Nickel Independent Film Festival

2026 Nickel 48-Hour Horror Film Challenge ☠️🍿 SCREENING & AWARDS

NOVEMBER 8, 2026

The 2026 Nickel 48-Hour Horror Challenge — 42 short horror films made in 48 hours by filmmakers from Newfoundland and Labrador and beyond. ### The schedule - SHH — Dan Gosse - Overseer — Marc Lafreniere - The Bathening — Alexander Pollock - Charlie Charlie — Perfectly Centered Productions - No one's there — Lily Breen & Olivia Vokey - Misongo — Sandra Nekh - Lost and Found Footage — Jody Rideout - Uncle Ralph's House — James B.E. & David Downton - Recipe for Disaster — Claire Dermody - An Evening with BrideZilla — EB Reid - The Scariest Thing That Ever Happened To Me At A Gas Station — Jacinda Sinclair - Proof of Delivery — Melissa Wong - THE GAGGLE — shan leigh pomeroy - 12:00am — Michael Lannon - One eye — Lucas Kean and Bruce Peddigrew - Forever Missing — Hannah Fowler - Inhabitant — D.S. Burton - Aqua-cide — J. S. Elford - ABOVE — Elliott Blackmore - Ronnie Smith – HOT GAY VAMPIRE #3 – VAMPZZZ — Jana Gillis - atrevas ni engañes — Charles Dart - SLEEP TIGHT — Jennifer Okoro-Igwe - 2 Corinthians 11:14 — Jeremy Nolan - Footsteps — Cullam Bruce-Lockhart - A Hellthy Breakfast — Eric Elliott - Tourist Trap — The PALs (Clemens & Ricketts) - The Ooze — James Newhook and César Espinosa - Fever Week — Oliver Quinton - Bad Apple — Luke Wheaton - The Ordeal — Chuck Herriott - Grounders — Logan Jade Mitchell - Paranormal Support — Devon Rodgers - One Knock! Two Knocks! — Liam O'Rielly - Shoe Killer — Mehzabin Chowdhury - Ignoriss — Aileen Marcotte - Henderson's — Jake Delaney - Inheritance — The Crew - TEEF — Mike Fardy - Knife Film — Stephen Haring - Frictionary — Ryan Clowe and Alexander Pierce - ROOMMATES — Mrs. Bones - Magic Popcorn — Krissy Breen Whew! Congratulations to the filmmakers and enjoy the films.

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