International Vampire Film And Arts Festival (0)

Festival start: 25 May 2017      Festival end: 28 May 2017

From Stoker to Rice; from Nosferatu to classic Hammer onto Twilight, The Strain and beyond - the vampire genre is the world’s most enduring and influential horror genre straddling film, television, literature, theatre, games and new media.

IVFAF brings together vampire media-makers from across the World in one cross-industry event – an intense four-day programme of film screenings, book launches, readings, theatre, seminars, workshops, networking events, a trade fair and parties.

And where else to hold this unique event but in Transylvania - within the walls of the dramatic medieval citadel that was the birthplace to the real Vlad Dracula?

Selected Feature, Short and Smartphone movies will be shown in a network of subterranean pop-up cinemas in the heart of Sighisoara’s medieval citadel. There will be an intense programme of seminars, workshops, director Q&As, a pitching competition and plenty of networking events and parties.

Delegates with an Executive Badge will also get access to the VIP Bar and a private lunch at nearby Fagaras Castle – Vlad Dracula’s base for six years.

Our vision at IVFAF is to be a unique World leading one-stop meeting of the vampire industry, networking filmmakers and performing arts professionals with funders, promoters, distributors and of course each other.

FEATURE FILMS

• Films chosen for screening at IVFAF will receive one Producer Pass and two Delegate Passes and will qualify for the IVFAF Audience Feature Award, voted by attending delegates, and the IVFAF Best Feature voted for by a panel of judges.


SHORT FILMS

• Films chosen for screening at IVFAF will receive two Delegate Passes and will qualify for the IVFAF Audience Short Award, voted by attending delegates, and the IVFAF Best Short voted for by a panel of judges.


MOBISODES (Shot on Smartphone)

• Films chosen for screening at IVFAF will receive one Delegate Pass and will qualify for the IVFAF Audience Mobisode Award, voted by attending delegates, and the IVFAF Best Short voted for by a panel of judges.

FEATURE FILMS

• Content – dramatic, documentary or experimental.
• Films can be any subgenre of vampire cinema, drama or documentary.
• Release date no earlier than 1 May 2014.
• Running time 70 to 120 minutes.


SHORT FILMS

• Content – dramatic, documentary or experimental.
• Films can be any subgenre of vampire cinema, drama or documentary.
• Release date no earlier than 1 May 2014.
• Running time to be under 20 minutes.


MOBISODES (Shot on Smartphone)

• Content – dramatic, documentary or experimental.
• Films can be any subgenre of vampire cinema, drama or documentary.
• Release date no earlier than 1 May 2014.
• Running time between 30 seconds and 15 minutes.