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| Submission declined on 12 February 2025 by Ktkvtsh (talk). This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of events). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.
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Comment: Annual event that has only been held twice. It is written like it's been around for decades. I feel this is WP:TOOSOON Ktkvtsh (talk) 17:13, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
@Ktkvtsh could you be more specific about the time period required before creating an article about an event? Also could you provide definition of a reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject - the sources provided here are from 4 different bulgarian media outlets with history spanning between 10 and 40 years.
 Festival screening in 2024 | |
| Location | Sofia, Bulgaria |
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| Language | International |
The It's Alive! Horror Film Festival (Bulgarian: It's Alive! хорър филм фест), is an annual film festival held in Sofia, Bulgaria since 2023. It is the first Bulgarian genre film festival and focuses mainly on horror films. The festival traditionally starts on Halloween (October 31st).[1][2] The second edition of the festival was held from October 31 to November 10 and included about 17 feature length and 20 short films.[3]
History
[edit]The festival traditionally starts with a film screening followed by a Halloween party and offers its audience new indie horror films plus retrospective of genre film classics. The opening film of the first edition of the festival was the Australian folk horror drama You Won't Be Alone and the first Closing film was the Mexican supertnatural horror film Huesera: The Bone Woman. The second edition was focused on body horror subgenre and David Cronenberg filmography in particular.[4] [5]
Awards
[edit]The prizes awarded at the festival are named "Wooden Frankie" and are voted by the audience. Awards are given in two main categories - Best Short Horror and Best Feature Fright.[6]
"Wooden Frankie" Award
[edit]- 2024
- Best Feature Fright: Mother Father Sister Brother Frank
- Best Short Horror: Bookworm
- 2023
- Best Feature Fright: Eight Eyes
- Best Short Horror: In the Shadow of God
References
[edit]- ^ ""Capital"- The first Bulgarian horror festival, в-к "Капитал" - "Първият български хорър фестивал"". 30 October 2023.
- ^ "programata.bg - It's Alive Horror Film Festival is coming, - "It's Alive Horror Film Festival пристига със страшна селекция от филми"".
- ^ ""Sega" - Bulgaria finally has a horror film festival, в-к "Сега" - България вече има свой фестивал на ужасите". 27 October 2024.
- ^ "The horror festival "It's Alive!" will delight us in cinemas". Операция Кино. 21 October 2023.
- ^ "What to expect from this horror film festival, Darik radio - Какво да очакваме от фестивала посветен на хорър филмите". 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Финал на второто издание на It's Alive! Horror Film Festival". 14 November 2024.
External links
[edit]Category:Fantasy and horror film festivals Category:Festivals in Bulgaria Category:Film festivals in Bulgaria