The Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival (MIFFF), a three day international showcase of action, animation, fantasy, horror, and science fiction cinema, is pleased to announce its inaugural launch September 17-19th, 2010 at the SIFF Cinema at McCaw Hall in Seattle, Washington USA. As a genre film festival in Seattle, MIFFF (www.mifff.org) is a unique entity. The Seattle Metropolitan Area is home to one of the largest film attending populations in the country. MIFFF is a venue that gives a voice to genre film fans through a wide spectrum of films and related programming.