Thrills and Chills is an international online competition which specializes in genre films from all horizons – horror, thriller, sci-fi, fantasy… – and honors the originality and variety of those flicks.
Initiated by a group of movie buffs and filmmakers, its ambition is to shed light on unconventional projects that share the same enthusiasm and passion for those popular genres loved by the audience.
For each edition, our jury deliberates and determines an official selection and awards the best works and performances in all categories. Selections and winners lists are officially published on our media partner website, Indie Wrap, and our social media.
The jury has voted, and here are the winners:
BEST HORROR FILM
INFERNO – Didier Richards
BEST THRILLER FILM
Self Isolated – Chad Ridgely
BEST SCI-FI FILM
Black Knight Satellite: Beyond the Signal – Melissa Tittl
BEST FANTASY FILM
Zo In Exile – Dylan O’Keefe
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
I’m Your Woman – Swapnil S. Rajpurkar
BEST ACTION FILM
Welcome to Candy’s – Sabine Crossen
BEST CRIME / NOIR FILM
Diversion (Politics of) – Simon Heymans
BEST DRAMA FILM
Deliver us from the male – Tony Le Bacq
BEST ANIMATION FILM
robo99 – SUNG CHEOL KIM
BEST STUDENT FILM
The Devil Works Harder – Adam Snook
BEST DIRECTOR
James Hughes – SONAR
BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
Peter G Levine – The Study Group
BEST SCREENPLAY
Ali Matlock and Jubei Powers – Shadows of the Dust
BEST ACTRESS
Lily Clayton Hansen – Snowflake
BEST ACTOR
Tony Le Bacq – Deliver us from the male
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Holland Stull – Rise of the Crimson Butcher
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Doug Burch – Self Isolated
BEST SCREAM QUEEN
CRISTINA NUÑEZ – INFERNO
BEST VILLAIN
HARJ JOHAL – Villains
BEST MONSTER
Brandon Wyne Garet Peyton – Harmony Falls
BEST EDITOR
Noah McCay – Night of the Vampire
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jonathan Salazar – Glovebox
BEST SPECIAL FX
Brent Edgett – Rise of the Crimson Butcher
BEST VISUAL FX
Lycee Anya – SONAR
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Phil Varone – Him
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
ISAAC MALDONADO – INFERNO
BEST COSTUME / PRODUCTION DESIGN
DIDIER RICHARDS, IVAN CINSEROS, PAOLA ESPINOZA, ALFREDO BALLESTEROS, ARED SINAÍ – INFERNO
BEST UNPRODUCED SCRIPT
MIDNIGHT THUNDER: X – Kyle Corcoran
About the festival
Thrills and Chills is an international bi-monthly online competition which specializes in genre films from all horizons – horror, thriller, sci-fi, fantasy… – and honors the originality and variety of those flicks.
Initiated by a group of movie buffs and filmmakers, its ambition is to shed light on unconventional projects that share the same enthusiasm and passion for those popular genres loved by the audience.
Every two months, our jury deliberates and determines an official selection and awards the best works and performances in all categories.
