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Fee Colors:
Feature Fee
Short Fee
Range of Fees
Fee Colors:
Feature Fee
Short Fee
Range of Fees
Open for Submissions:
May 20, 2024
Intro:
Jun 30, 2024
$30
$25
$0.00
Early:
Sep 1, 2024
$35
$30
$0.00
Regular:
Jan 21, 2025
$49
$39
$0.00
Late:
Apr 5, 2025
$59
$49
$0.00
Final Deadline:
Apr 5, 2025
$59
$49
Festival Starts:
May 9, 2025
Festival Ends:
May 11, 2025
Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest is South Carolina's first and largest horror film festival! The 2025 festival will take place over three days in Columbia, South Carolina and will feature some of the best independent horror films from all over the world. We will be screening all of our Official Selections at Spotlight Cinemas Capital 8.
Forget the Oscars! We have the "Crimmy's"! All Official Selections (films and screenplays) will be competing at a chance for a Crimmy in over 20 categories. Our Crimmy trophies are designed by "The Conjuring" and "Annabelle" special effects artist Tony Rosen, who also designed the famous "Annabelle" doll for both films. Each trophy is handmade and signed by Tony himself.
Sponsored in part by ShortsTV, the world's largest distributor of short films, all submitted and accepted short films have the chance for worldwide broadcast deals on their cable channel, ShortsTV, which plays Oscar winning short films all over the globe. Screenplay winners will also compete to win scriptwriting software from FinalDraft as well as free listings on InkTip, where producers go for scripts and writers. Producers have made more than 300 films from scripts and writers they found through InkTip.
In 2017 "Best of South Carolina" named Crimson Screen one of the top 10 festivals in South Carolina and in 2015 readers of HORROR SOCIETY voted us their 2nd favorite horror film festival in the USA! Festival attendees come out to walk the "dREaD Carpet" dressed in their favorite costumes and get to meet the filmmakers during our mixers and Q&A sessions after film screenings.
We are seeking all genres of films and screenplays that contain horror element such as sci-fi, fantasy, comedy, underground, experimental and more...as long as there are horror elements. We take pride in the variety of horror selections at our annual festival and encourage filmmakers to submit any type of film and screenplay with horror, thriller, and suspense elements and themes! If you are lucky enough to be chosen as an official selection, you definitely will want to attend! We are not like any other film festival out there! We provide our attending filmmakers with two free VIP passes, a bag of swag, a personal welcome letter with wax sealed envelope embedded with our logo, and lots of other goodies also!
Filmmakers and VIP pass holders also have access to mixers as well as discounts at various bars and restaurants during the fest. At past festivals we have held "Maverick Filmmaking" workshops by such filmmakers as Steve Balderson, lectures on H.P. Lovecraft by authors such as W. Scott Poole, and have also awarded our new annual "Horror Icon" award to Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp) in 2016 and Joe Bob Briggs in 2017, Mark Patton (Nightmare on Elm Street 2) in 2018, and PJ Soles (Carrie, Halloween) in 2019!
Forget the Oscars! We have the "Crimmy's"! All Official Selections (films and screenplays) will be competing at a chance for a Crimmy in over 20 categories. Our Crimmy trophies are designed by "The Conjuring" and "Annabelle" special effects artist Tony Rosen, who also designed the famous "Annabelle" doll for both films. Each trophy is handmade and signed by Tony himself.
Sponsored in part by ShortsTV, the world's largest distributor of short films, all submitted and accepted short films have the chance for worldwide broadcast deals on their cable channel, ShortsTV, which plays Oscar winning short films all over the globe. Screenplay winners will also compete to win scriptwriting software from FinalDraft as well as free listings on InkTip, where producers go for scripts and writers. Producers have made more than 300 films from scripts and writers they found through InkTip.
In 2017 "Best of South Carolina" named Crimson Screen one of the top 10 festivals in South Carolina and in 2015 readers of HORROR SOCIETY voted us their 2nd favorite horror film festival in the USA! Festival attendees come out to walk the "dREaD Carpet" dressed in their favorite costumes and get to meet the filmmakers during our mixers and Q&A sessions after film screenings.
