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2018 Imagine Film Festival 11th to 21st of April in EYE Amsterdam

    Imagine Film Festival 2018 - 11th to 21st of April in EYE Amsterdam   ...

Horror of Damned calling for your films - November 1 – 3, 2018

    December 1, 2017 Opening Date I December 31, 2017 1st Deadline I February 28, 2018 2nd Deadline I April 30, 2018 3rd Deadline I June 30, 2018 4th Deadline I August 31, 2018 5th Deadline I September 30, 2018 6th Deadline I October 31, 2018 Notification Date I November 1 – 3, 2018 Event Date I Website I Facebook I Twitter I Profile on filmfestivals.com I SUBMIT    Horror of Damned is a horror film festival, supporting th...

Silver Scream Fest Presents NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

   Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD with Co-Writer John Russo!           ...

13 Horror Calling Submit now

  Film & Screenplay Contest 2018 Deadline 13 April 2018 Submissions open for 13Horror.com's Film & Screenplay Contest 2018! Website I Twitter I Facebook I Profile on filmfestivals.com I SUBMIT I Contact 13Horror.com is back with THE go-to contes...

Filmfestivals com has an eye for Horror and SciFi: check our fantastic selection

Films we curate for festivals Check our selection of 'Best for Fests' in th eHorror SciFi genre!   "Ones to Watch for fests' by filmfestivals.com"      CHIMERA by Maurice Haeems, SciFi Thriller October 2017 80 minutes Chimera features Emmy-nominee Henry Ian Cusick (Lost) and Oscar-nominee Kathleen Quinlan (Apollo 13) in the two leading roles. A brilliant but disturbed scientist decides to freeze his children alive,...

Hot Springs International Horror Film Festival Winners 2017

Best of the Festival  “Confessions of a Serial Killer” by John Dwyer in Horror “Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom” by Sean Patrick O Reilly in Sci-Fi “BUCKOUT ROAD” by Matthew Currie Holmes In Thriller   Best Feature Films Best Horror Feature Film  “The Unwilling”  by Gianluca Bertone Best Sci – Fi  Feature Film “Gnaw”  by&nbs...

The Tabloid Witch Awards 2017 are anounced

For the 14th year in a row, the Hollywood Investigator is happy to announce the winners of its Tabloid Witch Awards horror film contest. We received 232 entries this award season, the most competitive season yet. There is no shame in losing, as many fine films lost. Every year has its trends. Zombies and found footage films were prevalent in previous years. This year, not so much. Supernatural films were very big this year. Plenty of ghosts. But also many devils, demons, and witches...

13 Horror Winners

Click to view FULL LIST   SHORT SCREENPLAY CONTEST   First place: Tap - Jennifer Wainwright Second place: Shame The Devil - Antonio Flores Third place: When You Put It Like That - David Etheridge   ...

Silver Scream Film and Comic Festival Feb 16 - 18, 2018 - Horror Calling

February 16 - 18 2018 3rd AnnualFamous Monsters Presents Silver Scream Film and Comic Fest will take place February 16, 2018 to February 18, 2018 SILVER SCREAM FILM AND COMIC FESTIVAL, presented by Famous Monsters, is looking for the next generation of great genre storytellers so their creations can be shared with the world! The purpose of the annual SILVER SCREAM FILM AND COMIC FESTIVAL is to cherry-pick burgeoning creative talent and provide an industry spotlight for the best in...

South Africa Horror Fest Awards

      Our 2017 event went down well and the audiences enjoyed the line-up.   Again we'd like to thank everyone for submitting their productions, whether selected or not.  (It doesn't seem as though everyone gets to see the messages sent via submission services like Fest Home and Click For Festivals, so we want to reiterate that movies not selected could still be incorporated into other movie events we run - www.flamedrop.com/events - we'll k...

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) announces the selection of Future Storyworlds on November 24–25

NIFFF ON TOUR@CERN: FUTURE STORYWORLDS, NOVEMBER 24 & 25   As part of NIFFF ON TOUR, and in close collaboration with CineGlobe, THE Port at CERN, and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), as well as with the support of the Pro HelvetiaArts Council, the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) has the pleasure of unveiling the winners of the call for projects selected by our partners. Said call aims at promo...

Screamfest 2017 awards with Marianne Maddalena Honored with Career Achievement Award

“TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID” & “THE LAPACE’S DEMON” Among Top Winners   Marianne and Wes Craven (with Bruno Chatelin their distributor on SHOCKER  a few years a go) America’s largest and longest running horror movie festival, Screamfest, awarded this year’s top movies, filmmakers and actors Thursday during the fest’s closing night. Screamfest, which ran from Oct. 10 – 19, 2017 at the TLC Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood, has ...

