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 The Screamfest skull award designed by Academy Award winner Stan Winston. | |
| Location | Los Angeles, California, USA |
|---|---|
| Language | International |
| Website | http://www.screamfestla.com |
Screamfest Horror Film Festival is the largest and longest running horror film festival in the United States. Paranormal Activity was discovered and premiered at the festival in 2007. Some of the largest horror online publications have called it the "Sundance of Horror".
Previously held at Grauman's Mann Chinese 6 in Hollywood, the festival is now held annually at the prestigious Regal Cinemas L.A. Live Stadium 14 in Los Angeles.
Screamfest premieres and showcases new work from American and international independent horror filmmakers. Many of the filmmakers have garnered distribution and representation as a result of the festival. Screamfest launches careers.
Film entries are accepted in the categories of Best Feature, Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Special Effects and Musical Score. In addition, there are special categories for Best Animation, Best Short, Best Documentary and Best Student Film.
About
Rachel Belofsky (Festival Director/Founder)
Prior to creating Screamfest, Rachel Belofsky formed her production company Candy Heart Productions, LLC in the Fall of 1999. In the Spring of 2000, Rachel produced the multiple award winning women in racing documentary Fast Women. It aired nationally in October 2001 on Canada's WTN (Women's Television Network) and in the U.S. on Women's Entertainment (WE) in November 2001. In 2006, Candy Heart Productions. L.L.C. produced the horror documentary, Going to Pieces, for the Starz cable network. In addition to producing, Rachel has served as a sales agent at the AFM and Cannes Markets.
Stan Winston (Partner)
Winner of 4 Academy Awards and nominated for 10 total, Stan Winston, the “Master” of special effects has partnered up with Screamfest LA in 2004 to make this year our best ever. Some of Stan's movies include: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Jurassic Park, Aliens, Batman Returns, Artificial Intelligence and Predator, just to name a few. The knowledge and experience Stan brings to the table for Los Angeles’ top horror film festival will only enhance the platform created to launch the latest films produced for this genre.
Brad Miska (Marketing and Promotions Manager)
The horror genre entered Brad Miska's veins the second he watched Don Mancini's Child's Play back in 1988, and since then has become a major horror fanatic. In 2000, he co-founded the horror website Bloody-Disgusting.com, which is now recognized as one of the elite sources for all things horror related in the nation. In 2003, he co-founded FreezeDriedMovies.com, which is a website designed to promote all genres of film. Continuing on the popularity of Bloody-Disgusting, Brad Miska co-founded MobileNightmare.com in 2006, which is the first ever mobile horror network. Being that the horror genre is such a major part of his life it only made sense for him to bring his knowledge and internet expertise to Screamfest to help take their presence to an even higher level.
References
- "In LA? Check Out the Next Screamfest Night of Mayhem". DreadCentral.