geekery at its best and a true home for film nerds. Be yourself at Toronto After Dark, because you can!”
- Noah Segan, Actor, BRICK, DEAD GIRL, CABIN FEVER 2 and SOMEONE’S KNOCKING AT THE DOOR
“My film was in many festivals, including Sundance, but the most focused and unique was Toronto After Dark which by far and away had the most enthusiastic crowds. Toronto After Dark will always have a special place in my heart, and I hope to be back soon!”
- Scott Sanders, Director/Writer, BLACK DYNAMITE
“We had our absolute best screening at Toronto After Dark. The audience was beyond incredible. The staff were amazing and so passionate about all of the movies. The overall festival was inspiring and introduced us all to some wonderful, some truly horrific and some downright insane films. I know I’m not supposed to pick favorites, but Toronto After Dark is my favorite film festival.”
- Henry Saine, Director, THE LAST LOVECRAFT: RELIC OF CTHULHU
“I am really proud to have been included in Toronto After Dark. I signed my distribution agreement last week. I got the offer from a distributor who saw the film at the festival!”
- John Reed, Short Filmmaker, FUDDLEBE
“As a filmmaker, nothing excites me more than being around people who get the genre. Toronto After Dark not only get it, they bleed it! ”
- Darren Lynn Bousman, Director, SAW 2, 3, 4 and REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA
“Toronto After Dark is my kind of festival, because of the great programming of unique and powerful films. But even better are the very large and loving audiences.”
- Bill Plympton, Oscar Nominated Director/Animator, IDIOTS & ANGELS
“The festival was really well organized, with a casual, party-like feel. We screened in a huge theater and saw several great movies. I also forged many new friendships with fellow filmmakers, I’m so glad I submitted to AND attended Toronto After Dark Film Festival.”
- Kevin Tenney, Director, NIGHT OF THE DEMONS and BRAIN DEAD
“Toronto After Dark Film Festival is truly dedicated to independent art, and is brilliantly curated. I was incredibly proud to screen at the Festival.”
—Lloyd Kaufman, Director/Producer/Writer, THE TOXIC AVENGER, TROMEO & JULIET and POULTRYGEIST: NIGHT OF THE CHICKEN DEAD
“We had our Canadian Premiere at Toronto After Dark and played to a fantastically enthusiastic crowd at the perfectly suited Bloor Cinema. The festival itself is put on by true genre fans and attended by real movie lovers who make the entire experience unforgettable. It’s a blast!”
- Joshua Grannell aka Peaches Christ, Director/Writer/Actor, ALL ABOUT EVIL
“More than any festival I’ve ever been to, Toronto After Dark has the feeling of being run by film lovers, for film lovers. I couldn’t have been more pleased. The lineup for our film was around the block!”
- Hal Haberman, Director/Writer, SPECIAL
“Toronto After Dark audiences are a lively bunch, the staff are incredibly passionate and helpful and the exposure for our film helped long after our trip ended. I left with not only business connections but also good friends. I love that the festival supports the smaller guys but also draws the attention of some heavy hitters. In short, Toronto After Dark is the real deal.”
- Devin McGinn, Producer/Writer/Actor, THE LAST LOVECRAFT: RELIC OF CTHULHU
“I had an absolute blast showing I Sell The Dead at Toronto After Dark. The audience threw a ton of love our way, and the organizers were beyond passionate in their commitment to getting new genre work out to the fans. I came away from the festival with new friends and very fond memories.”
- Glenn McQuaid, Director/Writer, I SELL THE DEAD
“Toronto After Dark is the kind of film festival this city has needed for a long time: heartfelt, intimate and fiercely independent.”
- Rodrigo Gudiño, Director/Writer, short films THE EYES OF EDWARD JAMES and THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF MISTER HOLLOW
“Toronto After Dark is one of the best genre festivals going. The passion and taste behind the programming, the joy of the presentation, the personal investment of the staff—all marks of a festival that will be around for a long, long time to come. We were lucky enough to play dozens and dozens of festivals around the world, and this truly was one of my absolute favorites.”
- Paul Solet, Director/Writer, GRACE
“The passionate and extraordinarily knowledgeable programmers at Toronto After Dark Film Festival created a wonderful, heartfelt experience for both fans and filmmakers.”
—Scott Glosserman, Director/Producer/Writer BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON
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