New award for the Best Latin American Fantastic Film of the Year

EFFFF (European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation) and Blood Window are proud to announce the creation of an award for the Best Latin American Fantastic Film of the Year. From now on, the emerging Latin American talent will stand out, connecting Europe and Latin America: “We understand that it is important to establish close ties between the European and Latin American film industries and communities. Latin America is a very exciting...

Thank You for Toronto After Dark 2017

Dear Friend of the Festival,   I’m still catching up on emails so you may hear from me with a more personal reply soon. But I just wanted to take this opportunity to say a Big Thank You for your support of Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2017 which wrapped up at the end of last week.   We had hugely successful year with ten sell-out screenings, including selling out for the first time in our history our International Short Film Program!  Not to mention all the great r...

Klowns Halloween Festival in Barcelona celebrates 30 years of Bigas Lunas' Anguish

KLOWNS HALLOWEEN 2017 Projections - sweepstakes - quizgames - zombie appetizers - popcorn - candies   30th Anniversary - Anas Bigas Luna's Angst - For the ninth year in a row, the horror and fantasy website KlownsAsesinos.com, with the collaboration of the Coral Society L'Espiga de Les Corts and the City of Barcelona, ​​organizes the Klowns Halloween 2017 in Barcelona, ​​a terrifying and fun session of good genre cinema that you can not miss. On this ...

2017 South African HorrorFest Selections

Greetings from Cape Town!   We're happy to announce our 13th South African HORRORFEST selections! Thanks to one and all for you submissions.   It was as difficult as always and it's never fun not to include a movie… But that said, we always see if we can incorporate those not selected into other movie events we host - www.flamedrop.com/events   In no particular order, here are the Feature Film selections:   THE GLASS COFFIN  SIEMBAMB...

Beware of vengeful women! Asian Horror Night is back – and it is to die for

Photo:The Promise Like every year, a few weeks before Five Flavours festival begins, we meet for a terrifying horror films marathon. This year, the land of Asian terror will be ruled by horrifying heroines – struggling with insanity, craving revenge, coming back from the underworld to harass their startled relatives. The program of Asian Horror Night includes three chilling titles from directors well-known to Five Flavours audiences – a classic by the unpredictable Shinya Tsuk...

Shall we dance at 10th Annual DAMNED Exhibition of Enlightened Darkness & Masquerade Ball

  + Advance Tickets Available + Advance tickets are now available online for all 3 themed nights of the 10th annual DAMNED Exhibition of Enl...

THE CURED by David Freyne has just won Best Horror Feature at Fantastic Fest

        This prestigious prize has previously been awarded to films such as The Badadook (2014) and It Follows (2016). https://scannain.com/irish/abroad/cured-fantastic-fest-win/ The film is now heading to Sitges & London Film Festival!   ...

THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES is unleashed in the US on October 18, 2017

  FrightFest and FAB Press are launching the paperback edition of Michael Gingold’s THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES in the US. Available from all good bookstores across America from Wed 18 Oct, its official book launch takes place that day at New York’s Forbidden Planet store, with the author present.   It is also now available in the UK from all good bookstores. The hardback version, launched at this year’s Horror Channel FrightFest event,  can be ex...

Shriekfest Film Festival announces 2017 Schedule

Shriekfest Film Festival announces 2017 Schedule: 48 FILMS * 4 DAYS/NIGHTS OCTOBER 5-8TH, 2017 SHRIEKFEST INTERNATIONAL HORROR/SCI FI FILM FESTIVAL is thrilled to announce the full, expanded schedule for its SEVENTEENTH annual horror film festival, returning to Raleigh Studios Chaplin Theatre, October 5-8th, 2017.  Festival Director Denise Gossett says  "We are so honored to once again to be at the same location we've been at for all 17 years!  And, we are also proud...

FANTOCHE – Fantastic Swiss Award to the best genre film in the Swiss short film

The Fantoche audience and juries have chosen and awarded a total of 13 prizes and two special mentions.   FANTOCHE – FANTASTIC SWISS AWARD The 22nd edition of the Fantoche International Animation Film Festival in Baden recently came to an end, and its prize list highlights the excellence of Swiss and international animated productions alike. The NIFFF is honoured to grant the Fantastic Swiss Award for the second year in a row to the ...

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