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Chicago Horror Film Festival

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
    • 2000s
    • 202520242023202220212020

    Jury Award

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    Best Foreign Language

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      L'enfant

      8.8 (23)
      Bekim Vanbosche
    • [object Object]

      Teacups and Cookies

      8.5 (8)
      José Saborit
      Alonso Valdez

    Best Psychopath

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quiet! Mom's Working!

      6.9 (8)
      Ana Krista Johnson

    Best Actor

      • Brendan Flaherty
      • Wellness Check

    Best Animated

    • [object Object]

      El Padrastro

      8.2 (13)
      José Casas(director) (producer)
      Juanjo Avi(producer)

    Best Chicago Horror Film

    • [object Object]

      Wellness Check

      Joe Borrasso(executive producer)
      Lisa Morgan(executive producer)
      Tyler Holme(director)

    Best LGBTQ Horror

    • [object Object]

      Sanguine

      8.8 (17)

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]

      The Tunnel: Interview with a Monster

      Lawrence Smilgys
      David Llauger Meiselman
      Felipe Alejandro
      Oj Baclig
      Boricua Films
      Hope Boat Films

    Audience Award

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    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Evil Three

      6.5 (1.1K)

    Director's Prize

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    Director's Choice

    • Matthew Speak
      James Andrew Oster
      Winners
      • Matthew Speak
      • Matt Van Winkle
      • James Andrew Oster
      • The Foot of the Bed
      Cinescare Productions
      The Foot of the Bed is one of six selections picked for Fest Directors Choice
    • Steven Schloss
      Winner
      • Steven Schloss(Director)
      • Writer's Block
      Festival Director's choice for best Director

    Best 1st Time Director

      • Ho-Seung Son(director)
      • Will You Come Up?

    Best Director

      • Alexa de Hoyos(Director)
      • Sinhué F. Benavides(Director)
      • Korpus
      Sizigia Films

    Festival Award

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    Best Actor

    • Thom Mathews
      Winner
      • Thom Mathews(actor)
      • Never Hike Alone 2
    • Bill Oberst Jr.
      • Bill Oberst Jr.
      • A Stranger in the Woods
    • Brock Roberts
      • Brock Roberts
      • Red Night at Skye's
      88mm Productions
      • Marc Amadin(actor)
      • Bump
      EN Media

    Best Actor - Short

    • Numero Nethlerlands
      Winner
      • Armani Jackson
      • The Fort
    • Joseph Schwartz
      • Joseph Schwartz(actor)
      • I Want You
    • James Andrew Oster
      • James Andrew Oster
      • The Foot of the Bed
      Cinescare Productions

    Best Actress - Feature

    • Johnna Hodge
      Winner
      • Johnna Hodge
      • Redhead
      CineSavage Films

    Best Actress - Short Film

    • Melissa Harrison
      Winner
      • Melissa Harrison
      • Live, Laugh, Love

    Best Cinematography

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      Winner

      Ariane's Baby

      Mahée Merica
      London Film School

    Best Director - Chicago

    • Craig Bass
      Winner
      • Craig Bass(Director)
      • Love, Love, Oh Awful Love
      Year of the Phoenix
    • Jerry S. Gonzalez
      • Jerry S. Gonzalez(director)
      • The Spaghetti Man

    Best Director - Short

    • Victoria McDevitt
      Winner
      • Victoria McDevitt
      • The Fort
    • Brandon Lazenko
      • Brandon Lazenko
      • October Roses

    Best Film - Horror Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      New Fears Eve

      Eric Huskisson
      P.J. Starks
      Blood Moon Pictures
    • [object Object]

      The Spaghetti Man

      4.8 (21)
      Jerry S. Gonzalez(director)
      Mendy Zimmerman(producer)

    Best Horror Feature

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      Winner

      Red Night at Skye's

      7.1 (13)
      Chris Grega
      Christopher Macke
      Brock Roberts
      88mm Productions
    • [object Object]

      A Stranger in the Woods

      4.8 (710)
      Roy McClurg Jr.(executive producer)
      Kevin Cuong Phu Nguyen(co-executive producer)
      Tracy Allen(producer)
      Beáta Boldog(producer)
      Gergö Elekes(producer)
      József Gallai(producer)
      Roxanne Rix(producer)
      Tommy Lentsch(co-producer)
      Eric Ziegmont(co-producer)
    • [object Object]

      Redhead

      3.5 (215)
      Johnna Hodge
      Sam Hodge
      CineSavage Films

    Best International Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cheating. Dating. Hexing.

