The TORONTO AFTER DARK FILM FESTIVAL is Now Taking Submissions!

HOLY SHIT!!! It's only 203 days until the TORONTO AFTER DARK FILM FESTIVAL - Horror, Sci-Fi, Action & Cult Movies 2013!!

NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS!!!!!!!

A TERRIFIC AUDIENCE AWAITS YOUR FILM!

This year Toronto After Dark runs for nine nights, October 17-25, 2013 and will screen almost 50 films, including both shorts and features. Our Festival is uniquely run by film fans for film fans and enjoys incredible loyalty and support from the large film-appreciating community in Toronto. Last year, Toronto After Dark was attended by over 10,000 enthusiastic genre film fans and over 100 members of the film press and industry. Filmmakers were delighted in the fantastic response that included a record number of overwhelmingly positive reviews, and distribution deals! If you need more convincing about whether or not you should enter your film to Toronto After Dark, please visit our About Us for Filmmakers Page

GENRE ELIGIBILITY

Toronto After Dark Film Festival seeks independent feature-length and short films from around the world in any of the following main genre groups:

Horror, Supernatural
Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Animation
Crime, Action, Thriller, Suspense
Cult, Bizarre, Genre-defying, Experimental
Documentaries, with a genre-related or cult/bizarre subject matter
Music Videos, with a genre-related or cult/bizarre aesthetic

SHORT FILM ELIGIBILITY:

Completed after January 1st, 2011
Run time of between 1 and 59 minutes
Not previously submitted to the festival
Films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English

FEATURE FILM ELIGIBILITY:

Completed after January 1st, 2011
Run time of 60 minutes or longer
Screening at our festival would be its Toronto Premiere (only applies to feature films)
Must not have played in Canada on TV/cable/satellite, nor be available on DVD/Blu-Ray in Canada, nor available publicly online (only applies to feature films)
Not previously submitted to the festival
Films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English

2013 SUBMISSION DEADLINES:

Please submit early to save on our submission fees. Your online screener must be ready for viewing or your mail-in DVD must be sent into us, postmarked by the following dates to meet the respective deadline:

APRIL 12: Early Deadline
MAY 10: Regular Deadline
JUNE 7: Final Deadline

(submissions for each deadline, accepted until 11.59pm PST)

NOTE: An Extended Final Deadline of JUNE 21 is available, but is exclusive to users of Withoutabox (WAB). As this deadline incurs higher fees, we strongly encourage WAB users to not leave it this late, and enter by our official Final Deadline of JUNE 7

READY TO SUBMIT?

Assuming your film meets these requirements, please click on the applicable link below, to begin your submission to the 2013 Toronto After Dark Film Festival:

1. WITHOUTABOX SUBMISSION

If you’re a registered Withoutabox.com (WAB) user, click on the button below to login to your WAB account and go to the Toronto After Dark: Horror, Sci-Fi, Action and Cult Film Festival listing, where you can submit your film to us:

2. DIRECT SUBMISSION

If you’re not a withoutabox user, or would just prefer to submit DIRECTLY to Toronto After Dark, please go to our DIRECT SUBMISSION ENTRY page here.

QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? CONTACT US!

If you have any questions or concerns regarding our submissions process, please do not hesitate to email us at:
submissions@torontoafterdark.com

Gruesome Twosome: One-on-Two With Jen And Sylvia Soska

 The sexy as hell Toronto After Dark Film Festival marked the Canadian premiere of our second born, beautiful baby. AMERICAN MARY. The whole experience left the two of us feeling like home coming queens and we want to thank Adam Lopez, the entire outstanding TADFF team, and the wonderful Canucks who came out to see the whole bloody affair go down!

We recently had the pleasure of chatting about the adventure with the ever so awesome Addison Wylie of FILM ARMY.

Here's an appetizer...

Addison Wylie: First off, this year’s Toronto After Dark couldn’t have had a better opening night. It was a great foot to start on by showing American Mary and great for Film Army to be co-presenting such a neat film. How do you guys find Toronto horror buffs and how has your experience been with this year’s After Dark?

Sylvia Soska: There is something very special about bringing your film home to have it’s Canadian premiere, especially with a cast and crew consisting entirely of Canadian talent. A lot of people in the festival circuit talked up Toronto After Dark, it is notoriously known as a festival put on by a team that truly loves the genre they promote and that couldn’t be more true. From the festival organizers to the festival goers – there was such a sense of commradity because everyone is passionate about genre films there. It was one of the best festival experiences we have ever had.

Jen Soska: Adam Lopez and the entire Toronto After Dark team blew away our already sky high expectations. It’s true, everyone on the festival circuit tells legends of how awesome TADFF is. So many festivals boast that they take films and their guests in like family and make you feel not just like a participant at the festival, but like part of the festival itself. And that is seldom the case except for a precious few fests. Toronto After Dark made us feel like we were old friends returning to a favorite haunt. I haven’t felt that level of patriotic pride since Vancouver hosted the Winter Olympics and the Canadian mens and womens hockey both took gold. It was really a privilege to have TADFF host our Canadian premiere.

FULL delicious interview RIGHT HERE!!

A very special thanks to Addison for taking the time to catch up with a couple crazy ass Canucks ;)

Fatally Yours,
Jen

Toronto After Dark Introduction and Q & A with the Twisted Twins & Antonio Cupo

             

Adam Lopez (Festival Director and Founder) and the Twisted Twins (Jen & Sylvia Soska) introduce Canadian Premiere of American Mary at Toronto After Dark Film Festival + annouce that Anchor Bay Canada will be distributing their movie in Canada. (warning: some strong language - but remember it's 19+ admission to festival).

                

Adam Lopez (Festival Director and Founder) and the Twisted Twins (Jen & Sylvia Soska)Q&A after the Canadian Premiere of American Mary at Toronto After Dark Film Festival (warning: some strong language - but remember it's 19+ admission to festival) - these twins were great and the 
movie was AWESOME!!

-Sylv