WINNERS

Learn more about the winning projects from previous years and where to find the films by visiting the ARCHIVE PAGE.

 

 

2024 AWARD WINNERS

 You can see the trailers and teasers in our Online Awards Show Video

 

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

R.I.P. Jenny Lee

by Jason Rice

 

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

PSYCHOPOMP: gaikokujin

by Jose Montalvo

  

 

BEST FILM

Uncontrollable

Directed by Mia Geere

 

BEST VIRGINIA FILM

The Bunny Man

Directed by Haseb Alim & Max Waldman 

 

 

BEST MICROBUDGET FILM

Les Betes

Directed by Michael Granberry

 

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Sean Cruser 

For the film Pests

  

 BEST ACTRESS

Mary Beth Gray 

For the film A Portrait of Elizabeth

 

BEST ACTOR

Kenan Starnes 

For the film Formative Years

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Mirror

Directed by Lillian Sisti

 

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

Bitch 

Directed by Louie Duran 

 

 

 

BEST FILM TRAILER

Chasing Zombies

Directed by  Mike Ancas

 

 

BEST MUSIC SCORE

Les Betes

Directed by Michael Granberry

 

BEST MOVIE POSTER

Mannequin

by Jason Wright

BEST SET DESIGN

Jenny’s Absinthe

Directed by Gregor Gašperin

 

BEST COSTUMES

The Tomb of Nosferatu 

Directed by Arthur Dark & Nathan D. Lee

 

 

BEST HORROR ARTWORK

 Ghost Roots

by Andrea Gluckman

 

 

 

 HONORABLE MENTION

Maggie Campbell

Directed by Adam Lapallo & Rachel Weatherly

 

 

 HONORABLE MENTION

The Smile

Directed by  Vaughn Davis

 

 

 ARTWORK HONORABLE MENTION

It Stalks the Field at Night

by John Sowder