WINNERS

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

 

 

2025 AWARD WINNERS

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

 

 

 BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

All Cats Go To Hell

Written by Jesse Womack

 

 

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY  

Death Is Not The End

Written by Jose Montalvo 

 

 

BEST FILM

Firewatcher 

Directed by John Sohrweid 

 

 

 BEST VIRGINIA FILM

 Cold Dead Hand

Directed by Dylan Trail 

 

 

BEST MICROBUDGET FILM

The Writer's Horror 

Directed by Sergiy Pudich 

 

 

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

The Third Sunday

Directed by Jake Mikeal  

 

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Quit Deacon Me Around  

Directed by Emily Clark Gallagher 

 

  

 BEST ACTRESS

Lillian Alexander

The Litterbug 

BEST ACTOR

Brandon Manderville & Isaiah Rothstein

Quit Deacon Me Around 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Opposable 

Directed by Peter Nepi 

 

 BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

 Dungeon of Death 

Directed by Brian P. Rowe 

 

 BEST EDITING

Don't Drink The Water 

Directed by Kaitlin N. Larson  

 

 

BEST MUSIC SCORE

 Cold Dead Hand

Directed by Dylan Trail 

 

BEST SET DESIGN

Dungeon of Death 

Directed by Brian P. Rowe 

 

BEST COSTUMES

Sympathy 

Directed by Marc Pachon

 

 FEST DIRECTOR'S AWARD

God's Glove 

Directed by Lucas A. Degirolamo 

 

 

 FEST DIRECTOR'S AWARD

Salt Circles 

 Directed by Vanessa Magowan Horrocks Powers

 

 

 

GIVE US YOUR WORST FILM

Taylor and the Strange John

Directed by Andrew S. Rocco 

 

 

BEST MOVIE POSTER

Just A Peek 

by  Deb Ethier  

 

 BEST FILM TRAILER

The Infected

Directed by Dylan B. Altman 

BEST BLOODY HORROR ARTWORK

"Snapped"

By Jennifer Wolff 

 

 

 BEST DARK HORROR ARTWORK

"Intrusive Thoughts"

by Jake Mikeal 

 

 

 

BEST FAN HORROR ARTWORK

"He's Not Human"

by Giovanni Arias