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The Dark Hedges International Film Festival Launches Christmas Horror Short Film Competition

Following on from our successful festival in October earlier this year, The Dark Hedges International Film Festival is hosting a short film competition for UK and Irish filmmakers just in time for Christmas!

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BanterFlix Launches the Inaugural Programme for Dark Hedges International Film Festival

Northern Irish film website BanterFlix has launched the programme for the inaugural Dark Hedges International Film Festival.

Two characters in a dark, tense horror scene at Belfast International Horror Festival.

An American Werewolf In London

Join us at the Black Box in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter as we team up with the Belfast Film Festival to host a screening of John Landis’ An American Werewolf in London on Halloween night as we turn the venue into The Slaughtered Lamb for one night only.

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Join the Dark Hedges International Film Festival at the QFT for a special, spooky Hallowe’en screening of one the most chilling and suspenseful horror films to come to the big screen in recent years.

Woman looking out of foggy window during Belfast Horror Festival event.

The Lodge (Irish Premiere)

Join us at the Movie House Cinema’s City Side site in Belfast for the Irish premiere of Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s atmospheric horror movie, The Lodge.

Man with blood splatters and open mouth at Belfast Horror Festival.

Dark Hedges Film Festival to Launch With Anniversary Screening

BanterFlix has announced that the inaugural programme of their Dark Hedges International Film Festival will kick-off with a socially-distanced 35mm screening of Mary Harron’s American Psycho

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Fright Night

The Dark Hedges Film Festival is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Tom Holland’s Fright Night with a screening at the Queen’s Film Theatre on Friday 30th October

American Psycho (35mm Screening)

Join us at the Strand for the opening night of the Dark Hedges Film Festival as twe celebrate the 20th anniversary of Mary Harron’s American Psycho.