South African HORRORFEST (21)

Inicio Festival: 29 octubre 2025      Fin Festival: 09 noviembre 2025

The South African HorrorFest is the first (and close on only) event of its kind on the continent, bringing an exciting array of feature films and short films from around the world to the audience, who wouldn't get to see these indie productions in the territory otherwise. 2025 is our 21st edition!

The in-person festival may look at including an on-line virtual element again for 2025, so check our social media for updates.

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All movie mediums and styles are accepted, as long as it contains elements of Horror / Chiller / Terror / Monsters etc.

For instance, an animated Sci-Fi comedy with monsters will be accepted.

Due to the indie nature of the event, unfortunately screening fees cannot be offered.

Tasa de Proyección de Cortos: 15$
Tasa de Proyección Largos: 15$

The highest quality movies are acknowledged with award certificates in a wide range of categories.

There are no restrictions for the production's country of origin.

All languages allowed, but need (hardcoded) english subtitles.

Flamedrop Productions / Shadow Realm inc., and the South African HorrorFest cannot guarantee that the short- or feature films submitted will be selected and shown in public, as the festival selection members / committee will be the final arbiters.

Permission must be granted from the relevant rights holders (where applicable) of any copyrighted material used in your production (eg. music, film, video, news, audio, clips from other sources etc.), and the organizers of the South African HorrorFest cannot be held liable for the unlawful use of such material in submitted works.

Real pornography, human or animal abuse will not be tolerated and such entries will be discarded, and if necessary, reported.

(Unfortunately screening fees cannot be accommodated)

If additional physical materials are supplied to the SA HorrorFest (discs, flash drives, external drives), these are non-returnable.

Information supplied on your production will be used in various Flamedrop Productions / Shadow Realm inc. / SA HorrorFest online and print publications as promotion.