"HBHF": Winners of December 2020

It's time to announce the winners of DECEMBER'S CONTEST!

Many films were simply outstanding... Our sincere congratulations to the winners and all the finalists!
And now, drum roll please!!! The winners are:

GENRE CATEGORIES:

- Best Feature:
"Bloody Nun 2: The Curse" (Will Collazo, USA)

- Best Horror:
"Crock Pot" (Ty Jones, USA)
"Dulces Sueños" (Gian Carlo Beluche, Panama)
"Allodium" (Severin Eskeland, Norway)

- Best Sci-Fi:
"790 AM" (Zach Chechile, USA)
"Glitch" (Sara Caldwell, Walter Gorey, USA)
"Third Wave" (Derek Silver, USA)

- Best Thriller:
"A funny way to die" (Matt Mitchell, UK)
"The Package" (David Tieck, Australia) 

- Best Fantasy:
"Delivered" (Austin Rasmussen, USA)
"The Last Scan" (Joseph Dean Martinez, James Neff, USA)

- Best Gore:
"Barista" (Jiri Balcar, USA)
"Bite" (Arshad Sayed, India)
"Wasted on the Young" (Joshua R. Pangborn, Ashley Monique Menard, USA)

- Best Dark Comedy:
"Bad Dolly" (Angie Nolan, Canada)
"Benjamin" (William Stancik, USA)
"Murder for Dummies" (Meredith Red, USA)

- Best Mystery:
"The Lurker" (Wayne Keating, USA)
"Vicious Circle" (Edith McBride, Robby McBride, USA)

- Best Crime:
"Door to Door" (Tom von Dohlen, USA)
"Family Business" (Jiri Balcar, USA)

- Best Action/Adventure:
"Savages" (Russell Kinscherff, USA)
"SirCooly's Christmas Special Yo!" (Nolan Schmidt, USA)

- Best TV/Web Series:
"Aloha Apocalypse" (Aaron Quinn Haskins, USA)
"High, How Are You?" (Ashley Landrieu, USA)
"The Cab’" (Simon Thoral, Edouard Blondeau, France)

- Best Comedy:
"Southlandia" (Benjamin Connell, USA)
"The Frightened President" (Zé Kielwagen, Marcos Serafim, USA)


TECHNICAL CATEGORIES:

- Best Producer:
Joshua R. Pangborn for "Wasted on the Young" (USA)

- Best Director:
Ty Jones for "Crock Pot" (USA)
Severin Eskeland for "Allodium" (Norway)

- Best First Time Director:
Valerie Knill for "Face to Face" (Germany) 

- Best Actor:
Shawn C. Phillips for "Bloody Nun 2: The Curse" (USA)

- Best Actress:
Brit Landa for "Allodium" (Norway)

- Best Supporting Actor:
Joshua R. Pangborn for "Wasted on the Young" (USA)
 
- Best Supporting Actress:
Ashley Monique Menard for "Wasted on the Young" (USA)

- Best Young Actor:
Rocco Caparella for "Bad Dolly" (Canada)

- Best Young Actress:
Caroline Walter for "Dulces Sueños" (Panama)
 
- Best Acting Ensemble:
Mark-Eugene Garcia, Joshua R. Pangborn, Ashley Monique Menard, Andrew Carter for "Wasted on the Young" (USA)

- Best Acting Duo:
Cleo Elliott, Martha Thatcher for "Murder For Dummies" (USA)
Natalie Mangiante, Venee Lotusfire Call-Ferrer for "What About My Bag?" (USA) 

- Best Cinematography:
Chris Commons for "Crock Pot" (USA) 

- Best Editing: 
Severin Eskeland for "Allodium" (Norway)
Amy Pellouchoud for "Savages" (USA)

- Best Sound Design:
Ben Benefield for "Crock Pot" (USA)

- Best Original Score:
Hedwyn Lamy for "Family Business" (USA)
Chris Wirsig for "Glitch" (USA)

- Best Original Screenplay:
"All souls day" (Stephen John Beyer, USA)
"Amityville Legend" (Michael Moutsatsos, USA)
"Death With Dice" (Dean Harakas, USA)
"Red Mist" (Paul Harker, UK)
"Sarah" (Geoffrey Gould, USA)
"The Caregivers" (Mikeal Burgin, USA)
"The Intermission" (André Paul Thierry, USA)
"The Protégé" (Kennedy Sabelko, USA)

- Best VFX:
Sharif Elnaggar for "Glitch" (USA)

- Best Costume Design:
Ashley Monique Menard for "Wasted on the Young" (USA)

- Best Special FX:
Aurora Gustafson, Randy ‘Randoid’ Smith for "Bad Dolly" (Canada)

- Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Paul Antzoulis for "Wasted on the Young" (USA)

- Best Special Makeup:
Jake Jackson for "Crock Pot" (USA)

- Best Production Design:
Austin Rasmussen for "Delivered" (USA)

- Best Trailer:
"Dark Noel" (MJ Harrell, USA)
"There After" (Alice Howell, Australia)

- Best Poster:
"Murder For Dummies" (Meredith Red, USA)

- Best Photography:
"Santa Slays" (Inga Hockamp, Germany)

- Honorable Mentions:
"Devil’s Chair" (Nathan Warren Lane, USA)
"Five Thousand Years" (Jim Grieco, USA)
"The Crystal Wall" (Fernanda Alvarez, UK)