For filmmakers
Submit Your Film.
Sunshine Ghost Festival is on the lookout for horror films to programme — features, shorts, and the weird stuff in between. We're especially keen on hearing from Australian horror filmmakers.
Under Construction
This page is a placeholder while we finalise submission guidelines — categories, dates, formats, fees, and where to send the file. Check back soon.
What We'll Be Looking For
- Horror features. Full-length horror films, all subgenres welcome.
- Horror shorts. Short-form horror, weird fiction, dark comedy, the unclassifiable.
- Australian horror, in particular. Aussie filmmakers and Aussie-set films get a serious look. We want to programme Australian horror, loud.
- Films that fit the year's theme. Year 1 (2028) is Dark Carnival — carnival horror, sideshow, fairground, freakshow territory plays especially well. Year 2 will be something else entirely.
In the Meantime
If you're a filmmaker who'd like to be on our radar before submissions open formally, email will@sunshineghost.com with filmmaker in the subject line. Tell us who you are and what you've made.
Or join the mailing list and you'll be told the second submissions open.