Screamfest Horror Film Festival
The Screamfest skull award designed by Academy Award winner Stan Winston. | |
Location | Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Language | International |
Website | http://www.screamfestla.com |
Screamfest Horror Film Festival is the largest and longest running horror film festival in the United States.[1] Paranormal Activity was discovered and premiered at the festival in 2007. Some of the largest horror online publications have called it the "Sundance of Horror".
The ten day festival is held at the famous TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in eclectic Hollywood, California.
Screamfest premieres and showcases new work from American and international independent horror filmmakers. Many of the filmmakers have garnered distribution and representation as a result of the festival. Screamfest launches careers.
Film entries are accepted in the categories of Best Feature, Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Special Effects and Musical Score. In addition, there are special categories for Best Animation, Best Short, Best Documentary and Best Student Film.
See also
Other genre film festivals
- Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film
- Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (aka BiFan, Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, or PiFan) in South Korea
- Calgary Underground Film Festival
- Dead by Dawn in Edinburgh, Scotland
- European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation in Brussels, Belgium
- Fantafestival in Italy
- Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada
- Fantasporto (aka also known as Fantas), in Porto, Portugal
- Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas
- Festival de Cine de Sitges (aka Sitges Film Festival) in Spain
- Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival in Tempe, Arizona
- London FrightFest Film Festival
- Lund International Fantastic Film Festival
- New York City Horror Film Festival
- Toronto After Dark Film Festival in Canada
- TromaDance in New Jersey, as of 2010
References
- ↑ "In LA? Check Out the Next Screamfest Night of Mayhem". DreadCentral.