DarkVeins Horror Fest

DarkVeins Horror Fest

Also known as: DarkVeins Horror Film Festival
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DarkVeins Horror Fest is an international competition for horror, dark, gothic and extreme cinema, organised by Associazione Culturale Dark Circle in Maglie, Italy. Entries encompass feature films, shorts, trailers, posters and soundtracks. The festival is connected to DarkVeins.com, a publication covering genre cinema through news, reviews and interviews.

The competition recognises films and individual creative contributions, with awards for directing, acting, music and visual presentation alongside its feature and short film categories. Prizes combine editorial coverage with a choice of an entry-fee refund or an award plaque for winners in the main categories. The 2023 competition is the festival's seventh edition.

Country

Italy

Focus

Horror

Categories

Feature, Short

Awards and prizes

The 2023 edition recognises Best Feature Film, Best Italian Horror Film, Best Horror Short Film, Best Splatter/Gore, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Poster, Best Trailer, Best Soundtrack / Special Mention and Horror Icons. Winners in the main categories can choose between an entry-fee refund and an award plaque. Award-winning works also receive editorial coverage on DarkVeins.com.

Festival rules

Archived submission conditions: films must be completed after 1 January 2014 and must not have had commercial, theatrical or television exhibition. Films in languages other than English require English subtitles. Submissions are digital; physical copies are not accepted. The submitter must hold all necessary rights, licences and permissions. Submission does not guarantee selection. Selected entrants authorise promotional use of submitted footage, photographs and publicity materials. Screening requirements include an HD digital copy, English subtitles, film stills, director portraits and biographies, a trailer link, synopsis and cast and crew information. These are the festival's published archived conditions; its FilmFreeway listing has entries closed.

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