H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival – Providence, RI 2018
We're coming back to Providence for the 2nd Bi-ennial H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® in Lovecraft's hometown August 17-19, 2018. We'll be selecting and adding films, guests, and programming over the next few weeks. However, make sure you see everything at the fest and save a few dollars by purchasing your 3-day pass to the festival now.
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2018 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® in Providence, RI finds new venue at RISD!
Last held at the Providence Public Library, the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® will take place August 17-19th 2018, at its new digs, smack dab in Lovecraft country, up on College Hill at the beautiful RISD Metcalf Auditorium. With fantastic projection, excellent sound, and a lovely dark auditorium, the Metcalf ups our film festival game, ensuring that you'll be immersed in the cosmic horror of our independent film selection.
We're also expanding from two days of film to three days, bringing even more Weird to the hometown of H. P. Lovecraft. Tickets are available now! Click here to get both full 3-day passes and single day tickets at Eventbrite.
First wave of confirmed guests and a film premiere!
We're pleased to announce that Howard Lovecraft and The Frozen Kingdom, the new animated feature film based on the Arcana comic, and featuring the voices of Ron Perlman, Doug Bradley, Christopher Plummer, and Jane Curtin, will make its premiere at the 1st H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Providence, RI. Don't miss this look at the first in the series!
We've confirmed the attendance of Laird Barron (X's for Eyes) and Philip Gelatt (Europa Report), who will discuss the upcoming film adaptation of Barron's -30-, and we also welcome the great John Langan (The Fisherman) to our cosmic fold!
More news soon! In the meantime, if you're coming from out of town, discounted rooms at the Omni hotel are only available until this Friday, July 29, so reserve your room now! Discounted Early bird festival tickets are also available now (until July 31st).
Weird events for H. P. Lovecraft's Birthday
Predicted in ages gone by, the Lovecraft Arts and Science Council (organizers of the biennial NecronomiCon Providence) serve as host for the stricken minds of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® – Portland organizers. The blasphemous result is 3 days of Lovecraftian film and activities, including author readings, panels, and vendors. The stars align around HPL's birthday August 19-21st in his hometown of Providence RI. Join the Facebook event for ongoing news.
H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival coming to Necronomicon Providence 2017
The organizers of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, OR are making a pilgrimage to the hometown of Weird tale author H. P. Lovecraft, to show an amazing selection of independent short films, from around the world, to the attendees of NecronomiCon Providence 2017. Brian and Gwen Callahan will be showing over 3 hours of shorts, split into two blocks shown several times over the weekend, from Lovecraftian filmmakers in Finland, Peru, UK, Germany, Czech, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, as well as the US and Canada!
It all happens August 17-20th at AS220's Black Box Theater, at 95 Empire St. in Providence, RI! Screenings take place every day, but click here for films synopses and the film schedule.
What is NecronomiCon? Besides being the fabled and cursed tome featured in several H. P. Lovecraft stories, it is also now one of the largest gatherings of Lovecraft fans, scholars, authors, artists, filmmakers, and musicians, held every other year in Providence, Rhode Island, and this year August 17-20th, 2017. If you're a Lovecraft enthusiast on the East Coast of the US (or can get there!), click here for more information and to buy single day tickets or passes that get you access to all four days of macabre programming.