films are now being considered
for screening at the 2021 festival
submit through Filmfreeway
dates & Deadlines
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Opening Date
October 25, 2020 -
Early Bird Deadline
January 13, 2021 -
Midterm Deadline
May 13, 2020 -
Final Deadline
September 13, 2021 -
Notification Date
September 24, 2021 -
Event Date
October 21 – 24, 2021
Awards
- The Film from Hell – best of the festival
- Best overall feature/short
- Best horror feature/short
- Best thriller feature/short
- Best midnight feature/short
- Best horror-comedy feature/short
- Best director feature/short
- Best cinematography feature/short
- Best writing feature/short
- Best actor feature/short
- Best actress feature/short
- Best Ohio film
- Screenwriting: best screenplay feature/short
- Other prizes as determined by the jury.
trophies
Short and feature filmmakers selected for NFF compete for the coveted Night Mare, the festival’s beautiful hand-sculpted award honoring the dark horses of horror and genre filmmaking. The Nightmares Film Festival Night Mare is designed and sculpted by toy and figure artist Tony Simione (Star Wars, Walking Dead, Aliens, Marvel Superheroes, Nightmare Before Christmas).