Congratulations to all seventy-seven films that participated in the 2025 Screaming Room Film Festival at Midsummer Scream over the weekend of Aug 15-17th. We are thrilled to present to you the twenty films that were fortunate to be honored by this year’s audience, jury, and a new award from production company Buffalo 8.
Audience Award Winners
Seventeen (thanks to two ties) films were honored in each of our fifteen themed blocks by the audience in attendance for this year’s festival
Buffalo 8 Award
Our friends at Buffalo 8 helped us to introduce a new award this year honoring a film they chose as showing great potential for development into a feature
Jury Award Winners
The Mary Shelley Award is presented to film that best showcases creativity and ingenuity as selected by the jury
The Jack-O-Lantern Award is presented to the film that best exemplifies the spirit of Halloween as selected by the jury
The Palme d’Gore Award is presented to the film that was recognized as the best overall film as selected by the jury
Submissions for the 2026 Screaming Room Film Festival open October 31st at https://filmfreeway.com/MidsummerScreamHalloweenFestival
