The ScreamU Film Festival is held yearly with an awards ceremony each October in Atlanta. We were previously known as the Best Damn Film Awards, but have decided to focus specifically on TERRORific films that make you SCREAM.

We aim to bring even more attention to your Wonderful Work! With hundreds of festivals offering limited recognition to the great filmmakers that are the foundation of our industry, we offer over 15 categories to highlight the specific and overall elements of each film.

ABOUT THE CONTEST:
Each film will be reviewed by the panel and awarded based on its superior elements. This is a selective festival. So, if you are "SELECTED" you can be proud in knowing that your SELECTED film is truly TERRORific. Award winning films will be showcased on all of our social sites. The FEXTIVAL will be celebrated in October of each year with press events, parties, forums, panels, and more.

QUOTABLES: EVERY film SELECTED into the festival will get a quote to put into their posters or websites.

Awards & Prizes

All Submissions are eligible for consideration for AWARDS

AWARD WINNERS - YEARLY
Best ScreamU Champion
Best ScreamU Director
Best ScreamU Feature Film
Best ScreamU Short Film
Best ScreamU Student Film
Best ScreamU Foreign Film (non-U.S.)

Sub-Categories
Best in Genre
Best Male Actor
Best Female Actress
Best LBTQ+ Acting
Best 18u Acting
Best Story
Best World
Best Plot Twist
Best Laugh
Best Scare
Best Lovely Moment
Best Veteran Character
Best Sound
Best Foley
Best Song
Best SFX
Best VFX
Plus More...
(Subcategories are subject to change and creation)

Rules & Terms

RULES & REGULATIONS
Submitters and/or Participants to any ScreamU Film Festival, Award Ceremony, Screenplay Contest, and any other contest or submission events must agree upon entry, submission, or participation to the following terms, rules, and regulations:

Projects submitted to ScreamU Film Festival must NOT have distribution agreements in the United States of America.

Entry fees must be paid in U.S. dollars, before projects will be viewed.

Festival dates are subject to change. All review times and venues may be subject to delay or change

By submitting to the ScreamU Film Festival, all listed creators authorize the submission. In submitting your work to ScreamU Film Festival you are admitting that your entry is your original work and does not infringe on the copyright or other rights of other people.

In the event of multiple creators of an award or prize-winning work, awards and prizes will be divided equally among listed creators.

All judges, readers, and screeners decisions are final.

ScreamU Film Festival is not responsible for projects missing or lost in transit. Submission fees are non-refundable.

ScreamU Film Festival reserves the right to refuse service to anyone. Entries in our competitions are void where prohibited by law.
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  • Toby Cochran

    Fun Festival and has great reviews. The team was very communicative and easy to correspond with. I'm looking forward to seeing BDFA grow!

    March 2024
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  • Jamie Sage Cotton

    I real enjoyed being apart of this festival. Everyone was very positive and easy to communicate with. They put a lot of thought into the awards and I really Appreciate all the recognition they gave my film Black Sheep.

    February 2024
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  • Peter Hardy

    These folks were a delight to work with and I much appreciate the multiple awards I got from them and the really impressive graphics of their announcements. I wish there were an actual showing of the selected films that I could have attended!

    February 2024
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  • David Luck

    Great Film Festival!!!! The BDFA Team was terrific!

    January 2024
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  • Stacey Kelly

    Love this festival! The festival team is also easy to communicate with, they respond quickly to emails. The other selected films were great to watch.

    August 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much. You made our day!