This year's Screamfest looks to be very promising.
The first wave of films announce include "The Amityville Murders", "Discarnate", "Draug", and A24's "The Final Wish" starring Lin Shaye.
We've compiled all the synopsis and whatever trailers are available as well as ticket information if you happen to be in Southern California! We will absolutely be there and are looking forward to review all the films screened.
The official Screamfest website can be found HERE.
Our horror script "Hangman" has been a work in progress since 2016, with over 30 drafts to date. I'm so excited! Does anyone have any experience with this festival?
https://screamfestla.com/festival/2021-screenplay-competition-finalists
One that stands out for me is the gruesome, downbeat and downright odd Aussie war scarred photographer who can raise the dead meets serial snuff killer film Fragment, from 2009. As far as I know, yet to have more of a release than on German DVD.
Now for experiences, my favourite is a toss up between Jorg Buttgereit talking for a full hour after a screening of Nekromantik and answering every single audience question, and David Hess after a screening of Smash Cut saying that he always wanted to be a musician before he got his first acting job by chance, and getting out a guitar and playing a few songs. For nuttiness though, not much can beat the showing of the 2012 Italian film Tulpa, at which around half way in most of the audience found themselves in uncontrollable floods of laughter even though it was intended as a straight faced giallo throwback rather than a comedy. Not mean spirited in intent, it's a festival where the audience truly love horror and the people who make it and are never out to make them feel bad, just a spontaneous collective experience of joyful lunacy. Sadly made the film-makers feel so bad that they left without doing a Q&A at the end though, and then even re-edited the film before distribution so the version we saw wasn't seen again.
Hi everyone! I live in Los Angeles and work in entertainment (freelance). I work an above-the-line position and am a lifelong horror fan. My work has been mostly in tv comedy and lately a shift into tv drama- however if I could work in one genre it would be horror films. My boss had a big role in making the original Candyman come to life, but I haven’t worked for anyone with horror connections particularly. Outside of Sundance and SXSW are there any film festivals (preferably in LA) that you enjoy a lot of work out of (even shorts)? I’d love to attend some and start making connections.
So I just finished my first short film and have started looking up festivals on FilmFreeWay. This is my first real movie and there are so many options to choose from. My movie was already selected to a local festival and I wanted to try to submit to some other festivals.
Since my movie is a psychological horror animation, I am not sure if I should start submitting to festivals that are specifically horror oriented or just start submitting to any festival (Maybe the bigger ones?) and choose my specific category.
My budget for submitting to festivals isn't huge since I am a broke recently graduated film student so I would rather not submit to very expensive ones.
I would love to hear some recommendations from people that have worked on similar genres and other recommendations would be very helpful!
The perfect way to start the Halloween season with horror films from around the world @ The Royal Theatre (608 College St, Toronto)
Tickets $15 : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-great-canadian-horror-film-festival-tickets-169678538075
On Oct 1st from 9PM - 11PM We will be showing 15 horror films in a 2 hour block. The rating for the entire block is PG-14.
The Remnant by Navin Ramaswaran
WAFFLE by Carlyn Hudson
Bedtime by Stephanie McKenzie
Making Friends by Chris Vincze
The Backwards Game by Zaki Farow
Bakemono by Sumire Takamatsu and Jorge Lucas
Toast by Brendan 'Binky' Wiese and Kyler Hart-Moore
The Rage by Steven DeRock
My Roommate's the Zodiac Killer by Adam Alberts
Mum's Sweater by Anand K VARMA, Yi Chen HSIAO, Mauriziana GUALDRINI, Ugo OFFNER and James MANN
Noodle Party by Gray Snyder
That Night by Udeerna Karanam
Feast on the Young by Katia Mancuso
He's Here by Darcy Love
Born Again by Jason Tostevin
Check us out on Instagram for some trailers!
https://www.instagram.com/greatcanadianfilmfestival/
You will be able to purchase tickets at the Royal Theatre's box office or here for $15**.** Please keep your ticket so you can vote for your favorite film on our online venue. The link will be printed on your ticket so you can vote. The film with the most votes will receive $300 USD prize.
In order to attend the festival you will need to have proof of vaccination and a form of identification. An alternative is to provide a negative Covid test. You will not be allowed in the theatre without these items
