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South African Horrorfest 2023

Festival On-line Links:

Website: www.horrorfest.info
YouTube: www.youtube.com/TheHorrorfest
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SouthAfricanHorrorFest 
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/SouthAfricanHorrorfest
Instagram: www.instagram.com/SAhorrorfest
Twitter: www.twitter.com/SAhorrorfest

Regular Deadline
March 31, 2023

Late Submission Deadline
May 31, 2023  Extended Deadline
June 30, 2023  Notification Date
September 30, 2023  Event Date
October 25 – November 5, 2023 

Festival info:
2023 is the 19th year of the South African HorrorFest, the original all-encompassing Halloween-season Horror event on the African continent, including its main film festival component with feature films and short films from around the world (featuring many premieres), plus a short story competition (resulting in best-of anthologies published) as well as a live author event, Halloween dress-up, live movie soundtrack performance to classic silent films and more.
The SA Horrorfest has been included in prestigious lists of Best Horror Festivals In The World, including Movie Maker Magazine (2021) and Dread Central (2022).
With a selection of movies to receive cinema screenings, the bulk of the hybrid festival will be on-line (filmmakers deciding whether they want their movies to be geo-blocked for Africa only, or whether they'd like it to be accessible all over the world as part of the festival's Global Horrorfest). All genre variants accepted, as long as it contains Horror elements.
Join us at all our social media locations to stay in the loop on all festival developments, news and more, and subscribe at our new YouTube channel The Horrorfest where we feature all selected movie trailers, as well as filmmaker interviews and all manner of Horror culture -  All links accessible at https://linktr.ee/SAhorrorfest

Awards & Prizes:
The highest quality movies are acknowledged with award certificates across a wide range of categories.

Rules & Terms:
After the pandemic the Horrorfest was forced on-line. This component will remain going forward, making it a hybrid event with both cinema and on-line shows. (With the niche nature of the event and all budget going into promotion of the festival and selected movies, unfortunately screening fees cannot be offered)
There are no restrictions for the production's country of origin. All languages allowed, but need (hardcoded) English subtitles if in another language.
Flamedrop Productions / Shadow Realm inc., and the South African HorrorFest cannot guarantee that the short- or feature films submitted will be selected and shown in public / on-line, as the festival selection members / committee will be the final arbiters.
If selected, your movie will be included in the virtual on-line chapter of the festival, and due to the limited cinema cinema slots available, a select portion of the productions will receive physical theatre shows as well. You also agree to grant the Horrorfest non-exclusive permission to prospectively screen your feature film / short film after the official festival date as part of an Encore Best-Of replay program (including a selection of nominees and category winners).
Permission must be granted from the relevant rights holders (where applicable) of any copyrighted material used in your production (eg. music, film, video, news, audio, clips from other sources etc.), and the organizers of the South African HorrorFest cannot be held liable for the unlawful use of such material in submitted works.
It is preferred that your production is not streaming on any platform or run in any South African cinemas prior to, or during the Horrorfest period (late-October / earl-November). Please notify us if this will be the case.
Real pornography, human or animal abuse will not be tolerated and such entries will be discarded, and if necessary, reported.
If additional physical materials are supplied to the SA HorrorFest (discs, flash drives, external drives), these are non-returnable.
Information supplied on your production will be used in various Flamedrop Productions / Shadow Realm inc. / SA HorrorFest online and print publications as promotion.

Movie Submission Options:

FEATURE FILMS (Global Access)
Feature films of all styles are accepted, as long as it contains elements of Horror. (Use this submission option if your movie is open to be accessible for streaming from all parts of the world, not restricted to Africa only)

		Earlybird Deadline
		Standard: $15
		Student: $10

		Regular Deadline
		Standard: $20
		Student: $15

		Late Deadline
		Standard: $25
		Student: $20

		Extended Deadline
		Standard: $30
		Student: $25

SHORT FILMS (Global Access)
Short films of all styles are accepted - as long as it contains elements of Horror. (Use this submission option if your movie is open to be accessible for streaming from all parts of the world, not restricted to Africa only)

		Earlybird Deadline
		Standard: $15
		Student: $10

		Regular Deadline
		Standard: $20
		Student: $15

		Late Deadline
		Standard: $25
		Student: $20

		Extended Deadline
		Standard: $30
		Student: $25

FEATURE FILMS (Geo-Blocked For Africa)
Feature films of all styles are accepted, as long as it contains elements of Horror. (Use this submission option if you want your movie to be restricted to African territories only, not global access)

		Earlybird Deadline
		Standard: $15
		Student: $10

		Regular Deadline
		Standard: $20
		Student: $15

		Late Deadline
		Standard: $25
		Student: $20

		Extended Deadline
		Standard: $30
		Student: $25

SHORT FILMS (Geo-Blocked For Africa)
Short films of all styles are accepted - as long as it contains elements of Horror. (Use this submission option if you want your movie to be restricted to African territories only, not global access)

		Earlybird Deadline
		Standard: $15
		Student: $10

		Regular Deadline
		Standard: $20
		Student: $15

		Late Deadline
		Standard: $25
		Student: $20

		Extended Deadline
		Standard: $30
		Student: $25