2012 Dark Carnival Film Festival's Call for Entries

The Dark Carnival International Film Festival announces that their 2012 edition will run from October 19-21, 2012 in Bloomington, Indiana.

Founded in 2007, Dark Carnival seeks independent horror, sci-fi, and dark fantasy films -- short and feature length -- plus music videos and trailers. They'll be screening at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington, located a few blocks from Indiana University.

Submission deadline: July 28, 2012.

Details at: DarkCarnivalFilmFest.com.

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For a behind-the-scenes look at horror film festivals and the festival directors who manage them, see Horror Film Festivals and Awards. This book also includes a directory of over 200 horror film festivals, and a list of festival award winners from dozens of festivals over several decades.

2012 World Horror Convention to Hold a Horror Film Festival

Some years they have one, some years they don't. In 2012 the answer is...Yes!

The World Horror Convention, which will convene in Salt Lake City in 2012, is sponsoring a horror film festival for both short and feature films. Yes, there's an entry fee, but not too expensive as most film festivals go.

According to their website, the 2012 WHC's film festival "will run concurrently with World Horror. WHC attendees get in free. Anyone wishing to attend just the film festival can purchase a special membership.

Entry Fees:

Early deadline: December 1, 2011 -- 10.00.
Regular deadline: February 1, 2012 -- $15.00.
Late deadline: March 1, 2012 -- $25.00.

All entries must be postmarked by March 1, 2012.

Fill out the Application Form and send it with your film and entry fee. Send films on a non-returnable DVD (Region 1 encoded) to:

WHC2012 Film Festival
PO Box 521173
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84152-1173

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For a behind-the-scenes look at horror film festivals and the festival directors who manage them, see Horror Film Festivals and Awards. This book also includes a directory of over 200 horror film festivals, and a list of festival award winners from dozens of festivals over several decades.

Popcorn Horror App Distributes Short Horror Films

Felix Gilfedder emails me to say that his new company, Popcorn Horror, will distribute short horror films via a mobile phone app.

Since distribution opportunities for short films are hard to come by, Popcorn Horror, looks to be a welcome development.





Gilfedder says: "Popcorn Horror mobile phone app is a bite sized, horror, cinema experience in the palm of your hand. The ever mutating weekly content is user generated and includes the best short horror films from across the world, news, quotes, and much more. You can download the app for free on Android, i-Phone and i-Pad. We look to reward and encourage grassroots filmmaking and promote horror festivals and events."

Gilfedder, from Glasgow, Scotland, says that he's studied Digital Film at Sydney University, and has ten indie short films to his credit. Details at: Popcorn Horror.

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For a behind-the-scenes look at horror film festivals and the festival directors who manage them, see Horror Film Festivals and Awards. This book also includes a directory of over 200 horror film festivals, and a list of festival award winners from dozens of festivals over several decades.

Carnival of Darkness Canceled for 2011

What was to be the third annual Carnival of Darkness horror short film festival did not occur this year. According to festival director Alex Bram, "I skipped Carnival this year because I was focusing on creating some new film projects for myself."

Bram was an award-winning horror filmmaker before turning festival director, so essentially, he has returned to his roots.

The script for one of Bram's projected three horror films was co-written by Jeffrey Reddick, co-writer of the original Final Destination. Last year, Reddick was a guest speaker at Bram's 2010 Carnival of Darkness festival.

I've often observed that many festival directors hold (or aspire to hold) other jobs in the film industry, and that running a horror film festival is a great way to make contacts with potential future employers and/or business partners. This may be another such case.

Details on Bram's upcoming film projects may be found at Panic Attack Films.

Bram reports that Carnival of Darkness is expected to return for its third edition in 2012.

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For a behind-the-scenes look at horror film festivals and the festival directors who manage them, see Horror Film Festivals and Awards. This book also includes a directory of over 200 horror film festivals, and a list of festival award winners from dozens of festivals over several decades.

TromaDance Film Festival's Lloyd Kaufman to Teach Filmmaking at Oxford

Horror filmmaking legend Lloyd Kaufman (Mother's Day, Splatter University) -- who also founded the TromaDance Film Festival -- reports that on November 5, 2011, he'll be teaching a Masters class in filmmaking at Oxford University.

Or as Lloyd puts it...



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For a behind-the-scenes look at horror film festivals and the festival directors who manage them, see Horror Film Festivals and Awards. This book also includes a directory of over 200 horror film festivals, and a list of festival award winners from dozens of festivals over several decades.

Shriekfest Award Winning Negative Image Online

Denise Gossett of the Shriekfest Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival reports that their "Award Winning Horror Short" film, Negative Image (11 minutes) is now online:

Negative Image is about a paranormal journalist who tries to catch an supernatural entity on film (sounds a bit like the J-horror film, Silk).

The film is from Darkline Entertainment. Its director, Karl Holt, also gave us Eddie Loves You.

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For a behind-the-scenes look at horror film festivals and the festival directors who manage them, see Horror Film Festivals and Awards. This book also includes a directory of over 200 horror film festivals, and a list of festival award winners from dozens of festivals over several decades.

Drunken Zombie Film Festival's New Film: Whisper

Not only is Bryan Wolford the man behind the Drunken Zombie Film Festival -- he's a filmmaker in his own right! (Yes, another filmmaker/festival director.)

Wolford has produced a trailer for his upcoming horror film, Whisper:



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For a behind-the-scenes look at horror film festivals and the festival directors who manage them, see Horror Film Festivals and Awards. This book also includes a directory of over 200 horror film festivals, and a list of festival award winners from dozens of festivals over several decades.