Halloween International Film Festival

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HIFF 2020 AWARD WINNERS

Best Feature Film: MASS HYSTERIA (dir. Jeff Ryan and Arielle Cimino)

Best Short Film: BELLA AND THE SLASHER (dir. Justin H. Reich)

Best Actor: CAROLINE WILLIAMS (Ten Minutes to Midnight; dir. Erik Bloomquist)

Best Supporting Actor: TUESDAY KNIGHT (The Bloody Man; dir. Daniel Benedict)

Best Halloween Film: THEY LIVE INSIDE US (dir. Michael Ballif)

Best International Film: CLOUT (dir. Ariel Hansen)

Best North Carolina Film: BACKWARD CREEP (dir. Christopher G. Moore)

Scariest Film: BOX FORT (dir. Tyler Czajkowski)

Breakthrough Filmmaker: MICHAEL SQUID (The Chrysalis)

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

Held on North Carolina’s historic Outer Banks, site of the Wright Brothers’ first flight and home of America’s first unsolved mystery, the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island, this destination event features three days of independent genre films from around the world, as well as networking opportunities and extensive media exposure.

Founded in 2016, the Halloween International Film Festival is a Gold-ranked festival on the world’s top film festival submission platform, FilmFreeway.

Previous Official Selections include The Barn (2016 Best Halloween Film and Best Feature Film Award Winner), 3 Dead Trick or Treaters, 10/31, The Haunt (2017 Best Halloween Film Award Winner), Haunters: The Art of the Scare (2018 Best Halloween Film Award Winner), Epic Home Haunts (2019 Breakthrough Filmmaker Award Winner), They Live Inside Us (2020 Best Halloween Film), and Mass Hysteria (2020 Best Feature Film).

Special invitational Showcase Selections from previous years include Honeyspider, The Houses October Built 2, Candy Corn, and the world premieres of 10/31 Part II and Sharp Candy.