Summer Scream Fest aims to highlight great horror shorts. Our goal is to find the horror audience and bring great horror entertainment that is outside the window for a traditional theatrical release.
This year's festival will be held in Parkersburg, WV. The 2022 festival is excited to be running as part of the Deep Focus Indie Filmmaker Convention.
Selected films are screened both in a theater for one day and are made available via our online festival for 30 days in order to bring these amazing films to the largest audience possible.
Categories
Horror Shorts with a run time under 70 minutes.
Judging will divide shorts into Micro, Short, and Extended.
Micro Shorts are under 5 minutes
Shorts are 5-19 minutes
Extended Shorts are 20-70 minutes
Outstanding Women In Horror
Productions must be primarily female. At least one major technical role must be female i.e. Writer, Director, Cinematographer, Director of Photography, etc. Films submitted as Women in Horror will automatically be considered in the general horror category.
Animated
Animated projects will also be automatically considered for the general Horror Short category as well.
Student
Student projects must be produced by students. Submit valid student ID when submitting your project. Student projects will also automatically be considered for the general Horror Short category
Photography
Design and create your most original and terrifying horror photography.
Selected photography submissions will be displayed throughout the festival as well as online.
Best Micro Short - Under 5 minutes
Best Short - 5 minutes to 19 minutes
Best Extended Short - 20 to 70 minutes
Best Animated Short
Best Student Production
Outstanding Women In Horror
Best Photography