OFFICIAL SELECTION - TELLURIDE HORROR SHOW

Friends in Colorado! We are honored to announce that The Smiling Man is an Official Selection of the 2016 Telluride Horror Show! We will be celebrating our Colorado Premiere with a curated selection of genre features and shorts at the historic Sheridan Opera House and Nugget Theatre in Telluride, Colorado! The event runs over three days from October 14-16. Writer/Director AJ Briones will be in attendance!

TIckets are limited, so if you're looking to get them, you should do so today! Click the button below to get them from the Telluride Horror Show website:

About the Telluride Horror Show

The Telluride Horror Show, Colorado's first and longest-running horror film festival, returns for its 7th edition October 14-16, 2016. Every year, the festival attracts the latest & best horror films from all over the world and attendees from all over the country for an intimate gathering of genre film fans in the world-famous mountain resort town of Telluride, Colorado. For three days and nights, experience an eclectic mix of horror, suspense, thriller, fantasy, sci-fi and dark comedy in Telluride's historic Sheridan Opera House and Nugget Theatre, with many of the films showing for the first time in the US. The festival features an average of 25 feature films and 50 short films, and hosts special programs, guests, and events. If you love horror, and film, then you can't miss this fest. Named one of the "20 Coolest Film Festivals" by Moviemaker Magazine.

Find out more on their website at http://www.telluridehorrorshow.com/

Official Selection - Calgary Horror Con

Friends in Calgary! We're excited to announce that The Smiling Man is an Selection of the 2016 Calgary Horror Con! The festival kicks off June 11-12 at the Clarion Hotel in Calgary with a fantastic lineup of films, vendors and special guests! Stay tuned for ticketing and schedule information!

About the Calgary Horror Con

The Calgary Horror Con is the first Convention in Canada dedicated to Horror. The Convention is a gathering for the community of fans who love all forms of horror; be it cinema, literature, live performance, or art. From the initial idea sprung a grassroots movement by a group of volunteers, and the support of amazing local Alberta talent.

Find out more on their website at http://www.horror-con.ca/

Official Selection - Nashville Film Festival 2016

We're just over the moon with this announcement: The Smiling Man is an official selection to the 2016 Nashville Film Festival! This is huge for us! The Nashville Film Festival is, well, HUGE! It's been around since 1969 as one of the oldest film festivals in the U.S.

The festival kicks off April 14-23 in Nashville Tennessee. As soon as we know screening dates and times, we will let you know!

About the Nashville Film Festival

Founded in 1969 as the Sinking Creek Film Celebration, Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) is one of the longest-running film festivals in the country and one of the most acclaimed festivals in the South. Hosted in Music City, USA, NaFF attracts enthusiastic film lovers from all across the country and has been praised by film-goers and filmmakers alike for its unique combination of big city festival atmosphere and laid back Southern hospitality. With over 290 films from 48 countries, a screenplay competition, web-series competition, innovative industry panels, live music showcases, and parties almost every night, the 2015 NaFF drew over 43,000 attendees and sold out nearly 50 films and events.

Find out more on their website at https://nashvillefilmfestival.org

Official Selection - Love Your Shorts Film Festival 2016

Friends in Florida: we are excited to announce that The Smiling Man will be returning in February for the Love Your Shorts Film Festival 2016! We will be screening in competition for the Monroe award. Love Your Shorts Film Festival happens over four days on February 11-14. As soon as screening dates and times are announced, we will let you know!

About the Love Your Shorts Film Festival

The Love Your Shorts Film Festival is an annual showcase in Sanford, Florida, of short films from around Florida, the United States and the world. The February festival, founded in 2010 to embrace and appreciate the art of the short film, was first shown at the Greater Sanford Regional Chamber of Commerce. Since then it has been presented at the 1923 Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, one of a handful of historic theaters remaining in Florida. During the festival, film fans can view films up to 30 minutes each in a variety of categories and attend film workshops.

Sanford, the cultural and county seat of Seminole County, sits along the St. Johns River and features a downtown cultural corridor, numerous art galleries, annual art festival, community folk performance, active community-theater troupes, and other arts activities.

Find out more on their website at http://www.loveyourshorts.com/

Official Selection - SoCal International Film Fest 2016

Friends in Los Angeles! The Smiling Man heads back to California as an Official Selection of the 11th Annual SoCal International Film Fest! The festival, named as one of 20 festivals worth the entry fee by MovieMaker Magazine, is held February 10-15 in Huntington Beach. Members of the cast and crew will be in attendance, and there will be a Q&A after the screening!

As soon as we know more about screening dates and times, we will let you know!

