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15 Second Horror Film Challenge

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15 Second Horror Film Challenge

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Venues

Crypticon Seattle DoubleTree Hotel Seattle Airport 18740 International Blvd 2019 TBA Seattle, WA 98188, , Show me on the map
Dead All Day Horror Film Festival 5 Lacey Street England WA8 7SQ, , United Kingdom Show me on the map
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 305 E 4th St #100 Santa Ana,, California 92701, , United States Show me on the map
HorrorHound Weekend Film Festival PO Box 710 Milford, OH 45150, , United States Show me on the map

About the festival

15 Second Horror Film Challenge is a nonprofit international filmmaking contest with digital and live screening showcases! Check out our "Awards & Prizes" section for details.

DOZENS of festivals continue to showcase the 15 Second Horror Film Challenge's greatest hits worldwide TBA. Stay up-to-date with all screenings at http://15secondhorror.ca -- Please stay up-to-date at http://youtube.com/workobeyfilms and/or http://facebook.com/15secondhorror for all of the results.

In addition, our shorts & feature division "The Horror Movie Awards" celebrates exciting voices in horror. Deadline extends to December 1st for this specific division until December 1st 2020 through http://filmfreeway.com/thehorrormovieawards

FOR CLARITY:

If you submitted through here from our 15 Second Horror Film Challenge listing, notifications went out on October 19th for 'semi-finalists', however, 'finalists' will be revealed in December.

Its October 31st event date is SPECIFICALLY for the 15 Second Horror Film Challenge's 15 second horror film division. The Horror Movie Awards event comes in December, as stated in http://filmfreeway.com/thehorrormovieawards

Also: there will be entries that upgrade from 'semi-finalists' to 'finalists' in December. Finalists are entries that will receive a minimum of one award across our award categories TBD.

Stay safe and scary until then!

Halloween showcase (15 Second Horror Film Challenge) - October 31st
Award showcase (15 Second Horror Film Challenge) - first half of November
Official rankings (15 Second Horror Film Challenge) - second half of November
"The Horror Movie Awards" - first half of December
Celebrity Favourites (15 Second Horror Film Challenge) - second half of December

Laurels available for award showcase and officially ranked films; not celebrity favourites.

Our greatest hits of the "15 Second Horror Film Challenge" (not the "The Horror Movie Awards") will be distributed to various festivals TBA.

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2020 SCREENINGS of 2019's greatest hits:

60 Second Horror Challenge
filmfreeway.com/Best-InShow-60-SecondHorrorChallenge

Be Afraid Horror Fest
filmfreeway.com/BeAfraidHorrorFest

Dead All Day Horror Film Festival
filmfreeway.com/DeadAllDay

FIXION Fest, Fantastic & Horror Film Festival
filmfreeway.com/FIXIONFest

HB Film Festival
filmfreeway.com/TheHBFilmFestival

Horrible Imaginings Film Festival
filmfreeway.com/HorribleImaginingsFilmFest

HorrorHound Weekend
filmfreeway.com/HorrorHoundWeekendFilmFestival

Killer Valley Film Festival
filmfreeway.com/KillerValleyFilmFestival

Russian International Horror Film Awards "Drop"
horrorpremia.ru

South African Horror Fest
horrorfest.info

SIN Film Festival
sinisternights.com

Two Box Film Fest
filmfreeway.com/TwoBoxFimFest

Check out 15secondhorror.ca for all of our past screenings!

There is no 'physical prize'. Everything is digital and/or live screenings. No one acquires exclusive rights to your work. You retain exclusive rights. By submitting your 15 second horror films, you enable the 15 Second Horror Film Challenge, on your behalf, to reach out to film festivals and conventions in order for them to non-exclusively exhibit entries.

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About

15 Second Horror Film Challenge is a nonprofit international filmmaking contest with digital and live screening showcases! Check out our "Awards & Prizes" section for details.

DOZENS of festivals continue to showcase the 15 Second Horror Film Challenge's greatest hits worldwide TBA. Stay up-to-date with all screenings at http://15secondhorror.ca -- Please stay up-to-date at http://youtube.com/workobeyfilms and/or http://facebook.com/15secondhorror for all of the results.

In addition, our shorts & feature division "The Horror Movie Awards" celebrates exciting voices in horror. Deadline extends to December 1st for this specific division until December 1st 2020 through http://filmfreeway.com/thehorrormovieawards

FOR CLARITY:

If you submitted through here from our 15 Second Horror Film Challenge listing, notifications went out on October 19th for 'semi-finalists', however, 'finalists' will be revealed in December.

Its October 31st event date is SPECIFICALLY for the 15 Second Horror Film Challenge's 15 second horror film division. The Horror Movie Awards event comes in December, as stated in http://filmfreeway.com/thehorrormovieawards

Also: there will be entries that upgrade from 'semi-finalists' to 'finalists' in December. Finalists are entries that will receive a minimum of one award across our award categories TBD.

Stay safe and scary until then!

Halloween showcase (15 Second Horror Film Challenge) - October 31st
Award showcase (15 Second Horror Film Challenge) - first half of November
Official rankings (15 Second Horror Film Challenge) - second half of November
"The Horror Movie Awards" - first half of December
Celebrity Favourites (15 Second Horror Film Challenge) - second half of December

Laurels available for award showcase and officially ranked films; not celebrity favourites.

