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Award winners at the ceremony for the 2022 British Horror Film Festival
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NEXT DEADLINE · FEBRUARY 28th, 2025

NEXT EVENT · OCTOBER, 2025
THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON

COMING SOON

EVENT ARCHIVE

2024

MOST RECENT LINEUP

TICKET SALES HAVE NOW ENDED

It's The British Horror Film Festival's fifteenth year and we have an amazing and horrific line up! There are a number of awards up for grabs at the Festival, including the prestigious British Horror Award for Achievement in Film on a Low Budget and the Rising Star Award for upcoming talent in the industry.

SHORT FILM SCREENING

The exterior of the British Museum at sunset
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Sally joins a dream summer trip to Sicily with her childhood bestie Poppy, hoping to re-connect before they start university. Confronted with Poppy’s volatile new friend Alex, Sally is strangely drawn to the traditional puppets decorating their villa, and the strings that bind the two friends threaten to rip them apart.

STRINGS

15m | Ava Pearson, Eleanor Smith & Nina Zandvliet

In the dead of night, creatures slink through the streets of London. Foxes howl to warn when they are close. A woman wakes up in the night to the sound of foxes and shortly after notices a strange figure outside her home.

SKULK

7m | Max Ward

Late at night, a lone fisherman discovers he is not the only one hoping to hook something.

THE LURE

1m | Tony Hipwell

Touring pub singer, Bex, lets her celebrity delusions get in the way of her relationship with her daughter, Rhian, who is left to pick up the pieces when faced with the cruel reality of her mother's lifestyle.

ONE NIGHT ONLY

18m | Josh Harris

Mélanie walks past the same alley every day without noticing the strange metal bucket there.

EMBRACE

2m | Axel Zeltser

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BACKMASK

15m | Matt Fitch & Chris Baker

In his desperate search for a new sound, 1970s rock star Billy Chapman isolates himself in his mansion, only to unleash a sinister force that becomes his dark collaborator.

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A group of crypto savvy friends begin experiencing strange occurrences after buying into a cursed NFT collection.

WRITER / DIRECTOR

Jonas Odenheimer

PRODUCERS

Jonas Odenheimer, Naseer Din, James Hoang

& Mariah Nonnemacher

KEY CAST

Najarra Townsend, David Wayman,

Mariah Nonnemacher & Durassie Kiangangu

NFT

1h 15m

FEATURE FILM SCREENING

The British Horror Film Festival Blood List is for screenplays of outstanding quality. These projects are up for the title of Best Unproduced Screenplay. 

THE AWARDS

BEST FEATURE FILM

NFT

BEST SHORT FILM

BACKMASK

EMBRACE

ONE NIGHT ONLY

SKULK

STRINGS

THE LURE

BEST DIRECTOR

JOSH HARRIS   |  ONE NIGHT ONLY

MATT FITCH & CHRIS BAKER |  BACKMASK

MAX WARD  |  SKULK

THE DOUG MILSOME AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BACKMASK

EMBRACE

 

ONE NIGHT ONLY

BEST ACTOR

DAVID SHIELDS  |  BACKMASK

DAVID WAYMAN  |  NFT

DURASSIE KIANGANGU  |  NFT

BEST ACTRESS

CALYPSO LEWIS  |  STRINGS

MANDY ROSE  |  ONE NIGHT ONLY

MARIAH NONNEMACHER  |  NFT

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

ASHTON HUNT  |  STRINGS

CHARLIE RIX  |  BACKMASK

STEVE SPEIRS  |  ONE NIGHT ONLY

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

AMELIE EDWARDS  |  NFT

COCO JONES  |  STRINGS

LAURA DALGLEISH  |  ONE NIGHT ONLY

BEST MUSIC

BACKMASK

 

ONE NIGHT ONLY

 

SKULK

BEST STUDENT FILM

STRINGS

THE BRITISH HORROR AWARD

SKULK

THE RISING STAR AWARD

DURASSIE KIANGANGU  |  NFT

THE AUDIENCE AWARD

SKULK

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY WINNER

MR. NOBBLY'S FUN TIME MURDER SPREE | IAN SMYTH & RHYS GEORGE-LEWIS

BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY COMMENDATIONS

MY CHILD | MATTHEW FORD

 

OLD SCHOOL SPIRIT | NATHANIEL TAPLEY

REPTILIAN SISTERHOOD | AROOJ SHAH

  

SHAPESHIFTER | ANTHONY FORD

WINNERS ARE NOTED WITH AN UNDERLINE

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