Haunted House FearFest

Bradford, West Yorkshire BD2, United Kingdom, Europe

18 - 20 Mar, 2022

Keywords

independent film, horror, film festival

Category

Feature, Music Video, Short, Television

Genre

Horror

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Haunted House FearFest

Bradford, West Yorkshire BD2, United Kingdom, Europe

General Information

founded

2019

edition

2nd

organizers

Anthony Straeger

Festival Director

Iwan Romanow

Festival Assistant

Contact details

48 Alexandra Road Bradford, West Yorkshire BD2 2HS United Kingdom

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festival@hauntedhousefearfest.com

+44 7722 405 978

Web & social

About the festival

We want to share our love of horror and it's sub-genres including; Giallo, Über violence, Monsters, Psychos and Supernatural. From drama to music videos and documentaries. If it features terror - we want it!

The next event will take place in March 2021.

As a thank-you, all entrants will receive a complimentary copy of Anthony Straeger's 'Creating Success with your Submissions'. This booklet provided information that will assist you in giving your film the best chance possible of success when submitted to this or any other festival.

The BEST OF THE FESTIVAL will receive the coveted GRIM REAPER AWARD. All of the main and additional category winners will receive a certificate and laurel.

Main category winners will also be given a review on IMDB.

BEST OF THE FESTIVAL: One film will receive the horribly good 'GRIM REAPER AWARD'.

CATEGORY WINNERS: Will be sent an eCertificate (PDF’s) and will receive a review on IMDB. Categories are:

Under 05 minutes (up to 5)
Under 10 minutes (5-10)
Under 15 minutes (10-15)
Under 20 minutes (15-20)
Under 60 minutes (20-60)
Feature Films (+60)

ADDITIONAL AWARDS: The winner will be sent an eCertificate (PDF) and wining laurel. Categories are:

Best Director
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Music
Best Script
Best SFX (Make-up or CGI)
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Comedy
Best Animation
Jury Awards
Audience Award

THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS: Will receive a Winners laurel.

Quality Kill
Most Gore
Meanest Villain
Biggest Scare

All Laurels and certificates will be sent as PNG files.

All runners-up, semi-finalists, nominated and selected can purchase a certificate through the website.

Mission

Haunted House FearFest is about grass-roots independent filmmaking. Celebrating the crack of bone and spill of blood. We aim to bring independent filmmaking to the City of Bradford and scare the crap out of them. But for this, we need to invite indie filmmakers with a twisted mind and a mean streak to join us.

About

We want to share our love of horror and it's sub-genres including; Giallo, Über violence, Monsters, Psychos and Supernatural. From drama to music videos and documentaries. If it features terror - we want it!

The next event will take place in March 2021.

As a thank-you, all entrants will receive a complimentary copy of Anthony Straeger's 'Creating Success with your Submissions'. This booklet provided information that will assist you in giving your film the best chance possible of success when submitted to this or any other festival.

The BEST OF THE FESTIVAL will receive the coveted GRIM REAPER AWARD. All of the main and additional category winners will receive a certificate and laurel.

Main category winners will also be given a review on IMDB.

BEST OF THE FESTIVAL: One film will receive the horribly good 'GRIM REAPER AWARD'.

CATEGORY WINNERS: Will be sent an eCertificate (PDF’s) and will receive a review on IMDB. Categories are:

Under 05 minutes (up to 5)
Under 10 minutes (5-10)
Under 15 minutes (10-15)
Under 20 minutes (15-20)
Under 60 minutes (20-60)
Feature Films (+60)

ADDITIONAL AWARDS: The winner will be sent an eCertificate (PDF) and wining laurel. Categories are:

Best Director
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Music
Best Script
Best SFX (Make-up or CGI)
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Comedy
Best Animation
Jury Awards
Audience Award

THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS: Will receive a Winners laurel.

Quality Kill
Most Gore
Meanest Villain
Biggest Scare

All Laurels and certificates will be sent as PNG files.

All runners-up, semi-finalists, nominated and selected can purchase a certificate through the website.

Mission

Haunted House FearFest is about grass-roots independent filmmaking. Celebrating the crack of bone and spill of blood. We aim to bring independent filmmaking to the City of Bradford and scare the crap out of them. But for this, we need to invite indie filmmakers with a twisted mind and a mean streak to join us.

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Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

PLEASE READ ALL RULES AND TERMS BEFORE SUBMITTING

Our focus is on independent films that are self-produced and financed. If you are having any kind of premiere with us, please let us know.

When submitting your project, make sure you apply to the right category. They are judged by the length of the film. If placed in the wrong category it will be rejected.

There are NO restrictions on when your film was completed or where it was previously screened. Anyone may enter this competition. If your film is not in English, please EMBED SUBTITLES in your screening file.

Make sure your film is available to download in the highest quality possible, preferably via FilmFreeway or Vimeo. If you wish to send your film on a USB stick, it will NOT be returned, unless you send a Stamp addressed envelop.

Please check you are authorised to submit the film, and that it is not subject to any litigation or under threat of litigation. Each submitter must possess the full legal right and all clearances to their film. The festival accepts no responsibility for illegal submissions and clearance is the responsibility of the filmmaker.

The submitter gives permission for Haunted House FearFest (HHFF) to use stills, titles, copy, and/or information from the film. We also encourage accepted filmmakers to do their own promotion of the festival on social media. This benefits us all.

Submitters agree to HHFF holding additional exhibition screening if selected or win. Screening selections are at the sole discretion of the festival judges. All decisions are final.

Anyone from any country can take part in this competition. Parental consent must be provided to any entrant under the age of 18.

We do not offer screening fees under any circumstances.

The overall winner (if attending) will be presented with their award on Saturday evening.

All submitters are invited to attend. Admission is free as we are trying to build an audience and festival for the future. We cannot pay for travel or accommodation. If you decided to attend we will endeavour to make your stay as much fun as possible.

You may withdraw your submission at any time, but there are no refunds.

Requests for fee waivers will be denied. We offer them only by invitation and in specialized circumstances. As festivals go, our entry fees are reasonable.

By submitting the entrant/submitter/filmmaker indicates they have read, understand, agree with, and will comply will all the Rules and Terms stated in items above.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Under 5 minutes
Early Bird (1st March, 2020) $10
Late (1st June, 2020) $10

Short sharp and to the point.

Under 10 minutes
Early Bird (1st March, 2020) $10
Late (1st June, 2020) $10

We love short sharp and to the point. We are also looking for found footage something that shows real ghost activity.

Under 15 minutes
Early Bird (1st March, 2020) $15
Late (1st June, 2020) $15

Under 20 minutes
Early Bird (1st March, 2020) $15
Late (1st June, 2020) $15

Under 60 minutes
Early Bird (1st March, 2020) $20
Late (1st June, 2020) $20

Feature Films
Early Bird (1st March, 2020) $25
Late (1st June, 2020) $25

Anything over 60 minutes is a feature and can be either Narrative or documentary.

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