Sainte-Maxime International Horror Film Festival

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Sainte-Maxime International Horror Film Festival
LocationSainte-Maxime, France

The Sainte-Maxime International Horror Film Festival is an annual horror film festival located in Sainte-Maxime, France.[1][2][3] The yearly festival shows a wide variety of horror, fantasy, and science fiction genre films including shorts, features, and animated films. All French competitions are free to enter, and any international competitions must pay a small fee. Like other festivals, it is used as opportunity for film creators to get exposure.

Featured Films[edit]

2009[edit]

  • The Human Centipede, Directed by Tom Six. A Dutch body horror about multiple tourists being kidnapped and sewn together into a centipede. Won Prix d'Or (gold) in ‘Official Competition’.
  • Murder Set Pieces, a horror about a serial killer photographer directed by Nick Palumbo. Won Prix d'Or (golden) ‘Midnight X-Treme Competition’.
  • Boob, directed by Honest, a comedy about a boob come to life. Won Prix d'Or in ‘International Short Films Competition’
  • Pogo & ses amis, directed by François Guay is a French comedy. Won Prix d'Or in ‘French Short Films Competition'.

Rules and Prizes[edit]

There are 3 winning categories for screenplays: first, second, and third.

The screenplays must be under 25 pages and the prizes for getting into the top 3 categories promises such things as money, being listed on their IHSFF website and luxuries such as VIP passes to other festivals. The top ten finalists will also have the opportunity to have their screenplays requested to producers.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Twitchfilm.net
  2. ^ "Twitchfilm.net". Archived from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  3. ^ Fatally-yours.com

4. PRODUCTION HUB, SAINTE MAXIME INTERNATIONAL HORROR FILM FESTIVAL, accessed 2021, https://www.productionhub.com/event/20124/sainte-maxime-international-horror-film-festival

5. Andrew Mack (2009),The Human Centipede' wins Prix D'or at Sainte Maxime International Horror Film Festival, accessed 2021, https://screenanarchy.com/2009/11/the-human-centipede-wins-prix-dor-at-sainte-maxime-international-horror-film-festival.html

6.IMDb,The Human Centipede (First Sequence), accessed 2021, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1467304/

7.The international Horror SciFi (2021), SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR 2022, accessed 2021, http://www.horrorscifi.com/submissions

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