Winners were announced on July 30th, 2023 at the sixth annual edition of The Screaming Room Film Festival at Midsummer Scream. The ceremony was hosted, again, by the amazing Mr. He and Queen Coke Francis.
Audience Awards – Films voted to be the best by the audiences that attended each block
Anthology of Terror – THE WHEEL – Directed by Nikhil Bhagat
Art House Horror – SHADOW PUPPETS – Directed by Penn Pauletich
A Captive Audience – HIT ON THE HEAD – Directed by Jamison Ashely Braly
Creatures of the Night – FIONA – Directed by Andy Chen
Crimes and Passions – YOU PROMISED – Direct by Matthew Hersh
Die Laughing – THE HAUNTED BABY CARRIAGE FROM HELL – Directed by JT Seaton
Drawn to Horror – THE OLD HAG AND THE CROW – Directed by María Lucía Bayardo
Fantastic Worlds – AWAKE – Directed by Francesco Paolo Cordaro, Andrea Cordaro
Happy Halloween – LIKE MICHAEL – Directed by Aaron Migdon
The Occult – THE DEVIL’S GOT MY ARMS – Directed by Noah Tyler Pinnt
Stalkers & Slashers – GET AWAY – Directed by Michael Gabriele
Supernatural Scares – MI HIJA – Directed by Anthony Fins
Waking Nightmares – HIMS – Directed by Krsy Fox
WTF??? – VIVERE – Directed by Daniel Sheahan
Jury Awards – As voted on by our jury of horror industry professionals
Palme d’Gore (Awarded to the film selected to be the best of the festival) – THE WHEEL – Directed by Nikhil Bhagat
Jack-O-Lantern (Awarded to the film that exemplifies the spirit of Halloween) – LIKE MICHAEL – Directed by Aaron Migdon
Mary Shelley (Awarded the film that best showcases creativity/ingenuity in filmmaking) – (TIE) AWAKE – Directed by Francesco Paolo Cordaro, Andrea Cordaro; FOR WHAT THE DOOR BELL TOLLS – Directed by Nori Uchida
Thank you, filmmakers
We want to give a huge thanks to, not just the filmmakers that won awards or played at the festival, the nearly 300 filmmakers who submitted their films to us this year. If you are a filmmaker that would like to submit your, 20min or less, short film for next year’s event, visit our page at filmfreeway.com/MidsummerScreamHalloweenFestival. Submissions for 2024 will be accepted beginning October 31st, 2023.
