2010 Portland Awards

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Thanks to all the filmmakers and screenwriters and authors for another great year.

You can see the 2010 Portland Awards by clicking on the link. We will also be putting up the Special Jury Award to the Vancouver Film School for the Best Spirit of the Festival Award.

"Picture in the House", "Silas and the Tomb" were also both nominated for Best Adaptation.

"40 years" has won the Festival Director Award for best Cinema-photography and Sound Design.

"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Michael Swertfager has won the Festival Director Edgar Award for Outstanding Effort.

Congrats to all and our deepest thanks!

HPLFF-LA Dates for 2011

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The festival will be held Friday Sept. 16 (7-midnight), and Saturday Sept. 17 (4pm-midnight). There will be 13 hours of programming, vendors, guests and more.

Easy parking, pay for two hours on Saturday, then it's free.

The festival hotel will be the Crowne Plaza.

Look for more info from festival director Aaron Vanek next year!

Happy Holidays

HPLFF-Portland 2012

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We will be forming a new steering committee and executive committee for the HPLFF Portland festival in early 2011.

Director Stuart Gordon (Re-animator, Feed, Stuck) and director David Prior (AM 1200) will be on the committee with others to be named.

The current plan is to have the Portland festival in early May of 2012 which pushes out the Portland festival by 6 months from where it has traditionally been held. The plan is also to have the executive committee and positions flushed out by March of 2011.

The Whisperer in Darkness will screen at San Pedro Festival in September

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Yesterday, Southern California Festival Director Aaron Vanek dined with the fine folks of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society at Mel's Drive-In in Hollywood to discuss plans for this year's HPLFF.

Yes, their new film, the talkie feature Whisperer in Darkness will play at the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro in September.

Guillermo del Toro confirms participation in 2011 HPLFF-LA

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Moviemaker and Lovecraft fan Guillermo del Toro confirmed earlier today that he would be the final judge for the winner of the short film contest for the 2011 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival®, held at the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro, California, September 16 & 17.

A lengthy interview with Guillermo is in the February 7 issue of the New Yorker magazine.

Submissions now open for 2011

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You can now submit your motion picture for the 2011 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival®, held September 16 & 17 in San Pedro, Southern California.

The top short subject movies will be screened and judged by none other than director Guillermo del Toro himself!

Click on the submissions tab at the top of the main page for more info.

Roger Corman to accept Howie Award this year - tickets on sale now

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Legendary movie icon Roger Corman will be in attendance at the 2011 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival® to accept the "Howie" award for contributions to Lovecraft cinema.

Corman was the first director to tackle Lovecraft with his 1963 adaptation of "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" as The Haunted Palace, starring Vincent Price.

We will be screening The Haunted Palace at this year's festival.

Tickets are now on sale for the 2011 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival here.

Lovecraft Panel at San Diego Comic Con

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HPLFF®-Los Angeles organizer Aaron Vanek will moderate a panel at this year's San Diego Comic Con about "H.P. Lovecraft in Comics and Film" with Andrew Leman (HPLHS co-founder, director of "The Call of Cthulhu" and producer of "The Whisperer in Darkness"), Frank Woodward (director of "Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown") artist Adam Byrne ("The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft") and writer Michael Alan Nelson ("Fall of Cthulhu").

Thursday, 7/21, 8-9pm

VIP tickets added to 2011 San Pedro Festival

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VIP reception tickets have been added to the 2011 San Pedro festival.

The reception will be Friday, September 16, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., just before the festival opens. Located in the annex of our partners the Grand Vision Foundation, just 50 feet from the theater, join the filmmakers, authors, artists and vendors for an intimate gathering with food and specialty cocktails (non-alcoholic beverages will be available, as beer and wine).

Updates for LA and Portland Festivals...

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Website updates in the works with schedule, event and film information. Ia! Ia!

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