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Created in 2012, the Mad Monster Party Film Festival is a competition festival which programs brand-new genre feature and short films from around the world. The festival seeks submissions for horror, science fiction, and fantasy.

The 2012 festival hosted the first-ever public screening of the "Cabal Cut" of Clive Barker's Nightbreed and we have discovered new and amazing works every year since. More than 300 features and shorts have screened at the festival in its seven-year run.

Will your film join the list of cult favorites that have premiered at the event including FOUND, Maniac (2013), The Return to Return to Class of Nuke 'em High, and Dave Ellefson's DWELLERS? Submit today to find out.

The festival is a great place for artists to network. Filmmakers will receive passes for their cast and crew to attend the event.

Awards & Prizes

Best Feature
Best Short
Best FX
Best Sound Design
Best Cinematography
Best International Feature
Best International Short

Rules & Terms

The Mad Monster Party is seeking new narrative features and short films that have NOT yet been released (or planned to be released) on Netflix, DVD/BluRay, or other pay services prior to February 17, 2023. (If your feature film is ONLY available for purchase on your website but NOT on any other service such as Amazon, etc., it is indeed eligible.)

Short films that are available on Youtube, Vimeo or other media services are indeed eligible.

EXHIBITION FORMATS:
If your film is ACCEPTED, you can provide Mad Monster with a digital file. Files must be in .mp4, Apple ProRes, .mov, .avi, or .wmv formats.

ARTIST TRANSPORTATION:
If accepted, Mad Monster does NOT pay for artist transportation such as airfare, train, etc. We also do not coordinate travel arrangements with International Cultural Agencies. Please do not ask.
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  • Adam Clark

    The organizers are very nice people who are really responsive and excited about what they do. It was also an awesome gesture to give 2 full-weekend convention passes to each selected filmmaker.

    The film festival itself felt less like a festival and more like just a room at the back of a horror convention that’s showing films. That may sound like semantics, but it really didn’t feel like an event. It felt like an afterthought.

    Attendance was really really low for the handful of short film blocks I attended. The packed convention sadly did not translate to a decent viewership here.

    Obviously the organizers can’t control who wanders into the screening room, but it was definitely under-advertised. I had trouble finding the room even when I was actively looking for it.

    All in all, this wasn’t a bad event — but it fell short of its potential. Some awesome films screened here and it was an honor to be included beside them.

    April 2023
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  • Jason Rogan

    It was an honor to have had our film STALAG III-C selected for the 2023 Mad Monster Party Film Festival. I hope to attend in person in the future. Thanks to Jamie and the whole team!

    March 2023
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  • Ted Barnette

    It was an honor to have my film, The Devil's Tromping Ground, screened at Mad Monster Party Film Festival. But you want to know something? I think I'd have attended even if it wasn't. The entire event was sensory overload. We had a blast!

    February 2023
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  • Nick Fraser

    I loved attending Mad Monster! A great festival and great convention. Highly recommend!

    February 2023
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  • Harley Wallen

    We absolutely loved it, such an amazing time!

    February 2023
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