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Chicago Horror Film Festival

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    Jury Award

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    Best Foreign Language Horror

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      Winner

        Black Fog

      5.6 (8)
      Judlin Willmont(producer)
      Nicholas Z. Scott(producer)
      Patrick Kelly(producer)

    Best International Short Film

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      Winner

        The Nest

      Ignacio Rodó
      Efe Punto
      Celofán Audiovisual

    Best LGBTQ Horror

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      Winner

        Bath Bomb

      7.2 (57)
      Colin G. Cooper

    Best Short Film

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      Winner

        The Baby

      Taylor Bustamante(director)

    Festival Award

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    Best First Time Director

    • Aeris Danet
      Winner
      • Aeris Danet(director)
      • Nebulous
    • O. Ivan Delgado
      Winner
      • O. Ivan Delgado(writer/director)
      • Elevated

    Best Horror Director

    • On Set
      Winner
      • Chandler Clarke
      • Bzrk
      TID Productions

    Best Actor

      • Salvatore Grizzaffi(actor)
      • 3:55 A.M.

    Best Actor - Chicago

      • Asya Meadows(actor)
      • Elevated

    Best Cinematography

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        Elevated

      Dmytro Cherkaskiy(director of photography)

    Best Feature Film

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        Vampire Zombies... From Space!

      5.8 (626)
      Alex Forman
      Gerry Lattmann
      Ted Bezaire
      Jakob Skrzypa
      Michael Stasko

    Best Film - Chicago Horror

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        Elevated

    Best Short

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        Bzrk

      5.9 (7)
      Chandler Clarke
      TID Productions

    Best Student Film

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        3:55 A.M.

      Leon Gisclair(director)
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        Nebulous

      Aeris Danet(director)

    Best Actress Award

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    Chicago

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      Winner

        No Escape

      Leena Kurishingal

    Best LGBTQ Horror Award

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    Best LGBTQ Horror Award

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        Prom Party Massacre

      7.3 (6)
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        Dead Girl

      Hyun Woo 'Shawn' Lee(producer)
      Jose Salomon Lopez(writer)
      Kenz Benmosbah(director)
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        Cruelty

      7.4 (95)
      Sam Das

    Best Horror Cinematography Award

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    Horror Short

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        Bad Chemistry

      Michael Rognlie
      On The Fence Productions

    Best Actor Award

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    Best Actor

    • Crystal Loverro
      • Crystal Loverro
      • Blindsided
      JohnHog Danger Productions

    Chicago

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        No Escape

      Mike Monreal
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        Manifest

      Stephen Montagna(actor)

    Best Horror Short Film Award

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    Best Short Film

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      Winner

        Lights Off

      Joseph Neibich(actor / writer)
      Joseph Nybyk(writer / producer)

    Best Horror Short Film

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        The Lost Camp

      7.9 (9)
      Connor Etter
      Unit 2 Productions
      CJE Productions
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        Chopped

      Jingzhe Wang(producer)
      Cici Liu(director)
      Yuqi An(associate producer)
      The Bad Kids Production
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        Manifest

      Andrew Gibbs(director)
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        Precious

      Sean Frost(director)
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        The Harpies

      Rogan Lovse
      Sean Nielson
      Steven Hu
      Jordan J. Rivera

    Best Monster/Demon/Killer Award

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        Dotted Line

      James C. Stewart

    Best Horror Feature Award

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    Best Horror Feature

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      Winner

        Wormtown

      4.1 (543)
      Philip R. Garrett(producer)
      Andrew James Myers(producer)
      Cranked Up Films
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        The Reckoning

      7.9 (19)
      Michael Weaver
      Jen Roskind
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        Lead Belly

      7.2 (19)
      Stephen Simmons(writer/director)
      New Western Film Company

    Best Sci-Fi Horror Film Award

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    Best Film

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      Winner

        Blindsided

      7.2 (13)
      Patrick Hogan
      Crystal Loverro
      JohnHog Danger Productions

    Best Director Award

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    Best Director

    • writer/director/sound supervisor/scoundrel P. Patrick Hogan
      • Patrick Hogan
      • Blindsided
      JohnHog Danger Productions

    Best Chicago Director Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Manifest

      Andrew Gibbs(director)
      Dark House Pictures

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    Event location

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Event links

    • http://www.chicagohorrorfest.com/

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