Press & Media
Please download our
2010 Electronic Press Kit
For all other press inquiries, please contact the Festival Staff
Press Mentions
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2009 Festival - Flickr Photos
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Promo #1 has arrived!!
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Hanelle Culpepper
Congratulations to our friend, Hanelle Culpepper, on her many successes with the amazing film Within (2009)!!
Within and the Big Bear Horror Film Festival were featured recently in the world renowned Fangoria magazine.
"...the film won a slot at the Big Bear Horror Film Festival and nabbed Outstanding Feature Film honors. “Everything picked up from there,” she (Hanelle) says, “and I’m happy WITHIN is finally finding its way."
-excerpt taken from Fangoria Magazine, article "Supernatural Thrills Found Within", by Michael Gingold July 30, 2010
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Big Bear Horror Fest 2009 a Success!
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Big Bear Horror Film Festival visits Comic-Con!
We loved seeing all you horror fans and meeting you at the Fewdio booth at Comic-Con!
Please visit the ticket page to purchase tickets before pre-season sales is ended on August 31st.
If you came by the booth and forgot to join our mailing list, please let us know and we can add you to it, so you don't miss out on all the festival news!
Make sure you come find us on Facebook, as well.
Filmmaker Liaison, Pouria Baladi and Logistics Director, Jamie Kristen (aka "Nurse Hatchet") sharing the love at Comic-Con 2010!!
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The Ultimate Horror Fan contest has concluded and we have a winner!!
And the winner is...
VINCENT DELACRUZ
Mr. Delacruz will be invited to serve on the judging panel as a guest of Evil Kitty Productions and the Big Bear Horror Film Festival, alongside Christopher Coppola, Ken Carpenter, Brandon Harris, and our Mystery Judge.
More information on this Ultimate Horror Fan to come...
If you somehow didn't hear about this contest or wish to enter next year's contest(s), please let us know. We'll add you to our mailing list so you never miss out on future contests, promotions, and exciting happenings at the Big Bear Horror Film Festival.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chris Gaida T/ 323-604-9874 chrisG@bigbearhorrorfilmfest.com Big Bear Horror Film Festival Contest Seeks Out the Ultimate Horror Fan Big Bear Lake, California April 27, 2010 - - The Big Bear Horror Film Festival, produced by Evil Kitty Productions, is hosting a contest to find the ‘ultimate horror fan’ (UHF). Contestants must create 1-2 minute videos wherein they creatively explain why they should be chosen as the "Ultimate Horror Fan". Videos, which must be submitted no later than July 1st, will then be judged by the general public, using the festival’s official website. Winner will be announced July 15, 2010 and will be invited to attend the festival for free, as a guest judge. As a guest judge, the UHF, will be asked to view all films which have been submitted for consideration in the festival. The guest judge will utilize a scoring sheet to provide feedback on those films and will be honored at the festival, as well. Some tangible and non-tangible benefits and requirements may apply. For complete rules and specifications regarding the contest and to download a submission form, please visit the festival’s official website, on the "2010 Festival" page, under ‘Ultimate Horror Fan’: www.bigbearhorrorfilmfest.com General inquiries can be emailed to info@bigbearhorrorfilmfest.com
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Raffle Winners
Congratulations
go out to the winners* of the Amgen Expo raffle, May 21-22, 2010!
An amazing work of art, the BBHFF logo t-shirt went to:Kent Walker (and his adorable son, Kase)
The limited edition 2009 Commemmorative Posters went out to:Robbie Bos
Janet Dooley
Complimentary One Day Passes for the 2010 festival were given to:Mike Hering
Remy Critelli
Margie Halter
* By joining our e-Mailing list, these winners were entered to win the aforementioned free items. From time to time, we hold contests and notify our "friends" via email of such benefits and other festival related news.For more information and/or to join our e-Mailing list, please email us at: info@bigbearhorrorfilmfest.com
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2010 Big Bear Horror Film Festival partners a deal with Christopher Coppola’s non-profit group P.A.H. Nation.
PAH fest with Christopher Coppola announced!
Big Bear Lake, California July 13, 2010 - -
The Big Bear Horror Film Festival is pleased to announce a deal with film maker Christopher Coppola’s non-profit group P.A.H. Nation (Project Accessible Hollywood) where they will have a strong presence in the festival providing a digital media onsite contest. P.A.H. Nation believes that every human being has a story to tell and will be assisting participants to use their own video-enabled mobile phones to create a one minute video.
The topic of the video contest will be kept secret until Saturday, October 16th at 10:30 am when the contest will begin. Participants will have until 11:00 pm that evening to be as creative as possible with the topic. All videos will be scored and the winner will be announced during the Big Bear Horror Film Festival Awards ceremony on Sunday, October 17th.
The pieces will be posted at the online theater at www.pahnation.org and the public can vote as well as the pool of judges. Participation for the P.A.H contest is free to enter. “We are really excited to add this very special addition to our festival. We look forward to seeing how creative horror fans can be with such limited time,” said Michael Coulombe, Big Bear Horror Film Festival Director and Founder.
The Big Bear Horror Film Festival is an annually held horror film festival in Big Bear Lake, CA. This year it will take place from October 15th-17th. Advanced tickets and additional information can be found at the festival’s official website www.bigbearhorrorfilmfest.com P.A.H. Nation is an interactive, online community which allows the sharing of the new media created in festivals to advance dialogue and understanding worldwide.
More information can be found at www.pahnation.org.
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Festival Producer, Michael Coulombe appears on the SoCal Show
Festival, producer and director of programming, Michael Coulombe, appeared recently on the SoCal Show, featuring those always entertaining Wise Guys. Check it out here:
SoCal Show
Listen to the whole show or fastforward to 36:00 to just hear Michael's portion. Happy listening!
