The Nightmare Before Christmas & Bullet Time

Directed by Henry Selick

Screening preceded by presentation of the Cheval Noir Career Award to Danny Elfman and World Premiere of BULLET TIME

It’s Christmas, and Halloween, in July! A very special evening at Fantasia with genre cinema’s most celebrated film score composer, Danny Elfman, includes the presentation of a Career Achievement Award, the world premiere of Eddie Alcazar’s wild animated short film BULLET TIME (scored by Elfman, of course), and a rare cinema screening of the kooky, spooky stop-motion musical masterpiece that remains beloved around the world, over three decades after its release. Conceived by Elfman’s regular collaborator Tim Burton, 1993’s THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS marked the feature directorial debut of stop-motion master Henry Selick (CORALINE), and Danny Elfman provided not only the score but the singing voice of Jack Skellington. Trick or treat, naughty or nice, the Pumpkin King welcomes you all! – Runia Morrisberg