Awards — 2025

All award winners and nominees for the 2025 edition.

Best Feature Film

All This Time
Rob Worsey
Winner
Blood on the Bleachers
Chase Dudley
Nominee
How To Kill Monsters
Stewart Sparke
Nominee
Lost Angels
Peder Pedersen
Nominee
The Cellar
Jamie David Langlands
Nominee
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra
Lawrie Brewster
Nominee
All This Time

Best Short Film

Evil Dinner
Jose Murzia
Nominee
Goodnight Sweetheart
Kathrin Told
Nominee
Gretchen
Nominee
Mother Mary
Warren Dudley
Nominee
Rip Advisor
Ludovic Matthey
Nominee
Tears of Sorrow
Jodie R. Tuccio
Winner
The Abyss
Orlando Del Maestro, Josh Flower
Nominee
The Shape in the Lake
Falko Jakobs
Nominee
Tears of Sorrow

Best Director

All This Time
Rob Worsey
Winner
Firecrow
Markham Samuels
Nominee
Goodnight Sweetheart
Kathrin Told
Nominee
Gretchen
Dean Addison
Nominee
How To Kill Monsters
Stewart Sparke
Nominee
Lost Angels
Peder Pedersen
Nominee
The Cellar
Jamie David Langlands
Nominee
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra
Lawrie Brewster
Nominee
All This Time

Best Screenplay

All This Time
Rob Worsey
Nominee
Goodnight Sweetheart
Kathrin Told
Nominee
How To Kill Monsters
Paul Butler, Stewart Sparke
Nominee
Lost Angels
Jan Lundager Iversen
Winner
Mother Mary
Warren Dudley
Nominee
The Abyss
Josh Flower
Nominee
The Cellar
Jamie David Langlands
Nominee
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra
Lawrie Brewster
Nominee
Lost Angels

Best Actor

Daniel De Bourg (All This Time)
All This Time
Winner
Leonard Patterson
Blood on the Bleachers
Nominee
Nathan Plumite
Firecrow
Nominee
Anto Sharp
Gretchen
Nominee
Bastien Burgi
Rip Advisor
Nominee
Neil James
The Cellar
Nominee
Andrew Gourlay
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra
Nominee
Adrian Linke
The Shape in the Lake
Nominee
All This Time

Best Actress

Emily Rose Holt
All This Time
Nominee
Arriana Harris
Blood on the Bleachers
Nominee
Lyndsey Craine
How To Kill Monsters
Winner
Angie Sutcliffe
Karen
Nominee
Agnes Born
Lost Angels
Nominee
Hannah McClean
The Abyss
Nominee
Meghan Adara
The Cellar
Nominee
Megan Tremethick
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra
Nominee
How To Kill Monsters

Best Supporting Actor

Houston Buckley
Blood on the Bleachers
Nominee
Johnny Vivash
How To Kill Monsters
Nominee
Micki Stoltt
Lost Angels
Nominee
Xavo Giménez
Sanitorium
Nominee
Stephen Corrall
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra
Winner
Garry Sowerby
The Xmascist
Nominee
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra

Best Supporting Actress

Emma Pallant
All This Time
Nominee
Darcey Brown
All This Time
Winner
Michaela Longden
How To Kill Monsters
Nominee
Alessandra Aulicino
Sanitorium
Nominee
Perrine Casper
Tears of Sorrow
Nominee
Charlotte Mashall
The Cellar
Nominee
All This Time

Best Cinematography

All This Time
Nominee
Goodnight Sweetheart
Nominee
How To Kill Monsters
Hamish Saks
Nominee
Lost Angels
Nominee
The Birdwatcher
Nominee
The Cellar
Nominee
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra
Winner
The Shape in the Lake
Nominee
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra

Best Editing

All This Time
Nominee
Goodnight Sweetheart
Nominee
How To Kill Monsters
Stewart Sparke
Nominee
Lost Angels
Winner
Rip Advisor
Nominee
Sour Tooth
Nominee
Tears of Sorrow
Nominee
The Shape in the Lake
Nominee
Lost Angels

Best Score

All This Time
Nominee
Evil Dinner
Nominee
Firecrow
Nominee
How To Kill Monsters
Dave S. Walker
Nominee
Tears of Sorrow
Nominee
The Birdwatcher
Nominee
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra
Winner
The Shape in the Lake
Nominee
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra

Best Sound Design

Disease
Alex Masciotra-Milstein
Nominee
Gretchen
Winner
How To Kill Monsters
Stewart Sparke
Nominee
Lady and the Tooth
Shaun Clark
Nominee
Rip Advisor
Ludovic Matthey
Nominee
Tears of Sorrow
Jodie R. Tuccio
Nominee
Gretchen

Best Hair Makeup

All This Time
Nominee
Blood on the Bleachers
Nominee
Goodnight Sweetheart
Nominee
Tears of Sorrow
Nominee
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra
Winner
The Xmascist
Nominee
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra

Best Kill Scene

How To Kill Monsters
Stewart Sparke
Winner
Lost Angels
Peder Pedersen
Nominee
Mother Mary
Warren Dudley
Nominee
Rip Advisor
Ludovic Matthey
Nominee
Rudi: The Blood Nosed Reindeer
Cole Williams
Nominee
Tears of Sorrow
Jodie R. Tuccio
Nominee
How To Kill Monsters

Best Gorefest

Chainsaws Were Singing
Sander Maran
Nominee
Disease
Alex Masciotra-Milstein
Winner
Goodnight Sweetheart
Kathrin Told
Nominee
How To Kill Monsters
Stewart Sparke
Nominee
Rip Advisor
Ludovic Matthey
Nominee
Rudi: The Blood Nosed Reindeer
Cole Williams
Nominee
Tears of Sorrow
Jodie R. Tuccio
Nominee
Disease

Best Villain

All This Time
Rob Worsey
Nominee
Gretchen
Nominee
Karen
Winner
Lost Angels
Peder Pedersen
Nominee
Rudi: The Blood Nosed Reindeer
Cole Williams
Nominee
Tears of Sorrow
Jodie R. Tuccio
Nominee
The Cellar
Jamie David Langlands
Nominee
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra
Lawrie Brewster
Nominee
Karen
Winner

Audience Choice

Best Feature Film

All This Time
Winner

Audience Choice

Best Short Film

Disease
Winner

Audience Choice

Scariest Film

Disease
Winner

Audience Choice

Most Entertaining Horror

How To Kill Monsters
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