South African HorrorFest

After the pandemic the Horrorfest was forced on-line. This component was excluded in recent years, but we're looking at bringing it back as a hybrid event with both cinema and on-line shows for those too far outside of Cape Town and the rest of South Africa.
(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)

While we cannot tell you not to use AI in your production, please keep in mind that we value real movies made by real people, so AI "creations" will be taken less seriously. We understand that this is becoming a part of our lives, but as an indie event, we choose to keep real art and cinema alive.
In future we will have an "AI Enhanced" category (this goes for both visuals and music).
We won't award a Best Visual Effects, Best Soundtrack or Poster Design award to a prompt, so please be honest as we wouldn't want to put anyone through the embarrassment of stripping it afterwards.

Please ensure all our e-mail addresses are on your white list as confirmation messages and other festival updates & communication can often land in spam. Our mails include: contact@horrorfest.info / SAhorrorfest@gmail.com / info@flamedrop.com
And please like / subscribe / follow all our social media accounts where you'll get instant festival updates, news and access our Horror community. You'll find all links here: https://linktr.ee/SAhorrorfest

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 with select productions getting physical cinema shows as well (cinema slots are limited and we cannot include all selected titles for in-person screenings).
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). But we will contact you beforehand.

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 / early-November). Please notify us if this will be the case.

Real gratuitous 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.