Feature Films are 45+ minutes in length
Short Films are anything under 45 minutes in length
Music Videos are anything under 20 minutes in length (with exceptions)
The Dark Escape Film Fest seeks independent feature-length and short films from around the world in any of the following main genre groups:
- Horror
- Supernatural, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
- Action, Thriller, Suspense
- Cult
- Dark Comedy
- Music Video (with a genre connection)
- Documentary (with a genre connection)
- Animation (with a genre connection)
The 1st annual Dark Escape Film Festival will take place June 5th-7th 2020
1. Submission Deadlines
Submissions will be accepted from August 15 2019. The final deadline is April 1, 2020.
2. Submission Eligibility
- All submissions must have been completed after January 1, 2018.
- Dark Escape Film Fest requires at least a Rhode Island Premiere for any feature or short film.
- Works-in-progress are accepted.
3. Festival Screenings
Dark Escape Film Fest has the capability to screen Digital Cinema Package (DCP). Blu-ray will be used as well.
If selected, all commercial/private property including all trademark/copyrighted materials shown or recorded on the project is the responsibility of the filmmaker.
By submitting an entry, filmmaker states that he or she is responsible as an agent to promote the film and that the film is an original work.
Participants agree that clips and images from their film may be used and/or published in the Dark Escape Film Fest program guide, on our web site and for any promotional purposes which Dark Escape Film Fest deems appropriate.