Bleedingham

Bleedingham Bleedingham is an annual independent horror film festival set in Bellingham, WA. A panel of NON-participating judges reviews the films for selection and awards.

The event features horror films selected from both WA state and Internationally for two nights of terrifying fun! Call for Short Horror Film Submissions

The Bleedingham Film Festival takes place the weekend before Halloween at the Pickford Film Center in Bellingham, Washington. This film festival features mostly short films that showcase the bloodcurdling creativity of filmmakers from around the

world. If you are a filmmaker specializing in the frightening, macabre and spooky, we invite you to submit your film. For more information and Film Submission Guidelines, please visit Bleedingham.com. To contact us please email us at [email protected]

01/15/2026

ATTENTION ANIMATORS, FILMMAKERS, AND MEDIA GURUS:)
THE WINTER SEASONAL IS COMING!

Be sure to RSVP your entry by or before January 27th, 2026
RSVP your entry, media team name and downloadable link to your project at [email protected]

We will be screening Pickford Film Center's Grand location Saturday, January 31st, 2026 at 130pm!
That’s right! On a weekend and in the daylight!

We are excited to host this community event and see what projects you all have in store!

Ever wanted to check out some Bleedingham films but didnt feel like leaving the house?!Well our Halloween Horrorthon Scr...
10/31/2025

Ever wanted to check out some Bleedingham films but didnt feel like leaving the house?!
Well our Halloween Horrorthon Screening Starts at 3pm and has over 3 hours of content for your Halloween needs:)

This screening block is comprised from our 2025 Student Film and Five Minute Film Challenge Official selections!
It's only available for 24 hours!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

https://youtu.be/MVO-JooJEM8?si=DUmFFjhgJ6oEZLUY

10/30/2025
10/29/2025
10/26/2025

HOWDY HORROR FANS AND FILMMAKERS!
The Creepy Cornucopia has arrived with a devilishly delightful assortment of indie horror short films!
Join us for this spirited screening and stick around as we close out this weeks screenings with our BEST FEATURE FILM BLOCK!

And don’t forget about our online screening of our final block THIS HALLOWEEN!
This screening will be available for ONE NIGHT ONLY so be sure to tune in!

STAY SCARY!

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10/25/2025

We 🖤 our community!

10/25/2025

Howdy Horror Fans and Filmmakers!
Last nights Opening Block and The Night Gallery were Amazing!
For Day 2 next up we have our BEYOND WA under 15 mins screening! CHECK OUT THE LINE UP AND MEET US AT this afternoon! And tonight …. Well… hehehehe it’s also gonna be amazing:)
- Gary

HOWDY HORROR FANS AND FILMMAKERS! Today is the day! BLEEDINGHAM XIV begins!!Let’s Goooooo!
10/24/2025

HOWDY HORROR FANS AND FILMMAKERS!
Today is the day!
BLEEDINGHAM XIV begins!!
Let’s Goooooo!

10/23/2025

Shop dark art at The Night Gallery!

Tim Richards art will have dark art originals, prints, and stickers!

aka Sarah Kindl is a printmaker from Bellingham, Washington. She received her BFA from Western Washington University in 2020, and is an instructor and board member at Make.Shift Art Space. Utilizing the traditional hand-pulled screenprint method, Sarah creates her work on a variety of materials and textiles. She is inspired by stories from her childhood, personal practices, and art history when creating her images.

will be selling all sorts of fandom goods! She will have pins, laynards, scrunchies, wallets, plushies, glassware, earrings, tarot cards and more!

will be bringing sparkles for your Halloween celebrations, costume pieces, and making people fancy and gross at their “Glitter and Gore” station!

Noct is an alternative clothing brand, they currently carry shirts and hoodies. Their designs are all hand drawn and hand printed on high quality cotton, for a reasonable price. 20% of all proceeds go to charity.

Originating from the Ozarks, Luuk Honey is a visual artist in the local creative community creating vibrant works of art from murals, to logos and tattoos. Often painting with UV fluorescent colors rendering whimsically imaginative illustrations, with a radiant and dynamic color palette.

will have spooky nature art, home decor, gifts, all natural soya candles and more!

will be there with her incredible lifelike monster babies and natural body butters!

artists will be there with more badass dark art!

will be slinging delicious spooky treats for you to enjoy!

will have their merch booth available until their show at 10!

See you soon spooky ghouls!☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

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1318 Bay St
Bellingham, WA
98225

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Call for Horror Film Submissions The Bleedingham Film Festival takes place annually on the weekend before Halloween at the Pickford Film Center and PFC’s Limelight Cinema in Bellingham, Washington. This film festival features indie horror films that showcase the bloodcurdling creativity of filmmakers from WA state and across the world. A panel of NON-participating judges will review the films to judge, score and give each filmmaker critical feedback on their film. For more information, please see our website bleedingham.com/ The award for Best Film from WA state is $1000. Bloodies (Trophies) will be awarded for Best Sound Design, Best Special Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Story, Best Editing, Scariest Film and Best Film. Bleedingham Official Award Certificates will be sent to International filmmakers who are unable to attend the festival. If you are a filmmaker specializing in the frightening, spine-tingling, and otherworldy terrors, we invite you to submit your film. Basic Film Submission Guidelines: • Early deadline is June 1, regular deadline by Sept. 1 & final deadline by Oct. 1. (fees differ per category, please see filmfreeway.com/BleedinghamFilmFestival for full details) • There is no limitation on how horrifying and gory films can be, but we do not accept hate rhetoric of any kind. • Submission File Format – 720 p / h.264 / AAC Audio (.MOV file) Film Festival Tickets are $7.50 for Pickford Film Center members, $8 for students, and $10.75 for all other horror fans. For more information, please message us on Facebook or email us at [email protected]