HOLLYWOOD HORRORFEST and B&B 2026 WINNERS TBA

FEATURES & SHORTS

• Best of the Fest - WRATHBONE
• Best Feature Film - SUNSET STRIP KILLERS
• Best International Feature Film - THE TREE HOUSE
• Best Thriller Feature Film - DEAD BLOOM
• Best Short - TUNED
• Best International Short - HEIRLOOMS
• Best Student Short - THE CLIMB

DIRECTING AWARDS

• Best Feature Director - Richard Valentine THE TAKEN
• Best Short Film Director - James Steele Haney TALES OF THE MACABRE
• Best First-Time Feature Director - Dan Blakeman GHOST LIGHT
• Best First-Time Short Film Directors - Jen Zivkovic, Carrie Anne Drazewski-Keller, Jonathan Ong THE PASSENGER

SHORTS CATEGORIES

• Best Mockumentary - WRATHBONE
• Best Sci-Fi Horror Short - JOSHUA TREE 
• Best Noir Horror Short - 500 TUNNELS UNDER LOS ANGELES
• Best Micro-Budget Short - ANNIE69 IS TYPING 
• Best Supernatural Short - FOLLOW ME HOME
• Best Psychological Horror Short - CANINE
• Best Music Horror Short - SIREN
• Best Student Short - 35MM
• Best Horror Comedy - ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY
• Best Horror Drama - ARIA
• Best Ghost Story - THIN AIR
• Best Halloween Horror - THE DECORATION
• Best Teen Horror - WORST THING YOU’VE EVER DONE
• Best Serial Killer Short - BLOODY LARRY
• Critics Award - GAVAGE

SPONSOR AWARDS

• Parallax Studioworks Award of Excellence - BART AND BOBBI KILL THEMSELVES
• Soho Cinema Club Award of Excellence - THE 7TH KIND

ACTING AWARDS

• Best Actor in a Short - Noelle Filippone DEADICATION
• Best Actor in a Feature - Susan Priver SUNSET STRIP KILLERS
• Best Ensemble Cast in a Short - WRONG FAMILY
• Best Ensemble Cast in a Feature - GHOST LIGHT

TECHNICAL AWARD

• Best SFX - DEADICATION

WRITING AWARDS

• Best Produced Screenplay - TUNED

SOUND AWARDS

• Best Sound Design - JOSHUA TREE

WINNERS UnProduced Scripts

FEATURES Scripts

• Best Feature Script - WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS by Rolfe Kanefsky
• Best Student Feature Script - HOLLYWOOD HORRORS by Jerry Gray
• Best Demonic Feature Script - MALVADO by Antonio Olivas
• Best Folk Horror Feature Script - THE PRODIGAL by Thomas O'Malley
• Best Thriller Feature Script - FERAL MOUNTAINS by Terry Luke Podnar
• Best Mystery Feature Script - BITTER TASTE - Cassidy Kidd
• Best Supernatural Feature Script - THE RED HOURGLASS by B.C. Jones 
• Best Horror Comedy Feature Script - THE GOSPEL OF CAIN by Kamal Moo

SHORTS Scripts

• Best Short Script - POSSESSION IN POD 6 - Ash Caballero
• Best Horror Thriller Short Script - SIN EATER by Patrick Groff
• Best Dark Comedy Short Script - THE 18TH HOLE by Michael Ferrara

FEATURES & SHORTS

• Best Feature Film - LOVE SHARK
• Best Short - THE BENEATH

DIRECTING AWARDS

• Best Feature Director - Taichiro Natsume THE LAST SHARK
• Best Short Film Director - Pete Miceli THE CLASSIFIED MIND

ACTING AWARDS

• Best Actor - Cheyenne Löhnen MORAL HAZARD
• Best Ensemble Cast - WHILE YOU WATCHED 

WINNERS UnProduced Scripts

FEATURES Scripts

• Best Feature Script - THE OWNERS by Nick Nelson
• Best First-Time Scriptwriter B&B - SELENE by Matthew David Patron
• Best First-Time Feature Script HHF - SELENE by Matthew David Patron
• Best Exploitation Script - LADY SOLDIERS by Morgan

SHORTS Scripts

• Best Short Script - EXTREME MEASUREMENTS by John Kestner
• Best Sci-Fi Short Script - SITUATIONSHIP by MeMe Cherry