Stanley Film Festival was a horror film festival located in Estes Park , Colorado . Founded in 2013, the festival showcased independent horror films, including features, shorts and special events with guest filmmakers. The festival was named for the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park where it is held, a neo-Georgian hotel that was the inspiration and setting of Stephen King's horror novel The Shining [citation needed
2013 Festival
The inaugural festival was held May 2–5, 2013.[ 1] The Purge James DeMonaco and producer Jason Blum in attendance.[ 2] [ 3]
Selected Films
Film
Country
Director
Additional Notes
100 Bloody Acres AUSTRALIA
Colin and Cameron Cairnes
Aftershock USA, Chile
Nicolás López
Closing Night
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane USA
Jonathan Levine
Beneath USA
Larry Fessenden
Berberian Sound Studio United Kingdom
Peter Strickland
Big Bad Wolves Israel
Navot Papushado & Aharon Keshales
Black Rock USA
Katie Aselton
Cabin Fever – UNRATED DIRECTOR’S CUTUSA
Eli Roth
Frankenstein's Army NETHERLANDS
Richard Raaphorst
Here Comes the Devil MEXICO
Adrián García Bogliano
Macabre Singapore, Indonesia
Kimo Stamboel & Timo Tjahjanto
Maniac USA
Frank Khalfoun
No One Lives USA
Ryûhei Kitamura
Room 237 USA
Rodney Ascher
Sightseers United Kingdom
Ben Wheatley
Centerpiece
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Germany
Robert Wiene
The Purge USA
James DeMonaco
Opening Night
The Rambler USA
Calvin Lee Reeder
The Shining USA
Stanley Kubrick
Tower Block United Kingdom
James Nunn & Ronnie Thompson
V/H/S/2 USA, Canada, Indonesia
Simon Barrett, Jason Eisener, Gareth Evans, Gregg Hale, Eduardo Sánchez, Timo Tjahjanto & Adam Wingard
Vanishing Waves Lithuania, France, Belgium
Kristina Buozyte
Wither Sweden
Sonny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund
Special Events
It included Room 237 Leon Vitali , who was Kubrick's personal assistant on The Shining
Mick Garris, director of The Shining (TV miniseries)Badass Digest writer Devin Faraci. Presentation of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
"Composing for Genre Cinema" - a panel discussion with film score composers, Nathan Barr, Jonathan Snipes, William Hutson, Hank Troy and Mark Schulz.
Live performance by the John Chaos Sideshow .
2013 Awards
Award
Recipient
Film/Note
Visionary Award
Eli Roth Example
Audience Award for Feature
Franck Khalfoun Maniac
Audience Award for Short
Ryan Spindell
The Root of the Problem
Stanley Dean’s Cup
John McSween
Peak of Terror
2014 Festival
The 2nd annual festival took place April 24–27, 2014.
Selected Films
2014 Awards
Award
Recipient
Film/Note
Visionary Award
Elijah Wood Founders of SpectreVision
The Master of Horror Award
Joe Dante
Audience Award for Feature
What We Do In The Shadows
Audience Award for Short
Here Be Monsters
Jury Award for Short
Ghost Train
Stanley Dean's Cup Jury Award and Stanley Dean's Cup Audience Award
Wormbug
[ 4]
2015 Festival
The 3rd annual festival took place April 30 - May 3, 2015.
Opening night film: Cooties SpectreVision production company partners Daniel Noah, Josh Waller, and Elijah Wood in attendance.[ 5]
Selected Films
2015 Awards
Award
Recipient
Film/Note
Visionary Award
Tom Quinn
RADiUS-TWC co-president
Audience Award for Feature
The Final Girls
Director Todd Strauss-Schulson
Audience Award & Jury Award for Short Film
The Babysitter Murder
Director Ryan Spindell
Stanley Dean's Cup Colorado Prize
Moon Studios
Director Merritt Crocker
Stanley Dean's Cup International Prize
Inherent Noise
Director Karol Jurga
[ 6]
External links
References
^ Hunter, Rob. "Stanley Film Fest Paints the Hotel Walls Shining Red with 'The Purge,' 'Maniac,' 'Aftershock,' 'Black Rock' and More" . Reject Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 April 2013 . ^ Kit, Borys. "Ethan Hawke's The Purge to Open Inaugural Stanley Film Festival" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 22 April 2013 . ^ McHargue, Brad. "Stanley Film Fest Unveils Lineup for Inaugural Festival, May 2–5" . Dread Central Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 April 2013 . ^ Lindsay, Taylor. "And the Awards For Horror Go to Elijah Wood, Joe Dante, 'Ghost Train' and More at the 2014 Stanley Film Festival" . Indiewire. Retrieved 11 May 2015 . ^ Sharf, Zach. "Stanley Film Festival Announces 'Cooties' As Opening Night Film" . Indiewire. Retrieved 11 May 2015 . ^ Canfield, David. "Stanley Film Festival Announces Winners of 2015 Horror Showcase" . Indiewire. Retrieved 11 May 2015 .