"The World's 50 Best Genre Festivals"
- Moviemaker Magazine
"The Best Horror Festivals in the World 2021"
- Dread Central
"Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals"
- FilmFreeway
"Brilliantly showcases the breadth and quality of genre work being produced worldwide"
- Entertainment Weekly
"One of the most exciting festivals emerging in the US"
- Daily Dead
"Brings the latest and greatest in genre cinema from around the globe"
- Bloody Disgusting
"A natural gateway for the best in genre films from around the world"
- Screen Anarchy
Popcorn Frights Film Festival, the Southeast United States largest international genre film festival, will celebrate its eighth year on August 11-18, 2022. In 2021, Popcorn Frights was declared one of "The World's 50 Best Genre Festivals" by Moviemaker Magazine, recognized as one of the "The Best Horror Festivals in the World" by Dread Central, and noted as one of the "Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals" by FilmFreeway.
In 2021, Popcorn Frights hosted a hybrid festival that attracted more than 10,000 filmgoers, as well as filmmakers, producers, talent, and industry professionals to its week long summer event of inspiring films, panels, and parties.
Popcorn Frights showcases features and shorts by filmmakers from around the world to an audience of horror lovers and filmmakers, industry, and journalists. Amongst others, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, Nia DaCosta, Travis Stevens, Graham Skipper, Joe Lynch, Ruby Rose, Timo Tjahjanto, Colin Minihan, Lucky McKee, Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, Mickey Keating, Darren Lynn Bousman, and horror legends Alex Proyas, Mick Garris, Chuck Russell, Barbara Crampton, Mary Harron, and Larry Fessenden have attended, participated, and premiered their films at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival.
We revel in discovering new talent. We don’t discriminate: shorts, features, documentaries, animation, film, and video — all are welcome submissions.
Jury Prize for Best Feature Film
Jury Prize for Scariest Feature Film
Jury Prize for Best Short Film
Jury Prize for Scariest Short Film
Jury Prize for Best Florida Film
Jury Prize for Best New Nightmare
Audience Award for Feature Film
Audience Award for Short Film