Final Girls Berlin Film Festival showcases horror cinema that’s directed, written, or produced by women and non-binary filmmakers. We are committed to creating space for female voices and visions, whether monstrous, heroic, or some messy combination of the two, in the horror genre.

We are holding the tenth edition of FGBFF from March 5-9 2025 in City Kino Wedding in Berlin. We are looking for horror films of all lengths (as well as films with horror elements or films that pay homage to horror). We are also extra excited if female filmmakers wish to visit the festival in order to participate in panels, or give talks or workshops on a particular aspect of horror cinema.

Short film submissions are eligible for an Audience Award. Ballots will be distributed and collected at screenings of each shorts program.

Final Girls Berlin accepts submissions of both short and feature-length films, as well as films that don't fit neatly in either of those formats.

All submitted films must be written, directed, or produced by women, trans, or non-binary filmmakers.

All submitted films must be considered horror, or at least have horror elements.

You may submit films regardless of prior screening status or year of completion.

Preferred formats: mp4 with aac sound codec, blu-ray discs; DCP

Promo materials such as posters, t-shirts, etc. are very welcome and will be distributed to the audience at the festival.

Once a film has been accepted into the official festival program it can no longer be withdrawn.

The filmmaker grants permission to FGBFF to screen the film at the advertised festival as well as future FGBFF events (unless indicated otherwise in a cover letter with the submission form).

The filmmaker agrees that the festival can use up to 5 stills from the movie for promotional purposes.

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  • It was a great honor for me that my movie Amanita Muscaria aka Muhara was part of the official selection at the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival! A fantastic selection of movies was presented at the festival, which were chosen with special care and great enthusiasm for the horror genre :) I enjoyed being there, the girls who run the festival are really wonderful and very dedicated! I am very grateful for selection! The ambience and atmosphere was magical:) Really one of the kind, special festival, always in my heart!

    March 2024
  • Yichien Lee

    Literally the best programming and audience. The crowd is super supportive and passionate. The festival team did a great job with communication and curating the overall experience.
    Would definitely return either as a filmmaker or an audience.

    February 2024
  • Ruby Mastrodimos

    Genuinely the best. Sara and Eli do such a great job of making every filmmaker feel valued. There's also a real sense of community--not just between the filmmakers but also with the audiences. Also, City Kino Wedding is just a really cool venue. Hope to be back for future Final Girls!

    February 2024
  • Gina DeAngelis

    Thrilled that Final Girls Berlin chose ASK FOR HELP for a European premiere. Communication was excellent throughout the process. Serious genre fans packed the place, well organized and thoughtful programming -- an all-around great experience. Thank you!

    February 2024
  • Liang-Chun Lin

    Final Girl Berlin is a festival that actually get people that understand genre to watch your movie! Thank you for all the spot on communication.

    February 2024