2026 AWARD NOMINEES

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*BEST FEATURE FILM

BABYBACKS [Geno Marx]

MANTIS (Justice Hardy)

STITCHES (Taylor Olson)

THE DEMONATRIX (Aurelio Voltaire & Jeff Ferrell)

THE RED MASK (Ritesh Gupta)

 

*BEST FEATURETTE

BANANAHEAD (Christopher Greenslate)

G[L]ORY DAYS (Cory DeMeyers)

RED: BEAST HUNTRESS (Benjamin Maublanc)

THE HIGHER PATH (Duncan Roe)

 

*BEST SHORT FILM

AMIRA (Javier Yanez Sanz)

COCKROACH (Paolo Mancini & Daniel Watchorn)

DRONES (Steve Acevedo)

THE DEEP VESSEL (Sean Cruser)

THE VEIL (Gabriel Motta)

 

*BEST MINI-SHORT FILM

BREAD WINNERS (Connor Haines)

EEOHTOH (Matthew & Nathaniel Barber]

HAPPY (Victor Basallote)

NECROSECTOS (Javier Lozano)

THE BINDING (Ryan Kennedy)

 

BEST WEB SERIES

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GREYSTANES (2025) CHAPTERS 01-07  (Ryan Cauchi)

VENATIO  (Marcio Moreno)

 

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

SLASH ME ONCE [Justin Miller]

TAKE IT BACK [Lee Daehan]

 XIU XIU - T.D.F.T.W. [Hudson Lewis Scott]

 

BEST FILM TRAILER

I/O (Molly Vernon)

THE IMPENETRABLE VESSEL! (Brandon Hicks)

THE SPIRIT OF HILDA (Jasmine Banks, Justus Hightower & Griffin Bermea)

 

BEST STUDENT FILM

BIRTHDAY [Antonia Eva Novakovich]

BRO (Noah Berc)

FOREIGN BODIES [Lysander Wong]

NO RUNNING IN THE HALLS (Uzay Konuk)

THE FALL (Maxime Tevissen, Tom Alcamo, Hugo Hannache, Dylan Cam, Alexandre Velves,

Titouan Kervajan, Yaelle Alberti & Julien Deparis)

 

BEST DIRECTOR

PJ GERMAIN (Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done)

PV LEHTINEN (Iurima - A Tale Of Three Fisherman)

PAOLO MANCINI & DANIEL WATCHORN (Cockroach)

GABRIEL MOTTA (The Veil)

DUNCAN ROE (The Higher Path)

 

 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

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ABRAHAM MARTINEZ (Drones)​

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​RASA PARTIN (Bananahead)

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​​ROMEOD ROBAGLIA (Red: Beast Huntress)​

​JUSTIN STREICHMAN (Lady Puritan)

​HANNU-PEKKA VITIKAINEN (Iurima - A Tale Of Three Fisherman]

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BEST ATMOSPHERE

MATTHEW & NATHANIEL BARBER (Eeohtoh)

GERVASIO CANDA, PAULA BOFFO & PATRICIO PLAZA (Luz Diabla)

JAY HOLBEN & KAITY WILLIAMS (Terminus)

PV LEHTINEN & HANNU-PEKKA VITIKAINEN (Iurima - A Tale Of Three Fisherman]

JAVIER YANEZ SANZ & CHUS LARA (Amira)

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

JAVIER BAYON (There Is Always A Monster)

TANGELENE BOLTON (Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done)

JUAN CARLOS ENRIQUEZ & FERNANDO ARROYO LASURAIN (Eeohtoh)

THOMAS KUBLER (Red: Beast Huntress]

COREY WALLACE (The Demonatrix)

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

ALFREDO BARRIOS, JR. (Drones)

TYLER BEVERIDGE (The Deep Vessel]

CONNOR HAINES (Bread Winners)

ADAM PASEN & SAMMY HOROWITZ (G(l)ory Days)

DUNCAN ROE (The Higher Path]

 

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY

1-2-3 EYES ON ME (Chris Errington)

AMERICAN CARNAGE (Steven Keith Bogart)

BAD RIVER (Ken Brosky)

LITTLE HOPE GORGE (James Wolpert)

PROBLEMATIC (Jerry J Sampson)

SHADES WITHIN (Joseph Cahill)

WHAT THE DEVIL FEARS (Lee Copeland) 

