Screamfest Horror Film Festival Announces 2020 Dates

August 27, 2020

Written by Joseph Perry

Joseph Perry is the Film Festival Editor for Horror Fuel; all film festival related queries and announcements should be sent to him at josephperry@gmail.com. He is a contributing writer for the "Phantom of the Movies VideoScope" and “Drive-In Asylum” print magazines and the websites Gruesome Magazine, Diabolique Magazine, The Scariest Things, B&S About Movies, and When It Was Cool. He is a co-host of the "Uphill Both Ways" pop culture nostalgia podcast and also writes for its website. Joseph occasionally proudly co-writes articles with his son Cohen Perry, who is a film critic in his own right. A former northern Californian and Oregonian, Joseph has been teaching, writing, and living in South Korea since 2008.

Screamfest Horror Film Festival is always a blast, and we at Horror Fuel are excited to see what the fest has planned for this year. Following is the fest’s first official announcement about the scheduled dates for 2020.

WHAT: The 20th annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival will take place October 6-15, 2020. Screamfest is the largest and longest running horror film festival in the United States. Considered the “Sundance of Horror,” the festival premieres and showcases new work from American and international independent horror filmmakers. 

A launchpad for careers, many of the festival’s filmmakers have garnered distribution and representation, including Paranormal Activity, which was discovered and premiered at the festival in 2007. 

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, as well as a Screenplay competition.

The festival lineup will be announced in September. For more information or the latest news, visit screamfestla.com

WHEN: Tuesday October 6, 2020 – Thursday October 15, 2020

WHERE: Venues to be announced

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