2008 Student Horror Film 96-hour Festival

on the set of Choose

Pictured above are the winners of the 2008 Student Horror Film Contest with leading actress Katheryn Winnick on the set of CHOOSE, being film in New York. The film directed by Rob Legato staring, Katheryn Winnick, Nick Tucci, Kevin Pollak and Bruce Dern. Special thanks to Megan Wicker for setting up this amazing prize.

The 2009 Student Horror Film Festival will begin on October 8th at 6:00 pm. It will remain a 96-hour event, where students have just 96-hours to create, edit, shoot and deliver a less then 6 minute horror film. Winners in each category will receive $150.00 per team.

Congratulations to all the students who participated in our 4th Annual Student Film Festival. Special thanks to our supporters who make all of this possible: MetroMix, Olympus, PeachPit Press and PA Council of the Arts. The winning films were chosen based on 3 judges scoring the films on a 1-10pt. grade. The scores were then calculated and the winners were chosen. This year were privileged to offer a “Best of Show” award which is a 1-day pass to be on the set of the a new horror flick being shot in NYC called “Choose”, directed by Rob Lagotto and staring Bruce Dern and Kevin Pollack. Special thanks to ArtsQuest for their generous donation.

The winning films and their participants are listed and pictured below. The final score sheets are posted here.

Winner: 1st place in Middle School Division – Lower Macungie Middle School – Forever Friends – produced by Tierney Notreika, Logan Beck, Julie Sullivan and Lindsey Robinson
Winner: 1st place in High School Division – Emmaus High School – Rear View – produced by Ben Roth, EC Hanna
Winner: Best of Show – Bethlehem Area Vo-Tech - The Flash – produced by Cody Burke, Devin Roth, also received the best editing award.
Winner: Best Original storyline - Northampton High School - Rocco Ditalia, Evan Butz
Winner: Best use of required lines - McKay High School - Oregon
Winner: Best College - Muhlenberg College - Andrew Martin

The films were shown at Eyer Middle School and we thank them for their support. The films will be uploaded to our YouTube site by the end of the week.

2008 Student Horror Film Contest

If any professors, teachers, parents or instructors are interested in next year’s festival please contact us and we will put you on our mailing list. We have a preliminary date for next year’s event; October 8th 2009 is when the contest will begin. It will remain a 96-hour event. We need your support to make this event a success. We are planning to have a private screening of all 4 years of this event along with a seminar on next year’s event in early spring 2009. If you like to attend this event please contact us.

Example of last years requirements

This document is the outline of our film festival required rules, lines and regulations from 2008. Click here to view (PDF)

Festival Rules and Regulations 2009

Due to the timing of our event (2 hours) not every film will be shown at the theater.
To be considered, all entries must be submitted on DVD (Region 1 or Multi-platform – must be compatible with all DVD players) and received by Festival Commission by October 13th, 2009 with entry fee. Those from outside the area can participate but must submit a low rez version via email to us and then submit the final film to us by mail.
The entry fee is $10 per team. All checks made payable to: Emmaus Arts Commission, 28 S. 4th St. Emmaus, PA. There are no limits to the amount of people on a team.
Be Nice! This is a family friendly festival. Film submission cannot include any video content that is, in judge's sole discretion, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, pornographic, offensive, indecent, libelous, invasive of another's privacy or character, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable. Obscene, pornographic or violent material is not allowed under any circumstance. The enforcement of this rule will be at the discretion of the Film Festival advisory board.
All films must contain original or non-copyrighted images, sound effects and music.
Late entries or entries determined to be ineligible will not be considered. Fees accompanying these entries will not be returned.
Films must not be any longer then 6 minutes.