HorrOrigins Film Festival is an awesome genre film festival in it's fourth year. We're focused on making the event that is beneficial to screenwriters & filmmakers alike via networking, screenings and mentor opportunities.
Horror, Sci-fi & Thrillers are WELCOMED!
HorrOrigins Film Festival will hold an in-person fest only this year. There will be no virtual festival for 2023.
HorrOrigins Film Festival screenings will be held Galaxy Theatres in Tucson, AZ.
About:
HorrOrigins is founded by Brandon Waites. Brandon founded HorrOrigins in 2019 as a means for genre screenwriters and filmmakers to have the opportunity to network and screen their films in theatrical settings. After screenings, HorrOrigins hosts networking opportunities at Serial Grillers on Speedway Blvd.
Social media hashtag: #HorrOrigins #WhereHorrorIsBorn #WhereHorrorBegins
More announcements on events will be coming soon!
Winners of certain category will win our O'Scare awards (pictures above).
Certificates and/or Awards will be given for:
*Best Independent Overall Feature Director (Feature & Short) from all genres
*Best Independent Overall Film (Feature & Short) from all genres
*Best Overall Feature Screenplay
*Best Overall Short Screenplay
Certificates will be given to categories like Best Actors, Actresses, Cinematography, Composers, Editors, International Films and more!
*These categories are up for the O'Scare awards.
HorrOrigins will assign certain winners a one-time meeting with a Hollywood mentor. Mentors will be assigned to the winners at a later time but are subject to change due to scheduling conflicts. More mentors could be added at a later time.
2022 Mentors will be assigned after the festival.
Our Past Mentors included:
Barbara Muschietti producer of "IT" and "IT: Chapter 2"
Patrik Andersson producer of "Midsommar"
James Kniest cinematographer of "Annabelle," Netflix’s "Hush" and the upcoming "The Haunting of Bly Manor"
Peter Schink screenwriter of “Legion”
Jennfer Trent co-producer of "Happy Death Day 2 U" and "Ma"
Xavier Neal-Burgin director of the horror documentary "Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror"
HorrOrigins will also give our prizes from our sponsors to select winners.