That’s a wrap on VHS 2025!

Thank you to all of our sponsors, supporters, filmmakers, screenwriters, panelists, creatives, attendees, and volunteers for making this the biggest and best VHS to date. The festival has grown so much in the past eight years, and this was a big leap towards establishing Vancouver as the horror hub of Canada and beyond.

See below for award winners, and event photos.

Submissions for VHS 2026 will open soon.

VHS 2025 Golden Tape Awards
presented by steel and oak

Vancovuer Horror Show Film Festival is a Canada Screen Award Qualifying festival, which had the honour of presenting 29 awards for feature length and short film and screenplays, and an additional four special category awards.

Hosted by VHS directors Meghan Hemingway and David Taylor, with opening remarks by BC Film Commissioner Marnie Gee, the 2025 Golden Tapes celebrated achievement in indie horror film, and shone a light on the incredible films, filmmakers, and creatives that made VHS 2025 the amazing season that it was.