While October is still a ways away, it’s never too early to start planning out your activities for the greatest time of year! Among the many exciting activities to choose from is the always impressive Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, a premier east coast genre festival that embodies the spirit of Brooklyn. Taking place in venues throughout the borough and showcasing the best new independent films, throw parties, host events, and more. The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival will return October 17-24, 2019, for its fourth edition. Submissions are now open via FilmFreeway and Withoutabox for short and feature films, and badges are on sale via the official website.
Several announcements have followed the release fate of the film festival. The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival will once again grow in 2019 with the addition of Cobble Hill Cinemas as one of the primary screening locations. The festival will continue their engagements with Nitehawk Cinema, Made in NY Media Center at IFP, and various locations throughout Brooklyn, confidently bringing together the dynamic cinephile culture that sets the borough apart.
The festival has also announced a new partnership with Gunpowder & Sky’s recently launched horror brand, ALTER. Selected short films will be eligible for review for distribution on the platform. “ALTER has quickly established itself as a premium platform for emerging, diverse, and established filmmakers and we couldn’t be more excited to help them discover the great talent we have at the festival,” said Festival Director Justin Timms.
ABOUT ALTER:
ALTER is a new horror brand for novel and grounded stories exploring the human condition through warped and uncanny perspectives.
Giving voice to emerging, diverse and established filmmakers, ALTER’s owned and operated channel is distributed across YouTube and Facebook where two short films or series are released each week. In addition to curating and distributing award-winning content, ALTER develops unique stories with some of the most innovative minds in the genre through its ALTER Studio projects – which are not bound to a particular platform or format.
Recent releases include the official 2018 Sundance Film Festival selection, Summer of 84, the thriller directed by RKSS (“Turbo Kid”); CAM (in partnership with Blumhouse), winner of Best Screenplay at this year’s Fantasia Festival, which was acquired by Netflix; and Goodnight, Gracie from Stellan Kendrick, one of ALTER’s first exclusive premieres.
Projects currently in development include “50 States of Fear”, in partnership with Executive Producer Sam Raimi (Evil Dead, Spiderman) and DIGA Studios (MTV’s Scream). The anthology is the first announced series for Jeffrey Katzenberg’s new mobile video startup, Quibi.
Stay tuned for more info on the festival that Movie Maker Magazine regards as one of the “30 Best Genre Fests in the World in 2019”!
