2026 Winners

Only 1 winner per category

Best Actor, Feature Film

• Tony Todd
  • The Pitchfork Retreat

Best Actor, Ohio Film

• Cody Steele
  • MEAT the movie

Best Actor, Short Film

• Michael Beach
  • Evening Class

Best Actress, Feature Film

• Natalie Otano
  • Severed Road

Best Actress, Ohio Film

• Halo Kitsch
  • Stalker Jane

Best Actress, Short Film

• Mariangela Pino
  • Evening Class

Best Cinematography, Feature Film

• Incubation

Best Cinematography, Ohio Film

• Stalker Jane

Best Cinematography, Short Film

• Surprise!

Best Director, Feature Film

• The Pitchfork Retreat

Best Director, Ohio Film

• MEAT the movie

Best Director, Short Film

• Bart & Bobbi Kill Each other

Best Editing, Feature Film

• Traction Park Massacre

Best Editing, Ohio Film

• Swiped

Best Editing, Short Film

• Scriven

Best Feature Film

• Severed Road

Best Short Film

• Evening Class

Best Micro Film

• Half a Mind

Best Ohio Feature Film

• Meat the Movie

Best Ohio Short Film

• Last Meal

Best Ohio Short Script

• Shadowplay

Best Overall Feature Script

• Night Games

• Shadowplay

Best Overall Film

• Evening Class

Best Overall Script

• Shadowplay

Feature Film – Action / Martial Arts

1. Scavenged
2. Shadowdome: Warrior of the Night

Feature Film – Horror – Suspense / Thriller

1. The Pitchfork Retreat
2. Incubation
3. Little Pet

Feature Film – Horror Comedy

1. Traction Park Massacre
2. Demonetize
3. The Haunting of Prince Dom Pedro

Feature Film – Horror-Slasher

1. Severed Road
2. MEAT the Movie
3. You Better Watch Out

Feature Film – LGBTQ +

1. MEAT the Movie
2. God Country

Feature Film – Ohio Film 

1. MEAT the Movie
2. STALKER JANE

Feature Film – Sci-Fi / Fantasy

1. Deep Hallows – A Brazilian Gothic Fable

Short Film – Action / Martial Arts

1. The Scramble

Short Film – Horror – Slasher

1. SCRIPT
2. The Safety Games
3. Be Nice

Short Film – Horror Suspense/Thriller

1. Evening Class
2. Scriven
3. The Girl in the Street

Short Film – Horror-Comedy

1. Surprise!
2. Bart & Bobbi Kill Each Other
3. The Monkey Claw

Short Film – LGBTQ+

1. HVAC
2. Last Bite
3. Gracious Boy

Short Film – Ohio Made 

1. Midnight Tales
2. Charlotte A Willow Falls Tale
3. The Old Ballgame

Short Film – Sci-Fi / Fantasy

1. S.O.S.
2. Orchards of a Futile Heaven
3. Let There Be Light

Student Horror Short Film

1. Ride Pending
2. There’s a Visitor at the Door
3. Pas de Deux!

Student Ohio Horror Short Film

1. Last Meal
2. Gracious Boy
3. The Columbus Coroner

Trailer

1. “Apocalypse Death Party” Official Trailer

TV Pilot or Web Episode – Film

1. Deathahedron

Micro Film

1. Half a Mind
2. Trial of the Concubine
3. Cupcake

Music Video

1. Nightmares Unleashed Music Video
2. The Soucouyant
3. Nightmares Unleashed 2 Music Video

Feature Script –  Thriller / Suspense

1. RESIDUE
2. The Book of Jennifer
3. Where the Monster Lives

Feature Script – Horror / Slasher

1. NIGHT GAMES
2. SUNDOWN
3. HIKR_95

Feature Script – Horror-Comedy

1. Love By Lovecraft
2. Santa Claus is Coming to Hell!
3. Die Laughing

Feature Script – LGBTQ +

1. Fight Like A Girl
2. Sanguis Septem
3. Grad Nite

