Genre Awards

Genre Awards

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.