"HBHF": Winners of April 2026

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

Hotel Eden

Andy Rowland

USA

🏆 Best Thriller

🏆 Best 1st Time Director

🏆 Best Supporting Actor (Will Wreggelsworth)

🏆 Best Ensemble (Jeff Poyo, Will Wreggelsworth, Ari Jones, Olivia Williams, Sarah Gailey, Andrew Walker)

🏆 Best Sound Design (Ethan Chambers)

🏆 Best Original Score (Kayla McGuinn)

🏆 Best Production Design (Natalie Moreno)

Huntress: a Devil's dancers story

Jason Hough

USA

🏆 Best Horror

🏆 Best Producers (Jason Hough, Heather Hough)

🏆 Best Director

🏆 Best Actress (Samantha Hopson)

🏆 Best Supporting Actress (Sammy Morningstar)

🏆 Best Editing (Jason Hough)

🏆 Best Special FX (Jason Hough, Tony Campagna, Heather Hough)

🏆 Best Poster

Paddle

Jonathan Carlander

USA

🏆 Best Action / Adventure

Streaming

Juan Carlos Manrique

Mexico

🏆 Best Mystery

🏆 Best Original Screenplay

🏆 Best Trailer

Trilero

Kat Nester

Spain

🏆 Best Fantasy

🏆 Best Actor (Álex Fernández)

🏆 Best Actress (Stella VanRose)

🏆 Best Duo (Álex Fernández, Stella VanRose)

🏆 Best Cinematography (Oliver Richetti)

"HBHF" welcomes "HOTEL EDEN" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "HOTEL EDEN" by Andy Rowland (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "PADDLE" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "PADDLE" by Jonathan Carlander (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "HUNTRESS: A DEVIL'S DANCERS STORY" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "HUNTRESS: A DEVIL'S DANCERS STORY" by Jason Hough (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE. 

"HBHF": Official Selection of April 2026

We are notifying all submitters. Stay tuned!
Winners will be announced soon...
Thank you to everyone and congratulations!!!
Now you can submit to the May edition HERE and HERE.
Currently we are accepting horror, gore, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, dark comedy, thriller, crime, action, adventure, drama, comedy and animated genres.
Features and shorts, web series, music videos, documentaries, experimentals, trailers, posters, photos and screenplays are welcome!
What are you waiting for?

"HBHF" welcomes "HEROHOOD" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "HEROHOOD" by Jonathan Carlander (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "TRILERO" (Spain)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "TRILERO" by Kat Nester (Spain)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "STREAMING" (Mexico)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "STREAMING" by Juan Carlos Manrique (Mexico)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "MELT'N" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "MELT'N" by Jonathan Carlander (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "BLUE HARVEST: HORROR BEYOND IMAGINATION" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "BLUE HARVEST: HORROR BEYOND IMAGINATION" by Jonathan Carlander (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE. 

"HBHF" welcomes "DEAD 2 ME" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "DEAD 2 ME" by Jonathan Carlander (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "PHANTOM OF THE OPEN MIC" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "PHANTOM OF THE OPEN MIC" by Jonathan Carlander (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "RED LIGHT" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "RED LIGHT" by Jonathan Carlander (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF": Winners of March 2026

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

Blood will have blood

John Kestner

USA

🏆 Best Drama

🏆 Best Producers (John Kestner, Roman Aguirre, Bill Pierce)

🏆 Best Director

🏆 Best Actor (Chad Fortna)

🏆 Best Actress (Elley Ringo)

🏆 Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Eaton)

🏆 Best Supporting Actress (Cara Nicole)

🏆 Best Editing

🏆 Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Candice Domme)

🏆 Best Poster

Church of Phil

Derwin Dalida

USA

🏆 Best Feature

🏆 Best 1st Time Director

🏆 Best Actor (Patrick McGrath)

🏆 Best Actress (Desiree Manly)

🏆 Best Supporting Actors (Paul Todd & Alex Kravitz)

🏆 Best Supporting Actress (Shaun Holmes)

🏆 Best Cinematography (Derwin Dalida)

🏆 Best Editing (Derwin Dalida)

🏆 Best Sound Design

Gorgeous

Reign Burton

USA

🏆 Best Thriller

🏆 Best Director

🏆 Best Actress (Whitney Watts)

🏆 Best Supporting Actress (Artemis Rodriguez)

🏆 Best Cinematography (Yami Ortiz-Soto)

🏆 Best Sound Design (Michael F. Lewis)

🏆 Best Original Score (Samuel G. R. Morgan)

🏆 Best Special FX (Shaun Koffinas)

I want your brains not your body, sincerely zombie

Luke Ostermiller

USA

🏆 Best Music Video

🏆 Best Producer (Billy Rage)

🏆 Best Director

🏆 Best Special Makeup (Sommer Hinkley)

