Shriekfest, The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival & Screenplay Competition, accepting early bird submissions
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Published by Sareth Ney on Jan. 19, 2017 at 8:56 p.m.
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LOS ANGELES – Shriekfest, The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival & Screenplay Competition, is accepting submissions for the annual event. Original films and screenplays will be considered for the following five categories include: narrative feature, narrative short, narrative super short, feature screenplay and short screenplay. Prizes will be awarded to the five categories too. It will be celebrating 17 years of existence. It will take place from Oct. 5 through Oct. 8. Raleigh Studios will be hosting it.
“We are already planning some exciting things for our Sexy and 17th year!”, Denise Gossett, festival founder and director of Shriekfest states. “Last year’s festival was a great success. We had our biggest audience yet, with a 20% increase over the previous year and more than 35 filmmakers in attendance.”
Deadlines and pricing for Shriekfest, The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival & Screenplay Competition, are:
Demo reels (any genre and category including: acting, directing, editing, special fx, makeup and music which are two minutes and shorter):
Feb. 1: $15
May 1: $20
July 1: $25
July 10: $30
Super Shorts/Webisodes (10 minutes/pages and shorter with credits):
Feb. 1: $30
May 1: $35
July 1: $40
July 10: $45
Regular shorts (11 minutes/pages to 45 minutes/pages with credits):
Feb. 1: $35
May 1: $45
July 1: $50
July 10: $55
Features (46 minutes/pages and up):
Feb. 1: $45
May 1: $55
July 1: $60
July 10: $65
To download the form for consideration to Shriekfest, The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival & Screenplay Competition, download it by clicking here. Check, money order, traveler’s check and PayPal are accepted forms of payment. Fees are non-refundable. Script coverage by a script doctor and one page note by judge cost extra.
Sponsors and partners of Shriekfest, The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival & Screenplay Competition, include: Vivid Seats, Atmos FX, Kulture Shocked, Atomic Age Renegades, MLR Press, Petri Entertainment, Slice of SciFi, Kings of Horror, Belladonna, Terror Films, Scare LA, Crypt TV, Girls and Corpses, Film Freeway, Distribber, indyoh.com, Birns & Sawyer, Ghostwriters Central, Bloody Mary, OPUS, “Abducted”, Ghoster, “The Pleasure of Fiends: Five Tales of the Vampire”, darkdiscoveries.com, “Beating Broadway” by Steve Cuden, Dapper Cadaver, Media Design School, LA-LA Land Records, After Dark Films, pond5.com, Axiom Images, Diabolique Magazine, InkTIp, weirdreview.com, Boardners & The B52 Club, Journalstone, Scares That Care, scripped.com, Cult Movies Magazine & TV, Glidecam, Latin Horror, Script Pipeline, Script Delivery, comedyfilmnerds.com and phillychickpictures.com.
“We are already planning some exciting things for our Sexy and 17th year!”, Denise Gossett, festival founder and director of Shriekfest states. “Last year’s festival was a great success. We had our biggest audience yet, with a 20% increase over the previous year and more than 35 filmmakers in attendance.”
Deadlines and pricing for Shriekfest, The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival & Screenplay Competition, are:
Demo reels (any genre and category including: acting, directing, editing, special fx, makeup and music which are two minutes and shorter):
Feb. 1: $15
May 1: $20
July 1: $25
July 10: $30
Super Shorts/Webisodes (10 minutes/pages and shorter with credits):
Feb. 1: $30
May 1: $35
July 1: $40
July 10: $45
Regular shorts (11 minutes/pages to 45 minutes/pages with credits):
Feb. 1: $35
May 1: $45
July 1: $50
July 10: $55
Features (46 minutes/pages and up):
Feb. 1: $45
May 1: $55
July 1: $60
July 10: $65
To download the form for consideration to Shriekfest, The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival & Screenplay Competition, download it by clicking here. Check, money order, traveler’s check and PayPal are accepted forms of payment. Fees are non-refundable. Script coverage by a script doctor and one page note by judge cost extra.
Sponsors and partners of Shriekfest, The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival & Screenplay Competition, include: Vivid Seats, Atmos FX, Kulture Shocked, Atomic Age Renegades, MLR Press, Petri Entertainment, Slice of SciFi, Kings of Horror, Belladonna, Terror Films, Scare LA, Crypt TV, Girls and Corpses, Film Freeway, Distribber, indyoh.com, Birns & Sawyer, Ghostwriters Central, Bloody Mary, OPUS, “Abducted”, Ghoster, “The Pleasure of Fiends: Five Tales of the Vampire”, darkdiscoveries.com, “Beating Broadway” by Steve Cuden, Dapper Cadaver, Media Design School, LA-LA Land Records, After Dark Films, pond5.com, Axiom Images, Diabolique Magazine, InkTIp, weirdreview.com, Boardners & The B52 Club, Journalstone, Scares That Care, scripped.com, Cult Movies Magazine & TV, Glidecam, Latin Horror, Script Pipeline, Script Delivery, comedyfilmnerds.com and phillychickpictures.com.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sareth Ney is the journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is a former apprentice to master of horror, Clive Barker. He is a Wu-Tang Clan inspired superhero, Wu-Man Chu. He is an award-winning short filmmaker; his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, inducts every article into his hall of fame, is a stand-up comedian, motivational speaker, founder and co-host of Pueblo's Independent Multimedia Podcast and is the festival director at Sareth-Fest Music and Comedy Festival.
