Brooklyn Horror Film Festival is an annual

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. It was founded in 2016. With the 2020 edition of the festival cancelled due to the

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, it was one of the partners in the

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'', August 13, 2020.

Festivals by year

2016

The first annual festival took place from October 14–16, 2016. The festival took place in multiple theaters including Wythe Hotel Cinema, Videology,

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and Syndicated Theater. World premieres * ''Child Eater'' Dir. Erlingur Ottar Thoroddsen * ''Psychotic! A Brooklyn Slasher'' Dir. Maxwell Frey & Derek Gibbons North American premieres * ''Broken'' Dir. Shaun Robert Smith US premieres * ''Without Name'' Dir.

Lorcan Finnegan ''Vivarium'' is a 2019 horror film directed by Lorcan Finnegan, from a story by Finnegan and Garret Shanley. An international co-production between Ireland, Denmark, and Belgium, it stars Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Aris, and Éanna ...

Best Feature, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Cinematography * ''Let Her Out'' Dir. Cody Calahan * ''Therapy'' Dir. Nathan Ambrosioni * ''Fury Of The Demon'' Dir. Fabien Delage East Coast premieres * ''

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* ''We Are The Flesh'' Dir. Emiliano Rocha Minter Best Actor

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New York premieres * '' Beyond The Gates'' Dir. Jackson Stewart Audience Award Winner * ''

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'' Dir. Richard Bates Jr. Best Actress

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'' Dir. Bobby Miller Best Effects * ''

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Retrospective screenings * '' The Sentinel'' Dir.

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Short Films * ''Nightmare Fuel: Scary Horror Shorts: Pigskin, The Puppet Man, Tilly, Playback, The Sticks, The Home, The Stylist'' * ''Head Trip: Alternative Horror Shorts: Disco Inferno (dir.

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), Eveless, The Push, Empty Bed, Venefica, Shorty'' * ''Local's Only: Shorts by Brooklyn filmmakers: Mute, Chambers, Last Stop Coney Island, Stitched, ETA, The Toothbrush, Wandering'' Special events * ''

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's Summerland Lost: A Ghost Story'' * ''Critical Drinking'' * ''Apparition: A Popup Art Show'' * ''Ghosts We've Known: Storytelling Competition'' * ''Tears - Live music performance by Dani Marie and Johnny Butler''

Notes

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.brooklynhorrorfest.com Fantasy and horror film festivals in the United States Film festivals in New York City Multigenre conventions Horror conventions