| Zed Fest 2012 Winners |
| Best Movie Poster |
Amused |
X |
| Pimpest Ride |
Hell's Belles |
X |
| Most Buckets of Blood |
Video Diary of a Lost Girl |
X |
| Best Low Budget Location |
Cost of the Living: A Zom Rom Com |
X |
| Best Low Budget Sets |
Video Diary of a Lost Girl |
X |
| Best Low Budget Props |
Elaine |
X |
| Lowest Budget |
President Wolfman |
X |
| Best Sci-Fi |
People of Earth |
X |
| Best Horror |
Fear Eats the Soeul |
X |
| Best Zombie |
Zombie eXs |
X |
| Best Art House |
Video Diary of a Lost Girl |
X |
| Best Weaponry |
Cost of the Living: A Zom Rom Com |
X |
| Best Gastronomy |
Rodentia |
"Ratatouille bitch!" |
| Best Makeup and Hair |
The Show Must Go On |
X |
| Best Blood Bath |
Elaine |
X |
| Best End Credit Sequence |
Cost of the Living: A Zom Rom Com |
X |
| Best Ending |
Amused |
X |
| Best Opening Scene |
Dead Kansas |
X |
| Best Severed Appendage |
Dead Kansas |
X |
| Best Sound Effects |
The Show Must Go On |
X |
| Best Costume |
The Show Must Go On |
X |
| Best Period Piece |
The Show Must Go On |
X |
| Baddest Villan |
Bill Oberst Jr. |
The Curse |
| A$$-kicking-est Femme Fatale |
Ciddy Fonteboa |
The Curse |
| Scariest |
Vadim |
Director: Peter Hengl X |
| Best Foreign Language Movie |
Vadim |
Director: Peter Hengl |
| Best Retro |
Danny's Deathumentary |
Director: Lawrence Riggins |
| Best Twist |
Amused |
Director: Cuyle Carvin |
| Best Action |
The Curse |
Director: Gabriel Sabloff |
| Best Comedy |
President Wolfman |
Director: Mike Davis |
| Best Suspense |
Amused |
Director: Cuyle Carvin |
| Best Love Story |
Video Diary of a Lost Girl |
Director: Lindsay Denniberg |
| Best Title Sequence |
Hell's Belles |
X |
| Best Screen Story |
Fear Eats the Seoul |
X |
| Best SFX Makeup |
Hell's Belles |
Dan Crawley |
| Best CGI |
People of Earth |
X |
| Best Editing |
Fear Eats the Seoul |
Nick Calder |
| Best Music Composition |
Hell's Belles |
Ken Jacobsen |
| Best Cinematography |
Vadim |
Gabriel Krajanek |
| Best Dynamic Duo - Chicas |
Ariel Teal Toombs & Mayra Rodriguez |
Hell's Belles |
| Best Dynamic Duo - Dudes |
Alex Hammel-Shaver & Scott Keebler |
Zombie eXs |
| Best Group Ensemble |
Zombie eXs |
X |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Cat Miller |
Cost of the Living: A Zom Rom Com |
| Best Supporting Actor |
Abdul Al-Khalili |
Elaine |
| Best Actress |
Afton Quast |
Elaine |
| Best Actor |
Spencer Emanuel |
Cost of the Living: A Zom Rom Com |
| Best Producer |
Drina Durazo |
Hell's Belles |
| Best Short Director |
Christian Ackerman |
Hell's Belles |
| Best Feature Director |
Lindsay Denniberg |
Video Diary of a Lost Girl |
| Lloyd Kaufman Make Your Own Damn Movie Award |
Video Diary of a Lost Girl |
Director: Lindsay Denniberg |
| Greenhouse Studio Short Film Award |
Hell's Belles |
Director: Christian Ackerman |
| Greenhouse Studio Feature Film Award |
Cost of the Living: A Zom Rom Com |
Director: Daniel Lee White |
| Zed Fest Phil Tucker Spirit Award |
Rodentia |
Director: Ezra Arez Raez |
| SCREENPLAY WINNERS |
| 1st Place |
Hell's Belles |
Christian Ackerman & Chuck Foster |
| 2nd Place |
Bonehand |
J. Neff Lind and Monika Lind |
| 3rd Place |
The Living Dead: First Contact |
J. Neff Lind and Monika Lind |