Bleedingham Horror Film Festival

Communication! Hospitality! Networking! The passion for indie horror films of the festival organizers and their dedication is back by many, many years of building an enthusiastic audience in the local community. Seats were filled 80-90% at almost every screening. This is very rare and excellent accomplishment in my experience of having attending nearly 50 festivals. So this accomplishment really stands out! The staff and volunteers are courteous and welcoming.

The city of Bellingham is a beautiful place to visit with a very friendly and receptive community of the festival. Additionally, the festival founders have close ties both within the local community as well as the State of Washington filmmakers with high quality judges panels who are accomplishments in their storytelling careers. The benefit of concentrating on Washington State indie horror filmmakers has helped to create a very solid, and enthusiastic audience for any festival attendees to enjoy.

As an out-of-stater's they were very hospitable, and generous with provided a long list of sight seeing opportunities from Seattle to Bellingham from places to stay, restaurants, to the scenic route recommendations. The only thing we were disappointed with was during 2022 year when we attended they still have yet to include out-of-state awards categories. I believe there are plans to be inclusive of the other 49 state filmmakers with regards to awards competition, but in 2022, it was limit it to Washington and International categories. This is why the 3-star rating on value was given purely from another state filmmakers POV and also the quality of films submitted maybe higher once it’s opened up to be inclusive awards competition for the entire horror filmmaking community world-wide as well as every state. If you are a Washington State filmmaker or an International filmmaker the value would be rated higher because you have the opportunity to also have your film compete for an award. While the awards competition is a motivating factor for many filmmakers to submit and to attend, we chose to submit and even attend in person to support the community because we could sense their passionate and community of horror film fans. It was wonderful to hear the audience response to our film. It would have been a 5-star value to also have the opportunity to compete in other state categories. We look forward to returning with our horror feature currently in development, and fingers crossed by then the awards competition categories will be inclusive of other state’s films.

NOTE TO SPONSORS: If you are looking for sponsorship opportunities, your sponsorship dollars will do well to elevate Bleedingham Horror Film Festival to the next levels by supporting this growing and passionate community.

Awesome festival with a great selection. Thank you so much for selecting Beacon and awarding it with best student film! Will be submitting again in the future!

We had an amazing experience at Bleedingham. From the start, got lots of clear communication and enthusiasm from the awesome team there including great Bellingham recommendations. There were also lots of organized social events to meet other filmmakers and creatives. The venue (Pickford) and screenings were wonderful with enthusiastic crowds. And the streets were filled with people in costume for Halloween weekend. So grateful to the Bleedingham team and highly recommend horror filmmakers submit their films here for the future.

Awesome fest! Great films and a great organizing team. We will submit again for sure.

Great place and community for your horror needs. Everyone who puts on this festival are extremely nurturing to the community.