About the SoCal Film Fest

Named as one of MovieMaker Magazine's 20 Festivals worth the entry fee, the SoCal has award winning movies and screenplays; industry speakers; professional workshops; Q&As with directors and actors; special guests; a professional panel of jury members and screeners; volunteer opportunities; and scores of film watching attendees ... Our goal is to continually create a truly important film festival for independent filmmakers and screenwriters ... and a truly independent film festival.

Find out more on their website at www.socalfilmfest.com/

Official Selection - A Night of Horror International Film Festival 2015

We are very excited to announce that The Smiling Man has been chosen as an Official Selection of Australia's number one horror film festival: A Night of Horror International Film Festival 2015! 

The festival takes place over 11 days in Sydney Australia, from November 26-December 6. We are screening in the World of Nightmares block (Shorts Block #5) on Saturday, December 5 at 2pm with a hard-hitting selection of world-class award winning shorts!

Check out the details and purchase tickets on the website here: http://www.anightofhorror.com/2015program/#/world-of-nightmares/

About A Night of Horror International Film Festival

 Night of Horror International Film Festival is Sydney, Australia's premier horror film event.

What began as an idea for a one-night event (hence the festival’s name) now spans for 11 days. Now in its ninth year, the festival remains dedicated to screening and promoting the work of independent filmmakers working in the horror genre from both Australia and abroad.

In 2015, A Night of Horror will again be taking place in conjunction with Fantastic Planet Film Festival. Together the festivals provide Australia's leading showcase of independent genre specific cinema. Combined, the fests screened over 100 films in 2014. Both festivals retain independent programs and their own specific award categories.

Find out more on their website at http://www.anightofhorror.com/

Official Selection - Mac Horror Film Festival 2015, Brazil

To our wonderful friends in Brazil: The Smiling Man will be paying you a visit in November as an Official Selection to MAC Horror Film Festival! The festival is located in beautiful Manaus, Amazonas in Brazil from November 22-28. We are excited to have our Brazilian Premiere and we can't wait to scare the pants out of audiences there!

As soon as we get more information on screening dates and times, we will let you know!

About the MAC Horror Film Festival

A Mostra Amazonas de Cinema MAC é um festival de cinema, que busca trazer para o Estado do Amazonas filmes de diversas partes do mundo, dessa forma contribuindo com varias culturas de diferentes partes do mundo. Propondo a cada edição um tema diferenciado, em sua segunda edição a proposta do festival é trazer o melhor do Horror já produzido no mundo. 
A Mostra Amazonas de Cinema conta com apoio do Governo do Estado do Amazonas e da Secretaria de Cultura do Estado.

Official Selection - Fangoria International Online Film Festival

We are proud to announce that The Smiling Man is an Official Selection to Fangoria's International Online Film Fest!

Fangoria recently featured The Smiling Man with a very flattering preview in their article "FIOFF '15 Submissions to Die For: A.J. Briones' 'The Smiling Man'" and we are very excited to enter our film into competition.

Click above to read Fangoria's preview for The Smiling Man

I have a great deal of love for Fangoria, it's a magazine whose pages I've obsessed over when I was a teen, so suffice to say this is a very special moment for me. As soon as we find out more details about the fest, we will report them here!

About Fangoria's International Online Film Fest

While the film festival experience allows films to debut in cities around the world to select patrons, the FANGORIA International Online Film Festival gives horror-centric filmmakers from around the globe the opportunity to premiere their films to a worldwide audience. As times have changed with the distribution and presentation of content, FANGORIA is changing the the film festival experience with it, offering new, quality genre entertainment- both feature length and shorts- to your televisions, computers, tablets and phones.

Find out more on their website at http://www.fangoria.com/filmfest/

Official Selection - Arizona Underground Film Festival

Friends in Arizona! We are excited to announce that The Smiling Man is an Official Selection to the 2015 Arizona Underground Film Festival! We will have our Arizona Premiere at The Screening Room in Tucson Arizona on September 18-26th!

The official film lineup, screening schedule and ticketing information will be out soon, and we will update this space as soon as we get it!

About the Arizona Underground Film Festival

Arizona Underground Film Festival is Arizona’s only premier genre cult film festival, and one of the biggest underground film festivals in the country! We make it our sole mission to showcase the work of filmmakers with defiantly independent visions. We are on a quest to represent every genre of independent film from across the world celebrating the artist, and their work.

We are now celebrating our 8th year as one of the nation’s top underground cult film festivals. It will be a 9 day celebration running from Sept. 18th to 26th 2015. We will have films from categories of Narrative, Horror, Documentaries, Experimental, Animation, and we are proud to offer an Exploitation category. Join us in the underground!

Find out more on their website at http://azuff.org/