The festival is committed to carving out space for female visions in horror- whether it’s monstrous, heroic, or some messy combination of the two. Final Girls Berlin Film Festival is devoted to showcasing horror directed, written, and produced women filmmakers from around the world. They wish to shine the light to the underrepresented voices and welcome works by queer, non-binary, and POC filmmakers.

“Women’s genre output is severely underrepresented in horror communities and we want to do our bit in changing that,” says festival programmer Sara Neidorf. “Many believe that women who love genre films are a minority but that’s simply not true: women make up half or more of horror audiences, and it’s high time they have a chance to watch films that aren’t dominated by the male gaze or filled with one-dimensional, disposable female characters. It’s time to celebrate films that represent us, instead of objectifying us,” says festival programmer Eli Lewy.

“The first edition of the festival in February 2017 was positively exhilarating and this, along with the positive audience feedback we received, made us want to have another edition as quickly as humanly possible,” says festival programmer Lara Mandelbrot. “We took a tiny break and are now ready to assault you with more female-driven horror offerings! The June edition will take place at Berlin’s oldest cinema, Moviemento. Expect 3 days filled with eerie art, riveting talks, informative panels, and lots of horror films made by women,” says Sara Neidorf.

The festival is still accepting submissions and invite you to submit your horror short or feature if you believe you fit our description. The regular deadline is April 22nd and the late deadline is May 3rd. Don’t miss your chance to showcase your film or short!

SUBMIT your film to Final Girls Berlin Film Festival here:

https://www.withoutabox.com/01festival/01t_acc/01t_acc_edit.php?festival_id=15911

https://filmfreeway.com/festival/FinalGirlsBerlinFilmFestival

The 1st edition was packed with diverse submissions like The Itching, a bizarrely touching claymation film which premiered at Sundance, Static, a psycho thriller about an old man and his TV set, Beautiful Eyes, a dark comedy about a morbid preteen surrounded by odious people, Flesh, an avante-garde, punk rock take on internalized racism, and The Efilist, a deeply disturbing philosophical film about the evils of natalism.

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