Gorewave Film Festival
If your idea of a horror festival is gentle nibbles—think again. Gorewave Film Festival, the freshest shrine of gore, extremity, and underground horror, invites the press to its savage Awards Night on August 28, 2025, at Materia Prima, the island’s cultural epicenter of glorious decay and creative mayhem.

What’s coming?
This festival doesn’t do mild creeps or polite thrill. Gorewave celebrates raw, unfiltered bloodlust, boundary-shredding storytelling, and the kind of practical effects that make you question your lunch choices. Giallo and thriller are welcome—but only if they bring the red. Sci-fi and shorts can crash the party, as long as they’re not too squeaky-clean.

How it rolls?
It’s a death-fest smack in the heart of Las Palmas—immersive, electric, unapologetic. The event is allied with GOREGALAXI and a network of horror portals to give those selected films the scream-factor they deserve.
The prizes that gore-lovers crave
Four categories bleed into the spotlight:
Best Director
Best Feature Film
Best Short Film
Best Special Effects
Plus a handful of Honorable Mentions, for that extra sting.
Where?
Gorewave Film Festival will be held at Materia Prima (Ass. Cult. Materia Prima), Calle Pascal 10, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Awards Night: August 28, 2025.
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