Halloweenapalooza

Ottumwa, IA, United States, North America

09 - 10 Oct, 2020

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Halloweenapalooza

Ottumwa, IA, United States, North America

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General Information

founded

2002

edition

9th

Contact details

127 Pennsylvania Ave. Ottumwa, IA 52501 United States

52501

halloweenapalooza@gmail.com

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About the festival

Halloweenapalooza is the state’s only horror film showcase. This festival is created by horror filmmakers for horror fans.

We hope to provide an educational and entertaining visual experience for the attendees of our Festival, which showcases and celebrates the diversity of the films.

We also hope to establish a forum, where novices and seasoned veterans alike can interact and learn from one another, as well as from our array of special celebrity guests and industry professionals for Q&A's and panel discussions.

Halloweenapalooza ALSO includes celebrity appearances, zombie walk, vendors, and a midnight screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show. It'll be guaranteed to be a fun-filled day!

For every film you submit, you get one ticket into the Halloweenapalooza event! We encourage filmmakers to come and speak about their films.

This event is open to the public and will take place at the legendary & haunted Hotel Ottumwa. Lots of fun things going on this day!

Mission

AWARDS
Best Short
Runner Up Short
Best Feature
Runner Up Feature
Audience Choice
Best Kill
Halloween Spirit

Each winner will receive a trophy.

GENERAL RULES
Short film: Under 30 minutes
Feature film: 75-120 minutes

Each work is judged solely on its own merits.

About

Halloweenapalooza is the state’s only horror film showcase. This festival is created by horror filmmakers for horror fans.

We hope to provide an educational and entertaining visual experience for the attendees of our Festival, which showcases and celebrates the diversity of the films.

We also hope to establish a forum, where novices and seasoned veterans alike can interact and learn from one another, as well as from our array of special celebrity guests and industry professionals for Q&A's and panel discussions.

Halloweenapalooza ALSO includes celebrity appearances, zombie walk, vendors, and a midnight screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show. It'll be guaranteed to be a fun-filled day!

For every film you submit, you get one ticket into the Halloweenapalooza event! We encourage filmmakers to come and speak about their films.

This event is open to the public and will take place at the legendary & haunted Hotel Ottumwa. Lots of fun things going on this day!

Mission

AWARDS
Best Short
Runner Up Short
Best Feature
Runner Up Feature
Audience Choice
Best Kill
Halloween Spirit

Each winner will receive a trophy.

GENERAL RULES
Short film: Under 30 minutes
Feature film: 75-120 minutes

Each work is judged solely on its own merits.

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

***PLEASE READ ALL THE RULES & TERMS!***

We are an international HORROR genre film festival. Movies submitted must have some sort of horror elements to be considered for our program. We also accept Sci-Fi, documentaries, comedies, experimental, animation, dramas, etc. as long as they are in the horror genre. We do not accept any Fan Films.

*Foreign language films MUST be dubbed or subtitled in English or the film will not be accepted.

*We do not accept films with copyrighted music unless you've licensed and cleared it for festival use. Your submission is your way of acknowledging that you've taken all the steps to clear your music and the festival is not liable for copyright infringement.

Entry Formats
1. Submitting digitally through FilmFreeway is all you need to do.
2. All films must have been completed after January 2013.

FINAL PRESENTATION FORMAT: Short films=digital file, Feature films=Blu-ray (Region 0 or 1)

All materials submitted will not be returned and will become the property of Halloweenapalooza (just the Blu-rays, not any rights).

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Short Film
Early Bird (7th February, 2020) $10
Regular (14th August, 2020) $10
Late (9th October, 2020) $10

Running time under 30 minutes.

Feature Film
Early Bird (7th February, 2020) $20
Regular (14th August, 2020) $20
Late (9th October, 2020) $20

Running time between 75-120 minutes.

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