We are seeking all genres of films and screenplays that contain horror element such as sci-fi, fantasy, comedy, underground, experimental and more...as long as there are horror elements. We take pride in the variety of horror selections at our annual festival and encourage filmmakers to submit any type of film and screenplay with horror, thriller, and suspense elements and themes! If you are lucky enough to be chosen as an official selection, you definitely will want to attend! We are not like any other film festival out there! We provide our attending filmmakers with two free VIP passes, a bag of swag, a personal welcome letter with wax sealed envelope embedded with our logo, and lots of other goodies also!
Filmmakers and VIP pass holders also have access to mixers as well as discounts at various bars and restaurants during the fest. At past festivals we have held "Maverick Filmmaking" workshops by such filmmakers as Steve Balderson, lectures on H.P. Lovecraft by authors such as W. Scott Poole, and have also awarded our new annual "Horror Icon" award to Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp) in 2016 and Joe Bob Briggs in 2017, Mark Patton (Nightmare on Elm Street 2) in 2018, and PJ Soles (Carrie, Halloween) in 2019!
Open for Submissions:
Nov 10, 2024
Earlybird:
Nov 16, 2024
$49
$49
$0.00
Regular:
Dec 7, 2024
$59
$59
$0.00
Late:
Dec 28, 2024
$65
$65
$0.00
NDE:
Jan 18, 2025
$69
$69
$0.00
Extended:
Feb 8, 2025
$75
$75
$0.00
Extended:
Mar 1, 2025
$79
$79
$0.00
Extended:
Mar 22, 2025
$85
$85
$0.00
Final Deadline:
Apr 12, 2025
$89
$89
Festival Starts:
May 17, 2025
Festival Ends:
May 17, 2025
Festival and screenplay contest celebrating the best of indie crime and horror.
Scripts in the crime and horror sub-genres juggle genre-awareness, often times in order to subvert the expected, with natural talent and a unique voice. We aim to spotlight the voices of tomorrow's classics.
Industry contacts who will receive winning projects include:
ZERO GRAVITY
BLOOD LIST / BRILLSTEIN
THINK TANK
TXL FILMS
... and more.
Top award winners will also receive 4 months of free listings on InkTip!
Scripts in the crime and horror sub-genres juggle genre-awareness, often times in order to subvert the expected, with natural talent and a unique voice. We aim to spotlight the voices of tomorrow's classics.
Industry contacts who will receive winning projects include:
ZERO GRAVITY
BLOOD LIST / BRILLSTEIN
THINK TANK
TXL FILMS
... and more.
Top award winners will also receive 4 months of free listings on InkTip!
Open for Submissions:
Nov 15, 2024
Regular:
Feb 5, 2025
$60
$45
$0.00
Late:
Mar 26, 2025
$80
$65
$0.00
Final Deadline:
May 7, 2025
$100
$75
Festival Starts:
Aug 1, 2025
Festival Ends:
Aug 10, 2025
Entering its 9th year, Festival of Cinema NYC will be taking place from August 1st - 10th, 2025. The festival welcomes filmmakers and attendees to the legendary Regal UA Midway theater in Forest Hills Queens, New York, with additional programming that includes workshops, seminars and panels at the Queens Library in Forest Hills, Queens Center in Rego Park, and Yant Tattoo Studios - our official filmmaker lounge.
Festival of Cinema NYC is a fully rounded film festival that looks to nurture and help develop the careers of emerging filmmakers and writers by helping to cultivate a working relationship between emerging artists and industry professionals who can help advance their career in the film industry. The festival particularly seeks feature films from 1st, 2nd, and 3rd time feature filmmakers, as well as shorts and episodic filmmakers that are looking to develop their work into features or series.
Short films of all genres are programmed thematically (Drama, Comedy, Horror, etc.) or paired with feature films to attract the largest audiences possible. The festival takes pride in helping filmmakers find their audience by helping them land distribution deals through scouts and sponsors that are regularly invited to the festival.
Other submission categories include animation, music videos, and an un-produced script.
