Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
Screamfest

Contact
8840 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
310-358-3273 (voice)
310-358-3272 (fax)
Web:
http://www.screamfestla.com
Email:
info@screamfestla.com
Contact: Rachel Belofsky, Festival Director/Founder
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Objective
Screamfest was formed in order to give filmmakers and writers in the horror/sci-fi genres a venue to have their work showcased to people in the industry. We are very proud that the majority of the films showcased now have distribution. Writers have garnered representation due to the festival.
Deadline/Entry Fees
Deadline | Date | Entry Fee | Days till Deadline |
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Early | January 15, 2021 | $37.00 | |
Regular | March 15, 2021 | $52.00 | 7 |
Final | June 2, 2021 | $62.00 | 86 |
Extended | June 15, 2021 | $77.00 | 99 |
Notification: October 5
Rules
- Screenplays can be submitted online.
- Online entrants can complete their application, make their credit card payment and upload a PDF version of their script.
- Feature film script length should be at least 75 pages and not over 130 (there is no page limit).
- We will notify screenplay finalists in October. The winning screenplay will be announced at the festival closing night awards ceremony.
- The screenplay finalists will be announced in an email sent to you from Screamfest and posted on the front page of the Screamfest website in October.
- Please add our email address to your email safe senders list, address book or contact list so that any correspondence with Screamfest will not be blocked or filtered into your bulk folder.
Awards
Top 4 Finalist will receive:- Movie Magic Screenwriting software
- A listing of your script on InkTip so that producers and reps can find you.
- Publish your logline in InkTip's bi-monthly publication sent to nearly 15,000 producers, agents and managers.
- General meeting with Blumhouse Productions
- $1,000 cash prize
- Our amazing gold skull trophy
- Movie Magic Screenwriting software
- A listing of your script on InkTip so that producers and reps can find you.
- Publish your logline in InkTip's bi-monthly publication sent to nearly 15,000 producers, agents and managers.
- SellAScript.com Total Script Express.
- One Year free listing in SellAScript.com Script Marketplace.
- Six month access to SellAScript.com Writers Rolodex.
Screamfest

Contact
8840 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
310-358-3273 (voice)
310-358-3272 (fax)
Web:
http://www.screamfestla.com
Email:
info@screamfestla.com
Contact: Rachel Belofsky, Festival Director/Founder
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(3.2/5.0) |
Signficance: |
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(3.1/5.0) |
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Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition

Contact
8840 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
310-358-3273 (voice)
310-358-3272 (fax)
Web:
http://www.screamfestla.com
Email:
info@screamfestla.com
Contact: Rachel Belofsky, Festival Director/Founder
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Overall: |
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(3.4/5.0) |
Professionalism: |
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(3.5/5.0) |
Feedback: |
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(3.2/5.0) |
Signficance: |
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(3.1/5.0) |
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Contest News
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ScreamFest Names Contest Winner
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Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition

Contact
8840 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
310-358-3273 (voice)
310-358-3272 (fax)
Web:
http://www.screamfestla.com
Email:
info@screamfestla.com
Contact: Rachel Belofsky, Festival Director/Founder
Report Card |
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Overall: |
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(3.4/5.0) |
Professionalism: |
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(3.5/5.0) |
Feedback: |
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(3.2/5.0) |
Signficance: |
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(3.1/5.0) |
Report Cards: |
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