The Sawdust City Fright Fest is dedicated to building on our love of horror and our years of experience in and around the genre. We want to create a festival and environment that would primarily benefit independent filmmakers, with emphasis on, but not limited to, Wisconsin Independent Horror Filmmakers, and the theater(s) which support and screen their films. Our first event, in 2021, was a curated 1 day festival at the historic Time Community Theater in Oshkosh, WI. Working closely with the Time Community Theater, we hope to create a safe, horror-loving community for everyone.

Awards & Prizes

At this time we are not doing awards or prizes.

Rules & Terms

All submissions must be Horror. As the Horror genre is quite broad and touches on so many other genres, there is a lot of leeway. All non-horror submissions will be disqualified. Wisconsin based or connected films are preferred, but non-Wisconsin films are welcome. Please do let us know your films Wisconsin connection if you are submitting as a Wisconsin film. All films submitted as a Wisconsin based or connected film without confirmation of connection will be disqualified.

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  • Dragan Jovićević

    Thank you for showing A Boy Opens the Door! It means a lot to me. Love U and hope to see you again in the future <3

    October 2025
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  • Markham Samuels

    Thanks so much Sawdust City Fright Fest for having us as part of the festival! It was wonderful to participate in the film festival this year! Thanks again from everyone on the "Firecrow" team :)

    October 2025
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  • Connor Ciecko

    We had such a a great time at Sawdust City Fright Fest! The audience was great and welcoming, and the festival team was so kind and great to work with.

    October 2025
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  • Daniel Wheeler

    The SCFF experience was great on all fronts, and we thoroughly enjoyed the films and Q&A opportunity!

    October 2025
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  • Joe Chvala

    Had a fantastic time at the Sawdust City Fright Fest. Such a great atmosphere and variety of programming. Thank you so much for screening I SAW ESAU!

    October 2025
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