Shockfest puts an emphasis on community and supporting filmmakers and writers of cutting edge content from ALL GENRES. We put a strong emphasis on outreach and customer service, we are extremely receptive to communication and tend to respond within 24-48 hours when contacted at shockfestfilmfestival@gmail.com
Shockfest hosts multiple film festivals all year and a submission to Shockfest is a submission to ANY Shockfest event we organize without discrimination, so you COULD screen at every Shockfest Film Festival of the season for you to submit to. Submitting early is ideal to take full advantage of the interactive shows, competitions, livestreams and award opportunities we produce all year! These events lead up to our main big event at the end of the year (THE DATE OF OUR EVENT ON FILMFREEWAY...WE HOLD MORE SHOCKFEST FILM FESTIVALS BESIDES OUR DECEMBER SHOW!!!)
A SINGLE SUBMISSION GOES EXTREMELY FAR!! SUBMIT TODAY AND ELEVATE YOUR PRODUCTION WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SHOCKFEST COMMUNITY :)
Below are the award winners and categories for Shockfest 2022...
BEST TRAILER: TRAILER COMPETITION
Staycation
BEST MONSTER: MONSTER COMPETITION
Broken Wing
BEST STUDENT FILM
Tippy Topper
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Time and Fury
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
The Puppet King by Jonathan P. Dittman
BEST SCREENPLAY
Snow White From Queens by Diana Lee Woody
BEST DANCE/EXPERIMENTAL FILM
How Many Spiders?
BEST LGBTQ+ FILM
The Hunter
MOCKFEST AWARD: BEST COMEDY FILM
Make America Bake Again
BEST DRAMA
Maybe Tomorrow
BEST THRILLER
Some Visitors
BEST HAUNTED GARAGE FILM
Innards
BEST CULT FILM
The Macabre
BEST SCIFI
Distance
BEST FANTASY
Seeing Diane Arbus
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Lake Erie
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Toxica
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
BEST ACTOR
Justin Miles - You Promised
BEST ACTRESS
Debra Lamb - Blood Covered Chocolate
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Umberto Ottaviani - IVI ELV
BEST DIRECTOR
Brad Rego - Cryptid
BEST SHORT
Miranda’s Marionettes
BEST FEATURE
Hall