Shriekfest adds Orlando, Fla.
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Published by Sareth Ney onMarch 6, 2017 at 7:52 p.m.
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Photo credit: shriekfest.com
ORLANDO, Fla. – For the 17th year of Shriekfest Film Festival, it will be expanding from Los Angeles and including Orlando. In Los Angeles, Shriekfest will take place from Oct. 5 through Oct. 8. Orlando’s date is set for Oct. 21. The venue for Los Angeles will be Raleigh Studios and Orlando is yet to be determined.
“I am so excited to bring my beloved film festival, Shriekfest to the city I consider my home town: Orlando, Florida!”, states Denise Gossett (founder and director of Shriekfest Film Festival). “Every film submitted will now have the chance to screen in two different cities! Shriekfest’s mission has always been to help get talented filmmakers exposure and now we’ll have two cities to accomplish this goal!”
Awards and accolades for Shriekfest include: 2010’s Movie Maker Magazine top 25 film festivals worth the entry fee, 2011 Movie Maker Magazine top 13 film festivals to die for, LA Weekly’s Los Angeles Most Successful and Entertaining Horror Film Festival, 2013 Movie Maker Magazine Coolest Film Festivals in the world and top five Coolest Horror/SciFi Film Festivals in the world. Gossett was also voted number five of 13 for most influential women in horror history and 2016’s most influential women in genre.
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.
To download the form for consideration to Shriekfest, 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 will cost extra.
Online and social media, Shriekfest can be visited by going to shriekfest.com. It will have more information about the festival, sponsorship opportunities and schedules. They are also on Twitter and Facebook. Gossett can be reached at [email protected].
“I am so excited to bring my beloved film festival, Shriekfest to the city I consider my home town: Orlando, Florida!”, states Denise Gossett (founder and director of Shriekfest Film Festival). “Every film submitted will now have the chance to screen in two different cities! Shriekfest’s mission has always been to help get talented filmmakers exposure and now we’ll have two cities to accomplish this goal!”
Awards and accolades for Shriekfest include: 2010’s Movie Maker Magazine top 25 film festivals worth the entry fee, 2011 Movie Maker Magazine top 13 film festivals to die for, LA Weekly’s Los Angeles Most Successful and Entertaining Horror Film Festival, 2013 Movie Maker Magazine Coolest Film Festivals in the world and top five Coolest Horror/SciFi Film Festivals in the world. Gossett was also voted number five of 13 for most influential women in horror history and 2016’s most influential women in genre.
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.
To download the form for consideration to Shriekfest, 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 will cost extra.
Online and social media, Shriekfest can be visited by going to shriekfest.com. It will have more information about the festival, sponsorship opportunities and schedules. They are also on Twitter and Facebook. Gossett can be reached at [email protected].
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.
