The fourth annual Shot In The Dark Mysteries' mystery film festival is here! Tell us a mystery in 15 minutes or less!
Welcome to the Fourth Annual film contest and festival from Shot In The Dark Mysteries, focused solely on mystery, thriller and murder mystery films! Are you inspired by Hitchcock? Long to create Film Noir? Want to get hearts pounding with a compelling and to-the-point who-dun-it? Love the thrill of delivering a twist that makes your viewers gasp? You're in the right place.
As an all around company for mystery lovers worldwide, the mission of the Shot In The Dark Mysteries Film Festival is to shine a light (old-school interrogation style, perhaps?) on the work of those in the film community who specialize in a great thriller, who-dun-it or Film Noir. For the first of our annual Mystery Film Festivals, we are focusing on short films 10 minutes or less.
2023 will have us back in Toronto, focusing on highlighting mystery film makers and films with the short film competition, but also the International Mystery Film Festival! This year we will be changing up the live event a bit - while showcasing short films from this current year as well as previous years favourites, screening and announcing the winners of the contest, we will also be showing a feature length film during the evening portion!
Best Short Film: $500 Cash Prize and Award and Feature at the Festival (As Covid-19 Restrictions allow)
Second Place: Award and Feature at the Festival
Third Place: Award and Feature at the Festival
Fourth through Tenth Place: Feature at the Festival
A FIRST FOR 2022! Audience Favourite! All of the selected films that didn't get featured live because of Covid Restrictions will be screened at our 2022 festival, and all will have the chance to receive the award for Audience Favourite, regardless of the year the film was submitted!