"HBHF": Winners of September 2026

 

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:

Diabolicall

Francesco Longo

Italy

🏆 Best Gore

🏆 Best Ensemble (Ilaria Monfardini, Laura Spimpolo, Roberto Marcucci, Paola Sapia, Beatrice Sassi)

🏆 Best Sound Design (Paolo Castelluccia, Sabato Polverino)

🏆Best Special FX (Ilvia Rosa)

Don’t eat the nephew

Ben McCarthy

UK

🏆 Best Horror

🏆 Best 1st Time Director

🏆 Best Supporting Actor (Alastair Cumming)

🏆 Best Young Actor (Brandon Lovell)

🏆 Best Editing (Sam Burgess, Ben McCarthy)

🏆Best Special Makeup

Room Tone

Luna Wolf

Canada

🏆 Best Mystery

🏆 Best Director

🏆 Best Actress (Abigail Hunt)

The Cookie Jar

Lara Deam

Australia

🏆 Best Dark Comedy

🏆 Best Director

🏆 Best Actor (Paraskevas Mourikis)

🏆 Best Supporting Actor (Jackson Alexander)

🏆 Best Duo (Paraskevas Mourikis, Jackson Alexander)

🏆 Best Cinematography (Scott Pope)

🏆 Best Original Screenplay

The crawl space

Chris Baetens

USA

🏆 Best Thriller

🏆 Best Director

🏆 Best 1st Time Director

🏆 Best Actor (Denis Gjoni)

🏆 Best Actress (Laura Bingham)

🏆 Best Cinematography (Timothy McCullough)

🏆 Best Editing (Chris Baetens)

🏆 Best Sound Design (Lyndon Johnson)

🏆Best VFX (Chris Baetens)

The Lineup

Fields

USA

🏆 Best Original Screenplay

The Stillness

Jackson Monks, Hunter Hieatt

USA

🏆 Best Horror

🏆 Best Original Score (Brandon Hardy)

Wren

Reva Trikha

Canada

🏆 Best Animated

🏆 Best 1st Time Director

🏆 Best Original Score (Hlib Bykovskyi)

"HBHF" welcomes "WREN" (Canada)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "WREN" by Reva Trikha (Canada)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "THE LINEUP" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "THE LINEUP" by Fields (USA)!!!

Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE.

"HBHF" welcomes "ROOM TONE" (USA)!!!

"HBHF" welcomes "ROOM TONE" by Luna Wolf (USA)!!!
Submit your feature, short, poster, photography or screenplay HERE.

"HBHF": Official Selection of September 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 October edition 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?