South African Horrorfest
| Location | Cape Town, South Africa |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| Language | International |
| Website | horrorfest.info |
The South African Horrorfest is a
It is the longest running and only event of its kind in South Africa and the African continent.[3][4] Moviemaker lists it as one of the "world's 50 best genre festivals 2021".[5] The festival features new, classic and rare movies, pre-release screenings, dark literature, live silent film soundtrack performance, Halloween dress-up, give-aways and more.[6]
History
The South African Horrorfest was founded in 2005 by Paul Blom and Sonja Ruppersberg.[7][8]
The festival is held annually around Halloween at the Labia Theatre Cape Town and is a permanent fixture in the arts calendar of Cape Town.[9][10]
Program
Since 2005, the South African Horrorfest has featured almost all Africa premieres of relevant horror features and documentaries. Examples are:
- Bad Candy
- Blood Sucking Bastards
- Clapboard Jungle
- Crabs!
- Deathcember
- Doctor Sleep
- Escape from Tomorrow
- Frankenstein's Army
- Frankenweenie
- Fulci For Fake
- Glass Coffin
- Halloween Kills
- Haunters: The Art Of The Scare
- Insidious 2
- Le Scaphandrier
- Lifechanger
- Lights Out
- Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
- Machete
- Masking Threshold
- Nightworld
- Ouija: Origin of Evil
- Pandorum
- Razzennest
- Sky Sharks
- Slenderman
- Slumber Party Massacre (2021)
- Some Kind Of Hate
- Soulmate
- Southbound
- Strigoi
- Thanatomorphose
- The Heretics (2017)
- The History of Metal and Horror
- The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
- The Parker Sessions
- The Pizzagate Massacre
- The Possession
- The Theatre Bizarre
- Zombieland
Awards
2021
Feature Film
Best Poster Art: The History Of Metal And Horror
Best Make-Up FX: Slumber Party Massacre – Clinton Smith & Cosmesis Studio
Production Design: Slumber Party Massacre – Robert Cardoso
Best Soundtrack: Vicious Fun – Steph Copeland
Best Documentary: Woodlands Dark & Days Bewitched – The History Of Folk Horror
Best Cinematography: Masking Threshold – Florian Hofer
Best Editing: Masking Threshold – Johannes Grenzfurthner & Florian Hofer
Best Female Lead: Yumiko Shako – in Hall
Best Male Lead: Evan Marsh – in Vicious Fun
Best Supporting Actor: Ari Millen – in Vicious Fun
Best Actress: Lee Eddy – in Pizzagate Massacre
Best Ensemble Cast: Keeping Company
Best Screenplay: Masking Threshold – Johannes Grenzfurthner & Samantha Lienhard
Best Director: Cody Callahan – for Vicious Fun
Best Feature Film: Vicious Fun
Halloween Spirit Award: Halloween Kills
Indie Spirit Award: Jason Rising
The Gorefest Award: Cyst
Best Horror Comedy: Keeping Company
Best Anthology Film Acknowledgment: Apps
Hall Of Fame Inductees:
Jamie Lee Curtis, Mick Garris
Short Film
Best Poster Art: Experiment
Best Make-Up FX: ZTV Sympathy For The Devil
Best Visual FX: #Nofilter
Best Production Design: Labyrinth
Cinematography: Lips & Tips
Best Male Lead: Hugo Nicolau – for Familiar
Best Female Lead: Kate Dickie – in Lilias Adie
Best Screenplay: #Nofilter – Nathan Crooker
Best Director: Elize Du Toit – for Lilias Adie
Best Short Film: Lips & Tips
Best South African Short: #Meowtoo – Ryan Kruger
Best Comedy Short: Pick Up Artist
Gorefest Award: Visitors
Best Music Based Short: Mensvreters' Boef Lewe Made Me Do It
Best Animated Short: Le Cri
Best 1 Minute Short: Monster Encounters
References
- ^ "HorrorFest set to give Cape residents the thrills"; in: Weekend Argus, October 24, 2018
- ^ SA Horrorfest 2021 Festival Kicks Off Today; in: Screen Anarchy, 2021-10-28
- ^ "The 17th annual Horrorfest Film Festival satiates the blood-curdling appetite of movie buffs"; in: IOL, October 27, 2021
- ^ Interview with Paul Blum and Sonja Ruppersberg in: Issuu (October 2015)
- ^ "The World's 50 Best Genre Festivals 2021, Presented by FilmFreeway"; in MovieMaker, October 27, 2020
- ^ "Paul Blom: Natural Instinct"; in: Spling Movies, October 30, 2021
- ^ Portrait of Paul Blom and Sonja Ruppersberg; in: Sonic Cathedral
- ^ Portrait of Paul Blom in: Spling
- ^ "South African Horrorfest Cape Town", in: Cape Town Magazine, October 2016
- ^ News24: Conversation with Paul Blom about South African Horrorfest; October 27, 2021