Open Wound Film Festival

CONGRATULATIONS to our WINNERS Best Feature Film “The Perfect Husband” Lucas Pavetto Best Short Film “The Visitant” Nicholas Peterson Best Intermediate Film “Waterborne” Ryan Coonan Best Sound Design “Insane” Adam O'Brien Best Makeup/SFX “The Stomach” Ben Steiner Best Cinematography “Dead Hearts” Stephen W. Martin Best Director “Dead Hearts” Stephen W. Martin Best Screenplay “Dead Hearts” Stephen W. Martin Best Visual FX “The Visitant” Stephen W. Martin Best Screenplay “Dead Hearts” Stephen W. Martin Best Creature/Killer “The Visitant” Nicholas Peterson Best Gore “House Call” Graham Denman Funniest Kills “M is for Montage” Jim Tanner, Carlos S Sanchez, Rashad Hayes, and Steve Sharnik Audience Choice Award “The Umbrella Factory” Lexie Findarle Trivundza, Nick Trivundza NM Grip Showcase “Halfway House” Scott Milder The Open Wound Horror Film Festival is an independent film competition/film festival, developed by and for Horror Fans. Our festival is being held at Santa Fe Comic Con which will provide countless opportunities including.... Panels, Q & A sessions, signings and more! The festival will feature special Guest screenings alongside Horror and Film Icons such as Linda Blair of The Exorcist, Ernie Hudson of Ghostbusters, Fred Williamson of Dusk Till Dawn, Naomi Grossman of American Horror Story: Asylum, Priscilla Barnes of The Devil's Rejects, among many other guests! Representatives of several distribution companies will be there looking for films to distribute. The short film festival will have awards including cash prizes, equipment, software, as well as potentially being accepted to other horror film festivals. EVERY single entry will be featured on the website, whether it makes the festival or not, so every film will still be seen by Horror fans worldwide!