Create a Horror Short Film that is from 2 minutes up to 10 minutes! 

We have a special award we call THE GHASTLY PUMPKIN AWARD which is given to the person that uses a pumpkin in their film and the person that uses the pumpkin the best way will be given the award! 

 

Filmmakers will have till October 30th to send in their film. Anything past October 30th will be disqualified. 

Laurels 

(Everyone will receive an official selection laurel)

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Trophy's are won from the awards below and will also receive a Laurel.

- BEST HORROR
- BEST SC-FI
- BEST THRILLER
- BEST MIDNIGHT (Really fucked up shit)
 

SPECIAL PRIZES

- BEST USE OF A PUMPKIN (The Ghastly Pumpkin Award)
- BEST  NUDITY (MALE OR FEMALE)
- BEST MONSTER
- BEST DECORATION
- BEST KILL

- BEST SCARE

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All movies must meet the following requirements to take part in this competition. The entrant/submitter/moviemaker/controlling company accepts all of the rules and terms in full by sending in a movie for consideration.

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1) Anyone from any country can participate in this competition but parental consent must be given to the entrant if under 18 years of age. Movies of any length are allowed to enter the competition, but all dialogue must either be spoken in English or the movie must have English subtitles.

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2) The entrant can submit a single film of theirs judged for awards but again, keep in mind, we do not screen films to the public so even winning films won't be publicly screened because this is an awards competition. Films are privately screened by our judges. And Awards will be shown on a YouTube Video from the MMH Productions Channel.

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3) Please keep the film from 2 minutes to 10 minutes long (Including credits) or it will be disqualified. 

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4) The only person(s) allowed to submit a movie for consideration would be the directors(s) and/or producers(s). The entrant/submitter/moviemaker hereby certifies that they possess the right(s) and all of the proper clearances to submit the movie, including, but not limited to image rights, talent releases, soundtrack and/or source music releases; and assumes all responsibility for their material. The Ghastly Pumpkin Film Fest and Matthew Mark Hunter accepts no responsibility, financial or otherwise, for any movie submitted to the festival. All entries to the Ghastly Pumpkin Film Fest are adjudicated by other moviemaker(s) who may have multiple projects in the works, and may have many movie ideas. By sending in an entry, the moviemaker(s) recognize(s) that each and every judge may have similar ideas and absolves the Ghastly Pumpkin Film Fest and the judge(s) from any liability associated with his/her/their participation in this competition. There is only two judges that are filmmakers, the rest are people who just enjoy horror films. 

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5) The participants will not get feedback. Every entry/submission will be judged based on its script, directing, acting, technical, and artistic merits, as related to the submission. We do not have public screenings. We are an online-only competition as stated above.

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6) Ghastly Pumpkin Film Fest does not refund fees after an entry has been submitted, especially if a submission has already been adjudicated and/or the deadline for the current submission period has passed. Moviemakers/submitters should familiarize themselves with the Rules and Terms prior to submission. Questions asked after submission may or may not receive a response.

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7) The submitter/moviemaker grants the Ghastly Pumpkin Film Fest the right to use the movie’s trailer and/or other materials (such as the poster, clips and more.) for promotional purposes, in perpetuity, without any further consideration, and accepts sole responsibility for the use of all materials.

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8) All decisions made by the judge(s) are considered final and incontestable. 

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9)  Laurels in JPG format and will be sent to all Nominees and Winners. Trophy's will be delivered past the fest once we get in contact with you.

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10) At the end of adjudication, the results of the Ghastly Pumpkin Film Fest will be made public and accessible on the official website of the Ghastly Pumpkin Film Fest.

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11) Communications with the Ghastly Pumpkin Film Fest and public communications about or related to the Ghastly Pumpkin Film Fest must be kept professional and in good taste by all entrants, their correspondents, publicists, producers, directors, etc. Failure to do so may result in disqualification at any point in the adjudication process, including the nullification of nominations or wins. That stated, the Ghastly Pumpkin Film Fest may elect to communicate only with the person who submitted the movie to the festival for consideration and should not be expected to communicate with any other persons.

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12) Even though the Ghastly Pumpkin Film Fest loves and honors horror films, movies containing overly vulgar pornographic content (nudity and sex is acceptable but that shouldn't be the only content of the film aka you need some horror too), obscene titles (fucking in the woods is fine but nothing racist) and/or content deemed hateful, racist, or in poor taste may be disqualified. We are quite lenient (it is a horror competition after all and we even have an award for Best Nudity so there is no problem with nudity and sex) but it is up to our sole discretion. Feel free to ask in advance if you're worried about this.

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13) By submitting an entry to the Ghastly Pumpkin Film Fest, the entrant(s)/

submitter(s)/moviemaker(s)/controlling company accept(s) all of the rules and terms herein, in their entirety, without modification. Entrant/submitter/moviemaker further acknowledges that remediation of any sort will be limited to a refund of their submission fees. If entrant/submitter/moviemaker does not agree with these terms, do not submit your entry. By submitting, entrant/submitter/filmmaker indicates that they have read, understand, agree with, and will comply will all of the Rules and Terms stated in items 1-13 above.