Wednesday, July 13, 2005  

Screamfest Horror Film Festival

CALL FOR ENTRIES TO 5TH ANNUAL FILM AND SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

Rachel Belofsky, president and founder of SCREAMFEST Horror Film Festival and partner Stan Winston announced its Call for Entries for its 5th annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival and Screenplay Competition. The festival takes place October 14 - 23 at Loews Cinemas at Universal CityWalk. Winners will be announced at the Dinner Award Ceremony to be held on October 23 at Maggiano's in The Grove.

Screamfest is an internationally recognized showcase for independent filmmakers and screenwriters in the horror, science fiction /fantasy genres. Judges include Academy Award™-winning special effects master, Stan Winston; director Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist); Jeff Katz, creative executive at New Line Cinema; development executive Michael Grady; Alex Franklin, Director of Development at Lions Gate Films and David Kopple, motion picture literary agent for the Gersh Agency.

Film entries are accepted in these categories: Best Feature, Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Special Effects and Musical Score as well as categories for Best Animation, Best Short, Best Documentary and Best Student Film.

For submission info: check out www.screamfestla.com or call (310)358-3273.

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