Festival of Cinema NYC is a fully rounded film festival that looks to nurture and help develop the careers of emerging filmmakers and writers by helping to cultivate a working relationship between emerging artists and industry professionals who can help advance their career in the film industry. The festival particularly seeks feature films from 1st, 2nd, and 3rd time feature filmmakers, as well as shorts and episodic filmmakers that are looking to develop their work into features or series.
Short films of all genres are programmed thematically (Drama, Comedy, Horror, etc.) or paired with feature films to attract the largest audiences possible. The festival takes pride in helping filmmakers find their audience by helping them land distribution deals through scouts and sponsors that are regularly invited to the festival.
Other submission categories include animation, music videos, and an un-produced script.
Open for Submissions:
Jul 16, 2024
August :
Aug 31, 2024
$30
$30
$0.00
Final Deadline:
May 29, 2025
$30
$30
Festival Starts:
May 22, 2025
Festival Ends:
May 22, 2025
Digital Griffix film awards is now an IMDB listed international awards competition (Digital Griffix Film Festival).
Our trophy is a beautiful crystal eagle head that can be shipped worldwide !
We are planning to do a live screening of some nominees with films who also sent their film in the LIVE SCREENING category in summer 2025. If you receive a finalist badge, it means that your film will be screened !
If you only want to enter our awards competition without screening consideration, you are absolutely free to do so as well.
Our jury determines the best films in each category. Note that we do NOT screen all films onsite. You have to be nominated and you have to send your film in the Live Screening category as well. Our goal is to help filmmakers take the next step in their career.
Our jury is composed of award winning filmmakers who perfectly understand the hard work put in independent filmmaking !
We do NOT select everyone for the festival. Only nominees will be selected.
Our IMDB page :
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0013432/2022/1
Our VFX Company IMDB page (members of the jury worked on the listed films) :
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0387595
Just like you, we are artists and filmmakers !
Our trophy is a beautiful crystal eagle head that can be shipped worldwide !
We are planning to do a live screening of some nominees with films who also sent their film in the LIVE SCREENING category in summer 2025. If you receive a finalist badge, it means that your film will be screened !
If you only want to enter our awards competition without screening consideration, you are absolutely free to do so as well.
Our jury determines the best films in each category. Note that we do NOT screen all films onsite. You have to be nominated and you have to send your film in the Live Screening category as well. Our goal is to help filmmakers take the next step in their career.
Our jury is composed of award winning filmmakers who perfectly understand the hard work put in independent filmmaking !
We do NOT select everyone for the festival. Only nominees will be selected.
Our IMDB page :
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0013432/2022/1
Our VFX Company IMDB page (members of the jury worked on the listed films) :
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0387595
Just like you, we are artists and filmmakers !
Open for Submissions:
Mar 20, 2021
Late Deadline:
Oct 5, 2025
$55
$45
Final Deadline:
Oct 5, 2025
$55
$45
Festival Starts:
Nov 7, 2025
Festival Ends:
Nov 9, 2025
Welcome to the "Slamdance of the South!"
The South Carolina Underground Film Festival, an IMDb qualifying festival, is a truly inclusive film festival celebrating all genres of independent film. Taking place in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, SCUFF is seeking films from all over the globe to program for our next festival. The SCUFF will be three packed days of indie films where fans and filmmakers can meet and mingle and celebrate obscure and independent film.
Our special guests such as filmmaker Mark Borchardt (American Movie) have come to SCUFF and shared inspiring stories with our attendees.
Besides promoting and showcasing the best in independent cinema from all around the globe, the SCUFF also promotes local filmmaking in SC. We will shine a special spotlight on SC produced films and filmmakers. Filmmakers will have an opportunity to have their works screened for a captive audience while competing for awards in many categories.
From the novice to the professional, from the student to the experimental filmmaker, from obscure to the mainstream, SCUFF is seeking all type of films that may not be able to play at other film festivals.
Drama, comedy, horror, sci-fi, action, animation, music videos, documentary, LGBT, and so on. If you can create it, we want to see it. The more obscure the better! If it’s not obscure...great. We like all types of films!
