DarkVeins.com is the prestigious and exclusive european website covering dark/gothic/horror films with news, reviews and interviews.
The Festival is now open for dark, horror but depraved, disturbing, brutal and extreme films too! There will be some awards for NON-Horror films: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller films are welcome too.
Check out all the news about or festival: https://www.darkveins.com/darkveins-horror-festival/
DarkVeins Horror Fest awards the best films covering them with interviews with directors (but also cast and crew) and reviews.

PRIZES:

- DarkVeins Horror Fest awards the best films covering them with interviews with directors (but also cast and crew) and reviews. In partnership with iHORRORdb.com, this festival offers coverage for the official selections both in italian and in english.

- DarkVeins.com will refund winners via Paypal OR will send physical trophy to the award winners in the main categories.

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AWARDS:

Best Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best Extreme Feature Film
Best Extreme Short Film
Best Trailer
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Original Score
Best Poster
Best Special Effects
Best evil character

PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT
The participant represents and warrants that he has full legal right and authority to submit the heretofore mentioned film/video project for consideration by DarkVeins.com Horror Festival, and that all necessary consents, licensing and approvals have been obtained with respect thereto.
The participant agrees to hold DarkVeins.com Horror Festival and its sponsors harmless in any and all matters pertaining to the consents, licenses, and approvals of heretofore film/video project. The participant understands that his submission is in no way a guarantee of acceptance into DarkVeins.com Horror Festival.

All entries selected into DarkVeins.com Horror Festival grant DarkVeins.com the right to use any footage from the preview screener and all submitted publicity photos and any other materials sent to us pertaining to this entry for DarkVeins.com Horror Festival’s promotional purposes, without limitations.

No one from DarkVeins.com or its sponsors has guaranteed the participant admission into the festival. The participant has read the terms and conditions appearing herein, and agrees, without exception, to all the terms and conditions stated:

Films must have been completed after January 1, 2014;
Films must not have had any commercial, theatrical or television play;
Films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English.

SUBMISSION FORMAT:
We don’t accept physical copies.

ENTRY FEES
There are no refunds. Winners will get their money back via Paypal.

SCREENING
There will be no online screening of the films.

SCREENING REQUIREMENTS

Filmmakers must deliver final format (as indicated) for Festival screenings by June 15th. No exceptions will be permitted. If your film is selected for exhibition, please be advised that the festival will require:

A digital HD copy via WeTransfer;
English subtitles;
Production film stills Head shot of Director(s);
Short biography of Director(s);
Trailer link;
Synopsis;
Cast and crew
Posters and postcards, if available, to promote your film prior to the festival.

Overall Rating
Quality
Value
Communication
Hospitality
Networking
  • Alessio Leombruni

    BAD EXPERIENCE. i advise you NOT TO SIGN UP FOR THIS FESTIVAL. let it be clear that i am not angry because I was not selected. I'm angry because they don't meet notice deadlines and don't respond to emails. It's been a month since the notifications they were supposed to provide. It's like a GHOST FESTIVAL. I am ashamed that it is organized by Italians; these people do not represent the Italian spirit. I don't understand the positive comments about this festival, i think they are mostly false. I repeat, DO NOT SIGN UP for this festival, it is a WASTE of money.

    Traduzione:

    BRUTTA ESPERIENZA. Vi consiglio di NON ISCRIVERVI a questo festival. Sia chiaro che non sono arrabbiato perché non sono stato selezionato. Sono arrabbiato perché NON RISPETTANO le scadenze di preavviso e NON RISPONDONO alle email. È passato un mese dalle notifiche che avrebbero dovuto fornire. È come un FESTIVAL DEI FANTASMI. Mi vergogno che sia organizzato da italiani; queste persone non rappresentano lo spirito italiano. Non capisco i commenti positivi sotto questo festival, penso che siano per lo più falsi. Ripeto, NON ISCRIVETEVI a questo festival, è uno spreco di soldi.

    January 2024
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    Response from festival:

    We're sorry we didn't select your film. There were many works competing for the Best Short Film and the quality was very high. It was a long and hard work.
    You were notified in time as a semi-finalist and that's all. You never raised the next level and that's why you havent's received a new notification.

    Traduciamo in italiano per usare gli stessi toni. Hai ricevuto la notifica dello status di semi finalista e fine. Ci dispiace che il tuo corto non sia stato selezionato ma devi impegnarti maggiormente. Semplicemente non era all'altezza dei nostri standard. E qui te lo diciamo da Italiani, con esperienza ultraventennale nel settore horror attraverso siti dedicati, distribuzione e festival: ci vergogniamo dell'inquinamento che persone come te arrecano al nostro ambiente. Non hai nemmeno idea di cosa sia l'horror. Proprio per questo motivo non hai alcuna speranza in festival come il nostro. Cambia genere.
    Tra l'altro vedo che sei un ragazzino e mi sembra di capire che è il tuo primo lavoro. Andrai poco lontano con questo atteggiamento spocchioso. Dovresti portare rispetto, innanzitutto.
    Abbi infine il coraggio di informarti su chi ha vinto il nostro Festival e con quali opere e poi fai il paragone con i festival in cui selezionano i tuoi corti.

  • Harry Wall

    DarkVeins Horror Fest failed to meet the promised deadline of December 18th to notify me of whether my film had made the cut. They ignored all my messages and didn't bother to make their selection until the 27th, more than a week after they originally promised. Pathetic communication and broken promises.

    Update: January 15th:
    You'll see that they responded to this review saying "We're sorry we didn't select your film", completely ignoring the fact that my issue isn't about that, but rather the fact that they broke their promise of notifying me by the deadline and then repeatedly ignored my messages. So basically, they ignored everything I said in my feedback. Seems to be what they do best. I repeat: pathetic.

    January 2024
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    Response from festival:

    We're sorry we didn't select your film. There were many works competing for the Best Feature Film and the quality was very high. It was a long and hard work.

  • Tomo SUGIURA

    Thank you for selecting a semi-finalist.
    I will start to shoot from this May. If I finish editing in time, I will submit new film to your festival.

    February 2023
  • David Leopold

    So thrilled that my film "Sequence/Orpheus is being selected for an Italian festival. The film is built around a lost scene from an early version of Monteverdi's "Orpheus<" so I feel like it is being returned to the composer's homeland.

    January 2023
  • Chad Ferrin

    Fantastic festival, can't wait to submit for the next one!

    January 2023