2018 Official Selections
2018 Film Winners
Best Horror Comedy - Bitten Best Psychological Horror - Blood Runs Down Best Student Film - Instinct Best Animation - Count Your Curses Best Director Feature - Simone Kisiel (Bugs: A Trilogy) Best International - The Whistler Best Regional - Feast Best Director Short - Emily Dean(Andromeda) Best Horror Short - Keep the Gaslight Burning Best Thriller - The After Party Best Sci-Fi - Girl in the Galactic Sun Indie Spirit - Z-Stuy Best Feature Film - Echoes of Fear Best Body Horror - Entropia Best Score - What Metal Girls are Into Socially Conscious - Lady Hunters Best Writing - Lady Hunters Best Art Direction - The Daughters of Virtue Best FX - Devòrame Best Editing - Rites of Vengeance Best Performance - Donna Pieroni (Lunch Ladies) NFF #BetterHorror - The Stare ARFF Narrative Drive - Heartless Best Cinematography - Hinterland Best Trailer - Dusso Best Experimental - Quiver
2018 Screenplay
Winners & Finalists
Best Feature Screenplay
Throwback
written by Rachel Woolley
1st Runner Up
Single Family Home
written by Tara C. Hall and Bel Delia
2nd Runner Up
The Night Before the Exhibition
written by Kirston Fortune
Honorable Mention
The Caul
written by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein
Best Short Screenplay
Pretenders
written by Anna Eichenauer
1st Runner Up
Wild
written by Kenesha Williams
Honorable Mention
Boo
written by Rakefet Abergel
Full List of Nominees, Best Feature Screenplay
Crepuscular (Emma Olsen and Vere Tindale), Women and Children First (Tara C. Hall), The Heebies (Andrea McGee), Pervert (Rona Mark), Black Goose (Janet Hetherington), The Haunt (Shiva & Duckie Rodriguez)
Full List of Nominees, Best Short Screenplay
Hiking Buddies (Megan Morrison), The cull (Leslie Linder)