Do you have to ask yourself if your film is too much for our festival? If so then we definitely want to see it! Does your film push social boundaries? Would other festivals laugh at you thinking you had a chance to get into their festival? Then we want your movie!
Q&A’s will follow screenings with visiting filmmakers to give you a chance to connect with our audience. The festival will end on the third night with a big awards ceremony as we give out SCUFF awards! Follow us on Facebook and we continue to make announcements until the festival arrives! Good luck and we can’t wait to see what you made!
SCUFF wants to promote and nurture independent films and filmmakers. We want to expose to the world a whole new segment of cinema that they would never see anywhere else. We hope this will bring out lots of people to all the screenings and create a fun and festive environment for not only the attendees but also visiting filmmakers.
SCUFFY is our mascot, a miner always digging for new films and screenplays. SCUFFY Awards will be given out in many categories. Our SCUFFY awards were designed and sculpted by special effects artist Tony Rosen who is most famous for creating the Annabelle doll used in the films "The Conjuring" and "Annabelle".
Official Sponsor Final Draft scriptwriting software will present software to the winners of the best un-produced screenplay categories.
Winners will receive a 4-month InkTip Pro Membership. As an InkTip Pro Member, thousands of filmmakers can find and read your scripts, and you'll be able to pitch directly to production companies every week. With over 3,000 options and 400 movies made, InkTip is the place for independent film.
Trophies and awards will be given for:
Jury Award
Best Feature film
Best Short film
Best Documentary
Best Un-produced Screenplay (short and feature)
Best Produced Screenplay (short and feature)
Best SC Film
Best SC Filmmaker
Best Foreign Film
Audience Choice Award
Honorable Mention Awards
Filmmakers who have a short film chosen as an official selection will be given 2 free VIP pass to the fest!
We are an IMDB accredited event.
The South Carolina Underground Film Festival, an IMDb qualifying festival, is a truly inclusive film festival celebrating all genres of independent film. Taking place in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, SCUFF is seeking films from all over the globe to program for our next festival. The SCUFF will be three packed days of indie films where fans and filmmakers can meet and mingle and celebrate obscure and independent film.
Our special guests such as filmmaker Mark Borchardt (American Movie) have come to SCUFF and shared inspiring stories with our attendees.
Besides promoting and showcasing the best in independent cinema from all around the globe, the SCUFF also promotes local filmmaking in SC. We will shine a special spotlight on SC produced films and filmmakers. Filmmakers will have an opportunity to have their works screened for a captive audience while competing for awards in many categories.
From the novice to the professional, from the student to the experimental filmmaker, from obscure to the mainstream, SCUFF is seeking all type of films that may not be able to play at other film festivals.
Drama, comedy, horror, sci-fi, action, animation, music videos, documentary, LGBT, and so on. If you can create it, we want to see it. The more obscure the better! If it’s not obscure...great. We like all types of films!
Do you have to ask yourself if your film is too much for our festival? If so then we definitely want to see it! Does your film push social boundaries? Would other festivals laugh at you thinking you had a chance to get into their festival? Then we want your movie!
Q&A’s will follow screenings with visiting filmmakers to give you a chance to connect with our audience. The festival will end on the third night with a big awards ceremony as we give out SCUFF awards! Follow us on Facebook and we continue to make announcements until the festival arrives! Good luck and we can’t wait to see what you made!
SCUFF wants to promote and nurture independent films and filmmakers. We want to expose to the world a whole new segment of cinema that they would never see anywhere else. We hope this will bring out lots of people to all the screenings and create a fun and festive environment for not only the attendees but also visiting filmmakers.
SCUFFY is our mascot, a miner always digging for new films and screenplays. SCUFFY Awards will be given out in many categories. Our SCUFFY awards were designed and sculpted by special effects artist Tony Rosen who is most famous for creating the Annabelle doll used in the films "The Conjuring" and "Annabelle".
Official Sponsor Final Draft scriptwriting software will present software to the winners of the best un-produced screenplay categories.
Winners will receive a 4-month InkTip Pro Membership. As an InkTip Pro Member, thousands of filmmakers can find and read your scripts, and you'll be able to pitch directly to production companies every week. With over 3,000 options and 400 movies made, InkTip is the place for independent film.
