Nothing completes a week of fantastical horror and thriller movies and the feeling of Halloween in July like a tour through the royal cemetery. We should should have done it at night but the colors would not have been so vivid. What a beautiful place to rest. Only at Fantastic Zagreb!...Here, lost filmmakers wander over dead people.photo by Vanessa McMahon
Nothing completes a week of fantastical horror and thriller movies and the feeling of Halloween in July like a tour through the royal cemetery. We should should have done it at night but the colors would not have been so vivid. What a beautiful place to rest. Only at Fantastic Zagreb! Vibrant verdigris among the permanently at rest.photo by Vanessa McMahon
Fantastic Zagreb!Well, for a 'year zero' of an unknown festival this looks to be a fantastic success with sold-out outdoor theaters, perfect summer weather, happy hospitable locals and so much to see in zesty Zagreb, jewel of the Balkans. This new fantasy fest all started with a kick off screening of the supernatural thriller TWO EYES STARING (2010) by Dutch director Elbert van Strien, followed by an opening party oozing with carousers dressed as skeletons, grim reapers, witches and scary cinep...
Sunrise over Upper Zagreb. One of the highlights of this nocturnal film festival for me was the eerie moonlight tour of the upper old town of Zagreb. We were led by actors in costume through sinuous old cobbled streets, each of us holding dangling lit lanterns. The further we went into the past the further fiction and make-believe blurred reality and a sensation filled me that we had walked onto the set of one of the fantasy films featured at the festival. But this set was the best because this...
Sunrise over Upper Zagreb. One of the highlights of this nocturnal film festival for me was the eerie moonlight tour of the upper old town of Zagreb. We were led by actors in costume through sinuous old cobbled streets, each of us holding dangling lit lanterns. The further we went into the past the further fiction and make-believe blurred reality and a sensation filled me that we had walked onto the set of one of the fantasy films featured at the festival. But this set was the best because th...
Streets of Zagreb's old town. Magic nights!photo by Vanessa McMahon
A headless horseman gallops over the cobbled streets of Old Zagreb past stupefied tourists. Only at Fantastic Zagreb! ;-D
Now we really are back in time. 'Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore!'photo by Vanessa McMahon
Back in time in Zagreb during the night tour of the haunted old town.photo by Vanessa McMahon
Okay, apart from the cars in the background, it would appear we have stepped back in time... somewhere long agoin Old Zagreb. Or is it a dream? Or is this a ghost? Zagreb rules! photo by Vanessa McMahon
On the haunted Old Zagreb night tour film fest founder Stjepan holds the lamp to guide us through thedark sinister sinuous streets. photo by Vanessa McMahon
On the haunted Old Zagreb night tour director Manuel Carballo shows us his tongue AGAIN! Is he scared? sick? possessed? LOL!photo by Vanessa McMahon
The haunted moonlight city tour through Old Zagreb begins. ahhhhh!
Dinner in Old Zagreb right before a haunted tour of the old city... Little did we know what awaited us in themeandering ghostly streets outside. Wait, Stjepan knew... you can see it in is tricky expression. lolphoto by Vanessa McMahon
Since this festival takes place at night, it goes without saying, after the films, party party party till the wee hours.
Official poster of Festival's kick-off year! Fantastic Zagreb!http://www.fantastic-zagreb.com/en/index.php visit festival site here:
Fantastic Zagreb!Well, for a 'year zero' of an unknown festival this looks to be a fantastic success with sold-out outdoor theaters, perfect summer weather, happy hospitable locals and so much to see in zesty Zagreb, jewel of the Balkans. This new fantasy fest all started with a kick off screening of the supernatural thriller TWO EYES STARING (2010) by Dutch director Elbert van Strien, followed by an opening party oozing with carousers dressed as skeletons, grim reapers, witches and scary cine...
Party! Party! Party! Vino! Vino! Vino! Creatures of the night at Fantastic Zagreb.
Yummy sponsors of the fest who kindly supplied us with countless bottles of tasty fine Croatian vino. Pic taken at Peppermint club in Zagreb.photo by Vanessa McMahon
Fantastic Zagreb founder Stjepan Hundic and filmmaker of THE POSSESSION OF EMMA EVANS (2010) Manuel Carballo, partying as usual. photo by Vanessa McMahon
And yet another stunning sunrise... Wow, what a city!photo by Vanessa McMahon
And yet another stunning sunrise... Wow, what a city!photo by Vanessa McMahon
Since at Fantastic Zagreb, we live for the night and sleep all day, this is a common sight... a stunning sunrise over the comely Croatian capital. photo by Vanessa McMahon
Since at Fantastic Zagreb, we live for the night and sleep all day, this is a common sight... a stunning sunrise over the comely Croatian capital. photo by Vanessa McMahon
Fantastic Zagreb festival booklet. I'm calling it Halloween in July! I love it!
