FrightFest was founded to provide the UK with a fantasy and horror film festival similar to the market leaders in Europe and the US. Now entering its 25th year, the festival has evolved into a community where audiences and guests travel worldwide to be part of its unique atmosphere.

Apart from many one-off screenings, we host three main events each year. Our primary five-day London event in 2024 runs from 22 to August 26. Also, in London, we host a Halloween event over the final weekend of October, and then there is our three-day Terror-a-thon in Scotland, FrightFest Glasgow. This event in early March is a strand of the Glasgow Film Festival.

We are currently accepting submissions for both our March and August events, with a small reduction in submission fees for early bird submissions. The final deadline for features is midnight on the 1st of June 2024, and for shorts, it’s midnight on the 1st of July 2024.

Films submitted before the 1st of December 2023, when the Glasgow event films need to be in place and not selected, will also be eligible for selection at FrightFest London in August 2024.

Films selected for Glasgow will be announced in early January. London features are revealed in mid-July with shorts in early August.

FrightFest is a non-competitive festival.

THE ORGANISATION - London FrightFest Limited (FF) was founded in 2000 and is the UK's premiere fantasy, thriller and horror film festival.

ELIGELIGIBILITY - FF is open to short films, television series, feature and documentary films from across the Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. We accept entries from all sizes of budgets and production techniques.

The primary contact completing the submission must be authorised to submit the film for consideration. Films submitted must have permission from a distributor or sales agent representing the film. The applicant must have obtained clearance to include any copyrighted music and images used. This submission confirms that the applicant has all rights required to screen the submitted film.

Only films completed after 1st January 2023 are eligible. Films previously submitted to FF will not be considered. Features must be at least a UK premiere to be eligible for selection.