The Darkside New Jersey Film Festival is looking for the strangest, weirdest, darkest, eerie, abnormal, surreal, most macabre, most experimental and odd films you have to offer.

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Awards & Prizes

Best of Fest
Best Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best New Jersey Film
Best New Jersey Short
Best Director
Best Cinematographer
Best Editing

Eligibility Requirements

Eligibility Requirements:

Entries must be completed works.

Submission Deadline Date: September 16, 2024.

Submission Procedure if your film has been accepted.

One submission only.

- Within 5 days of your notification of acceptance we require a digital copy of your film for exhibition in one of the following file formats : mpeg / .avi / .mov / .mp4 / .m4v either through an online service (DropBox, WeTransfer, Hightail, etc.)

By registering for the Darkside NJ film festival, you grant Darkside NJ and the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market the right to you use stills or clips of your finished work in our marketing materials.