Women in Horror & Women’s History Month

We are celebrating Women in Horror in January 2025!

To support and celebrate Women In Horror, Portland Horror Film Festival will once again offer a fee waiver grant program for Women Directors to submit their horror film via FilmFreeway for free during the month of January!

In order to submit your film for free:

  • Must be a Horror Film
  • Must be directed by a woman
  • Complete the application form below by January 31, 2025

Once your application has been reviewed and approved, we will email you the password to submit to the Women in Horror category in our FilmFreeway listing. The grant program is limited and when exhausted, this application will close.

Submitted films can be ANY HORROR GENRE, from supernatural to psychological to dark fantasy to slashers to blood and guts, and even sci-fi horror or comedy horror, but NOT pure SF, crime thrillers, psychological thrillers, etc. Horror films only, please.

Films should be new submissions to the festival. Previously submitted works are not accepted unless they have been substantially re-worked.

    Women in Horror Fee Waiver Application


    Is the Director a woman? (required)



    Short director's bio (required)
    Please provide a concise biography of the Director. This is not for public use or publication purposes, and only the directors of the festival will see this, so include any details that will help us recognize that this film belongs in this submission fee waiver program, like affiliations with specialized filmmaking organizations or previous works that we might be familiar with. It's just an opportunity for you to tell us more about yourself than a checkbox can.

    Is the film a horror film? (required)
    It takes a lot of time for multiple judges to review your film for possible selection, so please do not submit films that are not legitimately of the horror genre (see our genre guidelines).

    Please select the sub-genre that best fits your film (required)



    Short but detailed summary of the film (required)
    Please provide a concise, but detailed summary of the film, including spoilers. You can include spoilers, this is not for public use or publication purposes, and only the directors of the festival will see this. This should also answer the question, "what makes this a horror film?"



    If selected, to the best of my knowledge, my film will be a Portland, OR premiere (required)





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