H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival
Where: Portland, Oregon
When: One weekend in early October
Background: The fest offers a sampling of films dedicated to the spirit of H. P. Lovecraft.
Fax: 503.243.2479
Email: festival@beyond-books.com

Halfway to Hollywood Film Festival
Where: Lenexa, Kansas City
When: September 12-21, 2003(last known date)
Background: Large annual festival that includes and exhibition of director's retrospectives, classic revivals, independent film
and a contest of short and feature length films without distribution.
Tel: 913.642.4404
Email: info@halfwaytohollywood.com
Web: www.h2hfilmfest.org

Hamptons International Film Festival
Where: East Hampton, New York
When: October 19-23, 2005(last known date)
Background: The Hamptons Int'l Film Festival was founded to celebrate the American independent film and to introduce a unique and varied spectrum of international films and filmmakers to our audiences.
Tel: 212.431.6292
Fax: 212.431.5440
Email: hiff@hamptonfest.org
Web: www.hamptonsfilmfest.org

Havana Film Festival in New York
Where: New York, New York
When: April 21-27, 2006
Background: The Hamptons Int'l Film Festival was founded to celebrate the American independent film and to introduce a unique and varied spectrum of international films and filmmakers to our audiences.
Tel: 212.946.1839
Email: info@hffny.com
Web: www.hffny.com

Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network
Where: Leavenworth, WA
When: March 23-26, 2006
Background: Seeking works in all genres, addressing environmental issues. Special consideration to works associated with environmental campaigns. Themes for the festival include “Environmental health, Wildlife and Water”.
Tel: 206.443.7239
Email: info@hazelfilm.org
Web: www.hazelfilm.org

Havana Film Festival In New York
Where: New York, New York
When: April 21-27, 2006
Background: The Havana Film Festival in New York will once again offer New Yorkers a versatile programming schedule comprised of more than 80 of the most relevant film productions of Latin America.
Tel: (212) 946-1839
Email: info@hffny.com
Web: www.hffny.com

Hawaii International Film Festival
Where: Honolulu, Hawaii, and other locations on neighboring islands.
When: October 19-November 5, 2006
Background: Dedicated to promoting cross-cultural understanding among the peoples of Asia, North America and the Pacific Rim, HIFF is the only statewide film festival in the United States, screening more than 100 films on 26 screens across the Hawaiian Islands.
Tel: 808.528.3456
Fax: 808.528.1410
Email: hiffinfo@hiff.org
Web: www.hiff.org

HDFEST
Where: New york, Los Angeles, Miami, London, Sydney, Finland.
When: All year 2006
Background: HDFEST is "the world's only high-definition film festival" due to the fact the festival showcases projects in HD which have been shot in HD format exclusively.
Email: admin@hdfest.com
Web: www.hdfest.com

Heartland Film Festival
Where: Indianapolis, Indiana
When: October 19-27, 2006
Background: The mission of the fest is to recognize and honor filmmakers whose work explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life.
Tel: 317.464.9405
Fax: 317.464.9409
Email: info@heartlandfilmfestival.org
Web: www.heartlandfilmfestival.org

Herland Film & Video Festival
Where: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
When: May of each year
Background: Created in 1989, the annual Herland fest features independent works made by women from Canada and abroad. The focal project of CSWAC (Inc. 1974).
Tel: 403.245.3441
Fax: 403.234.9532
Email: herlandfestival@telus.net

High Falls Film Festival
Where: New York, New York
When: November 8-13, 2006
Background: The only East Coast festival that showcases the work of women in creative positions behind the camera directors, producers, production designers, cinematographers, screenwriters, editors and more. The Festival presents 35-40 feature-length films, several programs of shorts and children's films, and a retrospective annually.
Tel: 585.546.4178
Fax: 585.232.4822
Email: little2@eznet.net
Web: www.highfallsfilmfestival.com

High Street Film Festival
Where: Shepherdstown, WV
When: December 5, 2003(last known date)
Background: The High Street Film Festival is a completely student run film festival based in Shepherdstown WV. It is the only festival of its kind in the West Virginia panhandle dedicated to the promotion of amature film.
Email: highstreet@highstreetfilmfestival.com
Web: www.highstreetfilmfestival.com

Hispanic Film Festival
Where: Miami, Florida
When: October 2-11, 2006
Background: The only Spanish-language festival ever in Miami, started out with only about 20 films from the United States and Spanish-speaking nations and has already tripled in size.
Tel: 305.279.1974
Fax: 305.279.1809
Email: jangulo@hispanicfilm.com
Web: www.hispanicfilm.com

