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​Best Screenplay (feature) Winner:

GYM BUDDY - Bia Oliveira

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Runners up:

1000 PATHS OF DEATH - Alaric Stremmel Rocha, Richard Paul Klein & Chris McGahan

BEYOND THE DARKNESS - Andrew Abbiw

CLOWN FREAKS - Michael Dugan

FEAR OF THE WOODS - Titus Paar

THE DEVIL UNDER THE CONCRETE - Enrique Dueñas González

THE PIT - Duncan B. Putney & Greg Chopoorian

THE SONG OF SOLOMON - Bob Canning

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Best twist (feature)

ROSE TINTED GLASSES - BART KRAJEWSKI

 

Runners up: 

CUCKOO, CUCKOO - Terry Lynam

FIVE STARS - Marlene Guerin

FOLLOWING HENRY GRACE - Christine Makepeace

PALO ALTO BANG & BURN - Craig Bettendorf

POOR PLAYERS - Ronald Kaehler

TED'S SCORE - Daniel P. Coughlin

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best villain (feature)

HAS ANYBODY SEEN KEVIN? - Clarence Sittampalam

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Runners up: 

A NECESSARY SHEDDING OF SKIN - Travis Lemke

BENEATH THE SURFACE - Luke Valdes-Rodriguez

HOMINID: The True Story of The Oregon Bigfoot Massacre - Joe Toplyn

ORCHARD LANE - Donna Gooden

THE DEVIL'S TIDE - John McCoy

THE FUNNY FARM - Robert Ward

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Most messed up death (feature)​

PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS - Sophie Holloway

 

Runners up:

BONE WITCH - John Angus Rheaume

STAR OF THE TABOO NETWORK - Stuart Alan Pollack

THE BACHELOR PARTY - Alexander J. Hiers & Jonah Fujikawa

THROUGH GRITTED TEETH - Rankin Fithian

VIRIDIAN LAKE - Cynthia Webb

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Best Screenplay (short) Winner:

THE ARRANGEMENT - Joseph Willis

 

Runners up:

ANIMATED - Kevin Burke

LAZY BITCH - Samantha Boland

SHADOWS - Alisa Sakson

THE DEAD PLAINS - Paul Corricelli

TRASH DAY - Rose Vatel

ROAD RAGE - L. S. Strange

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Best twist (short)

DRIVE-THRU - Lee Henderson

 

Runners up 

BOYS LIKE DEAD THINGS - R. Michael McWhorter

EXPRESS CHECKOUT - Janet Hetherington

HEARTWARMING HORROR - Jennifer Milne

THE CONFESSION - J.M. Vasquez

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best villain (short)

THE COMIC SHOP - Sara Moniz

 

Runners up: 

DIESEL SUCKER - Gerry Taafe

SPECIAL DELIVERY - Peter Stenhouse 

NINE NIGHTS - Jake Baird

ZZZ... - Heidi Thornton​​

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Most messed up death (short)

THE FINAL STITCH - Vincent Dwyer

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Runners up:

CUSTOMER RELATIONS - Anna Lovering

FACEWARMERZ - Rives Elliot

FILTERED - Facundo Ariel Pippia

THOSE HORROR GUYS - Jenny Rafferty

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