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.
Eligibility
Open to anyoneRules
- 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.
- 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 2025 Screenplay Semifinalists
Screamfest has announed their 2025 Screenplay Contest semfinalists. The top 5 finalists will be announced soon and the winning screenplay will be announce on October 16th.
Semifinalists
Absent by Ryan Thomas Hinrichs
Adoration by Jose Prendes
Amish Zombies by Josh Miller
Annie Hell by Ervin Anderson
Baba by George Brighton
Ballad Of The Black Guitar by Omar Alexander Juarez
The Bachelor Party by Alexander J. Hiers, Jonah Fujikawa
Beheaded by Helen Williams
Beneath by Alan Mah Baxer
Bite Back Bitch by Michele Powles
Blood Everywhere by Dan Ast
Blood Harmony by Jo Shaffer & Adam DeSantes
The Blue Drum by Angelita Mendoza & Victor Capiz
The Boogey by Keith Josef Adkins & Devin E Haqq
Bottom Feeder by Ari Groobman
Breezy Point by Keith Roenke
Bully! by Harry Bainbridge
Camp Kennebec: Phase Zero by Anthony Fabiano & Andrew Mead Ford
Chimney by Paul Serino
Chipaway by Saul M. Berenbaum
Clementine by Robert Cosci and Don Erlandson
The Couch by Eric Chambers
Coyote by Clark Childers
The Creeps by Erick Lorinc
DABBA by Doua Moua
Dark Trinity by Sean McKee
Deathsled by Wesley Steven Drent
Demons Fear the Devil Too by Erik Michael
The Devil's Chalice by SherLann D. Moore
Diving Blind by Franck Benayoun
The Dog by J.T. Hayter
End of the World by Michael S VanLuvan
Escape from Ape Canyon by Jarrod Duane Tallman
Fehu: The Black Mark by Thomas Ronca
Feral Mountains by Terry Luke Podnar
Follow Me by Nate Tate & Mary Kate Tate
The Forever Hotel by Justin Ballheim
Girls Killing Covens by Juliette Roberts
Hazmat by Ryan Thomas Hinrichs
High Rise by Anthony Di Pietro
His Father's House by Kenneth Lawrence & Travis Delaney
Homecoming Scream by Laurie Boyle Crompton
I Feel Pretty by Cole Hediger
I Think Dave Is A Robot by Kevin Duncan
The Keeper by Daniel Jamal Judson
Killer Soundtrack by Jeff Ullman
Ladyfingers by Greg McCabe, Jr. & Jenny McCabe
Locust Grove by Christopher Guerrero & Ryan Dee Gilmour
LOL - LAUGH UNTIL YOU DIE by Alina Norman & Bart E Norman
The Lyon of Times Square by Christopher Loveland
Maggie's Place by Richard Rosso & George C. Romero
Marah From Eilat by Leiter S. Daniellson
Midnight Sun by Joe Day
Mother May I by Iris Elaine Almaraz, Gabriel Francis Moore-Topazio
Never Let Her In by Saurin Dinesh Lakhia
The Nightmare Man by D. E.S Collins
Nocturna by Erika Arlee
The Old Man & The Dead by Robert Benjamin
Ombre by Kevin Brunner
Operation Werewolf by Julian Hoxter
The Pack by Jonathan Fear
The Pact by Dana Hammer
Plan Six by Carl Kelsch
Pricker by Bill Blaney & Scott Firestone
Psithurism by Michael Mortimer
The Quiet Ones by Maximillian Whitney
Raise Hell by Gabriel Carnick
Reclamation by Romeal Watson
The Re-Education of Jane Brown by MK McGehee
Saint Lucifer by Joseph D'Urso
Savage by Michael Simonds, Nicole Simonds
Scatt's Crag Ridge by Michael Colucci
The Shadows by Radha Bharadwaj
Shipped by Scott Larimore
Shrike by Chelsea Brooks
Silent Screams by Gregory Scotiniadis
Skin and Bones by Syd VanRoosendaal
Slab City by Shaoky Taraman & Salvador Limon Jr.
Slumber by Jared Michael Delaney
Spearfinger by Allen Sircy
The Sundowner by Ben Eden
There Are More of Them Out There by Conor F. Shine
Torture U by David Walker & Anthony Bozanich
Venor by Matt Nye
Wino by Eric Humble
Woo Girls by Julie Sharbutt
Updated: 10/09/2025
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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