2026 Seasonsubmit your film!We're looking for the boldest, most original horror, sci-fi, and thriller cinema from independent filmmakers worldwide. Show us where horror is born.
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what we accept
Category 01
Feature Films
Full-length narrative features (60+ min) in horror, sci-fi, thriller, dark fantasy, or adjacent genres. International submissions welcome.
Category 02
Short Films
Short-form films under 40 minutes. Some of our most celebrated selections have been shorts — we take them as seriously as features.
Category 03
Feature Screenplays
Unproduced feature-length screenplays in dark genre. We champion writers — great scripts deserve recognition before they're ever filmed.
Category 04
Short Screenplays
Short-form scripts (under 40 pages) in horror, sci-fi, thriller, and related genres.
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HorrOrigins was founded to give independent horror, sci-fi, and thriller filmmakers the recognition, audience, and community they deserve. Every October, we bring the best dark genre cinema to Galaxy Theatres in Tucson, AZ. We screen features, shorts, and screenplays and we've been rated among the top 100 international horror film festivals.
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We accept features, short films, and screenplays across horror, sci-fi, thriller, and adjacent genres. All submission tiers available via FilmFreeway.
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