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​BEST EDITING

BEAU CARDALL (Bananahead)

OLI GRECK (Wrapped In Celluloid)

TUAN QUOC LE, JACQUELYN LE & ERIC POTTER (The Red Mask)

GREG O’BRYANT (Drones)

JUSTIN STREICHMAN (Lady Puritan)

 

BEST SFX MAKEUP

RHONDA CAUSTON (Greed & Gore)

CHRISTIAN LEMIEUX, MATHILDE MORIN & TOBY TURCOTTE [The Screaming]

NAOMI MECHEM-MILLER, JASON BROOKS, SPENCER COX & MICHELLE MUNOZ (Look At This Freak)

ROBERT PENDERGRAFT (The Deep Vessel)

ROBERTA DE SANTIS, MANILA BASOLINI, NIKOLAJ SERVETTINI, MATTIA SCARCHINI,

MARTINA GENTILE, AURORA PELELLA & EVELYN BELLATRECCIA (Haiku 27]

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BEST TITLE / CREDIT SEQUENCE

ROBYN AUGUST (The Flower Woman)

LAIS BERBIGIER (The Veil)

PJ GERMAIN (Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done)

JAVIER YANEZ SANZ [Amira]

BRENT WALKER (G[l]ory Days)

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BEST ACTOR

NIGEL ALLEN (The Higher Path)

MIKE HOUSTON (The Binding)

TAYLOR OLSON (Stitches)

CARLOS PRATTS (Drones)

JOHNNY VIVASH (Crak Hack)  

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​BEST ACTRESS

SARAH COTTEN (Red: Beast Huntress)

SALLY MAERSK (Bananahead)  

JENNY RAVEN (Cockroach)

DIANA SIMONZADEH (The Solution)

ALI STOLAR (Mantis)

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

ROBSON LIMA DUARTE (The Veil)

MICHAEL HANNIGAN (Greed & Gore)

MATTHEW RUSH (Look At This Freak)

ANDREAS VON STUDNITZ (Prey Switch)

DANIEL VAN THOMAS (Mantis]

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 MELISSA CHAMBERS (Babybacks)

RUTH DIAZ (Amira)

KELLI GARNER [The Red Mask]

JULIE MOULIN [Red: Beast Huntress]

GABRIELLE MAIDEN [Drainomania]

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​​BEST ACTING DUO

MAX EASTON & JESSAMINE WALDON-DAY (Wrapped In Celluloid)

TAIT FLETCHER & GUY VAN SWEARINGEN (G(l)ory Days)

JONATHAN LAWRENCE & BENJAMIN KRAWCHUK (Cruising In Gomorrah)

JENNY RAVEN & MICHAEL LIPKA (Cockroach)

DIANA SIMONZADEH & JOCELYN ZAMUDIO (Wrapped In Celluloid) 

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​BEST ENSEMBLE

HANNAH FIERMAN, AURELIO VOLTAIRE, JEFF FERRELL, DOUG BRADLEY, LARRY FESSENDEN

& NIVEK OGRE [The Demonatrix]

MITCH & RIFF MARKOWITZ, DAVE CREMASCO, GLEN GRIFFITH, HARVEY GRAFF, DAVE FOLEY,

BOB HACKETT, PATRICK MCKENNA, ERIC BAUZA & PAUL SUN-HYUNG LEE

[Behind The Castle Doors: The Origin Of The Hilarious House Of Frightenstein]

AISHA KUMARI, ED ACKERMAN, MURPHY MARTIN & TYLER BEVERIDGE (The Deep Vessel]

INANNA SARKIS, HELENA HOWARD, KELLI GARNER & JAKE ABEL (The Red Mask]

SIENAA STAR, PHILLIP ANDRE BOTELLO, RYAN GESLING, MIHAJLO KOS, MATTHEW BELL, NICK DEWOLFE, JULIE MAINVILLE, MICHAEL HANNIGAN & MONICA ZELAK (Greed & Gore) 

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BEST FILM POSTER

AMIRA [Mario-Paul Martinez]

COCKROACH [Glen Schroeder]

THE DEOMONATRIX [Marc Schoenbach]

THE DEEP VESSEL [Nuna Sarnadas]

WORST THING YOU'VE EVER DONE (PJ Germain)

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​​​AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

 

TBA!

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