2026 Nominations

This will be announced at during the Award ceremony on Saturday. Categories include:

Best Actor, Feature Film

Best Actor, Ohio Film

Best Actor, Short Film

Best Actress, Feature Film

Best Actress, Ohio Film

Best Actress, Short Film

Best Cinematography, Feature Film

Best Cinematography, Ohio Film

Best Cinematography, Short Film

Best Director, Feature Film

Best Director, Ohio Film

Best Director, Short Film

Best Editing, Feature Film

Best Editing, Ohio Film

Best Editing, Short Film

Best Feature Film

Best Micro Film

Best Short Film

Best Student Film

Best Ohio Feature Film

Best Ohio Short Film

Best Ohio Feature Script

Best Feature Script

Best Ohio Short Script

Best Short Script

Best Student Script

Best Overall Film

Best Overall Script

Feature Film – Action / Martial Arts

• Shadowdome: Warrior of the Night
• Scavenged

Feature Film – Horror – Suspense / Thriller

• Legado
• ANIMALS OF THE LAND
• Little Pet
• Incubation
• The Pitchfork Retreat

Feature Film – Horror-Slasher

• MEAT the Movie
• You Better Watch Out
• Nightmares Unleashed
• Severed Road

Feature Film – LGBTQ +

• Fight Like A Girl
• God Country
• MEAT the Movie

Feature Film – Ohio Film 

• STALKER JANE
• MEAT the Movie

Feature Film – Sci-Fi / Fantasy

• Star Wars: the Rise of Ren
• Deep Hallows – A Brazilian Gothic Fable

Short Film – Action / Martial Arts

• The Scramble

Short Film – Horror – Slasher

• Be Nice
• Everyday Dread: The Final Kill
• The Nightmare Reflection
• SCRIPT
• The Safety Games

Short Film – Horror Suspense/Thriller

• O’ Black Water
• Evening Class
• Scriven
• Murder Cabin
• The Girl in the Street

Short Film – Horror-Comedy

• Go Down, Diller
• The Hammer-Handed Hitchhiker
• The Monkey Claw
• Surprise!
• Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other

Short Film – Ohio Made 

• Charlotte A Willow Falls Tale
• The Old Ballgame
• Midnight Tales
• It Must Be Done
• 3 Days

Short Film – Sci-Fi / Fantasy

• A.L.I.C.E (39 min)
• Texas Strange
• S.O.S.
• Orchards of a Futile Heaven
• Let There Be Light

Student Horror Short Film

• Pas de Deux!
• There’s a Visitor at the Door
• Ride Pending

Student Ohio Horror Short Film

• Gracious Boy
• Last Meal
• The Columbus Coroner
• Tonight Corporeal

Trailer

• “Apocalypse Death Party” Official Trailer

TV Pilot or Web Episode – Film

• Deathahedron

Micro Film

• Tumor
• Cupcake
• Half a Mind
• Trial of the Concubine
• Migraine

Music Video

• Nightmares Unleashed 2 Music Video
• The Soucouyant
• AIN’T NO GRAVE- AGENT A’s THEME
• Nightmares Unleashed Music Video

Feature Script –  Thriller / Suspense

• The Book of Jennifer
• Where the Monster Lives
• RESIDUE
• Guide Me Home

Feature Script – Horror / Slasher

• CAMP INIPI
• Checking Out
• HIKR_95
• SUNDOWN
• NIGHT GAMES

Feature Script – Horror-Comedy

• Santa Claus is Coming to Hell!
• Love By Lovecraft
• Die Laughing

Feature Script – LGBTQ +

• Grad Nite
• Sanguis Septem

Feature Script – Sci-fi / Fantasy

• Vice Times Seven
• Letters to Del (script)
• The Hive

Feature Script- Ohio Film 

• Supplanter
• Frankie

Short Script – Horror Slasher

• Head (less)
• Cob

Short Script – Horror-Comedy

• Apologize!!!
• Eff AARP!
• Not a Creature was Stirring
• Party Hard
• The Evil That Men Do

Short Script – LGBTQ +

• Boo-Haul

Short Script – Ohio Made

• A Huge F*cking Spider!
• Shadowplay

Short Script – Sci-fi / Fantasy

• The Multiplicity

Short Script – Thriller / Suspense

• COUCH POTATO
• The Multiplicity
• Lab Partners
• THE PATCH
• Coriaria

Student Horror Short Script

• Sound of Darkness
• The Multiplicity

TV Pilot or Web Episode – Script

• The Multiplicity
• The Deadlands
• Brodhead Society

This will be announced on Sunday during the Room 237 Screening and Award

Scoring Competition:

• QianYi Zeng (Song Cheese)
• Alice Liu
• ZHAO YANHAN (Song Nhung)
• Adam Rohrer
• Niu Zhan Yuan (leoneo)

Visual FX and Makeup

Screen Queen and King

Monologue Competition

Spooky Sunday Costume Competition