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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:
https://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.
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
Winning Screenwriter will receive:- General meeting with managers/producers
- $1,000 cash prize
- Our amazing gold skull trophy designed by Stan Winston
- 10 free pitches on Virtual Pitch Fest
- 3 months of On Ramp program and 2 Open Pitch Sessions. Value: $337
- Movie Magic Screenwriting software
- InkTip Script Listing: A listing of your script on InkTip so that producers and reps can find you. Every InkTip producer has been vetted via resume and references and demonstrated the ability to get movies made. Companies who are InkTip members include ABC, Anonymous Content, APA, CBS Films, HBO Films, ICM, Paradigm, Paramount Pictures, Hallmark Channel, FX, Universal, WME, Echo Lake, Zero Gravity, Bad Robot, and 20th Century Fox.
- Publish your logline in InkTip's bi-monthly publication sent to nearly 15,000 producers, agents and managers.
Top 5 Finalist will receive:
- One full festival pass to Screamfest 2022, including all screenings and parties.
- 5-free pitches on Virtual Pitch Fest
- Movie Magic Screenwriting software
- Read by managers/producers such as Ghost House Pictures, Hulu, Gotham Group, Impossible Dream Entertainment and more.
- 1 Open Pitch Session each. Value: $175
- 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.
- InkTip Script Listing: A listing of your script on InkTip so that producers and reps can find you. Every InkTip producer has been vetted via resume and references and demonstrated the ability to get movies made. Companies who are InkTip members include ABC, Anonymous Content, APA, CBS Films, HBO Films, ICM, Paradigm, Paramount Pictures, Hallmark Channel, FX, Universal, WME, Echo Lake, Zero Gravity, Bad Robot, and 20th Century Fox.
- 1 free pitch on Virtual Pitch Fest
Screamfest
Contact
8840 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
310-358-3273 (voice)
310-358-3272 (fax)
Web:
https://screamfestla.com
Email:
info@screamfestla.com
Contact: Rachel Belofsky, Festival Director/Founder
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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:
https://screamfestla.com
Email:
info@screamfestla.com
Contact: Rachel Belofsky, Festival Director/Founder
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Contest News
ScreamFest Names 2024 Screenplay Contest Finalists
Finalists, Semifinalists and Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2024 ScreamFest Horror Screenplay Competition. The winning screenplay will be announced on October 17th.
TOP 5 FINALISTS
A Film Noir... with Vampires by Ryan M. Andrews
The Deadhead by Justin Ballheim
The Hold by Cedric Petitcollin
Toilet Sharks by Bruce Griffiths
The Applicants by Justin Ballheim
SEMIFINALISTS
A Film Noir ...With Vampires by Ryan M. Andrews
Black Girl Magic by Sasha Kai
Daddy's Girl by Robb Badlam
Exo by Cody Ashford
Haunted Object Transportation by Eric Miller
I Don't Want To Fight Anymore by James Tison
Incident At Graves Manor by Don Erlandson
Indigent by Briana Cox
Mia The Skeletons Night From Hell by Ryan Maples
Night Terrors by Jesse Kapp
Problematic by Jerry J. Sampson
Roach Motel by Samuel Ripley Peirce
Seeking Sugar Mason by Christopher J O'Bryant
Thanks by Brian Laprocino
The Applicants by Justin Ballheim
The Darkness by Christopher J O'Bryant
The Deadhead by Justin Ballheim
The Hold by Cedric Petitcollin
These Two Need Help by Josh Gilbert
Throat Goat by Jeremy Alan Pappas
Toilet Sharks by Bruce Griffiths
QUARTERFINALISTS
A Film Noir ...With Vampires by Ryan N. Andrews
A Girl's Guide to Vampirism by Jack Aupperle
Black Girl Magic by Sasha Kai
Blood Moon by Joe Day
Blood Oranges by Steve Flavin
Blood Quartz by Scott Root
Consumed by Don Stroud
Crawlspace by Brady Jacquin
Daddy's Girl by Robb Badlam
Dog Mom by Madi Stine
Drag Me All The Way Down by Adam Holloway
Exo by Cody Ashford
Ghost Station by Suzy Stein, Fernando Perez
Guardian by Afrim Gjonbalaj
Haunted Object Transportation by Eric Miller
Holy Mountain by Natasha Preston
I Don't Want To Fight Anymore by James Tison
Incident At Graves Manor by Don Erlandson
Indigent by Briana Cox
June of the Apocalypse by Rachel Marie Hunter
Leonard by Darrell McGregor
Mia The Skeletons Night From Hell by Ryan Maples
My Scare Lady by Tanya Klein, James Cirile
Nefarium by Jerrod D. Brito, Jeff M. Zook
Night Terrors by Jesse Kapp
Octopolis by Peter Bishai
Only the Lonely by Girard Dorney (Story by Erin Black and Girard Dorney)
Problematic by Jerry J Sampson
Ravenous by Danielle Tjoelker
Redder by James Steele Haney
Roach Motel by Samuel Ripley Peirce
Santa Fe by Brandon Shypkowski
Seeking Sugar Mason by Christopher J O'Bryant
Thanks by Brian Laprocino
The Applicants by Justin Ballheim
The Darkness by Christopher J O'Bryant
The Deadhead by Justin Ballheim
The Devil of Mountain Creek by Ariel Schmiedhauser
The Hold by Cedric Petitcollin
The Island by Lisa Kröger
The Othering of Abigail Han by Cassandra Francis
The Red Tapes by Christopher J O'Bryant
The Sunsrise Side by Maria Vainer
The Well of Babylon by Kamran Pasha
These Two Need Help by Josh Gilbert
Throat Goat by Jeremy Alan Pappas
Toilet Sharks by Bruce Griffiths
We Are The Savages by Bel Delia
Updated: 09/10/2024
Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
Contact
8840 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
310-358-3273 (voice)
310-358-3272 (fax)
Web:
https://screamfestla.com
Email:
info@screamfestla.com
Contact: Rachel Belofsky, Festival Director/Founder
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(3.1/5.0) |
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