Years running: 12 (since 2010)
International Horror Film Festival.
About
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival is an International film festival. Our mission is two-fold: to bring the best Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Action, Thriller, Animation, Cult and Fan Films from around the world to Buffalo, New York, and to shine a spotlight on quality films produced by local talent. Our goal is to be a filmmaker friendly festival, to show our city in its best light, and to foster rising talent.
Program
Categories:
Awards
Rules
Selection Media Type: online screener
Screening Media Type: Blu-rays or NTSC R1 DVDs. We also accept DCPs
Audio language: original
Subtitles language: English
Premiere Requirements
No premiere requirement
Jury and Organizers
Gregory Lamberson (Director)
Christopher Scioli (Director)
Documents
Place
United States
Buffalo
Official Website
Contacts
Address:
48 Wardman Road
Buffalo NY 14217
USA
Phone: (716) 771-2686
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Produced in North America, with a running time of 60 - 145 minutes. Accepted genres: comedy, science fiction, fantasy, horror, action, thriller, animation, cult and fan films
Produced outside North America, with a running time of 7–30 minutes.
Films must be produced and created by current student under the age of 17. We reserve the right to combine categories, the objective being to honor only the best films produced.
Young student films, and created by current student over the age of 17. We reserve the right to combine categories, the objective being to honor only the best films produced.
A Micro-short is a film running between 1 an 6 minutes. Micro-shorts must be in at least one of the following genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Action, Thriller, Animation, Cult and Fan Film. All International Micro-shorts must be in English or be dubbed/subtitled in English. We require a digital file of all accepted films.
Produced in North America with a running time of 7–30 minutes. Accepted genres include comedy, science fiction, fantasy, horror, action, thriller, animation, cult and fan films.
Produced outside North America, with a running time of 60–145 minutes.
Produced outside North America, with a running time of 31 - 59 minutes.
Our Original Screenplay Competition is for Feature Length (85 - 130 pages) only. We are looking for Screenplays in the following genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Action, Thriller and Cult/Bizarro. For our purposes, Action includes weterns, war, martial arts and crime drama, and Thriller includes Mystery.
Animated film, any length.
English language films produced in North America, with a running time of between 31 and 59 minutes. Accepted genres: comedy, science fiction, fantasy, horror, action, thriller, animation, cult and fan films
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