Film Schedule Coming Soon 2023

   The Film Festival displays the work of artists from all over, the festival may not share the same views as the films. Most films have not been rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.  Some films may not be suitable for children.

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2022 Festival Winners

BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM
A Place Among the Dead
Director Juliet Landau

BEST HORROR SHORT
#NOFILTER
Director Nathan Crooker

BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
FRESH HELL
Directors Ryan Imhoff & Matt Neal

BEST THRILLER
STRANDED
Director Shawn Burkett

BEST SCI-FI
ULFHEDNAR
Director Scott Niel

BEST STUDENT
Nowhere to Escape
Director ZIYAN WANG

BEST ARKANSAS MADE
Masquerade
Director Jason Pitts

2021 awards

Girl Next,  BEST Horror Feature, Larry Carrell, Loris Curci, Marcus Jean Pirae, Lacey Cofran, Rachel Alig, Paula Marcenaro Solinger, United States

The History of Metal and Horror,  BEST Horror Documentary, Heavy Metal, Horror, Mike Schiff, Robert L. Lucas, Michael Berryman, Alex Rafala, Alice Cooper, Kirk Hammett, Tom Savini, John Carpenter, Corey Taylor, Dave Mustaine, Rob Zombie, Kane Hodder, Doug Bradley, United States

Vodi,  BEST Short Horror, Nath Milburn, Luke Baker, Chase Mullins, Renee Gagner, Alicia Blasingame, Brett Lawrence, Chad Higgs, Drew Arnett, Rudolph Whitcomb, Monika Vidakovic, Nina Nikolic, Jesse James Dean, United States

BECKY,  BEST First Time Filmmaker Short Horror, Nicole Ihasz, Marco De Molina, Brian Krause, Joi Liaye, United States

Thrall,  BEST Student Short Horror,  Xanthe Pajarillo, Nana Adwoa Frimpong, McKenzi Vanderberg, Haeleigh Royall, Susan Deming, United States

SURGE,  BEST Thriller Feature,  Film Rise, Garineh Nazarian, United Kingdom

The Parker Sessions,  BEST First Time Filmmaker Thriller, Stephen king Simmons, Mario DeAngelis, Matt Tucker, Rachell Sean, Danny James, Rachell Sean, Danny James, United States

Waterwick: Prologue,  BEST Student Short Thriller, Lionel R Jeffries, Alyssa Botelho, Carter Goodrich,Paul Kandarian, James Groh, Hayley Phillips, Marion O'Sullivan, United States

Human Trash,  BEST Sci-Fi Short, Aitor Almuedo Esteban, Francisco Javier Almuedo Esteban, Aitor Almuedo Esteban, Guillermo Llans,  Karlos Aurrekoetxea, Spain

The Man From Boggy Creek,  Documentary  Horror,  Honorable Mention, Scott McKinnon, Paul Glover, United States

Rondo and Bob,  Documentary Horror, Honorable Mention, Classic Horror,

 Joe O'Connell, Ed Toutant, Kelsey Pribilski, Ryan Williams, Joseph Middleton, Sonny Carl Davis, Margaret Hoard, Gary Kent, United States

 SOLUS,  Sci-fi Short, Honorable Mention
Rachel M. Taylor, United States

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