Thank you to everyone who helped make the first Maryland Fantastique Film Fest a success

If you missed the fun, you can still order a t-shirt to support the festival!

To order t-shirts call the CAC at 410-636-6597 ($20 postpaid) S, M, L, XL

Audience Members patiently await the
Laemmle Award Presentations

April Rouse signed autographs at the Renfield Arts Booth in the Dealers Room

Comic Artist Mark Wheatley signs copies of his newest works including
Frankenstein Mobster

Gary J. Svehla, President of Midnight Marquee Press, Inc. and Wayne Shipley, Executive Director of the Chesapeake Arts Center, present the Laemmle Award Winners and certificates to all entrants

Gary J. Svehla and Lee Anderson of Filmsters Academy, whose support and entries in the MFFF helped make our first year special.

Dylan Siebenhaar accepts the
Young Filmmakers Award
Ages 5-10

 

Mark Redfield introduces Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2002)

Movie Poster Display

Movie Poster Display (cont.)

Ethan Meyer accepts the Young Filmmakers Award
Ages 14-17

David Cross accepts the Festival Film Winner Award for Ghostwatcher

 

 

Directions

From Baltimore
395 south to Hanover Street,
south to Ritchie Highway
Right on Hammonds Lane
Right at 194 Hammonds Lane


Baltimore Beltway (Route 695) Exit 3A to *Ritchie Highway (Route 2) north (about .7 miles), to Hammonds Lane, turn left at traffic signal (about .2 miles)
Right at 194 Hammonds Lane

From North
Take I83 south to 695 toward Pikesville
Exit 3A to Ritchie Highway (Route 2) north (about .7 miles), to Hammonds Lane, turn left at traffic signal (about .2 miles) Right at 194 Hammonds Lane

From the South
From Baltimore Washington Parkway (Route 295), I-95 or Route 1
Exit at the Baltimore Beltway, East (Route 695)
Exit at 3A
Go north on Ritchie Highway (Route 2)(.7 miles)
Turn Left at the first traffic signal onto Hammonds Lane (about .2 miles)
Turn right at 194 Hammonds Lane (about 1/10 mile)

From I-97
From I-97 exit at Baltimore Beltway, East, toward Glen Burnie, to Exit 3A to Ritchie Highway (Route 2) north (about .7 mile), to Hammonds Lane, turn left and continue about .2 mile to 194 Hammonds Lane, turn right

 

WATCH FOR DATES FOR THE 2ND ANNAUL MFFF

Entries are now being accepted in the following categories:
Film
(60 minutes or over)
Film Shorts
(20 minutes or under)
Documentary
(60 minutes or over)
Documentary Short Subject
(20 minutes or under)
Young Filmmakers Film
(10 minutes or under)

$35 entry fee

Make our checks to:
CAC

Hotel information: Airport Comfort Inn, Baltimore Annapolis Blvd. 410-789-9100

 

WATCH FOR DATES FOR THE
2ND ANNUAL MARYLAND FANTASTIQUE FILM FEST!

All films must be in the horror, fantasy or science fiction genres.
Awards will be presented in the following categories (watch for more catagories to be added):

Best Film
Best Short
Film Best Documentary
Best Documentary
Short Subject
Young Filmmakers (ages 5-10)
Young Filmmakers (ages 11-13)
Young Filmmakers (ages 14-17)

All entries will receive a certificate of entry. Entrance fees are $35. The top 30 young filmmakers entries will be shown. Each entrant will be listed in the festival program book. The films will juried for award eligibility prior to the festival and those deemed eligible for awards will be judged during the festival. Celebrity judges will be announced.

Film entries must be on DVD or VHS tape. Include self-address stamped envelopes if you wish to have the film returned after the festival. Please include name, address, phone and e-mail with entries. Checks should be made out to the Chesapeake Arts Center and sent to Maryland Fantastique Film Fest, c/o Chesapeake Arts Center, 194 Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park, MD 23225.

The Chesapeake Arts Center is just minutes from downtown Baltimore. Visitors to the festival can also revel in the spooky Baltimore haunts such as Edgar Allan Poe's gravesite and the catacombs at the Westminister Church and local Baltimore sites used by our favorite Baltimore boys—
the infamous John Waters and Barry Levinson.

Visit the following websites for further information, events and participating hotels: www.chesapeakearts.org or www.midmar.com or call Susan Svehla at 410-665-1198 or email MMarquee@aol.com.

The Chesapeake Arts Center is a non-profit multi-purpose facility dedicated to the literary, visual and performing arts. Located in southern Baltimore city, it houses the 900-seat Main Stage, the 110-seat Studio Theatre, gallery space, resident artists' studios and instructional classrooms, including a dance studio, ceramics studio and a piano lab. Opening its doors January 2001, the Chesapeake Arts Center's mission is to provide culturally diverse and rewarding experiences in the arts.