EHF 2023

Program

FILMS

Night of the Living Dead

George A. Romero

1968  |  USA

FEATURE
SPECIAL SCREENING

Mother Nocturna

Daniele Campea

2021  |  ITALY

FEATURE
OFFICIAL SELECTION

Totally Killer

Nahnatchka Khan

2023  |  USA

FEATURE
SPECIAL SCREENING

Grizzly

William Girdler

1976  |  USA

FEATURE
SPECIAL SCREENING

Piranha

Joe Dante

1978  |  USA, JAPAN

FEATURE
SPECIAL SCREENING

Alligator

Lewis Teague

1980  |  USA

FEATURE
SPECIAL SCREENING

Door

Banmei Takahashi

1988  |  JAPAN

FEATURE
SPECIAL SCREENING

Sigil

Jacob Perrett

2022  |  USA

FEATURE
OFFICIAL SELECTION

The Mothman Prophecies

Mark Pellington

2002  |  USA

FEATURE
SPECIAL SCREENING

Devils

Kim Jae-Hoon

2023  |  SOUTH KOREA

FEATURE
SPECIAL SCREENING

Hocus Pocus

Kenny Ortega

1993  |  USA

FEATURE
SPECIAL SCREENING

The Crazies

George A. Romero

1973  |  USA

FEATURE
SPECIAL SCREENING

Portraits

Stephanie Paris

2022  |  USA

FEATURE
OFFICIAL SELECTION

Visitors

Kenichi Ugana

2021  |  JAPAN

FEATURE
SPECIAL SCREENING

ENGLISH TUTOR

Jaho Koo

2023  |  SOUTH KOREA

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

DEMON BOX

Sean Wainsteim

2023  |  CANADA

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

MATCH

Victor Basallote

2023  |  SPAIN

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

DEADLINE

Idan Gilboa

2023  |  ISRAEL

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

THE SMILE

Erik van Schaaik

2022  |  NETHERLANDS

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

THE PUMP-KING

Ethan Joseph Johnson

2022  |   USA

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

SÆTNERE

Jeremy Parsons

2023  |  USA

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

EERIE TIMES

Arie Lombardozzi

2023  |  USA

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

SHE DREAMT ALONE

Nina McNeely

2023  |  USA

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

TEARS OF THE WITCH

Poul Erik Madsen

2022  |   DENMARK

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

ALICIA

Tony Morales

2023  |  SPAIN

SHORT
SPECIAL SCREENING

TREELINE

Freddie Bonfanti

2023  |  UK

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

BAD BOY BUCK

James Fitzgerald

2022  |  IRELAND

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

WHY WE DON’T VISIT ANYMORE

Orok Duke

2022  |  NIGERIA

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

JEONG-DONG

Choi Woo Gene

2023  |  SOUTH KOREA

SHORT
SPECIAL SCREENING

ROOM TONE

Michael Gabriele

2023  |  USA

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

WE FORGOT ABOUT THE ZOMBIES

Chris McInroy

2022  |  USA

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

THE SPRAYER

Farnoosh Abedi

2022  |  ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

LA NUEVA (THE NEWCOMER)

Ivan Villamel

2022  |  SPAIN

SHORT
SPECIAL SCREENING

ESCALATION

Christian Bachini

2022  |  ITALY

SHORT
OFFICIAL SELECTION

Guests & events

Tina Romero

Tina Romero, filmmaker, professor, professional DJ, daughter of George Romero and Vice President of the George A. Romero Foundation, lent her talents as 'DJ TRx' for our opening night party, intro'd our Night of the Living Dead screening + live music accompaniment, and was a Pitch Competition Judge.

MEET & GREET
Q&A
KEYNOTE

Suzanne Romero

Suzanne Romero, a seasoned producer and President of the George A. Romero Foundation, joined us to introduce our Night of the Living Dead screening and as a Pitch Competition Judge and Industry Panelist. 

MEET & GREET
Q&A
KEYNOTE

Mark Pellington

Mark Pellington, director of the 2002 film The Mothman Prophecies, participated in a live Q&A following its screening, participated in our industry panel, and met with fans.

MEET & GREET
Q&A
PANELIST

Eileen Dietz

Eileen Dietz, known for the face of Pazuzu in The Exorcist, participated in our Horror Legends chat alongside Nancy Loomis and met with fans.

MEET & GREET
Q&A
PANELIST

Nancy Loomis

Nancy Loomis, actor from John Carpenter's Halloween, participated in our Horror Legends chat alongside Eileen Dietz and met with fans.

 

MEET & GREET
Q&A
PANELIST

Night of the Living Dead accompanied by Morricone Youth

NYC based prog rock band Morricone Youth performed their own movie score composition live on stage during a screening of Night of the Living Dead.

PERFORMANCE

Claudio Simonetti's Goblin

Composer of over 70 horror movie soundtracks and progressive rock band Claudio Simonetti's Goblin performed a compilation of their most famous film scores live on stage.

MEET & GREET
PERFORMANCE

George A. Romero Foundation

Members of the George A. Romero foundation participated in a live commentary during the screening of The Crazies.

LIVE COMMENTARY

Aaron B. Koontz

Aaron B. Koontz, development and production at Blood Oath and founder of Paper Street Pictures, sat on the Pitch Competition judging panel and participated in our industry panel.

PITCH JUDGE
PANELIST

Brandon Hill

Brandon Hill, Distribution and Acquisitions at Blood Oath and Acquisitions at Cinedigm/Screambox, sat on the Pitch Competition judging panel and participated in our industry panel.

PITCH JUDGE
PANELIST

Ashleigh Snead

Ashleigh Snead, Budgets, Incentives and Line Producing at Blood Oath, sat on the Pitch Competition judging panel and participated in our industry panel.

PITCH JUDGE
PANELIST

Jackie George

Jackie George, former VP of Production and Executive Producer at Warner Bros., sat on the Pitch Competition judging panel and participated in our industry panel.

PITCH JUDGE
PANELIST

Jungyoon Kim

Jungyoon Kim, Creative Producer at Blumhouse Productions, sat on the Pitch Competition judging panel and participated in our industry panel.

PITCH JUDGE
PANELIST

How to Attract and Attach Talent to Your Film

Industry experts talk the audience through the process of finding talent for film production.

INDUSTRY EVENT

Pitch Competition

Filmmakers pitch projects to an industry panel of judges.

INDUSTRY EVENT

Morning Shrieks with Trick-or-Treat

Guests Mark Patton and Carter Smith discuss the inclusion and representation of the queer community in horror with hosts DaVona Pacley and Shea D'Heaux.

SPECIAL EVENT

Basic Mask Sculpting

Presented by 'Monster' Mark Kosobucki who lead the audience through basic mask sculpting techniques.

WORKSHOP

Fire the Photons

Presented by R. Frank Media who covered a general overview of lighting equipment and techniques.

WORKSHOP