We had a terrific night at the screening for the 2024 Thrills and Chills Fantasy, Sci Fi and Horror Fest screening. The audience loved the incredibly diverse genre short films from around the world.
Congratulations to the category winners (see below). As per the rules, we have reserved the right not to award winners in a small number of categories.
A big thank you to filmmakers Kalina Davis (“Hidden Prey”) and Julianna Purnell who attended the screening in person.
We’ll be opening entries soon for the 2025 season.
Official selections screened at the event
‘They’re Coming’
Country of origin: United States
Director(s): Camy “Cameron” Arnett
‘Unit 17: Week 3’
Country of origin: United States
Director(s): David Kaye, Theresa Stefaniak
‘Reboot’
Country of origin: China
Director: CHRIS QI YAO
‘Hidden Prey’
Country of origin: Australia
Director: Kalina Davis
‘Lab Rat’
Country of origin: Australia
Director: Ben Hargreaves
‘La Soglia’
Country of origin: Italy
Director(s): Nicolò Tonani, Sofia Gasparetti, Simone Colombo
‘I Was’
Country of origin: Italy
Director(s): Matteo Capatti, Lorenzo Mazzucchi
‘Demon Dog’
Country of origin: Australia
Director: Juliana Purnell
‘Ruined Date’
Country of origin: Mexico
Director: Antonio Rotunno
‘Doom Scroll’
Country of origin: Australia
Director: Roy Weiland
‘Moonbeans: A Tale of Two Astronauts’
Country of origin: United States
Director: James G. Maynard
‘The Missing’
Country of origin: Australia
Director: Lovejeet Singh
‘The Man in the Red Pants’
Country of origin: Australia Director(s): Liam Govan, Hassibullah Kushkaki
‘Delivery’
Country of origin: United States
Director: Braydon Leadbetter
Category award winners
Audience favourite – “The Missing”
Short film – Horror / Thriller – “The Missing”
Short film – Sci Fi – “Lab Rat”
Director – Lovejeet Singh “The Missing”
Actor – Alex Botto – “The Missing”
Song / score – Paul Shrofel (score) “Hinter-Land”
Production design – “The Man in the Red Pants”
Sound design – “I Was”
Mobile phone / tablet film – “Demon Dog” & “Hidden Prey”
Trailer – “I Was”
Poster – “They’re Coming”
Screenplay – horror / thriller – “Chrysalis” by Lachlan Anderson-Schmidt
