23 Oct - 30 Oct

The 2026 Yeh! Nah! Winners were announced in a ceremony on Halloween eve at AIE Canberra! Congratulations to all the Official Selections, Nominees and Winners. You can discover the full list of Award Recipients in our Award Ceremony video above. Award winners will be contacted over the next week to arrange postage of Award Trophies.

Opening Night brings together films from Canberra, across Australia and overseas, launching the festival with a showcase of independent filmmaking from local and international voices. The festival’s Horror/Comedy Night pairs genre films with live stand-up comedy, bringing together two art forms that know how to make an audience scream—or laugh at the worst possible moment. The Yeh! Nah! Horror Film Festival celebrates independent horror, thriller and genre films from Canberra

The festival will present the Australian Premiere of Omnipresentes, a film from Peru and Venezuela directed by Farid Rodriguez Rivero. Set in an abandoned city after a zombie epidemic, the film follows José as he searches for supplies and navigates the dangerous remains of a world transformed.