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Vienna International Festival Screenings

Viennale 09 Poster

Splinter is showing at the Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale ‘09) this Saturday, with an encore performance at midnight on Halloween!

Looking at a few web sites, this seems like one hell of a cool film festival, and the Halloween screening really sounds like a blast.

Despite growing up in London, I have never really travelled through Europe. Vienna is supposed to be one of the most beautiful cities, and I can’t think of a better way to travel than as a guest of a major film festival.

Alas, with an indie like Splinter, directors do not seem to get flown all over the world to attend these events. Or at least I don’t. LOL. Would be fun though.

Viennale Party

For more info about the festival and more pictures, visit Film Festival World’s page on the fest HERE. And to buy tickets if you’re lucky enough to be in Austria for Halloween, go HERE.

Splinter to End Night of Horror in Sydney, Australia

A Night of Horror

Australian genre film festival, A Night of Horror International Film Festival just announced that Splinter will screen as the festival’s closing night film. Considered “Sydney’s first true horror film festival” A Night of Horror prides itself on actively promoting the genre in Australia, and we’re happy to be a part of it. 

Splinter is screening as the festival’s closing night film, at the Dendy Cinema Newtown (Sydney, Australia) on April 3, at 7:00pm.

For more information about the festival, visit the official site, or join the Facebook group, or the MySpace group. 

Update on Screenings in Germany

A while ago I told you that Splinter would be screening throughout Germany. I now have the details of those screenings. Fantasy Film Fest has chosen Splinter to tour Germany and play the following seven dates as part of the genre lineup. 

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Hamburg
03/7 @ 6pm - CINEMAXX Dammtor

Berlin
03/8 @ 3:30pm - CINEMAXX am Potsdamer Platz

Stuttgart
03/13 @ 6:30pm - METROPOL, Bolzstr. 10

Munich
03/14 @ 4:30pm - CINEMA, Nymphenburger St 31

Nurnberg
03/15 @ 1:45pm - CINECITTA’, Gewerbemuseumsplatz 3

Frankfurt
03/21 @ 1:30pm - CINESTAR METROPLIS, Eschenheimer Anlage 40

Cologne
03/22 @ 4pm - CINEDOM, Im Mediapark 1

For more information FantasyFilmFest.com

German distributor Square One is planning to release Splinter in April.

Splinter Plays 7 Dates in Germany

Fantasy Film Fest

Fantasy Film Fest, a well established German genre festival has selected Splinter to be part of their traveling film series. Splinter will play with Dead Girl, Book of Blood, My Bloody Valentine 3D, and more as it tours seven German cities through March, including Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Nürnberg, Münich, Köln, and Frankfurt. 

For dates, tickets, and more info visit FantasyFilmFest.com

Austin Film Fest Wrap-Up

I just returned from a whistle-stop visit to the Austin Film Festival and Screenwriting Conference where Splinter screened for the second time in front of a US audience. I had a great time at the fest, the audience was great and I even got to speak on a panel. That in itself made the trip awesome fun, I apparently quite enjoy public speaking… something I didn’t really know about myself. 

Austin Fest

The panel was called Writing the Horror Film, and I was delighted to be included in the line-up with Eric Red (The Hitcher), Bryan Bertino (The Strangers) and actor/writer Johnathon Schaech (Prom Night, Quarantine).

I was only in Austin for two days, but managed to hang out with a couple of my screenwriting heros, John August (Go, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), and Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Long Kiss Goodnight, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang). 

It was also great to be returning to the festival with my first feature film after taking home the Audience Award for Best Short Film in 2006 for my short film Kidney Thieves.

Splinter in Austin - Oct 17th

Austin FestSplinter is playing at The Austin Film Festival on Friday October 17th at 10pm. Please go and support the film, and this great festival if you can. 

It’s really great to be back at Austin, Ben Acker and I had an amazing time at the fest. in 2006 when our film Kidney Thieves (click to watch) took home the Audience Award for Best Short Film.