"HBHF": Winners of January 2021

It's time to announce the winners of JANUARY'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:
"Bottle Monster" (Marjorie DeHey, USA)
"Companion" (John Darbonne, USA)
"Inheritance" (Michael Kenneth Fahr, USA)

- Best Horror:
"Are you scared?" (Andrea Zattini, Italy)
"Room 146" (Ricardo Garcia, USA)
"WreckVlogs" (Jackson Cooperman, USA)

- Best Sci-Fi:
"The Intruder" (Carter Hadlow, Canada)
"vEmotion" (Erkan Lüleci, Germany)

- Best Thriller:
"Deep Shock" (Davide Melini, UK)
"In memoriam" (Dimitrios Karas, Greece)

- Best Fantasy:
"13 Scatti" (Leonardo Barone, Italy)
"Hoody" (Kanat Omurbekov, USA)

- Best Gore:
"Out of my Skin" (Luuk Audenaerde, Netherlands)
"The Relic" (J. M. Logan, USA)
"The Rockside Files" (Ronnie Wilson, USA)

- Best Dark Comedy:
"Tess & Dodi" (Allee Stone, USA)
"The Fishnet Hypothesis" (Elizabeth Fields, USA)

- Best Mystery:
"Magda" (Dimitris Galatas, Fragkiskos Arapai, Greece)
"What's Yours" (Sean Kelly, Amy O'Neill, USA)

- Best Crime:
"Ester" (Pedro Irles, Spain)
"Mary" (Stephen Wagner, Bryan Tatninov, USA)

- Best Action/Adventure:
"The Time Mystery" (Julia Noel, USA)
"You get what you deserve" (Marius Hordys, Germany)

- Best Drama:
"Addicted" (Lance J. Reha, USA)
"Breathing hole" (Lee Jae-Seok, South Korea)
"The Addiction" (Ernest Hernandez, USA)

 - Best Animation:
"Me and me" (Jason Spizzo, USA)
"Viviana" (Jack Hillebrecht, USA)

- Best TV/Web Series:
"The Cartoon" (Tom White, USA)
"The Resurrection of Victoria Wheeler" (Seth Chitwood, USA)

- Best Comedy:
"Lizard" (Darrin Williams, Curtis Leitch, USA)

- Best Documentary:
"Damien" (Bobby Marno, UK)
"Dead Boy" (Tracey Cochrane, Canada)
"Unbroken" (R. J. Hall, USA)

- Honorable Mentions:
"Ambush Predator" (Mark Allen, USA)
"Bad Trip" (Anthony Ford, USA)
"Camp Murder" (Mark Polonia, USA)
"Disrupture" (Ross Morin, USA)
"Infection" (Henry S. Brown Jr., USA)
"Irina" (Saul Berenbaum, USA)
"Isolation" (Mark Allen, USA)
"Northward Damned" (Bryce Vails, USA)
"Pandora’s Adversaries" (Jason Harley, Canada)
"Vested" (Jay Stamatis, Edmond Coisson, USA)
"Were-Wool" (Lucas Birnie, Canada)
"Where were you when the lights went out?" (Stephen John Beyer, USA)


TECHNICAL CATEGORIES:

- Best Producer:
Marjorie DeHey for "Bottle Monster" (USA)
Luca Vannella, Alexis Continente, Vincenzo Mastrantonio, Bobby Holland Hanton, Ferdinando Merolla, Roberto Paglialunga, Fabel Aguilera for "Deep Shock" (UK)
Sebastian Kursawe for "vEmotion" (Germany)

- Best Director:
Davide Melini for "Deep Shock" (UK)
J. M. Logan for "The Relic" (USA)

- Best First Time Director:
James Dobbins Jones for "Charlotte's Net" (Australia)
Luuk Audenaerde for "Out of my Skin" (Netherlands)
Riccardo Marendino for "The Little Match Girl" (Italy)

- Best Actor:
Damien Seed for "Damien" (UK)
Francesc Pagés for "Deep Shock" (UK)

- Best Actress:
Muireann Bird for "Deep Shock" (UK)
Kim Hopkins for "The Addiction" (USA)
Noëlle Peterson for "The Cartoon" (USA)

- Best Supporting Actor:
Liam Attridge for "Bottle Monster" (USA)
George Bracebridge for "Deep Shock" (UK)
 
- Best Supporting Actress:
Tammie Baird for "Bottle Monster" (USA)
Lorna Larkin for "Deep Shock" (UK)

- Best Young Actor:
Ryker Overacker for "Bottle Monster" (USA)

- Best Young Actress:
Ruby Pedroza for "Bottle Monster" (USA)
Morgan Marlow for "Things we dig" (USA)
 
- Best Acting Ensemble:
Muireann Bird, Francesc Pagés, George Bracebridge, Lorna Larkin, Erica Prior, Luis Fernández de Eribe, Carlos Bahos, Joaquín Ortega, Juan Rodríguez for "Deep Shock" (UK)

- Best Acting Duo:
Summer Zamiska, Shaina Hammer for "Tess & Dodi" (USA)
Pia Thrasher, Jenn Larson for "Things we dig" (USA)

- Best Cinematography:
Juanma Postigo for "Deep Shock" (UK)
Roger Nall for "The Relic" (USA)

- Best Editing: 
Paul Overacker for "Bottle Monster" (USA)
Daniel Salinas for "Deep Shock" (UK)

- Best Sound Design:
Christian Valente for "Deep Shock" (UK)
 
- Best Original Score:
Giulio De Gaetano for "Deep Shock" (UK)

- Best Original Screenplay:
"Covid19 - The Movie" (Samuel Gil, USA)
"Deep Shock" (Davide Melini, UK)
"Dig Me No Grave" (Gary Piazza, USA)
"Meddle Like Hell" (Michael Mantsourani, USA)
"Put a price on emotion" (Giuseppe de Vuono, Italy)
"Three. Two. Gone." (Russell Southam, Australia)
"Transmontanus" (Mark A. Donnell, USA)

- Best VFX:
Miguel Serón for "Deep Shock" (UK)
Roger Nall for "The Relic" (USA)
 
- Best Costume Design:
Patricia Gabas for "Deep Shock" (UK)
Seneeca Wilson for "The Resurrection of Victoria Wheeler" (USA)

- Best Special FX:
Paul Overacker for "Bottle Monster" (USA)
Erika O'Bar for "Companion" (USA)
Matt Falletta for "The Relic" (USA)

- Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Daniele Nastasi, Niamhy Glynn for "Deep Shock" (UK)

- Best Special Makeup:
Sarah O'Brien for "Deep Shock" (UK)

- Best Production Design:
Carlos J. López, Carlos B. Luise for "Deep Shock" (UK)

- Best Trailer:
"Bottle Monster" (Marjorie DeHey, USA)

- Best Poster:
"Are you scared?" (Andrea Zattini, Italy)
"Bottle Monster" (Marjorie DeHey, USA)

- Best Photography:
"The Fishnet Hypothesis" (Elizabeth Fields, USA)