Macabre Faire Film Festival

**We are now accepting film submissions for the September 2022 festival, to be held at the Capitol Theatre in Lebanon, TN.** Mission: A judged film festival described as "Sundance with Fangs" by Newsday Long Island. We provide a venue for showcasing your films within a celebratory & respectful environment, where fans can enjoy the independent films entered by those of you who passionately craft your Strange-ifical, Weird-ifical, Horror-ifical, Sci-fi-tastical, Fantastical and Macabre-licious films. The opportunity to win awards, increase film visibility via press and possibly obtain distribution is always part of the equation with the Macabre Faire Film Festival. For starters the word "Macabre" is pronounced: Ma-Cob. The "re" is hardly ever heard. What does it mean? Although it is an adjective meaning: disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury, we are not solely a horror film festival, but instead a whole lot more than that. We usually approach the Macabre Faire Film Festival with a lighter touch in the sense that, not all of the films screened are horror and instead many may simply be considered a bit on the darker side. Of course, we will add some horror to this festival but, when we hear the word "Macabre" we remember those hauntingly fascinating films that starred legendary greats such as: Vincent Price & Peter Cushing or those fantastic Gothic horrors like the "Hammer" films. These names in themselves represent what "macabre" means to us. What we are saying is that the word "Macabre" does not mean we only accept horror films but instead that we welcome those films that can tap into our fears through what you don't see or hear. A dark drama, mystery, suspense, thriller or dark comedy can do a lovely job making us feel uncomfortable in the dark. So folks, this is what many of the films selected for the Macabre Faire Film Festival offer. A buffet for any pallet. About the only thing we may have to say "No Thanks" to would be a romantic comedy/drama...Unless, there's a monster under the bed of course! All submitted films are pre-screened by select judges then the films are passed onto another set of judges consisting of more filmmakers, film critics, genre film fans and or seasoned actors, to choose the Official Selections. Once these selections have been identified there is an additional judging process in collaboration with the original pre-screening judges to identify the different category nominees. URGENT NOTE: IF THERE IS NO CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE FESTIVAL AND INDIVIDUAL WHO SUBMITTED THE ACCEPTED FILM WITHIN 4 WEEKS FROM INITIAL ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION, WHICH ALL FILMMAKERS RECEIVE FROM FilmFreeway BY DEADLINE DATE, YOUR FILM WILL NO LONGER BE AN OFFICIAL SELECTION IN THE MACABRE FAIRE FILM FESTIVAL. We urge everyone to check their spam folders at all times and or ensure to make contact with the festival within 4 weeks of the acceptance notification. Failure to do so will exclude your film from the festival. Please take the time to ACTUALLY READ all the pages of the submission form which contains mailing address information (if needed) and other very important details which includes getting your discs or film posters sent to the festival in a timely fashion. This does not mean mailing materials in 2 weeks before the event as they will not be accepted. The September 2021 festival runs from Thursday Sept. 30th - Sunday Oct. 3. This 4 day event offers a full schedule packed with film screenings inside the theater, panels, live entertainment events and the awards ceremony. In addition there will be vendors within the venue offering a unique shopping experience within our film festival marketplace. Friday evening features TwitchTwitch Productions presenting a late night movie (The Theater of Terror), hosted by Salvatore Rizzo "The DeadFather" and Friends. This is a must attend event, that is NOT to be missed and is a separate ticketed event. As is tradition, attendees are encouraged to come in costume for the festival and red carpet. There will be prizes awarded through a costume contest that will be part of the festival too. Saturday evening is capped with our Red Carpet Award Ceremony that offers a unique, and glamorous atmosphere filled with Press, Photos, Entertainment, and Awards! This is NOT to be missed and is a separate ticketed event. Several films that have screened at MFFF have received distribution titles include: Cannibal Diner, Caesar & Otto's Deadly XMas, Caesar & Otto's Paranormal Halloween, Model Hunger, The Perfect House, House of Afflictions, Dead Woman's Hollow, The Long Island Serial Killer, The Ghouligans, Devil Knows His Own, Coyote, and others being discussed at this very moment. Will yours be next?