Lady parts

Jared Campbell

USA

🏆 Best Horror

🏆 Best Director

🏆 Best Ensemble (Shea Briar, Hailey Jensen-Everhart, Alyssa Gordon, Kristal Jimenez, Donnie Lester, Natasha Marrero, Haley Ragon, Jilliann Symes, Linnea Quigley)

🏆 Best Editing (Jared Campbell)

🏆 Best Original Score (Caleb Torgesen)

🏆 Best Special FX

🏆 Best Poster

Love in the time of HRT

Brittany Fonte

USA

🏆 Best Original Screenplay

Minds - Mentes

David Esperanza

Spain

🏆 Best Experimental

🏆 Best 1st Time Director

🏆 Best Duo (Joshua Navea, Pedro Luis Esperanza)

Soul slasher

Curtis W. Harrison

USA

🏆 Best Original Screenplay

"HBHF" welcomes "LADY PARTS" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "LADY PARTS" by Jared Campbell (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.
 

"HBHF" welcomes "LOVE IN THE TIME OF HRT" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "LOVE IN THE TIME OF HRT" by Brittany Fonte (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE. 

"HBHF": Official Selection of March 2026

We are notifying all submitters. Stay tuned!
Winners will be announced soon...
Thank you to everyone and congratulations!!!
Now you can submit to the April edition HERE and HERE.
Currently we are accepting horror, gore, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, dark comedy, thriller, crime, action, adventure, drama, comedy and animated genres.
Features and shorts, web series, music videos, documentaries, experimentals, trailers, posters, photos and screenplays are welcome!
What are you waiting for?

"HBHF" welcomes "CHURCH OF PHIL" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "CHURCH OF PHIL" by Derwin Dalida (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

February Trophies shipped today!

"HBHF": February Trophies shipped today!

Did you already order the 'GOLDEN HAND' trophy?

All finalists and winners of these eight years may choose to order the statuette for themselves and their team.

How to order (it's very easy and fast):

1) Enter in our "Filmfreeway" (HERE) or "WFCN" (HERE) pages

2) Submit your project in the TROPHY category

"HBHF" welcomes "MINDS - MENTES" (Spain)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "MINDS - MENTES" by David Esperanza (Spain)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "BLOOD WILL HAVE BLOOD" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "BLOOD WILL HAVE BLOOD" by John Kestner (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "I WANT YOUR BRAINS NOT YOUR BODY, SINCERELY ZOMBIE" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "I WANT YOUR BRAINS NOT YOUR BODY, SINCERELY ZOMBIE" by Luke Ostermiller (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "SOUL SLASHER" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "SOUL SLASHER" by Curtis W. Harrison (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "THE BROS WEIRD" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "THE BROS WEIRD" by Jonathan Carlander (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "GORGEOUS" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "GORGEOUS" by Reign Burton (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF": Winners of February 2026

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:

Dagon

Logan Fry

USA

🏆 Best Sci-Fi

🏆 Best VFX

Deep clean

Lisa Franek

USA

🏆 Best Dark Comedy

🏆 Best Duo (Jess Murtaugh, Patrick Tamisea)

Lost keys

Devin Coonradt

USA

🏆 Best Horror

🏆 Best 1st Time Director

🏆 Best Actor (Devin Coonradt)

🏆 Best Supporting Actor (Harrison Kerr)

🏆 Best Trailer

Lohusa: Ümmü Sübyan

Şafak Güçlü

Turkey

🏆 Best Original Screenplay

Out in the West

Emer Bishop

Ireland

🏆 Best Animated

🏆 Best 1st Time Director

🏆 Best Original Score

Postface

Jonathan Carlander

USA

🏆 Best Thriller

Skins: a Devil's dancers story

Jason Hough

USA

🏆 Best Gore

🏆 Best Producers (Jason Hough, Heather Hough)

🏆 Best Director

🏆 Best Actor (Chris Pezzano)

🏆 Best Actress (Sammy Morningstar)

🏆 Best Supporting Actress (Lynn Lowry)

🏆 Best Ensemble (Sammy Morningstar, Chris Pezzano, Lynn Lowry, August Kyss)

🏆 Best Sound Design (Heather Hough) 

🏆 Best Special FX (Jason Hough, Chris Pezzano, Tony Campagna, Shaun Blayer)

🏆 Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Heather Hough, Chris Pezzano)

The will of the mare

Emma Habert

USA

🏆 Best Drama

🏆 Best Director

🏆 Best Actress (Isabella Ferrari)

🏆 Best Supporting Actor (Layton Wilson)

🏆 Best Cinematography (David Watson)

🏆 Best Editing (David Watson)

🏆 Best Poster

"HBHF" welcomes "THE WILL OF THE MARE" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "THE WILL OF THE MARE" by Emma Habert (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "POSTFACE" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "POSTFACE" by Jonathan Carlander (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "GO" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "GO" by Jonathan Carlander (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE or HERE.