2020 OBX Halloween Film Festival Seeking Sponsors
The 5th Annual Halloween International Film Festival returns to Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, October 1-3, 2020, presented by Halloween Daily News and OBX Entertainment, and sponsored by the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, with additional sponsorship opportunities available.
Interested businesses, organizations, and individuals are invited to consider supporting the first independent film festival to be founded and headquartered locally on the Outer Banks, featuring original short and feature length films from around the world and many special guest filmmakers and industry talent in attendance, through an official sponsorship package.
Sponsors of the 2020 film festival will join returning lead sponsor, the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau in receiving massive exposure through global promotional efforts throughout the next eight months leading up to the event. Various tiered levels of participation are available, designed to bring awareness of and about the Outer Banks and all the area has to offer to a worldwide audience.
Part of the mission of the festival is to encourage and grow the film industry locally and throughout North Carolina as a viable and sustainable economic boost with countless benefits, including increased visitation and tourism through positively showcasing the area to new audiences.
To find out more about supporting independent film and to join the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau as an official sponsor of the 2020 Halloween Film Festival, please contact OBX Entertainment at [email protected] today.
Original independent film submissions are currently being accepted for consideration for the 2020 festival program, through FilmFreeway, the world’s leading online submission platform. Films may be submitted in either the short film category (under 50 minutes) or feature film category (runtime of 50 minutes or more). Click the link below for more information and to submit your film.
Featuring independent horror and Halloween-themed films from around the world, all screenings will once again be held at the R/C Theatres KDH Movies 10 cineplex, including special guest Q&As, Orange Carpet photo ops, and nightly meet and greets. Attendees can RSVP on Facebook here.
The 2020 submission period opened on December 1, 2019, exclusively through FilmFreeway, the world’s #1 way to enter film festivals.
The Spring Deadline is Friday, April 30, and the final deadline for submissions is June 30, 2020. Entry fee waivers are available for eligible locally-produced Outer Banks-based productions upon request.
You can see 2019 photos from the Orange Carpet here.
Founded in 2016, the Halloween International Film Festival is a Gold-ranked festival on the world’s leading film festival submission platform, FilmFreeway.
Previous Official Selections include The Barn (2016 Best Halloween Film and Best Feature Film Award Winner), 3 Dead Trick or Treaters, 10/31, The Haunt (2017 Best Halloween Film Award Winner), Haunters: The Art of the Scare (2018 Best Halloween Film Award Winner), and Epic Home Haunts (2019 Breakthrough Filmmaker Award Winner).
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