Feature Script – Sci-fi / Fantasy

1. The Hive
2. Vice Times Seven
3. Letters to Del (script)

Feature Script- Ohio Film 

1. Frankie
2. Supplanter

Short Script – Horror Slasher

1. Cob
2. Head (less)

Short Script – Horror-Comedy

1. Not a Creature was Stirring
2. Eff AARP!
3. Apologize!!!

Short Script – LGBTQ +

1. Boo-Haul

Short Script – Ohio Made

1. Shadowplay
2. A Huge F*cking Spider!

Short Script – Sci-fi / Fantasy

1. The Multiplicity

Short Script – Thriller / Suspense

1. THE PATCH
2. COUCH POTATO
3. Coriaria

Student Horror Short Script

1. The Multiplicity
2. Sound of Darkness

TV Pilot or Web Episode – Script

1. The Deadlands
2. The Multiplicity
3. Brodhead Society

Best Film

1. Aegis Ultimus – White Midnight Films
2. Work Order – Hooliganz Productions
3. Encore – Arcadia Street Productions

Best Screenwriting

1. Aegis Ultimus – White Midnight Films
2. Encore – Arcadia Street Productions
3. Helluva Heel Turn, Linda! – Film Vandals

Best Directing

1. Work Order – Hooliganz Productions
2. Aegis Ultimus – White Midnight Films
3. Helluva Heel Turn, Linda! – Film Vandals

Best Ensemble Cast

1. Encore – Arcadia Street Productions
2. Aegis Ultimus – White Midnight Films
3. Work Order – Hooliganz Productions

Best Cinematography

1. Aegis Ultimus – White Midnight Films
2. BABE – Jawjag
3. Work Order – Hooliganz Productions

Best Sound Design

1. Aegis Ultimus – White Midnight Films
2. BABE – Jawjag
3. Encore – Arcadia Street Productions

Best Musical Score

1. BABE – Jawjag
2. Aegis Ultimus – White Midnight Films
3. The 5th of July – The Dream Team

Best Actor

1. Simon Freitas – Encore – Arcadia Street Productions
2. Ryan “Rip” Farley – Aegis Ultimus – White Midnight Films
3. Chad Patterson Stanton – Work Order – Hooliganz Productions

Best Actress

1. Mary Manos Mitchem -Work Order – Hooliganz Productions
2. Heather Bayles – Encore – Arcadia Street Productions
3. Yara Stulova – BABE – Jawjag

Best Supporting Actor

1. James “Gappy” Burney – Aegis Ultimus – White Midnight Films
2. Chad Patterson Stanton – The 5th of July – The Dream Team
3. Brandon Suarez – Helluva Heel Turn, Linda! – Film Vandals

Best Supporting Actress

1. Julie Simon – Killmaster VII – Industrial Magic
2. Jonna Marple – Making Do – Perpetual Harmony

Best Makeup

1. Work Order – Hooliganz Productions
2. Helluva Heel Turn, Linda! – Film Vandals
3. Killmaster VII – Industrial Magic

Best VFX

1. Killmaster VII – Industrial Magic
2. Work Order – Hooliganz Productions
3. Hellions – ADHD Films

Best Location

1. Killmaster VII – Industrial Magic
2. Aegis Ultimus – White Midnight Films
3. Encore – Arcadia Street Productions

Best Use of Weapon

1. Work Order – Hooliganz Productions
2. Helluva Heel Turn, Linda! – Film Vandals
3. Killmaster VII – Industrial Magic

Scoring Competition:

1. Alice Liu
2. ZHAO YANHAN (Song Nhung)
3. Niu Zhan Yuan (leoneo)

Visual FX and Makeup

Fantasy

1. Nancy Mayer

Horror

1. Skylar Buck

Overall

1. Nancy Mayer

Screen Queen and King

Tori Johnson & Bryan Nuri

Monologue Competition

1. Terri Norling
2. Quinn Hochstetler
3. Benjamin S. Sheeler

Spooky Sunday Costume Competition

1. Andrew Stussie