Abruzzo Horror Film Festival (12)

Début du Festival: 02 novembre 2026      Fin du Festival: 02 novembre 2026

ABRUZZO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2026 XII edition | 31 OCT – 2 NOV 2026, L’AQUILA

Prix ​​en espèces: 1,500€

BEST FILM 1000.00 €

BEST SHORT FILM 250.00 €

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD

ABRUZZO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2026 XII EDITION | 31 OCT – 2 NOV 2026, L’AQUILA

COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT

The festival is structured in the following categories:

Shortfilms (less than 30 minutes)
Feature films (more than 70 minutes)

1. To participate to the short / web series / feature selections, you have to use one of the following submission platforms: Festhome

2. We have an entry fees of 10 € (one for each deadline choose). Until 30 august is 10€, from 31th august to 30th september 15€

3. Each author can participate in the Festival with several works and in each category just paying the registration fee (one for each).

4. Each author is responsible for the contents of its own work.

5. If the dialogues of the film are not in Italian, the film must be completed by Italian or english subtitles. If you don't have Italian subtitles, it's the necessary to send us the english subtitles in SRT format and the dialogue list in case of selection.

6. Movies received without the requested documentation or sent after the deadline will be excluded from the selection.

7. You will find the screenings program of the selected works on the official mail aqhorrorfilmfestival@gmail.com before the beginning of the Festival itself. Judges will examine each work and award one for each category.

8. In case of selection, a HD copy of the film must be sent to the festival 3 weeks before the beginning of the event. The copy must be free of any subtitles (or ONLY with Italian subtitles burned in). In case you don’t have the Italian subtitles, you must send the english subtitles (even in case of english dialogues) in SRT format. We will create the Italian subtitles that we can send you after the festival if you want to.

9. Once a film is selected, it can not be overdrawn from the competition.

10. Best Short Film. Best Feature Film . People Choice Award for the best feature.

11. Abruzzo Horror Film Festival will take charge of awards shipping in case the winners are not present the day of the proclamation.

12. The festival will not pay any screening fee to the authors/distributors of the selected films.

13. The submission at ABRUZZO HORROR FESTIVAL 2026– XII EDITION constitutes full and unconditional acceptance of this regulation.

Contacts: Aqhorrorfilmfestival@gmail.com