Vancouver horror show film festival

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
VHS Special Presentation of the film KRyptic as part of National Canadian Film Day

Cineplex Cinemas International Village - Auditorium 1
Screening starts at 9:30 PM
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Kryptic

From Game Theory Films comes a female-driven, science fiction horror in the vein of TITANE and UNDER THE SKIN about a woman’s search for a monster hunter and her growing realisation that the creature being tailed, in fact, resides inside her.

Directed by Kourtney Roy
Written by Paul Bromley
Starring Chloe Pirrie, Jeff Gladstone and Jason Deline

Cast and Crew Q&A:

Jeff Gladstone
Actor

Amber Ripley
Producer

Josh Huculiak
Producer

Jason Deline
Actor

moderated by:

Meghan Hemingway
VHS Artistic Director

Cayne Mckenzie
Composer

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VHS Golden Tapes Award Winners and Nominees

BEST SHORT FILM

Cu-Ckoo
La Croix
Reclaimers
Red Stone - WINNER
Redlights
The Meeting Spot

BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT FILM

Joris Fleurot
Evgeny Nikolave
Eva Thomas
Drew Bierut
Jaime Jasso
Lauren Sick - WINNER
Jason Sheedy

BEST BC SHORT FILM

Hollow
Family Descent
Adjoining
Queen of The Underworld
The Sorrow
The Neighbourhood at The End of The World - WINNER
Hell Is A Teenage Girl

BEST BC DIRECTOR

Allison Miller
Brodi-Jo Scalise
Harrison Houde & Dakota Daulby
Stephanie Izsak - WINNER
Thomas Affolter
Shane Day
Stephen Sawchuck

BEST FEATURE FILM

All The Lost Ones - WINNER
Carved
Finality of Dusk
The Daemon
Strange Harvest
Scared Shitless
Never Hike Alone 2

BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE FILM

Mackenzie Donaldson - WINNER
Justin Harding
Madison Thomas
Stuart Ortiz
David Yohe
Vincente DiSanti
Vivieno Caldinelli

BEST HORROR COMEDY

Don't Tell Your Mom
Conquest
Gaslit
Room Tone
We Joined A Cult
Cheat Meal - WINNER

BEST WRITING - FEATURE FILM

Carved
All the Lost Ones - WINNER
Finality of Dusk
The Daemon
Strange Harvest
Scared Shitless
Never Hike Alone 2

BEST LEAD - SHORT FILM

Savira Windyani - Forgive Me
Morgan Taylor Campbell - Queen of the Underworld
Erin Ownbey - The Reclaimers
MJ Kehler - NATEOTW
Nhi Do - The Sorrow - WINNER
Kaniehtiio Horn - Redlights
Jocelyn Chugg - The Saint & The Bear
Denisse Corona - The Red Stone

BEST SUPPORTING - FEATURE FILM

Steven Ogg - All The Lost Ones
Terri Apple - Strange Harvest
Daniel Doheny - Scared Shitless
Gabriel Carter - Altona - WINNER
Sheila McCarthy - All The Lost Ones
Chris Dodd - Finality of Dusk
Corey Fogelmanis - Carved

BEST EDITING

Forgive Me
La Croix
Pest
Cheat Meal
The Sorrow
Power of the Strike
Thirst Trap
Bath Bomb - WINNER

BEST SCREENPLAY - FEATURE LENGTH

WINNER
Identity - Eric Bruce

FINALIST
Winter Bird - Stephen Delos Treacy

SEMI-FINALISTS
Ghost Station - Suzy Stein, Fernando Perez
At The Mercy of Faith - Samuel Lee Taylor
GoodNightmare - Ian Rowe
Teddy Cuddles - Christopher Outrage

QUARTER FINALISTS
Morbidly - Don Stroud
Toilet Sharks - Bruce Griffiths

BEST DOCUMENTARY
ALTONA - WINNER

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT FILM

Red Stone - WINNER
La Croix
Redlights
The Trip
Thirst Trap
The Sorrow
Cu-ckoo

BEST LEAD - FEATURE FILM

Steven Ogg - Scared Shitless - WINNER
Peyton Elizabeth Lee - Carved
Thom Matthews - Never Hike Alone 2
Jasmine Matthews - All The Lost Ones
Marika Sila - Finality of Dusk
Ariane Isabel - Lead

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

The Trip
Room Tone
OChiSkwaCho
Family Descent
Hell Is A Teenage Girl - WINNER
Cheat Meal
The Tunnel
Hollow

BEST SOUND

It Draws Closer
The Sorrow
Room Tone
Uncommon Ground
Unborn Biru
Power of the Strike
Cu-ckoo - WINNER

BEST SCREENPLAY - SHORT

WINNER
Eat Me - Jason Tostevin

FINALISTS
Mermaid - Pierre Langenegger
Quiet Minds - Toby Marks

SEMI-FINALISTS
I was Here - Toby Marks
Mother Wound - Arran Crawley
Pet - N’cee Van Heerden
Teddy Cuddles - Christopher Outrage

QUARTER FINALISTS
Slayapalooza - Sebastian Watson
The Exorcism of Father Gabriel - Pierre Langenegger
Apt. 1B - Sterling Gates
M'su Diable - Erin Day
Pod Fifteen - Philip Harris

BEST WRITING - SHORT FILM
Still
Pest
The Meeting Spot
Cheat Meal - WINNER
Queen of The Underworld
The Neighbourhood at the End of the World
Reclaim
Forgive Me

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - FEATURE FILM

Carved
All the Lost Ones
Finality of Dusk
The Daemon - WINNER
Strange Harvest
Scared Shitless
Never Hike Alone 2

BEST SUPPORTING - SHORT FILM

Matthew Graham - NATEOTW
Guadalupe Ortiz - The Red Stone
Dallas R Soonias - The Saint & The Bear - WINNER
Alec Gillis - The Parcel
Malcolm Crawford-Sparrow - Uncommon Ground
Alex Macqueen - The Choice

BEST EFFECTS

Conquest
Red Stone
Unborn Biru
The Neighbourhood at The End of The World - WINNER
Reclaimers
The Underground
Cheat Meal

BEST TWIST

Adjoining
Still
A Mother's Love
NATEOTW
The Saint & the Bear
The Chain - WINNER
Reclaim