Congratulations on completing your film! Now it’s time to start entering festivals and getting well deserved exposure for your work. The Hackettstown Film Festival is a great place to start!
Theme: "Scare Me!"
Although small, this intimate and prestigious festival is in it's 4th successful year and is growing! Under the artistic direction of producer, director, writer and entertainment entrepreneur, Chris Lance, his credits include Hunt for the Jersey Devil Interactive Halloween Attraction, The NJ Family and Fantasy Medieval Festival, The Paladin Knight, Moon Magnets (play) and soon to be released "Buffalo Diamonds" (full length film) just to name a few.
Bringing quality, entertaining cinema to the masses is the mission of this competition. Hosted by the Hackettstown Center for the Arts, a non-profit 501(c)3 entity, all proceeds from the Hackettstown Film Festival (HFF) benefit the Arts Center.
Hackettstown Film Festival offers over $1,000 in cash and in-kind sponsor prizes to filmmakers and screenwriters with winners selected by industry professionals - including studio representatives, producers writers and fellow filmmakers. As the we take on more sponsors, the awards will increase.
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2024 HFF Winners
We are proud to announce this year’s 2024 winners.
Best Film
“Lizzie” Dir. Jack Foley
Best Suspense Film
“Black Spine” Dir. Brooks Wieszczek
Honorable Mention (Concept)
“One Over Another” Dir. Brooks Wieszczek
Honorable Mention (Foreign Film)
“Visiting” Dir. Piero Cannata
Best Ultra-Short Film
“Frank” Dir. Kurt Fleischer
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2023 HFF Winners
"Short Route” Ultra-Short Winner
“The Stray” Honorable Mention
“Amphibia” Short Winner
“Fraudulent Conversion” Honorable Mention
“Afterwards” Festival Winner
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2022 Festival Winners
Best Feature Film
“Friday the 13th Vengeance 2: Bloodlines” Dir. Jason Brooks
Feature Film Honorable Mention
“The Things We Can Not Change” Dir. Joshua Nelson
Best Short Film
“When the Time Comes” Dirs. Jondaniel Cornett and Jonathan Frey
Short Film Honorable Mention
“The Old Man in the Rocking Chair” Dir. Eric Michael Yoder Jr
Best Ulta-Short Film
“Izzy” Dir. Andrew Huggins
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2021 FESTIVAL WINNERS
Best Horror Film
"Massacre Academy" Director Mark Cantu, United States of America
Best Comedy/Musical Horror
"Maneater!" Director Jack Rooney
Comedy Horror - Honorable Mention
"The Witch Hunters are Coming" Director James Atkins, United Kingdom
Best Short Under 10 minutes
"The Isolated" Director Seif Abdel Raouf, Egypt
Best Short Under 20 minutes
"Hide and Seek" Radheya Jegatheva, Australia
Short Under 20 Minutes - Honorable Mention
"...and Then the Darkness" Director Andrew Huggins, United State of America
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