We strive to give a platform for the best of indie horror, celebrating the most creative ideas of up-and-coming indie horror filmmakers, digital art creators, actors, and artists of all forms. And we wanna help you get to the next level in your film journey!

Direct? Write? Produce? Act? Model? Have a monologue? We want to see it!

This festival was inspired to honor the life of actor and military veteran, Maria Ortiz, who committed suicide. We honor her memory by the creation of a small scholarship for a female military veteran in need. Want to nominate someone for the fiscal sponsorship?
screamqueenshockathon@gmail.com

Awards & Prizes

We would love to have you!
Best films will also have the option to be in an anthology to get distribution.

Awards:

Best Horror Film
Best Scream Queen
Male Identifying Actor in a Horror Film
Best Student Horror Film
Best Horror film FOR KIDS (k-12 please)
Best Student Thriller
Best Film by a student under the age of 21 (Doesn't have to be Horror and can be a k-12 project)
Best Horror Feature Film
Best Thriller Feature
Best Horror Short Film
Best Thriller Short Film
Best Screenplay (Doesn't have to be Horror/Thriller, come on now, we like other stuff!)
Best 360 Film
Best Photo/ Image -- Doesn't have to be gory, are you a model? Cool. SEND IT!
Best Music Video
Best Horror/ Thriller Documentary - PLEASE no snagging from Investigation Discovery ;)

Veteran Actor Award - Best actor who is also a veteran.
Gotta demo reel? Really?
Show us whatchu got! May the best actor win!

Military Veteran Director Award - Shoot to kill.

To the best actors: we will probably try and get you to be in one of our movies.
Sorry, not sorry.

Directors/ producers? Let's collab.
Distro? We know some folks!
Wanna team up? Cool. Teamwork, baby.

Rules & Terms

Must be your own original work
Horror/ Thriller preferred, but ALL genres accepted.

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  • Wren Valentino

    Excellent communication! I was impressed each step of the way.

    September 2024
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  • Gavin Workman

    They were the only festival of 15 we submitted to whom actually watched our short film which lead to a nomination. We will be submitting to them again next year and can hopefully attend in person!

    August 2024
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  • Shankar Sudhakaran

    Honored to be a part of the festival. Looking forward to future festivals.

    June 2024
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  • Mike Briock

    Great festival. Friendly staff. Excellent presentation. Would submit again.

    June 2024
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  • Trisha Gianesin

    Thank you so much for nominating my first short screenplay, #6, for this years Festival! It was such a fun experience - Can't wait enter the finished film into next years festival. Thanks for an amazing first experience!

    March 2024
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