Congratulations to all the Festival Award Winners! With so many great films, it was extremely difficult to choose the winners. Our jury deliberated furiously!

Categories and winning films are:

Best Feature: They Remain by Philip Gelatt

Best Short Film: "Sound From the Deep" by Antti Laakso & Joonas Allonen

Best Adaptation: "Wattmarck" by Lorenz Tröbinger

Best Screenplay: "The Summoning Day" by Soroosh Iradi

Audience Choice: "Sound From the Deep" by Antti Laakso & Joonas Allonen

*Lovecraft Under the Gun: "I Dream of Lovecraft" by team Trash People From The Dump

**Pickman's Apprentice: "Kassogtha - Volcano - Summoning" by Dave Correia

*Lovecraft Under the Gun is a 72 hour film competition. Teams have 3 days to make a short film from scratch, using a line of dialogue and a prop that are revealed when they register. The audience chooses the winner based on technical merit, creativity, and how well they used the prop and line of dialogue.

**Pickman's Apprentive is a live drawing competition. Artists have 90 minutes to create an original piece based on a Lovecraftian monster, location, and action. The finished works are sold by silent auction. The proceeds are being donated to relief efforts in Puerto Rico after the devastation of Hurricane Maria.