Our greatest hits of the "15 Second Horror Film Challenge" (not the "The Horror Movie Awards") will be distributed to various festivals TBA.

----------------

2020 SCREENINGS of 2019's greatest hits:

60 Second Horror Challenge
filmfreeway.com/Best-InShow-60-SecondHorrorChallenge

Be Afraid Horror Fest
filmfreeway.com/BeAfraidHorrorFest

Dead All Day Horror Film Festival
filmfreeway.com/DeadAllDay

FIXION Fest, Fantastic & Horror Film Festival
filmfreeway.com/FIXIONFest

HB Film Festival
filmfreeway.com/TheHBFilmFestival

Horrible Imaginings Film Festival
filmfreeway.com/HorribleImaginingsFilmFest

HorrorHound Weekend
filmfreeway.com/HorrorHoundWeekendFilmFestival

Killer Valley Film Festival
filmfreeway.com/KillerValleyFilmFestival

Russian International Horror Film Awards "Drop"
horrorpremia.ru

South African Horror Fest
horrorfest.info

SIN Film Festival
sinisternights.com

Two Box Film Fest
filmfreeway.com/TwoBoxFimFest

Check out 15secondhorror.ca for all of our past screenings!

There is no 'physical prize'. Everything is digital and/or live screenings. No one acquires exclusive rights to your work. You retain exclusive rights. By submitting your 15 second horror films, you enable the 15 Second Horror Film Challenge, on your behalf, to reach out to film festivals and conventions in order for them to non-exclusively exhibit entries.

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Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

15 SECOND HORROR FILM CHALLENGE rules & terms:

Films must be 15 seconds.

Please provide the festival who 'directed' the film.

Anyone anywhere can submit.

Submit as many entries as you wish.

You cannot submit an entry you previously had submitted.

You can publish your work anywhere anytime; no disqualification.

We do not acquire the exclusive rights to your entry, however, by submitting your work, you enable us 'non-exclusive' rights to publish your entry onto our official platforms and to distribute it to festivals. You will always be credited hardcoded into the video. Any distribution will always be non-exclusive. You will always have exclusive rights to your work.

COMPATIBILITY

MP4 and MOV work best. AVI in most instances can be converted to MP4. 4K is not accepted.

WHAT'S ALLOWED:

Violence, gore, explicit language.

Content NOT ALLOWED:

Copyright infringement.

Re-iterations of certain two-sentence horror stories (we've received a number of them each year and had to start saying 'no' to them):

-"12:01" has someone in bed. He looks at the time, "12:01". A killer kills him. He wakes up, discovering it was a dream. The time reads "12:00". A killer presents themselves. The time turns to "12:01". It was a premonition all along. The end.

- "Monster Under My Bed" has a child in bed. Tells parent, "There's a monster under the bed". Parent checks under bed. Discovers the child is under the bed. Child under the bed says, "There's a monster in my bed". Suspense.

Malicious by nature material; racist, sexist, hateful etc. Explicit on-screen sexual violence. Nudity. Sexual innuendo towards children. Nothing out of poor taste that would be subject to being flagged on YouTube.

Horror make-up selfies.

Content UNDER REVIEW:

Sexual violence and nudity.

Films that are more comedy-comedy than comedy-horror.

Films with unclear narratives, experimental films, or a full-length trailer crammed into 15 seconds. Multiple parters. Films with this approach must have standalone titles and operate as a stand-alone beginning, middle, and end story in themselves.

The: 'Camera stays on feet. Feet lift off the ground by some threat off-screen. Crunch sounds. Feet flail before going limp.' There's been an influx of those especially since last year's 4th place winner "KISS". If they're too close to "KISS" and don't add enough innovation, they'll be disqualified. Filmmakers will be notified if they will be.

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THE HORROR MOVIE AWARDS rules & terms:

Do not send in your files. Screeners are just fine.

Keep up-to-date at http://facebook.com/thehorrormovieawards. Results will release in December 2020 TBA

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

15 Second Horror Film (15 Second Horror Film Challenge)
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th December, 2019) €0
Regular (19th October, 2020) €0
Late (31st October, 2020) €0
Description

Films must be 15 seconds in length. Judged by 15 Second Horror Film Challenge's judges.

Short Film (The Horror Movie Awards)
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th December, 2019) €0
Regular (19th October, 2020) €0
Late (31st October, 2020) €0
Description

Judged by "The Horror Movie Awards". Separate from 15 Second Horror Film Challenge's judges. Short films must be less than 50min.

Feature Film (The Horror Movie Awards)
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th December, 2019) €0
Regular (19th October, 2020) €0
Late (31st October, 2020) €0
Description

Judged by "The Horror Movie Awards". Separate from 15 Second Horror Film Challenge's judges. Feature Films must be over 50min.

Web Series (The Horror Movie Awards)
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th December, 2019) €0
Regular (19th October, 2020) €0
Late (31st October, 2020) €0
Description

Must be an episodic narrative like a TV season or limited series. A 'compilation' of short films will not be eligible. Entire season or limited series must be readily available to view.

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