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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.
Deadline/Entry Fees
| Deadline | Date Days till: |
Entry Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Early | January 15, 2024 | $42.00 |
| Regular | March 15, 2024 | $52.00 |
| Late | June 2, 2024 44 |
$62.00 |
| Extended | June 15, 2024 57 |
$77.00 |
Notification: October 1, 2023.
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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| Signficance: |
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(3.1/5.0) |
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Contest News
ScreamFest Names 2022 Screenplay Competition Winner & Finalists
Recovery by Robert M. Cosci has been named the winner of the 2022 ScreamFest Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition.
Winner
Recovery by Robert M. Cosci
Finalists
First Girl by Kevin Sluder
In Sight by Taylor Roy
The Murder Show by Shane Spiegel & Justin Reager
Recovery by Robert M. Cosci
Speak of the Wolf by Sender Tarlovsky
Semifinalists
A Stench in the Nostrils of God by Michael Klug
Cabbage Night by Ryan Manns
Channel Fever by Caleb Seibert
Coeur Saignant by Leila Majlessi
Cove by Thomas O'Malley
Cuffing Season by Jon Bershad
Fertility by David Ferris
First Girl by Kevin Sluder
In Sight by Taylor Roy
Kyojin by The Mul Brothers
Murder Show by Shane Spiegel & Justin Reager
Prose by Melinda Gross
Proxy L2 by Heather Ostrove
Recovery by Robert M. Cosci
Speak of the Wolf by Sender Tarlovsky
This Won't End Well by Joey Kern
Voracious by David Draper
Warplane by Glenn Forbes
Quarterfinalists
A girl named Ghoul by Dawn Brown
A Stench in the Nostrils of God by Michael Klug
The Bad Ones by Dempsey Tillman & Ted Dewberry
Be Mine by Elan Toby
Cabbage Night by Ryan Manns
Carfax Abbey by Kenny Yakkel
Channel Fever by Caleb Seibert
Coeur Saignant by Leila Majlessi
Cove by Thomas O'Malley
Cuffing Season by Jon Bershad
The Curse of Timberwolf Lane by Peyton Purtill
Delia by Amy Hutchins
Down in the Holler by Paul Rowe
Endless Light by Anthony Giancola
Fear Box by Michael D. Morra
Fertility by David Ferris
The Film Critic by Jensen Rule Tierra
First Girl by Kevin Sluder
The Fountain by Bryan Kelsey
Heads Up by Heather Ostrove
Heart to Heart by Troy Basoren
The Horned God by Alessandro Guarino
In Sight by Taylor Roy
In the Family Way by Miyako Fuqua
Incel by Christopher Burgart
Kingmaker by Victor Ridaura
Kiss Me Before You Go by Kevin M. Sluder
Kyojin by The Mul Brothers
Mammon by John Veron
Moleculoid by Erik Blakkestad
The Murder Show by Shane Spiegel & Justin Reager
Openers by Gabe Mouer
Ours by Derek Boeckelmann
Protector of the Emerald City by Kevin J. Howard
Proxy L2 by Heather Ostrove
Recovery by Robert M. Cosci
She'Ol by Joel Gregoire
She's Got Demons by Ervin Anderson
Slash by Austin Chesnutt
Speak of the Wolf by Sender Tarlovsky
The Spirit World by Jason Drake
Tendrils by Tim Connolly
Voracious by David Draper
Warplaneby Glenn Forbes
The Windigo by Joseph Murillo
This Won't End Well by Joey Kern
Updated: 11/02/2022
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
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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Submit a Report card
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