About Abruzzo Horror Film Festival
Physical film festival in l'aquila, Italy with submission categories including Feature FILM and SHORT FILM.
ABRUZZO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2026 XII edition | 31 OCT – 2 NOV 2026, L’AQUILA
Physical film festival in l'aquila, Italy with submission categories including Feature FILM and SHORT FILM.
ABRUZZO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2026 XII edition | 31 OCT – 2 NOV 2026, L’AQUILA
To participate to the short / web series / feature selections, you have to use one of the following submission platforms: External submission platform
We have an entry fees of 10 € (one for each deadline choose). Until 30 august is 10€, from 31th august to 30th september 15€
Each author can participate in the Festival with several works and in each category just paying the registration fee (one for each).
Each author is responsible for the contents of its own work.
If the dialogues of the film are not in Italian, the film must be completed by Italian or english subtitles. If you don't have Italian subtitles, it's the necessary to send us the english subtitles in SRT format and the dialogue list in case of selection.
Movies received without the requested documentation or sent after the deadline will be excluded from the selection.
You will find the screenings program of the selected works on the official mail before the beginning of the Festival itself. Judges will examine each work and award one for each category.
In case of selection, a HD copy of the film must be sent to the festival 3 weeks before the beginning of the event. The copy must be free of any subtitles (or ONLY with Italian subtitles burned in). In case you don’t have the Italian subtitles, you must send the english subtitles (even in case of english dialogues) in SRT format. We will create the Italian subtitles that we can send you after the festival if you want to.
Once a film is selected, it can not be overdrawn from the competi
accepted all means possible (including animation and documentary). 70 minutes minimum for feature films 50 minutes for documentaries
SHORT FILMS (UP TO 30 MINUTES LONG)