DEAR FILMMAKERS
WOF IN MAY 2008. THE ENTRY IS OPEN from September 20 2007 and ends March 12 2008
The festival takes place at METROPOLIS CINEMAS in Nuremberg (Bavaria/Germany)
DATE: May 2-3 2008
What is WEEKEND OF FEAR (WOF)?
Of course, it..s a filmfestival, but a bit different.
2008 is the official 12th anniversary of WOF, but it started earlier, arround 17 years ago. The makers of legendary HOWL-magazine thought that something must be done against the boring film-festival-landscape in Germany. Ok, nothing wrong with BERLINER FILMFESTSPIELE or HOFER FILMTAGE etc., but nearly none of the German festivals gave a chance to Independent filmmaking direction Horror,SF, Thriller and (most important!) obscure movies!
Time to react... And the first WOF in Munich was a big success. Switching to Nuremberg was phenomenal! Meanwhile WOF became a kind of “cult†festival for all fans and makers of wicked movies. WOF is still an independent “show†working without any sponsoring or financial support from German gouvernement. It's bad to have less money to organize, but it gives us free hand to do what we want. And even at the times of super digital home-movie-entertainment around 400 to 700 people party out three horrible nights with the WOF team.
Among our many guests and visitors over the last years we had: PETER JACKSON, JOERG BUTTGEREIT, LLOYD KAUFMAN, OLAF ITTENBACH, TIMO ROSE, PAUL SPURRIER and many more.
Awards Yes, the WOF gives away awards (no money, but sweet!):
The only “eatable†filmaward allover the world is called “THE GLIBB†and is given away in different categories by a jury and, of course, our audience.
Formats for Screeners
must be submitted on DVD or VHS only.
Submission Eligibillity
No screenings at a festival in Germany, Austria or Switzerland before 1901 until April 2008. Means, You can also send old stuff! Submission packages must include a preview copy, press kit, synopsis of the movie, photos of the movie, director(s) and actors. All films in a language other than English or German must be subtitled in English or German.
Submission Fee
NO! No filmmaker, producer, actor etc. has to pay a fee. All shipping and posting costs to and from the festival must be borne by the submitting party. All entries from outside EU must be declared as “for Filmfestival screening only†value (more or less) US$ 10.
How does WOF select films? Every film You submit to the WOF will be watched and commented by our professional selection comitee.
production values: 1$ ore 20 million $. We do not care about it, so far it’s a GOOD movie.
Festival Screenings
We are able to screen DVD in any format and perfect quality as well as 35 mm prints optical soundtracks. We can also screen Digi Beta ore Beta SP system . The turn/return shipping costs for 35 mm prints must be borne by submitting party.
Short Films
Yes, also in WOF edition 2008 we try to screen shorts!
Do we invite directors, actors, distributors etc.?
Sometimes YES, and we would love to have ALL of You among us celebrating a huge party. Guess, You can imagine, it is not possible to invite everybody to WOF 2008. But we would be very happy if You join us anyway. Doesn't matter if Your film is selected or not! We try to help to have You here in NUREMBERG 2008