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The THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival had a surplus of submissions fo the first half of the season. Enclosed is the list of WINNERS, who had a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a video. Plus, the honorable mentions, who although they didn’t formally win at the festival, are a group of… Continue reading SUMMER 2026 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival Screenplay Winners & Honorable Mentions

A showcase from the https://thrillersuspensefestival.com/ of the top Thriller/Suspense Films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival): Best Short Film: QUELLED Best Direction: DON’T CRY QUELLED, 22min., Ireland Directed by Ivars Kovalevskis Film tells a story of Elizabeth Costello, Detective, who is trying to solve a murder of a young girl, while… Continue reading WINNERS: August 2026 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival

In the wake of a school shooting, a trauma therapist sees her daughter’s psychopathy when she steals a bracelet from a dead classmate, so she puts her in a mental hospital and ends her marriage. She picks up a gun, becomes a marksman, an active shooter tactician, and an undercover FBI school liaison once they… Continue reading THRILLER Festival TV Script: A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Pamela R. West

CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Mikey: Geoff Mays Tee: Val Cole

After secretly sharing intimate photos of his latest hookup, a smug womanizer becomes the target of a fearless, foul-mouthed stranger who traps him in his own home and orchestrates a brutally funny, humiliating reckoning that turns predator into prey Playwright, Screenwriter, Musician CAST LIST: Narrator: Hannah Ehman Melissa: Val Cole Colin: Sean Ballantyne Bill: Geoff… Continue reading THRILLER Festival Short Screenplay: CUT BAIT, by Michael Meyers

Before Grief arrived quietly. Not with diagnosis, that came later, clinical and manageable, outlined in pamphlets beside treatment plans. The grief began the first time she noticed someone looking for one second too long. After that mirrors became negotiations. She learned which side of her face looked calmer in photographs, which lighting softened inflammation, which… Continue reading GRIEF Poem: BEFORE, by Macie Garner

A showcase from the https://thrillersuspensefestival.com/ of the top Thriller/Suspense Films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival): Best Short Film: HOME-STAY Best Direction: ANGOISSE ANGOISSE, 4min., USA Directed by Araeia Robinson Plagued by relentless anxiety, a woman is caught between the weight of the past and the grip of the unknown—until the… Continue reading WINNERS: June 2026 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival

A showcase from the https://thrillersuspensefestival.com/ of the top Thriller/Suspense Films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival) Best Short Film: ANOTHER STAR Best Story: 3:33 Best Direction: DELUSION ANOTHER STAR, 24min.,USADirected by Antonia StevensonAnother Star is set in 1970s Washington, D.C., where young Black girls begin vanishing from neighborhood streets, their disappearances met with… Continue reading WINNERS: April 2026 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival

A showcase of the best Thriller/Suspense Films in the world today. AUDIENCE WINNERS:Best Feature Film: MARY CHRIS MAXBest Short Film: XYBest Direction: SCRIVEN Scriven, 17min., USADirected by David E BaugnonTwo strangers bond over traumatic experiences. https://www.davidbaugnon.com/https://www.instagram.com/davidbaugnon/ https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-scriven XY, 12min., USADirected by Stephen FleetA repressed convenience store clerk named Y and a trans cam girl named… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: February 2026 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival

A showcase of the best Thriller/Supense Films in the world today! AUDIENCE AWARDS (from the audience feedback fesival):Best Short Film: THE HUNTEDBest Direction: DARK TENETBest Animation Film: THE PROTECTiON AGENCYBest Horror/Thriller Film: ECHOES OF ANTIETAMBest Performances: EXPOSEDBest Story: CHECK BEHIND THE CURTAINBest Visual Design: THE FINAL MISSION DARK TENET, 6min., USADirected by Jesus Narvaez, Jonathan… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: January 2026 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival