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!
The Kickstarter for the 2016 H.P. lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, OR is live! Join us for a journey underground to the infamous Shanghai Tunnels! Get deluxe ticket packages, VIP Packages, exclusive shirts, lapel pins, and other artifacts by pledging now. Regular tickets will go on sale after the campaign ends, but most of these goodies are only available during the campaign!
As usual, the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® features the best in independent Cosmic Horror, Weird Tales, and the Uncanny. Most of the films featured at the festival can't yet be seen outside of a film festival, and many this year are World, US, or Regional Premieres!
2016 Award Winners
Best Feature Film: Dead Tongues - Roberto Drilea and Brianna Dorn
Best Short Film: "When Susurrus Stirs" - Anthony Cousins
Best Adaptation: "Hypnos" - Juho Aittanen
Best Screenplay: "Among Us" - Arturo Portillo
Audience Choice: "The Call of Charlie" - Nick Spooner
Pickman's Apprentice: "Nightgaunts over Antarctica" - Nick Gucker
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
H. P. LOVECRAFT FILM FESTIVAL® ANNOUNCES
SAN PEDRO EVENT CLOSURE
PORTLAND, OR October 7, 2016
After seven festivals since 2010, the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival® (HPLFF®) will not be returning to the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, California. The epic final San Pedro event transpired from April 29 to May 1, 2016 over the auspicious Walpurgisnacht weekend, and featured author Joe Pulver, Sr. and a live cast accompaniment to the classic 1970 B-movie The Dunwich Horror.
For 2017, The Double Tree Portland has given us a courtesy rate of $175/night + tax for a Single Room (1 King) or a Double Room (2 Queen beds). Located at 1000 NE Multnomah, near Lloyd Center, the Double Tree is right on the MAX light rail and is one stop from the Hollywood district. There are a limited number of rooms available, and this hotel usually sells out. The discounted rate ends on September 15, 2017.
Have your own H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® in the comfort of your living room! This box set contains 4 full-length DVDs of Lovecraftian cinema, and includes films from the early days of the fest, all the way up to 2015. Bonus: each filmmakers get a cut for each DVD sold, so you're also directly supporting Independent Lovecraftian film. The slipcase is designed to look like an ancient tome, and holds all four of the most recent DVD Collections:
Submissions are open for the 2017 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival through FilmFreeway. Save on festival submission fees by submitting early. For a limited time only, before our Earlybird deadline of February 17, 2017, submit feature-length films for the same low fee as short films! Also, the earlier you submit, the greater chance you will have of being selected for any satellite events we host, including potential HPLFF screenings at Necronomicon in Providence, RI over Lovecraft's birthday weekend.
We are EXTREMELY excited to announce that F. Paul Wilson is joining us as our Author Guest of Honor for this year's H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival® & CthulhuCon! Known for The Keep as well as the Repairman Jack series, Wilson has authored over fifty books in the Science Fiction and Horror Thriller genres, and has received numerous awards including the Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction and the Inkpot Award from San Diego Comic Con.
Find out more about Paul on his official website: http://repairmanjack.com/
Our new Best of 2016 Short Film Collection DVD is now available! PLUS we got ambitious and decided to release our first feature film DVD, showcasing 2016's "Best Feature" Award-winning Dead Tongues (but the disc also includes two more bonus short films).
