"HBHF": Winners of September 2023

It's time to announce the winners of SEPTEMBER'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:

 

Best Original Screenplay

🏆 Aberration

Jeff E. Kimball

USA

 

Best Sci-Fi

Best Producers (Alan Maxson, Kailey Portsmouth, Jessica Blue)

Best Director

Best Actor (Hunter C. Smith)

Best Actress (Alexandra Bokova)

Best Supporting Actor (Eric Prochnau)

Best Supporting Actress (Naiia Lajoie)

Best Young Actress (Jessalyn Knappmiller)

Best Ensemble (Hunter C. Smith, Alexandra Bokova, Eric Prochnau, Naiia Lajoie, Donald Russell, Dan Masterson, Rob Batie)

Best Cinematography (Matt Leal, Randy Van Dyke, Kailey Portsmouth)

Best Editing (Alan Maxson)

Best Original Score (Tim Parker)

Best VFX (Fantom Finishing)

Best Costume Design (Courtney Potter)

Best Special Makeup (Todd Tucker, Martin Astles, Alexys Paonessa, Ashley Aldridge, Shaina Paulson, Oliver Poser, Anna Poser, Tim Phoenix)

Best Trailer

Best Poster (Kailey Portsmouth)

🏆 Alien planet

Alan Maxson

USA

 

Best Horror

Best Duo (Elliott Kreim, Emily Yasinsky)

Best Editing (Michael Ray Gregory)

🏆 Apocalypse eve

Michael Ray Gregory

USA

 

Best Experimental

🏆 Before the freeze

Tenley E. Raj

USA

 

Best Thriller

Best 1st Time Director

🏆 Blood Lust

Sean McCarthy

USA

 

Best Feature

Best Actress (Jennifer Nangle)

🏆 Body count

Jennifer Nangle, Hunter Johnson, Richard Trejo, Alexander T. Hwang

USA

 

Best Dark Comedy

Best 1st Time Director

Best Actress (Rai Guatno)

🏆 Body count

J. C. McKearnin

USA

 

Best TV / Web Series

Best Director

Best Young Actress (Simone Miller)

Best Duo (Simone Miller, Millie Davis)

🏆 CCF's solstice stories

Kai Damali Little-White, Marel Alemany

Canada

 

Honorable Mention

🏆 Cnx´s

Bernardo Alejandro Lorenzo

Argentina

 

Best Trailer

🏆 Cut little light

Franck Zuanic, Gareth Carr

Australia

 

Best Music Video

Best Producer (Juan M. Gonzalez)

Best Special FX (Joe Castro)

🏆 Dirty Freaken Joe - Sci-Fi Sam

Timothy A. Bennett

USA

Best Dark Comedy

Best 1st Time Director

Best Actor (Rob Graydon)

Best Actress (Lauren Gillespie)

Best Supporting Actor (Jake Graydon)

Best Cinematography (Josh Graydon)

Best Editing (Josh Graydon, E. J. Acosta)

Best Sound Design (John Marean)

Best Special Makeup (E. J. Acosta)

🏆 Drink in the pain

E. J. Acosta

USA

 

Best TV / Web Series

Best Production Design (Dave Bayliss)

🏆 Hangover food: Vampire influencer

Ross McGowan

USA

Best Original Screenplay

🏆 Happy camp nine

John Kestner

USA

Best Fantasy

Best Supporting Actress (Malikah Pinder)

🏆 He knocks

Ronald Evans

USA

 

Best Feature

Best Producers (Ben Etchells, Rebecca Mathews)

Best Director

Best Actor (Ian Ray-White)

Best Supporting Actor (Rod Glenn)

Best Cinematography (Dan Gregson)

Best Original Score

Best Costume Design (Bara Komarkova)

🏆 It be an Evil moon

Ben Etchells

UK

 

Best Horror

Best Actress (Tyger Sharee)

Best Young Actress (Heleena Perry)

Best Special FX (Dayna Green)

🏆 Ophelia

Jeff Burton

USA

 

Best Original Screenplay

🏆 Pact

Geoffrey Gould

USA

Best Original Screenplay

🏆 Planet Rot

Heather Bennett, Stacy Newton

USA

Best Original Screenplay

🏆 Ruiter

Jaxen Ross, Scott Needle, Surya Rankupalli

USA

 

Best Gore

Best Producer (Jean-Claude Leblanc)

Best Director

Best Actor (Luc Picard)

Best Cinematography (Mathieu Élie)

Best Editing (Geoff Klein)

Best VFX (Blood Brothers FX)

Best Special FX (Lorie Hamel)

Best Poster

🏆 Saint-Sacrifice

Jean-Claude Leblanc

France

 

Best Animated

Best Director

Best Original Score (Joe Bowers, Jalil Sadool, Christopher Cordingley, Fiyin Shadare)

Best VFX (Luke Thomas)

🏆 Speedman

Joe Bowers

USA

Best Original Screenplay

🏆 The age of revenge

Jason H. White

USA

 

Best Gore

Best Actress (Saher Afridi)

Best Supporting Actor (Kris Balocca)

Best Special Makeup (Xóchitl Gutiérrez, Khalen Lennon)

Best Trailer

🏆 The Scarecrow killer

Frank John Balocca, Hayden Morin Gandara

USA

 

Best Original Screenplay

🏆 The Vagrant

Frank P. Mancuso, Christhopher J. Adams

USA

Best Original Screenplay

🏆 The Valley

James Graham Alva

UK

 

Best Action / Adventure

Best Producers (Joe Boi, Jill Minton, Janelle Monsanto)

Best Director

Best Actor (Joe Boi)

Best Actress (Samantha Minton)

Best Supporting Actress (Ashleigh Ann Wood)

Best Young Actress (Amelia Bueckhanon)

Best Cinematography (Ryan Hurst)

Best Editing (Isaiah Jamison)

Best Sound Design (Christopher Joseph DeBonis)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Amanda Valdes)

Best Poster

🏆 They're not welcome

Joe Boi

USA

 

Best Mystery

Best Director

Best Ensemble (Diana Garle, Valeria Di Babbo, Alberto Perez Crossland, Vanessa Lotero, Matthew Robayo)

🏆 They're real

Jack Kierski

USA

 

Best Animated

Best 1st Time Director

Best Sound Design (Asaf Rahamim)

🏆 Who lost a dream?

Asaf Rahamim

Canada