Hollywood Black Film Festival
Where: Los Angeles, California
When: June 5 - 10, 2007
Background: The festival will be a 6-day celebration of black cinema drawing together established filmmakers, popular film and TV stars, writers, directors, industry executives, emerging artists and new audiences from Southern California and around the world. The festival aims to enhance the careers of emerging and established black filmmakers through a public exhibition and competition program. The festival’s goal is to play an integral role in discovering and launching independent films and filmmakers by bringing them to the attention of the industry, press and public.
Tel: 310.712.3998
Email: info@hbff.org
Web: www.hbff.org

Hollywood Underground Film Festival
Where: Los Angeles, California
When: April 17-20, 2004(last known date)
Background: HUFF is an international film festival that aims to capture the essence of up and coming film titles.
Tel: (323) 962-6291
Email: info@hufilmfest.com
Web: www.hufilmfest.com

Honolulu International Film Festival
Where: Honolulu, Hawaii
When: March 20-31, 2004(last known date)
Background: The Honolulu International Festival calls producers worldwide to participate their Fiction and Documentary Films.This Festival is incorporated into the Annual Program Without Frontiers focusing on talent and artistic outcome, instead of the financial investment.
Web: www.mamut.com/homepages/United_States/2/9/usafestivals/subdet21.htm

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Where: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
When: April 20-29
Background: North America's largest documentary festival presents a selection of over 100 cutting-edge documentaries from Canada and around the globe.
Tel: 416.203.2155
Fax: 416.203.0446
Web: www.hotdocs.ca

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
Where: Hot Springs, Arkansas
When: October 20-29, 2007
Background: A documentary only festival focusing on bringing quality documentaries, their creators and the general public together to share, experience and discuss. Also included are workshops/seminars created for both the amateur and professional filmmaker.
Tel: 501.321.4747
Fax: 501.321.0211
Email: hsdff@docufilmfest.org
Web: www.hsdfi.org

Houston Annual WorldFest
Where: Houston, Texas
When: April 19-29, 2007
Background: The 3rd oldest film festival in North America, founded in 1961 as a film society, totally dedicated to the Indie Film, no majors! 12 main competition categories, $25,000 in awards and grants, the festival that discovered Spielberg, Lucas, Lynch, Ridley Scott, Coen Bros. and Ang Lee. 9 Professional production Seminars, Kodak & HP Awards. Awards Gala, VIP NASA Tour and HYC Regatta.
Tel: (713) 965-9955
Fax: (713) 965-9960
Email: mail@worldfest.org
Web: www.worldfest.org

Houston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Where: Houston, Texas
When: Ten days in May
Background: The Houston Gay and Lesbian fest is the first in this city, which means that homoerotic entertainment will not have disappeared with the departure of the Oilers
Web: www.neosoft.com/~travism/filmfest.htm

Hudson Valley Film Festival
Where: Poughkeepsie, New York
When: May 1-31, 2000(last known date)
Background: Upto date the only fest concentrating on screenwriters.
Tel: 914.473.0318
Fax: 914.473.0082
Email: hyfo@vh.net
Web: www2.sandbook.com

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Where: New York, New York, and other locations
When: June 8-22, 2006
Background: The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival is the world's leading showcase for distinguished fiction, documentary, and animated films and videos that incorporate human rights themes.
Tel: 212.875.5600
Fax: 212.875.5636
Email: hrwnyc@hrw.org
Web: www.hrw.org

Humboldt International Film and Video Festival
Where: Arcata, California
When: April 1-8, 2006
Background: This festival is "the oldest student-run film festival in the world." It features digital video and 16mm films and offers awards in four categories: Animation, Documentary, Experimental and Narrative.
Tel: 707.826.4113
Fax: 707.826.4112
Email: filmfest@axe.humboldt.edu
Web: www.humboldt.edu/~filmfest

HypeFest
Where: Hollywood, California
When: July 2007
Background: A unique film festival that links independent ideas with commercial creativity. Providing a bridge between content creators in the independent and commercial communities, HypeFest is dedicated to showcasing compelling and entertaining short films, commercials, music videos and promos. The weekend-long event, held in Hollywood in July 2004, offers film screenings and nightly parties, complete with mixing and mingling opportunities.
Tel: 323.938.8363
Fax: 323.938.8757
Email: info@hypefest.com
Web: www.hypefest.com