      Nic Altobelli
      Jesse Wicklund
      Nathan Solar
    • [object Object]

      The Pencil

      9.8 (12)
      Thomas Schultz
      Madina Schultz
    • [object Object]

      The Poem

      Andrea D'Amario
      Monster Under The Bed

    Best LGBTQ Horror Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Twice As Shy

      Anjelica Hymel(director/writer/editor/producer)
      One-Eyed Max Productions
      DDH Productions
    • [object Object]

      A Long Bite Goodnight

      Chris Borgo
      Revulsion Pictures
    • [object Object]

      Collette

      Jack Walterman

    Best Midnight Horror

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Slaughter Creek Slasher of the Dead

      John Goode
      Backroad Productions (II)
    • [object Object]

      Party Panda - The Birth of a Serial Killer

      Uriah Herr(Director)
      Toy Boat Productions
      Pink Slip Films

    Best Monster/Demon

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Spaghetti Man

      4.8 (21)
      Jerry S. Gonzalez(director)

    Best Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sally

      8.1 (7)
      Chad O'Bara(director)
      RagTag Pictures
    • [object Object]

      I Want You

      8.2 (9)
      Joe Greening(director)
      Jensina Sonbaer(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Bloody Groom

      Lev Orlov(Producer)
      Leah Tonic(Producer)
      Aviad Shtachelberg(Director)
    • [object Object]

      Bump

      Erin Anne MacDonald(producer)
      Evan Enslow(producer)
      Kyle Kasabian(director)
      EN Media
    • [object Object]

      Vines

      Luke Zwanziger(director)
      Anchor Down Cinema

    Best Short Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hit & Run: A Tale of Vengeance

      Joshua Carroll
      Misfit Parade

    Best Young Performer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Aro's World

      Kaya S. Johnson
    • [object Object]

      Sleep Tight

      8.0 (12)
      Azriel Dalman

    Fest Directors Choice

    • Winners
      • Thomas Schultz
      • Madina Schultz
      • The Pencil
    • Winners
      • Nate Myers(director)
      • Manu Anjanappa(executive producer)
      • Your Virtual Assistant

    Best Actor - Chicago

      • David Neylon
      • Bay for Blood
      Edgewater Film Productions

    Best Actress

    • Jackie Kelly
      • Jackie Kelly
      • Red Night at Skye's
      88mm Productions

    Best Actress - Chicago

    • Brittany Vogel
      • Brittany Vogel(actress)
      • The Spaghetti Man
    • Olga Aguilar
      • Olga Aguilar(actress)
      • Holiday Heartbreak
    • Rivers Pokraka
      • Rivers Pokraka
      • Love, Love, Oh Awful Love
      Year of the Phoenix

    Best After Midnight

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      Night Feeding

      6.0 (8)

    Best Animated/Puppet Horror

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      You turn me into a monster

      Diana Galimzyanova
    • [object Object]

      Pocket Princess

      9.1 (9)
      Olivia Loccisano

    Best Blood/Gore

    • [object Object]

      Writer's Block

      6.8 (16)
      Steven Schloss(director)
      Hot Brick Entertainment
    • [object Object]

      Bakemono

      6.8 (181)
      Doug Roos
      Malachy Fergus Godfrey
      Robert Embree
      Jules M. Vanfau
      Lost Forever Productions

    Best Director

    • Joe Greening
      • Joe Greening(director)
      • I Want You
    • Chris Grega
      • Chris Grega
      • Red Night at Skye's
      88mm Productions

    Best Film - Chicago Horror

    • [object Object]

      The Spaghetti Man

      4.8 (21)
      Jerry S. Gonzalez(director)
      Mendy Zimmerman(producer)

    Best Horror - Chicago

    • [object Object]

      Love, Love, Oh Awful Love

      Year of the Phoenix

    Best Horror Director

    • Kyle Kasabian
      • Kyle Kasabian(director)
      • Bump
      EN Media

    Best International

    • [object Object]

      Terroir

      7.6 (19)
      Benjamin Luk
      Benjamin Luk Productions
    • [object Object]

      Don't Let Them In

      Peter Collins(writer/director)

    Best Psychopath

    • [object Object]

      A Stranger in the Woods

      4.8 (710)
      Bill Oberst Jr.
    • [object Object]

      Redhead

      3.5 (215)
      Johnna Hodge
      Sam Hodge
      CineSavage Films
    • [object Object]

      The Citrus Killer

      Xander Haan

    Best Actress Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Buzzkill

      Katherine Cozumel

    Best LGBTQ Horror Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Twice As Shy

      Anjelica Hymel
      Kitty Quilt Pictures
      DDH Productions
      One-Eyed Max Productions

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    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Event links

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