- Short film must be 18 minutes long or less. (Shorts that are over 18 minutes long will be disqualified, NO EXCEPTIONS!!)
- Submissions in languages other than English, must be subtitled.
- We accept films of any year of production.
- Short film genre must be horror, sci-fi, suspense, thriller, virtual reality.
- Our jury will screen the films privately.
- We accept films that have been already screened in other festivals.
- We accept films that are already streaming online as long as the contestant is the owner of all copyrights.
- We accept more than one submission.
- Contest is open to everyone, if you are under the age of 18, you must submit your parent/guardian’s name and contact information.
- Submissions must be received before October 12th - NO EXCEPTIONS!
- A brief synopsis of the plot is required with your submission. One black and white OR color promotional still should be e-mailed to miamifearfest@gmail.com upon submission.
Photography Rules
- You are allowed to submit up to 3 single entries for consideration.
- Submit black or white, or color photography.
- Each photo entry must be a JPEG cropped to 1500 pixels on the long side at 300 dpi (no larger than 5mb).
- Each entry must have a caption, description or story about the photo (100 words max).
Titles are encouraged but not mandatory.