Interesting discovery...

So... as is typical in my idiosyncratic mind, I decided to make a chart of all the film festivals I've submitted my screenplays to and itemize this list by year, festival and what projects I submitted to that festival.

Now, I did this so that I don't make the mistake of submitting the same project to the same fest twice.

However, as you will see, in looking back at my notes,  I discovered that I had submitted to certain film festivals twice, with great results.

For instance: I submitted to the FadeIn Horror Screenplay competition in 2016 and apparently didn't win. I then submitted in 2018 and won 1st place. 

Now, I can't remember if I had done some re-writing on Personal Demons (guided by the coverage I received from The Tracking Board in early 2016), but I'm pretty sure I had: as I received my coverage in early (January-February) 2016, did my re-writes in spring 2016 and probably submitted it in summer.  

Now, other film fests (who, in my experience, have been notoriously flaky and uncommunicative), like the Nightmares Film Festival and the NYC Horror Film Fest, I will not be resubmitting to again.

But others, well... it might not be such a bad idea to keep inundating them with submissions.

Each year might bring new judges, new perspectives, new aesthetics and tastes...

 

Horror film feasts / screenwriting competitions you have submitted to

 

 

 

Film fests:

 

·      Screamfest

·      Shriekfest

·      NYC Horror Film Fest

·      CinemaSpoke

·      Fade In

·      Nightmare Film Festival

·      Slamdance Horror Screenplay Competition

·      Frights! Camera! Action! Film Freeway Horror Screenplay Competition

·      Screencraft 2018 Horror Screenplay Competition

·      Happenstance Horrorfest (Haverhill  MA.) 

·      Crimson Screen Horror Film Fest (Charleston, SC)

·      Los Angeles Crime & Horror Film

·      Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Festival (Wilsonville, OR)

·      Be Afraid Horror Fest (Gorizia, Italy)

·      Northeast Film Festival Horror Fest (Teaneck, NJ.)

·      Astrophobia Science Fiction & Horror Film Festival

·      FANtastic Horro Film Festival

·      British Horror Film Fest

 

 

 

 

What years & what projects:

 

 

2011:

·      Screamfest: Flatdog, Cubs

·      Shriekfest: Flatdog, Cubs

·      NYC Horror Film Fest: Flatdog, Cubs, Dweller, Petcare

 

2012:

·      CinemaSpoke: Cubs, Flatdog, Momo

 

2014

·      CinemaSpoke: Pillow Queen

·      Shriekfest: Momo, Dweller

 

2015

·      Screamfest: Dweller, Humansville

 

2016

·      FadeIn: Personal Demons

·      Shriekfest: Personal Demons

 

 

2017

·      Screamfest: Personal Demons

·      Nightmares Film Festival: Personal Demons

 

2018

·      FadeIn: Personal Demons

·      Slamdance: Personal Demons

·      Frights! Camera! Action! Film Freeway Horror Screenplay Competition: Personal Demons

·      Screencraft: Personal Demons

 

2019

·      Screencraft: Personal Demons

·      Nightmares Film Festival: Personal Demons

·      NYC Horror Film Fest: Personal Demons

·      Happenstance: Personal Demons

·      Los Angeles Crime & Horror Film Festival: Personal Demons

·      Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Festival: Personal Demons

 

2021:

·      Be Afraid Horror Fest: Personal Demons

·      Northeast Film Festival Horror Fest: Personal Demons

·      Astrophobia Science Fiction & Horror Film Festival: Personal Demons

·      FANtastic Horro Film Festival: Personal Demons

·      British Horror Film Fest: Personal Demons