Women in Horror & Women’s History Month

THIS APPLICATION IS NOW CLOSED. You may still submit your film via FilmFreeway, but our Women in Horror waiver grant has been exhausted for this year.

This year, we will be celebrating Women in Horror during the month of January!

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! The category will close January 24th. Extended through February 20th.

In order to submit your film for free:

  • Must be a Horror Film
  • Must be directed by a woman
  • Complete the application form below

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.

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.