⚠️ This festival is recorded as discontinued. (ended 2012)
🗓️ When?
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No date recorded — please check with the organiser.
- Founded
- 2010
- Discontinued
- 2012
📍 Where?
- Town
- Asheville
- Country
- United States of America
- How precise?
- coordinate of the venue
This position is the town's, not the festival ground's.
ℹ️ Details
- Status
- discontinued
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📖 Excerpt from the Wikipedia article
ActionFest was an annual film festival held in Asheville, NC, started by Carolina Cinemas and Magnolia Pictures founder Bill Banowsky action director and producer Aaron Norris, Dennis Berman and Tom Quinn. ActionFest was the first film festival in the world devoted exclusively to action film. It was also the only film festival in the world that honoring stunt performers, filling a void caused by the decision of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences not to recognize stunt men and stunt women in its Academy Awards. ActionFest's stated mission was to "recognize, honor and appreciate the remarkable efforts of these amazing people who risk their lives every day to make Hollywood films look exciting and great."
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