HAUS Film Festival
Summer 2025 Screenwriting Competition
HAUS Film Festival’s Summer 2025 Screenwriting Competition Genre Award Winners receive genre award festival laurels in the genres of Horror, Afro-speculative fiction, Underground, and Sci-Fi: Cyberpunk; and a feature on our site.

Horror
Genre Award Winner
Pinky the Sad Clown
by Paolina I. Acuña-González
An otherworldly tragic clown trapped in a sadistic circus act finally sees what happens when she smiles.

Afro-speculative Fiction Genre Award Winner
Macy
by L. E. Coleman
A little girl channels the spirit of a murdered woman to exact revenge on the person who killed her.

Underground
Genre Award Winner
Dead Air
by Eric Gorodetsky
After moving into a new apartment, a grieving woman begins receiving voicemails from herself—but not from her.

