THE MALTA HORROR FILMFEST kicks for the first time in the island of Malta in conjunction with the yearly popular event of DAR IL-WAHX haunted house of horrors happening every year in Halloween 31st October till the 3rd of November. This year there will be also this fantastic Horror short filmfest, and those chosen will be viewed for the four consecutive days! Submissions are now open and you can see regulations and more information on www.maltahorrorfilmfest.com. Though the idea is to create a new hub in malta for the horror genre and welcome foreign artists, filmmakers and media animators, there will be also various awards. 

The festival was organized in honor of the famous sci-fi writer Philip K Dick. The festival welcomes films that

have been inspired or adapted from Philip K Dick stories.  To promote visionary sci-fi, the kind you see in the works of Philip K Dick, Michel Houellebecq, Ray Bradbury,Heinlein,Ursula Le Guin, Jorge Luis Borges Sam Delany Jules Verne, Arthur C. Clarke.We are looking for dark.moody,strange, cerebral,off the beaten path sci-fi , one that provokes and engages our sense of awe and curiosity.Other themes include magical realism,cult, strange,the supernatural and the eerie.We look at films that push the cinematic form to new levels of expression.

We are also looking for good supernatural /horror stories that reflect the societies fears and paranoia. zombies,extreme cinema, fear of the flesh, disorientation.George Romero, Alexander Aja, Gaspar Noe,
Cronenberg,Alejandro Jodorowsky, H.P. Lovecraft.The theater of Fear.

In a nutshell  we are looking for good sci fi and horror stories.

2. To promote the role of science in the culture through our
Science in Action documentary category.Biopics,reenactments, are all welcomed in our documentary section.Nano tech, Biotech,Singularity projects,AI all themes that restore our sense of wonder.


We look for original voices and visions in works submitted. Lastly, this is a festival by filmmakers for filmmakers
 If you feel like an outsider in the world, you will fit right in in our festival
Like our page at www.Facebook.com/thephilipkdickfilmfestival or visit

our website www.philipkdickfilmfestival-europe.com

This is the  inaugural season for the European festival.The festival will take place at L'Hybride Cinema in Lille France October 25-27, 2013.

Last year we ran the Philip K Dick film festival in New York to record
crowds.

This year we are hope to reproduce the success in Europe.

This festival pays more attention to fantastic, horror and supernatural with special emphasis on the new cinematic extremism in recent years.

 All entries submitted to the Philip European Philip K Dick festival are automatically considered for the New York Festival which will take place
later on in December.

The festival deadlines are  Early Bird, July 1, Regular August 15, Late September 30, and withoutabox

late  Octuber 10. To submit to our site please visit www.philipkdickfestival-europe.com or http://www.withoutabox.com/login/12654

Zookastar is a hybrid 4 day event set in London from 31st October to 3rd November 2013 dedicated to all things filmic.  Our site is being built under the iconic Battersea Power Station.  We have collector's fairs, auctions, signings, 3 x cinemas, interactive workshops, feature film launches, film and music video making competitions, and animation special events with Aardman Animations.  The event is spread across 7 zones; Bollywood, Horror, Movie Production, Action Adventure, Toys & Robots, Costumes & props and Comics & Popular Culture.

We are having special guests daily; confimed to date are Asia Argento, Aardman Animations, The Lost Picture Show, Cosprop,  Straight 8, Bloody Cuts, Vidoepia, British Action Academy, London Sunt School, BAFTA winning production designers and costumiers and many more names to announce over the coming months. 

The Toronto International Short Film Festival provides a showcase for the best short-form cinema and its creators in the world.
We feel that short form cinema and its creators should have their own premier film festival in Toronto deserving similar recognition given to the feature film and its creators. The heart of the festival will be our quality and scope of extraordinary film programming.

Macabre Faire Film Festival Mission:

To provide a respectful, competitive, celebratory and affordable film fest event that is judged by a panel for independent filmmakers to enter their Strange-ifical, Weird-ifical, Horror-ifical, Sci-fi-tastical, Fantastical and Macabre-licious films to be viewed by the fans with the opportunity to win awards, increase film visibility via press and possibly obtain distribution. All this while maintaining manageable entry fees.

What's it all about?

TwitchTwitch Productions presents Long Island's only Macabre Faire Film Festival 2x a year with its main focus always being the "Official Selections" and its filmmakers/crew.

For starters the word "Macabre" is pronounced: Ma-Cob. The "re" is hardly ever heard. What does it mean?

