Winners – 2022
Dark Scream Film Festival – Edition 1 Winners Dark Scream Film Festival — Awards (2022) Winners list (Award • Film • Awardee) Award Film Credit / Awardee Best Horror Film Meatballs Directed by Julen Higuera Lozano Spain Best Horror Student Film Protector Directed by Mallory Shofi United States Best Thriller Film State of Mind Directed by Jordyn Braaten United States Best Student Thriller Film The Flesh of Another Directed by Jack Cosgriff United States Best Animation (Horror/Thriller) Film Eat The Rich (short version) Directed by Niven Wilson United States Best Dark Scream Director Rise & Shine Directed by Arnaud Pierre Baur Switzerland Best Dark Scream Female Director Latir Amargo Directed by Yolanda Belvis Spain Best Dark Scream Screenwriter SCRIPT Written by Piero Cannata Italy Best Dark Scream Editor INCUBUS Edited by Ella Oliver United Kingdom Best Dark Scream Cinematographer The Wild Roots Cinematography by Michaël Larue France Best Dark Scream Producer Stuck Produced by David A. Roncone Italy Best Dark Scream Production Design Smiley Face Directed by François Ricard-Sheard Canada Best Dark Scream VFX INCUBUS Directed by Tito Fernandes United Kingdom Best Dark Scream Music Meatballs Directed by Julen Higuera Lozano Spain Best Dark Scream Sound Design Stuck Directed by David A. Roncone Italy Best Dark Scream Actor (Male) The Devil in Bitter Woods Awarded to Christopher Tenney United States Best Dark Scream Actress (Female) Fostered Awarded to Nikki Gullotti Australia Best Dark Scream Supporting Actor (Male/Female) The Devil in Bitter Woods Awarded to Arianna Wadkins United States Special Jury’s Choice Award Frequency Directed by Aleksander Szeser Poland Special Festival’s Choice Award The House Directed by Rosie Grypma & Wayne Lai Canada Best Screenplay Whispers (full cover page) Written by Andre Schuck Brazil Best Runner-up Screenplay Christmas Bloody Christmas Written by Alice Wells United States
Winners – 2024
Dark Scream Film Festival – Edition 2 Winners Dark Scream Film Festival — Awards (2024) Winners list (Award • Film • Awardee) Award Film Credit / Awardee Best Film Chateau Sauvignon: Terroir Directed by D.M. Night Maire United States Best One Minute Film Skinny Dip (60 Sec) Directed by Donal O’Dea Best Horror Short Film 13 (Thirteen) Directed by Susad Sudhakar India Best Indian Horror Short Film Third-Floor Directed by Amandeep Singh India Best Thriller Short Film The Culture Directed by Shatanik Nayak India Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy Film The Astronomer’s Apprentice Directed by Patch Bell United Kingdom Best Horror Confessions Extreme Gravity Directed by Lorenzo Ayuso Spain Best Horror Animation Film OUROBOROS Directed by Anuj Choudhary India Best Horror Comedy Film Slasher Sessions Directed by Thomas A Fowler United States Best Director CATERPILLAR Directed by Matt O’Leary France Best Screenwriter 13 (Thirteen) Written by Akhil Vinayak India Best Cinematographer AMANDA Cinematography by Pablo Terzagui Spain Best Editor Run Run Rabbit Edited by Rubén Camargo Spain Best Producer The Walls of Horror Produced by Rosaicela Enríquez Santillán Mexico Best Performance (Male) Fangs Directed by Dominique Fumeaux Switzerland Best Performance (Female) The Stranded Awarded to Sergi Páez Spain Audience Choice Award 13 (Thirteen) Directed by Susad Sudhakar India
Winners – 2025
Dark Scream Film Festival – Awards (2025) Dark Scream Film Festival — Awards (2025) Winners list (Award • Film • Awardee) Award Film Awardee Best Nightmare Short Best Short Horror Film The Devils Eduardo Jiménez Castañeda Best Desi Nightmare Short Best Indian Horror Short Film Uninvited Joshua George John Best Twisted Reel Best Short Thriller Film De rodillas Antón Tendero Best Desi Twisted Reel Best Indian Thriller Short Film Kalp Fiction Siddharth Kumar Best Stellar Shadow Best Short Sci-Fi/Noir Film MOSKENSTRAUMEN Daniel Wolters Best Haunted Frame Best Horror Animation Film Whisper of the well Elif DOKUR Best Feature Film The Cellar Jamie David Langlands Best Director WHISTLE Ganesh Baniya, Mohak Girdhar Best Female Director Happy Birthday Zeenu Deepti Sharma Best Screenwriter Bishop’s Day Christopher Kelly Best Audiences Choice Award Pop Monsters Megan Brooks Best Performances (Male) In Silence, Demons Knock Jon Jordan Best Performances (Female) Killfeed Stevie Lynn Jones