The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) announced its 24th annual Festival will return to Miami June 17-21, 2020. Since its inception in 1997, ABFF has been a platform for emerging artists and a pipeline for showcasing quality film and television content by and about people of African descent. Submissions for the 2020 Festival are now open [...]

The Shriekfest Film Festival has announced the 40 finalists selected for its 2019 International Screenplay Competition, selected from submissions from across the globe in the horror, thriller, sci-fi, and fantasy genres. "This was a tough year to narrow down all of the scripts," says festival founder and director Denise Gossett. "There is just so much [...]

FANTASTIC FEST 2019 is proud to announce its second wave of programming, led by a closing night screening of writer-director Rian Johnson’s hotly anticipated new mystery Knives Out. Johnson will be in attendance for a special presentation at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, TX on September 26th. In addition to its usual representation of [...]

The SHRIEKFEST FILM FESTIVAL, an international horror/sci-fi film and screenplay competition, will celebrate its 19th anniversary September 26-29, 2019 in Los Angeles. Its 3rd year in Orlando, FL will begin November 2nd. The annual Los Angeles competition will kick off with a public party September 26th, which the public is welcome to attend. Then, it [...]

The 2019 Fantasia International Film Festival has announced the award winners of its monumental 23rd edition. The victors were chosen through the deliberation of juries assigned to each competition, and were announced at a live ceremony.   CHEVAL NOIR AWARD – Feature Films The jury, presided over by Annick Mahnert (producer and festival programmer, Fantastic Fest and Sitges Film [...]

Beyond belief lies the heart of science fiction and this fall, fans of the genre will assemble at the inaugural DYSTOPIA SCI-FI CON, a new interactive event featuring a cinematic lineup of sci-fi, cyberpunk, virtual reality, and future noir alongside special guests, panels, exhibitors, and more. The gathering will also host the first half of The 8th [...]

In its fourth year as Virginia’s leading international independent genre film fest, The GenreBlast Film Fest will take place Labor Day Weekend, August 29 - September 1 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Winchester, VA. GenreBlast will unleash five unique world premieres as well as ten Virginia premieres under the marquee of the much-loved Alamo [...]