Although it is an adjective meaning: disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury, we usually approach the Macabre Faire Film Festival with a lighter touch in the sense that, not all of the films screened have been a gore fest. Of course, there isn't anything wrong with adding some gore to a macabre film fest but, when we hear the word "Macabre" we remember those hauntingly fascinating films that starred legendary greats such as: Vincent Price & Peter Cushing. Or those fantastic Gothic horrors like those from "Hammer" films. These names in themselves represent what "macabre" means to us. What we are saying is that the word "Macabre" doesn't have to be about the hardcore gore, violence or scare but instead it could be about what you don't see or hear but, somehow manages to reach your fear's core. Let's also not forget those fantasy films or comedies with their horror twists. Truth be told that those exist too and yes, we welcome them. How can we not? Would you have turned down something like "The Evil Dead's: Army of Darkness" which is both a fantasy, a comedy and a horror wrapped into a tight burrito? Yeah, we wouldn't either. So folks, this is what many of the films selected for the Macabre Faire Film Festival have to offer. About the only thing we may have to say "No Thanks" to would be a romantic comedy/drama... unless, there's a monster or weird dark force that takes over then we may reconsider.

We have had judges and guests such as director Stevan Mena "Bereavement", Eileen Dietz "The Exorcist", Doug Jones "Hell Boy", Cleve Hall "Monster Man", Michael Gingold "Fangoria", Nick Nicholson "CNN Film Critic", Evan Ginzburg "The Wrestler" and others.

Trophies & Award Certificates will be presented.

Also note: Elsie Ginsberg is currently the Acquisitions Manager for the popular interactive live streaming: www.MonsterChannel.Tv With this said, all films submitted to the Macabre Faire Film Festival become eligible to be part of the channel's programming. All films will undergo review by the Monster Channel's additional management team for consideration. If a film is not chosen as an Official Selection for the Macabre Faire Film Festival this does not mean that the film may not be considered for programming on the Monster Channel. Forms from Fourth Castle that grants permission to showcase your film to Monster Channel's captured audience can be found with the Film Fest forms at: www.MacabreFaireFilmFest.com

Keep in mind, the Monster Channel is a bonus feature to submitting your film to the Macabre Faire Film Festival and completely optional. Programming shall begin streaming on the Monster Channel of the selected original films by the later part of 2013.

The Macabre Faire Film Festival currently takes place at the Best Western Mill River Manor Hotel in Rockville Centre, NY offering 3 screening rooms. This allows us to screen between 25-50 films per event (totals vary according to amount of days allocated for the event). It is presented by our umbrella company "TwitchTwitch Productions" which is family owned and operated. The brand "Macabre Faire" may be recognized by many because of it's affiliation with the "Macabre Faire" convention-like party events that take place through out the year occasionally for a weekend long gathering.

Our Macabre Faire events and Film Festival have a reputation for being a very friendly environment with a wonderful celebratory ambiance within an intimately sized space. Here's what Fox 5 News had to say about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oVRMl4BQwQ&feature=share

purgatory / noun / an intermediate place or state of temporary suffering for expiatory purification

Within the word “purgatory”, it is easy to envision condemned souls, torment and darkness. However, purgatory may also reflect the cyclic state in which we often rediscover or recreate ourselves anew from within our personal inflictions. Sometimes it is the necessary stage to exorcise ourselves from the haunting ghosts of the past. Perhaps it is the serene place of self reflection and realization.

From within this, DAMNED proudly presents an exhibition of powerful cinema called Purgatory. Held on March 8th & 9th 2013 at Hastings Ballroom/Tangent Gallery in Detroit, Purgatory will present various short films of deeply introspective, beautifully disturbing and darkly enlightening subject matters from filmmakers local and worldwide. This is not an industry-focused horror film festival, but a tributary showcase of the often redemptive films from the filmmaker’s personal damnations.

For further information: http://thatdamnedshow.com/purgatory

FILMMAKERS!  We are still accepting submissions until February 10 2013! Click here for further info and to submit.

Also, fan us on the Purgatory Facebook Fan Page!

The GrayMarkit Distribution HOLLARWEEN Horror Fest Thur OCT 18 - 25, 2012 From 6PM to 12AM MANHATTAN New York City. We are more just a festival we are an east-coast horror/sci-fi film distributor. We are looking for well made horror movies, shorts, trailers, and music videos with reasonable $10, $20, and $30 submissions fees and presenting film makers with a chance to make money. If your movie is rejected, we send a letter with specific reasons why we passed on your film, as evidence we watched it. As opposed to just taking your money and sending a vague templated rejection letter. Accepting submissions between now through 9/30/12. email: graymarkit@hotmail.com http://graymarkitfest.webs.com

This cultural project takes place in Godella (Valencia, Spain) since 2000. Catacumba is an International Film Festival, involving short and feature films, open to filmmakers of any nationality. Theme is focus on horror, fantasy, science fiction, gore, psychological, experimental, bizarre, animation…  GENERAL RULES FOR PARTICIPATING: www.catacumba.org/participa_en.html

The festival mission is to promote visionary sci-fi, the kind you see in Philip K Dick,Ray Bradbury,Heinlein,Ursula Le Guin,Jorge Luis Borges Sam Delany.We are looking for dark.moody,strange, cerebral,off the beaten path sci-fi , one that provokes and engages our sense of awe and curiosity. Naturally, we also welcome submissions of films inspired or adapted from the above authors.

The secondary purpose of the festival is to promote science education through our documentary category. Biopics, reenactments, docs , all stories that reenchant us with science.