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Rick Clifton
Sep 1, 05 - 8:53 AM |
5th Annual ScreamFest Horror Film Festival
SCREAMFEST HORROR FILM FESTIVAL Largest Genre Film Festival in the U.S. Takes Place October 14 - 23 Los Angeles, CA - Rachel Belofsky, president and founder of SCREAMFEST Horror Film Festival and partner Stan Winston present The 5th Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition. The festival takes place October 14th – 23rd at Loews Universal Studios Cinemas in Universal CityWalk. Winners will be announced at the Dinner Award Ceremony to be held on October 23rd at Maggiano's located in The Grove. The largest genre film festival held in the U.S., Screamfest, is an internationally recognized showcase for independent filmmakers and writers of the horror, science fiction and fantasy genres. Judges for the competition include such notable names as Academy Award™-winning special effects master, Stan Winston; director Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist); Jeff Katz, director of development at New Line Cinema; development executive Michael Grady; Alex Franklin, Director of Development of Lions Gate Films and David Kopple, motion picture literary agent for the Gersh Agency. Animation category will be judged by Animation Executives at Threshold Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Animation, and Nickelodeon Films. "We are very excited to have the opportunity to celebrate the work of the finest young talent working in these extremely popular genres," said Rachel Belofsky, the festival's founder and president. "This competition provides them the exposure they so richly deserve and gives audiences the chance to experience their work in a first-class setting." Film entries are accepted in the categories of Best Feature, Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Special Effects and Musical Score to name a few. In addition, there are special categories for Best Animation, Best Short, Best Documentary and Best Student Film. In combination with the distinctive Screamfest Award, Best Screenplay wins $1000 and a first-look deal with Stan Winston Productions. Best Short receives Fuji 16mm film valued at $2500. Software and Resource materials also awarded. Founded in 2001, Screamfest is dedicated to discovering the new blood of horror and honoring the masters. An example of this is the recent success of Victor Garcia, winner of the Screamfest 2004 Best Horror Short. After winning the prize for best horror short at Screamfest Horror Film Festival Los Angeles in October, it made the rounds and earned the Barcelona-based f/x specialist reps at Endeavor and Underground Management As reported in Variety's Feb. 15th issue, Victor Garcia will direct the horror pic SMOKE for Gold Circle. Variety.com - 'Smoke' rises at Gold Circle and Screen International's Feb. 14th issue. [For more information visit please contact Rachel Belofsky at (310) 358-3273 or go to www.screamfestla.com . ] For festival tickets, checkout our website at www.screamfestla.com – a handful of Full Festival Passes are also available for a limited time only. This year's festival sponsored by Tarantula Azul, Fuji Film, IndieWire, Inktip.com and Screenplay.com (a Write Brothers, Inc. Web site). |
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