BRUGGGORE Horror Movie Festival ()

Festival start: 27 April 2022      Festival end: 30 April 2022

The BRUGGGORE Horror Movie Festival is Switzerland’s only (and therefore leading) Film Festival focusing solely on Horror Movies. It's situated in Brugg only 25 minutes from Zurich, 40 minutes from Basel and 60 minutes from Bern. Films are screened in 3 different categories: Fresh from the grinder – current festival films and brand new releases. Gutted millennials – extreme movies from the early 2000s. Rotten meat – Horror classics from the 70s to the early 90s.

Cash Prizes: 4,500€

The BRUGGGORE Horror Movie Festival Audience Award endows CHF 5,000.-, 70 percent goes to the director and 30 percent to the person who made the submission.

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‍The BRUGGGORE Horror Movie Festival accepts only feature length films which are assigned to the horror genre and have been completed after October 2020. Submissions not related to the horror genre or that are older, will be disqualified if no good reason is given.

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Films can be submitted in the competitive category "fresh from the grinder". Furthermore, the festival will show retrospectives in the non-competitive categories "gutted millennials" and "rotten meat" which are selected exclusively by the Program Directorate.

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‍Submissions can be submitted from July 1, 2021 onward through Festhome or directly via e-mail. Direct submissions of the screener can be submitted via private or password protected link (eg Vimeo, YouTube, etc.) or as a download link (eg Dropbox, WeTransfer, etc.). Further we would need the following information: director name, production company / producer name, production year, country, genre name.

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BRUGGGORE charges the following submission fees (additional fees that occur through Festhome or through data transmission are not included and are to be paid for by the submitter).

Earlybird, Until October 31, 2021, EUR 15
Regular, Until January 31, 2021, EUR 30

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The festival jury consists of at least three members, who will decide over the Official Selection of the festival. All Selected films will receive the festival laurel "Official Selection BRUGGGORE Horror Movie Festival". From the Official Selection the festival jury will select five films which will qualify to participate at the audience contest.

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The BRUGGGORE Horror Movie Festival Audience Award endows CHF 5,000.-, 70 percent goes to the director and 30 percent to the person who made the submission.

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The festival jury may award another prize and thus honor particularly outstanding achievements.

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Those who submit a film confirm that they own the necessary rights and allow the BRUGGGORE Horror Movie Festival to show the film at the festival. BRUGGGORE Horror Movie Festival will be showing the film during the festival period in the cinema. There is no online evaluation. The festival can show trailers, pictures, movie posters and similar material of the selected films via its online and offline channels.

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We only accept digital data, at least in full HD resolution (1920x1080), preferably 2K Scope (2048x858) or 4K scope (4096x1716) respectively. Soundtracks need to be delivered in 5.1 or higher - exceptions can be made for low-budget productions. Data delivery in DCP, ProRes or H264.

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Movies that are not spoken in English or German, need to be submitted with a dialogues list or subtitles in English or German. At the festival all films will be shown in their original language with German subtitles.

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Deadline for all submissions is January 31, 2022. Selected films will be notified at the latest on February 28, 2022. The winner of the audience award will be announced on Saturday April 30, 2022.