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 45 |
$62.00 |
| Extended | June 15, 2024 58 |
$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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Contest News
Screamfest Announces Contest Results
Hangman by Paul Petersen and J.C. Doler has been named the 2021 Screamfest Horror Screenplay Competition Winner. Finalists, Semifinalists, and Quarterfinalists have also been announced.
Screamfest Horror Film Festival is pleased to announce the 2021 screenplay competition finalists, semi-finalists and quarter-finalists and winning screenplay.
WINNING SCREENPLAY:
Hangman by Paul Petersen and J.C. Doler
TOP 5 FINALISTS:
Boys by Michael Klug
Hangman by Paul Petersen and J.C. Doler
Moving On by John Bruno
Paragon by Erik Michael
Where Shadows Live by Grace Presse
SEMIFINALISTS:
Boys by Michael Klug
Dissolution by Jonathan Siebel
Fader by Devin Roche
Hangman by Paul Petersen and J.C. Doler
Moving On by John Bruno
Paragon by Erik Michael
Shadow of Death by Matthew Barry Ryan
They Hunt by Mason Weigel
Where Shadows Live by Grace Presse
QUARTERFINALISTS:
The Big Scare House by Robin Eaton
Blood Music by Jesse Kapp
Bloodbath by Patrick Tierney
Body Slam: A Luchador Horror Story by Adam Messana & Alexander Messana
Boys by Michael Klug
Breaking Up Is Easy by Amy Brown Carver
Cold Jungle by Erik Michael
Delicate Arch by Matt Warren
Dissolution by Jonathan Siebel
Fader by Devin Roche
Final Boy by Brendan Jones, Daumoun Khakpour, and John B. Garcia
Forklift Gladiators by Nik Wendelsdorf
Hangman by Paul Petersen and J.C. Doler
King of the Castle by Kody Zimmermann
Mother’s Milk by Mike Harris
Moving On by John Bruno
Muck by Malcolm Badewitz
Night of the Gray by Hugh H. Serreph
The Nagual by Kermit Davidson
Obscura by Carlos Marin
Oh Deer by Krista Crawford
The Other Side by Nonie Shiverick
Page Turner by Marc Roussel
Paragon by Erik Michael
Restoration by Don Stroud & Winter Mead
The Rotting of Casey Culpepper by Daniel Slottje
Runaway Wind by Michael Raymond
The Secret Behind Andover Palms by Jimmy Scanlon
Shadow of Death by Matthew Barry Ryan
Silver State by Andrew McAllister & Aaron Strongoni
Slashr by Zak White and Todd Spence
Sundown Blues by Jessie Rivers
The Water Strider by Matthew Barry Ryan
The Willows by Gwendolyn Hulet
They Hunt by Mason Weigel
Werewolves From Outer Space by Justin Nosler
Where Shadows Live by Grace Presse
Widow by Brett Brooks
Updated: 10/26/2021
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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