Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival Awards 2025
Nominations & Winners
BEST WEB SERIES
Do You Want to See Me Do the Striptease Too? (China)
Fine Valentine (USA)
Burns & Song (Zimbabwe)
WINNER: Do You Want to See Me Do the Striptease Too? (China)
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BEST HORROR MOMENT
WINNER: Irish Son
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BEST MAKE UP
Pearls
No Exit During Nighttime Hours
The Men from Damnation Control
Sleepeater
Lily of the Valley
Undying Love
WINNER: Pearls
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BEST COSTUME
The Pearl Comb
The Devil’s Lair
Sleepeater
Lily of the Valley
Lost Hope
Head First
WINNER: The Devil’s Lair
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BEST PRODUCED SCREENPLAY
Itch (Joe Savage)
Blink (Parpadear) – (Barto Muñoz, Daniel Raja, Fran Marín)
Scratch (Alexandra Wetherall & Gaz Hayden)
Irish Son (Cameron Tharmaratham)
The Abyss (Josh Flower)
WINNER: Scratch (Alexandra Wetherall & Gaz Hayden)
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BEST UN-PRODUCED SHORT SCREENPLAY
The Coal Kids (Alessandro Biacca, France)
Test of Death (Linda Niccol & Michael Botur, New Zealand)
Rage (Crystal Muma Rivers, USA)
Bugged (Metin Bulent, UK)
Doubting Thomas (Joseph Millson, UK)
The Prism (Philip Shanahan, Ireland)
Iustitium (Roy Scintei, UK)
Emancipation (Todd Ryan Jones, USA)
WINNER: Bugged (Metin Bulent, UK)
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BEST SFX
Aetherium
Archaic
Pearls
The Pearl Comb
Snare
The Quackening
WINNER: The Pearl Comb
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BEST SOUND DESIGN
Undertone
One Star Review
The Devil’s Lair
A Drive at Dawn
Irish Son
WINNER: Irish Son
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BEST SCORE
Undertone
Wrapped in Celluloid
Revenant
Lake on the Cabin
I See You’re Alone
WINNER: Revenant
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Devil’s Lair
Archaic
One Star Review
Itch
Fly Over
Lake on the Cabin
WINNER: Archaic
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BEST EDITING
Undertone
COPE [illustrations of the mind]
Body Worn Video
The Devil is in the Detail
One Star Review
WINNER: The Devil is in the Detail
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BEST COMEDY HORROR
Coarse Truth
The Quackening
Night Whispers
Surprise!
A Long Way from the Ziggurat
WINNER: Night Whispers
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BEST ART DIRECTION
RING RING
COPE [illustrations of the mind]
Catcher
Undertone
Sleepeater
Lost Hope
WINNER: Undertone
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ONE TO WATCH AWARD
Lisa Geurts (Post)
Andrew Dornan (Is Someone There?)
Jade Kemble (Lily of the Valley)
Joe Savage (Itch)
WINNER: Lisa Geurts (Post)
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BEST FOREIGN FEATURE FILM
Tabula Rasa
The Reckoning
Weekend at the End of the World
Welcome to Kittytown
WINNER: The Reckoning
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BEST ACTRESS FEATURE FILM
Anna Tarsh (Porcelain Presence)
Caitlin Cameron (Ghoul Squad)
Kristin Griffith (The Reckoning)
Troian Bellisario (Weekend at The End of the World)
Macarena Gómez (Tabula Rasa)
WINNER: Caitlin Cameron (Ghoul Squad)
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BEST ACTOR FEATURE FILM
Stuart Horobin (Porcelain Presence)
Michael Weaver (The Reckoning)
Pedro Casablanc (Tabula Rasa)
Thomas Lennon (Weekend at the End of the World)
Matthew Devitt (Ghoul Squad)
WINNER: Michael Weaver (The Reckoning)
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BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE FILM
Alex Breaux (The Reckoning)
Gille Klabin (Weekend at the End of the World)
Douglas James Luciuk (Welcome to Kittytown)
Eliza Bibb & Sparky Jones (Porcelain Presence)
Esteban Roel & Juanfer Andrés (Tabula Rasa)
WINNER: Esteban Roel & Juanfer Andrés (Tabula Rasa)
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BEST UK FEATURE FILM
Virus Detected
Video Shop Tales of Terror: Lust & Revenge
Ghoul Squad
Porcelain Presence
WINNER: Video Shop Tales of Terror: Lust & Revenge
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THE SI SPENCER AWARD
Night Whispers
One Star Review
Irish Son
Itch
The Pearl Comb
WINNER: The Pearl Comb
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BEST FOREIGN SHORT
COPE [illustrations of the mind] (Italy)
Nightfall (USA)
Hide (USA)
Catcher (USA)
The Things We Do (Netherlands)
12 Cors (France)
WINNER: The Things We Do (Netherlands)
Special mention: COPE [illustrations of the mind] (Italy)
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BEST ACTRESS SHORT FILM
Jessamie Waldon-Day (Wrapped in Celluloid)
Olivia McDermott (Lake on the Cabin)
Vicky Allen (Irish Son)
Phoebe Sparrow (Snare)
Carlotta De Gregori (Exhibit B)
Rachel Rooney (Itch)
WINNER: Rachel Rooney (Itch)
BEST ACTOR SHORT FILM
Joseph Adelakun (Ghost Story)
Cameron Tharmaratnam (Irish Son)
Max Boast (The Men from Damnation Control)
Atilla Akinci (Still There)
Tom Whittaker (Itch)
Gaz Hayden (Scratch)
WINNER: Tom Whittaker (Itch)
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BEST DIRECTOR SHORT FILM
Ali Cook (The Pearl Comb)
Tolu Ogunware (Irish Son)
Livvy Edwards (Aetherium)
Max Ward (Fly Over)
Snovonne “Sno’ Drake (COPE [illustrations of the mind])
Zac Villanueva (Nightfall)
WINNER: Tolu Ogunware (Irish Son)
Special Mention: Ali Cook (The Pearl Comb)
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FESTIVAL DIRECTOR’S CHOICE
Winner: Nightfall
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BEST UK SHORT FILM
The Pearl Comb
Aetherium
Irish Son
Wrapped in Celluloid
Undertone
Itch
Winner: The Pearl Com