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.

Awards & Prizes

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

Rules & Terms

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Once a film has been accepted into the official festival program it can no longer be withdrawn.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

    This was our second year being accepted into Final Girls Berlin and were devastated last year when we could not attend in person. We are based in the states, so it's a bit of a hike, but we were fortunate to be able to send 2 members of our team to the 2025 festival and it was incredible. The experience on-site was seamless and the programming was topnotch. Well worth the trip. We can't recommend this festival enough!

    March 2025
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  • Brenna Goodwin-McCabe

    Such an incredible festival!! It’s an amazing place for horror and for female and non-binary filmmakers, and I am so grateful to have had my short film “I Can’t Go On” play among such an fantastic collection of works. While I couldn’t attend in-person, I still felt included in the festivities and had the opportunity to watch their digital selection. There was great communication, support, and enthusiasm from the entire Final Girls Berlin Festival team, and I highly HIGHLY recommend applying. Looking forward to seeing future events!

    March 2025
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  • Rita Osei

    Bloody brilliant festival! Fantastic team and vibe. Thanks so much for including Aurora in this year's edition, I had a great time at the festival.

    March 2025
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  • Festival Formula

    Where do we start?! A young and feisty female focused horror festival that is firmly putting itself on the map. With it's recent recognition from the Méliès d'Argent Federation it's no wonder this festival is making a splash.

    We were excited to have two of our clients screen in 2025:

    🎬 Autophagy
    🎬 Triptych

    March 2025
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  • Lisa Ovies

    So grateful to have been included this year and love everything you are doing!!! Thank you!

    March 2025
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