Trophies and awards will be given for:
Jury Award
Best Feature film
Best Short film
Best Documentary
Best Un-produced Screenplay (short and feature)
Best Produced Screenplay (short and feature)
Best SC Film
Best SC Filmmaker
Best Foreign Film
Audience Choice Award
Honorable Mention Awards
Filmmakers who have a short film chosen as an official selection will be given 2 free VIP pass to the fest!
We are an IMDB accredited event.
Open for Submissions:
Jan 31, 2025
Early Bird Deadline:
Feb 28, 2025
$45
$30
Spring Deadline:
Apr 30, 2025
$50
$35
Film Deadline:
Aug 29, 2025
$55
$40
Summer Deadline:
Sep 30, 2025
$60
$45
Final Deadline:
Dec 23, 2025
$60
$45
Festival Starts:
Nov 12, 2025
Festival Ends:
Nov 16, 2025
Zed Fest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition was founded in 2010 to encourage and support independent low and big budget, filmmakers, who work in the horror, suspense, science fiction, drama,action, adventure, and art house genres.
INTRODUCING THE MARY PICKFORD AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE FILM ARTS: This Award is to Highlight Women in The Film Arts. We call it "The Zed Fest Mary Pickford Award" In honor the Great Mary Pickford Silent Film Pioneer.
ZED FEST FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
Screenplays must be feature-length no less than 35 pages and no more than 120 pages. All screenplays must be written in English. Screenplays should be in 12 point Courier font and pages must be numbered. Only online PDF submissions will be accepted. Any revisions after submission will not be accepted.
Feature Screenplay TOP PRIZES
1st PLACE $500
2nd PLACE $300
ZED FEST FILM FESTIVAL SHORT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
Short Screenplays must be no less than 10 pages and no more than 30 pages. All screenplays must be written in English. Screenplays should be in 12 point Courier font and pages must be numbered. Only online PDF submissions will be accepted. Any revisions after submission will not be accepted.
Short Screenplay TOP PRIZES
1st PLACE $150
2nd PLACE $75
Additional Sponsor Prizes:
*ZED FEST FILM FESTIVAL CERTIFICATE
*Bonus Top Prize winners Movie Magic Screenwriter software
*InkTip
Zed Fest Film Festival 2025 Prizes:
Over $5000 in Cash & Prizes will be Divided among winners
ZED FEST FILM FESTIVAL GENRES:
Horror
Suspense
Science Fiction
Supernatural
Arthouse
Action/Adventure
Fantasy
Documentary
Music Videos
Super 8
INTRODUCING THE MARY PICKFORD AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE FILM ARTS: This Award is to Highlight Women in The Film Arts. We call it "The Zed Fest Mary Pickford Award" In honor the Great Mary Pickford Silent Film Pioneer.
ZED FEST FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
Screenplays must be feature-length no less than 35 pages and no more than 120 pages. All screenplays must be written in English. Screenplays should be in 12 point Courier font and pages must be numbered. Only online PDF submissions will be accepted. Any revisions after submission will not be accepted.
Feature Screenplay TOP PRIZES
1st PLACE $500
2nd PLACE $300
ZED FEST FILM FESTIVAL SHORT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
Short Screenplays must be no less than 10 pages and no more than 30 pages. All screenplays must be written in English. Screenplays should be in 12 point Courier font and pages must be numbered. Only online PDF submissions will be accepted. Any revisions after submission will not be accepted.
Short Screenplay TOP PRIZES
1st PLACE $150
2nd PLACE $75
Additional Sponsor Prizes:
*ZED FEST FILM FESTIVAL CERTIFICATE
*Bonus Top Prize winners Movie Magic Screenwriter software
*InkTip
Zed Fest Film Festival 2025 Prizes:
Over $5000 in Cash & Prizes will be Divided among winners
ZED FEST FILM FESTIVAL GENRES:
Horror
Suspense
Science Fiction
Supernatural
Arthouse
Action/Adventure
Fantasy
Documentary
Music Videos
Super 8
