POPCORN FRIGHTS Film Fest Returning to Theaters in August
Josh Millican
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After pivoting its 2020 season to a virtual and drive-in experience due to the COVID-19 health crisis, Popcorn Frights has announced that for its seventh annual edition. It will return to the historic Savor Cinema theater in downtown Fort Lauderdale, a state-of-the-art theater that was formerly a Methodist Church in the 1940s.
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Taking place August 12th through 19th, 2021, Popcorn Frights will be one of the first film festivals in South Florida to be hosted in-theater since the start of the pandemic and will design a safe and accessible festival experience where fans and filmmakers can safely come together to celebrate and discover the best genre films from around the world.
It’s celebrated as the largest genre film event in the Southeast U.S. And one of “The World’s 50 Best Genre Festivals” by MovieMaker Magazine. Popcorn Frights will complement its in-theater festival program with an online virtual component for those unable to travel to the festival in South Florida.
Submissions to the festival are now open via Film Freeway. The final deadline set for July 11th. Shorts, features, documentaries, animation, film, and video — all are welcome and can be submitted at the link: https://filmfreeway.com/popcornfrightsfilmfestival
Popcorn Frights showcases features and shorts by filmmakers from around the world. All to an audience of horror lovers and filmmakers, industry, and journalists. Amongst others, Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, Leigh Whannel, and also Justin Long. Plus, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Joe Lynch, and also horror legend Chuck Russell have attended and participated. Plus premiered their films at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival.
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About Popcorn Frights:
Popcorn Frights Film Festival presents the best of contemporary genre cinema from across the world as it celebrates the art of horror. The seven-day festival is Southeast U.S.’s largest genre film festival. It prides itself on premiering films from emerging and established filmmakers. Plus, enabling the industry and general audiences to experience the power of storytelling through genre film.
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