CALL FOR ENTRIES!
Feature Films
Shorts
Animations
Films inspired by H. P. Lovecraft
Horror music videos
Screenplays
For more details visit the festival's site:
A Night of Horror International Film Festival actively promotes the work of independent horror filmmakers. We understand that not everyone has access to a large budget, so we will continue to showcase a wide range of films from all budget levels.
A NIGHT OF HORROR ON SHOWTIME:
In 2009, the Sydney-based festival will run for 10 days/nights from March 25th to April 3. Films screening at the festival will compete for several thousand dollars worth of cash and prizes.
FESTIVAL HISTORY:
What began as an idea for a one night only screening of locally produced horror short films (hence the festival's name "A Night of Horror") has since become Australia's leading international horror film festival.
The 2007 festival was held March 23-25, at the iconic Chauvel Cinema, Paddington, and in the atmospheric Auditorium at the Paddington RSL. The Chauvel boasts a 365-seat cinema with state of the art digital projection facilities and a Dolby Digital sound system.
Over the course of the weekend 47 different films were screened, from filmmakers in 10 different countries.
The 2008 festival expanded to screen both feature films and shorts, and ran for ten days in April. Moving to the hub of Sydney's arts scene: the principal screening venue for the 2009 festival was Dendy Newtown Cinema. The festival included an array of parties and special events including a horror filmmaking forum.
Media coverage of the festival has included: Showtime Movie News, People Magazine, Time Out Sydney, Drum Media, 3D World, 2UE Radio, FBi Radio, 2ser Radio, and several local and internet media sources.
Each year the festival tours a "best of" selection of films from the Sydney festival to other venues and festivals both in Australia and abroad. These have included: Revelation Perth International Film Festival (Western Australia), It Came From lake Michigan Film Festival (Wisconsin), Weekend of Fear (France), The Duke Mitchell Film Club (UK). The festival also programmes and promotes special screenings throughout the year.
CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
(You can help to promote horror in Australia by copying either of the the above banners, or the "call for entries" poster, and posting it on your own website or myspace page. Let us know, and we'll return the favour!)
RED EYE RECORDS HORROR DVD SALE!
Ok horror fans, it's the perfect time to stock up your DVD collection from a plethora of uber-cool titles currently on sale at Sydney's most horror friendly shopping destination: RED EYE RECORDS!Click on the below artwork to visit the store's online catalog, alternatively Sydney-siders should make a fright-filled visit into the store itself, located on Level 2, 66 King Street Sydney.
Takashi Miike's IMPRINT Australian DVD release available now!
In 19th century Japan, an American journalist searches for the prostitute he'd loved and left behind years earlier. But on an island where demons and whores rule the night, a deformed courtesan awaits with a tale of extreme cruelty and perverse vengeance. What follows is an unspeakable orgy of torment and depravity, where the lusts of the damned will inflict wounds that remain forever. Stars Billy Drago (The Hills Have Eyes), Youki Kudoh(Memoirs of a Geisha. OFFICIAL SPONSORS:
Films selected to screen at the festival competed for several thousand dollars worth of cash and prizes, thanks to the following generous sponsors:Prize details are available at the festival's official site: www.anightofhorror.com
If you are interested in sponsoring the 2009 festival, please contact us through myspace or email: [email protected]
HORROR SITES WORTH VISITING:
Everone at A Night of Horror likes to keep their fingers on the pulse of indie horror. For the latest in horror news, served up every week by the irrepresible Creepy Kentuckian and Uncle Bill we listen to Deadpit; the Internet's most entertaining horror talk radio show.If you are a woman in the horror industry, or just love women in horror, you should definitely check out horror journalist Heidi Martinuzzi's excellent website Pretty/Scary:
Everyone at the festival also has an interest in films based on the writings of horror author H. P. Lovecraft. Visit the web's most informative Lovecraftian cinema site at: