"HBHF": Winners of February 2021

It's time to announce the winners of FEBRUARY'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:
"Landfill" (Yesser Laham, USA)
"Obsidian" (Erica Summers, USA)
"Zomblogalypse" (Hannah Bungard, Tony Hipwell, Miles Watts, UK)

- Best Horror:
"Deep Hours" (Luciano Ivanov, Bulgaria)
"Sleep Well" (Mauro Grosso, Italy)

- Best Sci-Fi:
"Prey by Night" (Anthony Piseno, USA)
"Sclera Absentia" (James Furlong, USA)

- Best Thriller:
"The Rage" (Steven DeRock, Canada)
"Writer's Room" (Israel Ayala Gomez, USA)

- Best Fantasy:
"Quarantine 2020" (Alex Magaña, USA)

- Best Gore:
"Bloody Birthday" (Andrea Alvarado, Peru)
"It's only a game" (Leonardo Barone, Italy)

- Best Dark Comedy:
"Came With Cuffs" (Issah Contractor, Canada)
"Hear no Evil" (Joel Romero, Zach Lovvorn, USA)
"Living with the Dead" (Keith Stoute, Canada)

- Best Mystery:
"My Pretty Flowers" (Camille Speer, USA)

- Best Crime:
"The Gift" (Ioannis Kantas, Stelios Blagos, Greece)

- Best Action/Adventure:
"Matty Boy" (Dr Shahid Kamal, UK)
"My sister" (Jamie Lokoff, USA)

- Best Drama:
"Howitzer Tales: The Boogeyman" (Michael Gafner von Boettenberg, USA)
"The Serpent's Nest" (Alice Maio Mackay, Australia)

 - Best Animation:
"Lightfall" (Hermann Kayode, Benin)
"Unholy roller" (Laurent Mercier, France)

- Best TV/Web Series:
"Blue Iron" (Chris "Bear" Adams, USA)

- Best Comedy:
"Directed by evil" (Timothy Nennig, USA)
"SirCooly's Valentine Disaster" (Christina Barton, Nolan Schmidt, USA)

- Best Documentary:
"Dwellers" (Drew Fortier, USA)

- Honorable Mentions:
"At the Mercy of Faith - Alternative" (Samuel Taylor, USA)
"Hell's Belle" (Kari Karsten, USA)
"Ned's Head" (Sam Frank, UK)
"Preyta" (Jerry Sampson, USA)
"Skeleton Falls" (John Kestner, USA)
"The Birds at Night" (Alanah Rafferty, USA)
"The Fallout" (Dominic Flanagan, UK)
"Where were you when the lights went out?" (Stephen John Beyer, USA)
"You are mine" (Justin Lord, USA)


TECHNICAL CATEGORIES:

- Best Producer:
Elizabeth Lloyd for "Sclera Absentia" (USA)

- Best Director:
Nicholas Alexander for "Free Videotapes" (USA)
Yesser Laham for "Landfill" (USA)
Israel Ayala Gomez for "Writer's Room" (USA)

- Best First Time Director:
Bec Fordyce for "Cut to the chase" (USA)
Jamie Lokoff for "My sister" (USA)

- Best Actor:
Vincent De Paul for "Matty Boy" (UK)

- Best Actress:
Linda Blair for "Landfill" (USA)

- Best Supporting Actor:
Wynn Reichert for "Frank" (USA)
Michael Dudikoff for "Landfill" (USA)
 
- Best Supporting Actress:
Christine Elise for "Landfill" (USA)
Sandra Kolpakow for "The Rage" (Canada)

- Best Young Actor:
Zac David Taylor for "Sclera Absentia" (USA)
Lorenzo Martinelli for "Sleep Well" (Italy)

- Best Young Actress:
Victoria Clare for "Landfill" (USA)
Lily Bleu Lokoff for "My sister" (USA)
 
- Best Acting Ensemble:
Linda Blair, Christine Elise, Michael Dudikoff, Angela Jones, Julie Lake, Victoria Clare, Savannah Liles for "Landfill" (USA)
Aniez Atlas, Imma Casademunt, Nora Rabbie, Yolanda Belvis for "The Wayward Sisters" (Spain)

- Best Acting Duo:
Ross Brooks, Starina Johnson for "Frank" (USA)
Giselle Marie, Aaron G. Hale for "Sclera Absentia" (USA)

- Best Cinematography:
Alex Walker for "Sclera Absentia" (USA)

- Best Editing: 
S. E. Thompson for "Sclera Absentia" (USA)

- Best Sound Design:
Cody Cichowski, Jamie Lokoff for "My sister" (USA)
 
- Best Original Score:
Salil Bhayani for "Landfill" (USA)
Cody Cichowski, Jamie Lokoff for "My sister" (USA)
Tim Janssens for "Riven" (Belgium)

- Best Original Screenplay:
"13 Mysteries" (Julia Noel, USA)
"At the Mercy of Faith" (Samuel Taylor, USA)
"Black Mold" (Carlos Guerrero, USA)
"Life Sucks" (Anthony Marinelli, USA)
"Rat" (Paul Harker, UK)
"The Projectionist" (Michael Dean, USA)
"The Triangle Butcher" (Aidy Mc, UK)

- Best VFX:
Noise and Vision for "Sclera Absentia" (USA)

- Best Special FX:
Michelle Miller, Rob Vargas, Amanda Renae for "Prey by Night" (USA)

- Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Armee Jacob for "Landfill" (USA)

- Best Special Makeup:
Jenna Green for "Sclera Absentia" (USA)

- Best Trailer:
"Rabbitsnake" (Jonny Stranger, USA)

- Best Poster:
"Sclera Absentia" (Chris Barnes, USA)