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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 36 |
$62.00 |
| Extended | June 15, 2024 49 |
$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
Report Card |
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| Feedback: |
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(3.2/5.0) |
| Signficance: |
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(3.1/5.0) |
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Contest News
Screamfest Names Announces Screenplay Finalists
Screamfest has announced the finalists of their 2023 Screenplay Competition. The winning screenplay will be announced on October 19th.
Top Five Finalists:
The City of Lost Children by Scott Hamilton and P.J. Hamilton
The Dark Gift by Sergio Pintore and Daryl. D. Well
The Deadhead by Justin Ballheim
Fragments by Jake Moses
From Below by Wes Eastin
Semifinalists:
The City of Lost Children by Scott Hamilton and P.J. Hamilton
Contained by Jennifer Wilton
The Deadhead by Justin Ballheim
Defenseless by Aaron Barrocas
The Forever Hotel by Justin Ballheim
Lithium by Red Davis
Those Led To Slaughter by Travis Williams
Oh Sickie by Julien M. Wagner
Quarterfinalists:
A Manhattan Exorcism by Ryan Guiterman and Sam Ellison
Baby Boy by Patrick Henry Ford
Bad Moon Rising by Scott Hamilton and P.J. Hamilton
Bad Vibes by Justin Danger Shelton and Brian T. Monk
The Better To Eat You With by Celina Bernstein and Shane Bannon
The Bunyip by Miranda Allender
The Burning of Hell's Bridge by Michael Sametz
The City of Lost Children by Scott Hamilton and P.J. Hamilton
Clementine by Anthony Derrico
Community Guidelines: Banned by Alina and Bart Norman
Contained by Jennifer Wilton
The Dark Gift by Sergio Pintore and Daryl. D. Well
Dark Like Now by Jared Michael Delaney
The Deadhead by Justin Ballheim
Deep Fake by Carrick Moore Gerety
Defenseless by Aaron Barrocas
Dogleg by Joseph J. Greenberg
Don't Forget About Us by Britt Falardeau
Dreams of the Dead by Eric Taylor
Exorcising Grandma by James Roberts
Fertility by David Ferris
Fish by Phillip Clark Davis and Mike Langer
The Forever Hotel by Justin Ballheim
Fragments by Jake Moses
From Below by Wes Eastin
House of Saturn by Kate Ryan Brewer
Incident at Graves Manor by Don Erlandson
Just Be Scary by Stan Evans
Leave None Breathing by Kenny Yakkel
Lithium by Red Davis
Look To The Trees by Michael Sametz and Bri Michaela
Love To Watch You Bleed by The Borden Sisters
The Maw by Sean Plemmons and Jeff Hassen
Meet Jimmy by Tim Koomen
Metal Moon by Jon Chamis
Mirage by Andrew Warren
Morbidly by Don Stroud
The Night Staff by Andrew Ionides
Oh Sickie by Julien Wagner
The One Who Knocks by Don Cabreana
Openers by Gabe Mouer
Our Maker by Sky Tallone
Powder Keg by Joe Favalaro
The Prodigal by Thomas O’Malley
Purgatory by Brian Schwab
Red Rains by Sean M. Chavis
Redux by Anthony S. Cipriano
The Runner by Michael Buonocore
Scream Queen by Robert Stephen Apetagon
Shoegazers by Jake Minard
The Silent Room by David Schlow
Skins of the Father by Absent Absent
Sun Never Sets by Aashish Gadhvi
Swelter by Miranda Allender
Swine Lake by Michael Rakoff
The Things That Live in the Woods by Joshua Ingle
Those Led To Slaughter by Travis Williams
Trick Selfie by Chad Wellinger
Worry Doll by Eddie McConville
Updated: 10/12/2023
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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