Every festival has them. Read the Rules and the Submission sections carefully (come on, they really aren't very long) and try to follow them... or your film might end up in the cell!
Official Regulations for the 2017 Darkness Reigns Horror Film Festival
ELIGIBILITY
1. Entries that have screened on US television prior to the Festival are eligible for a Festival screening.
2. Productions produced after January 2012 are eligible.
3. DARKNESS REIGNS IS GOING GREEN!!! We are only accepting online film submissions, screeners, and payments, or another streaming service like YouTube or Vimeo. We are doing our part to save the planet and saving you all a bit of money while we’re at it. Making and sending dvds has a negative impact on our environment, so we will only be accepting online submissions. YouTube and Vimeo are perfectly acceptable.
4. Entries must be paid for, as well as submitting all of the information requested, before online screeners will be viewed. Again, we're only accepting online payments... why waste an envelope when we have this new-found-thingy called the internet. ;)
5. We will look at works in progress.
6. NO Fee Waivers are available.
7. All Decisions by judges, programmers and organizers will be final and no refund of entry fee will be permitted.
8. Filmmakers who are ACCEPTED to screen at the Festival, will deliver both an online digital (mp4) and a DVD / Blu-ray version of the film to be screened.
Every Film submitted will be watched by at-least 2 programmers. We're looking for short and feature length; Every kind of horror and thriller film... we love them all!
Categories
Narrative Short Film - All films Under 35 Min
Narrative Feature Film - All films over 59 Min
PLEASE DO NOT CALL OR EMAIL TO REQUEST WAIVER!
No Fee Waivers will be offered