2025 Festival Date: June 19 – 22, 2025 (Thursday to Sunday)
Award Ceremony on Saturday
Location: Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport

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General Schedule

Thursday, June 19th:

  • Film Screenings, 6pm-10PM- Screening Rooms

Friday, June 20th:

  • Room 237 Film Competition Screening and award presentation: 7PM – 11PM
  • Film Screenings: 6pm – 10:30pm – Screening Rooms
  • Convention: 5PM – 8PM
  • Lectures: 5pm – 8pm
  • Monologue Script Competition
  • Networking/Karaoke party starting 10:30pm

Saturday, June 21st:

  • Film Screenings: 11AM-Midnight – Screening Rooms
  • Convention: 11AM – 8PM
  • Lectures: 10:30AM – 5PM
  • Award Ceremony: 5PM – 7PM
  • Scream Queen & Scream King Competitions, at Convention area: 7PM – 8PM
  • Networking Party: 11PM-closing hosted by Erik William (in hotel lounge)
2024 Scream King and Queen

Sunday, June 22nd:

  • Film Screenings: 11AM-5PM – Screening Rooms
  • Convention: 12PM-4:30PM
  • Lectures: 11AM-4:30PM
  • Monologue competition (location tbd)
  • Closing: 5:00PM

Click here to read bios

JoAnn Hess

Screenwriter | Producer | Creative Executive

Keith Collins II

Fight Choreographer / Distributor

Ray Szuch

Producer / Super Host

Ron George

VFX / Makeup

tickets

2025 discounted advance tickets are now available.  If you pre-purchase your pass(es), it will be available for pick-up at the event. We do not mail tickets. Your pass(es) will be held under the name you purchased with. Sales are non-refundable but may be transferred to another person.

If you would like to change the name your pass is held under, please contact us. Tickets will also be available at the door at full price.

NOTE: We are no longer offering single film/block/lecture tickets. We encourage you to buy day passes to experience a day of films and lectures.

Single Film/Block/Lecture

We are no longer offering Single Film/Block/Lecture tickets.

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Thursday

Thursday screening only.

 

 

Price: $ 15
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Friday

Friday screening only.

 

 

Price: $ 15
buy
Saturday

Saturday only.

 

Price: $ 25
Buy
Sunday

Sunday only.

 

Price: $ 20
Buy
VIP

All days passes from Thursday to Sunday

Price: $ 60
Buy
Bundle 1: Friday through Sunday

Bundle 1: Friday till Sunday special ticket

Price: $ 45
Buy
Bundle 2: Saturday & Sunday

All days passes for Saturday and Sunday

Price: $ 35
Buy
2025 Sponsors and Partners

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