Rules

ART. 1 – Submission
Registration for the competition has to be made by the on-line platforms. The director pays the fee ( not refundable) relative to the category and to the period of registration. The open call starts on July, 15th 2024 and closes on June 25th 2025.

HORROR SHORT CATEGORIES
Earlybird Entry from 15/07/2024 to 18/09/2024 $ 10.00
Middle Standard Entry from 19/09/2024 to 30/10/2024 $15.00
Standard Entry from 31/10/2024 to 27/11/2024 $ 18.00
Extended Standard Entry from 28/11/2024 to 18/12/2024 $ 20.00
Middle Late Entry from 19/12/2024 to 08/01/2025 $ 23.00
Late Entry from 09/01/2025 to 05/02/2025 $ 25.00
Extended Late Entry from 06/02/2025 to 05/03/2025 $ 28.00
Middle Final Entry 06/03/2025 to 02/04/2025 $ 30.00
Final Entry 03/04/2025 to 07/05/2025 $ 33.00
Extended Final Entry 08/05/2025 to 25/06/2025 $ 35.00

HORROR FEATURE CATEGORIES
Earlybird Entry from Earlybird Entry from 15/07/2024 to 18/09/2024 $ 15.00
Middle Standard Entry from 19/09/2024 to 30/10/2024 $ 20.00
Standard Entry from 31/10/2024 to 27/11/2024 $ 23.00
Extended Standard Entry from 28/11/2024 to 18/12/2024 $ 25.00
Middle Late Entry from 19/12/2024 to 08/01/2025 $ 28.00
Late Entry from 09/01/2025 to 05/02/2025 $ 30.00
Extended Late Entry from 06/02/2025 to 05/03/2025 $ 33.00
Middle Final Entry 06/03/2025 to 02/04/2025 $ 35.00
Final Entry 03/04/2025 to 07/05/2025 $ 38.00
Extended Final Entry 08/05/2025 to 25/06/2025 $ 40.00

ART. 2 Submission requisites
Italian or foreign HORROR Short Films which last up to 30 minutes; Italian or foreign HORROR Feature Films which last up to 120 minutes.

ART. 3 Genres
It’s an HORROR genre film festival. The author is responsible for the content and any disclaimers regarding the material submitted.

ART. 4 Selection
Official notification date: July 2nd, 2025.
The Films received within the terms above, will be examined by Festival Staff that determines, unquestionably, the admission to the final stage of the Festival. The author(s) of selected films will be contacted by the organization. The full program of screenings will be published on the Festival social channels within July 2nd, 2025.

ART. 5 Preselection
May be made a pre-selection of the Films before the late entry deadline, in this case the directors will be contacted by Festival Staff.

All winners and selected works receive a free certificate (jpg file via e-mail).
The organization may decide not to award one or more category prizes.

ART. 7 ADVERTISING PURPOSES
Festival Staff can use parts of the selected Films for advertising purposes via print, radio, trailer on TV or Cinema or Internet. After registering for the festival, a post will be made on the event’s social networks with the poster of the registered work.

ART. 8 Acceptance of Rules and Regulations
Participation in the competition implies acceptance of these rules. Festival Staff reserves the right to make any changes to the rules and regulations and how to deal with any controversial matters. It’s strictly forbidden to privately contact the staff and jury members during the selection period of the festival, punishment: exclusion from the competition.

PRIVACY
Subscribers to the Horror ShowFest, agree as established by Decree 30 June 2003, No. 196 on the protection of privacy, the use of personal data for all initiatives related to the event. The author of the work declares to accept the regulation in all its parts, you have the legal availability of the film and to authorize the public screening without compensation, freeing the organization of the Festival from any responsibility for the present and future. By entering the competition each author is responsible for the content of his works. The author declares to hold all rights to the work, not in any way prejudicing the rights of third parties, such as other authors, subjects portrayed, transferees of rights, along with those of music, etc. It also declares that the audiovisual material used is not protected by SIAE. Pursuant to the provisions of Legislative Decree. 30/06/2003 n. 196, we inform the author that the provision of data required and necessary for the completion of the documentation of