Sacramento Horror Film Festival

Entries must be original works. Entrant must have legal rights to film including licensing for music. Entrant gives permission to SHFF to exhibit film during the 2024 festival with no royalties expected. Films must be of a horror/ thriller/ slasher/ movie maniac/ science fiction nature. Documentaries are allowed if they document horror/thriller. Entry does not guarantee a spot in the final program. Film should not include any edits that can induce epileptic seizures. Each film will be reviewed and each filmmaker will receive feedback if requested. Short films will be reviewed in their entirety. Films entered shall not be positioned live to the public via youtube or vimeo websites. Feature films will be given a minimum of 30 minutes review time. If our judges feel your feature film is not right for our market after reviewing 50% of the runtime, the judge will cease the review process and reject the film. Prefer compressed MP4 formats for screening. We are not a DCP capable festival as of yet. Entry fees are NON REFUNDABLE. With entry you agree to this policy. Additionally, selected films must acknowledge their selection and submit their screening file within 7 days of the notification date. While we give a best effort to combine as many short films, music videos, and features into programming, it may be completely possible for the festival to become a shorts fest, music video fest, or features only fest dependent on content review, jury selection, and other issues outside of the control of the festival organizers, such as, but not limited to, filmmakers not acknowledging acceptance and missing our deadline, filmmaker withdrawl of their film, and films being withdrawn due to distribution deals. SHFF is hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless SHFF from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.