2026 EIFFEL AWARD© Recommended Reading List for Works Published 2025
Ten Award Categories
I Interpretation of Cinema (Essays on a Movie, Movement, Subject, or Theme)
II Retrospective of a Director, IP, Franchise, Studio, or Production Company
III Encyclopedia, Reference, Atlas, Handbook, or Illustrated Guide
IV History & Chronicle
V Annotated Script, Storyboards, Cells, or Story Journal
VI Memoir, Interview Volume, or Essay Collection of Filmmakers and Film Critics
VII Biography of Film Figures (SFX Innovators, Artists/Imagineers, Screenwriters,
Actors, Stunt People, Editors, Composers, DPs, Directors, Producers, et Al.)
VIII Fashion, Designs, Artwork, SFX, Makeup, & Inventions
IX Behind the Scenes Making of a Feature Film
(Part I: Under 300 pages; Part II: Over 300 pages)
X Movie Mixology or Cookbook
I Interpretation of Cinema (Essays on a Movie, Movement, Subject, or Theme)
TITLE AUTHORS/EDITORS PRESS PAGE COUNT
Absolute Pleasure: Queer Perspectives
on Rocky Horror Margot Atwell (w/ Carmen Maria Machado) The Feminist Press at CUNY 328
Altered States of Consciousness in the Movies: John C. Stephens McFarland 212
Portrayals of Hypnosis, Brainwashing, Spirit
Possession, Dreams and Visions Since the 1940s
Cosmosexuals: Screen Acting, Stardom, and Male Sex Appeal Mark Gallagher Univ. of TX Press 284
Dark Dreams: An Obsessive Look
at Romano Scavolini’s Nightmare Nick Cato Headpress 112
Double Crossed: Black Female Intersectionality
in Hollywood Frederick W. Gooding, Jr. Univ. Press of MS 208
The Flesh of Animation: Bodily Sensations
in Film and Digital Media Sandra Annett Univ. of MN Press 416
Forever Girls: Necro-Cinematics and
South Korean Girlhood Jinhee Choi Oxford Univ. Press 224
The Future of Truth Werner Herzog (Michael Hofmann, Trans.) Bodley Head 128
(Original French Title [2024]: Die Zukunft der Wahrheit)
Games of Terror: Halloween, Friday the 13th
and the Films of the Stalker Cycle Vera Dika Univ. of Wales Press 309
Good Movies as Old Books:
Films Reimagined as Vintage Book Covers Matt Stevens Chronicle Books 256
I'd Just as Soon Kiss a Wookiee: Uncovering Greg Carter Univ. of TX Press 256
Racialized Desire in the Star Wars Galaxy
The Love Witch Matt Latham DieDieBooks 208
Midnight Movie Monographs: The Descent Kate Probert PS Publishing 80
Midnight Movie Monographs: Les Vampires Tim Major PS Publishing 104
Midnight Movie Monographs: Possession Chris Kelso PS Publishing 90
Midnight Movie Monographs: Succubus Tim Lucas PS Publishing 220
Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why
We Can’t Look Away Coltan Scrivner Penguin Random 272
Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture Brandon Grafius Morehouse 256
Scream with Me: Horror Films and the Rise
of American Feminism (1968-1980) Eleanor Johnson Atria Books 352
Second Takes: A Fresh Look at Classic Naser Mojtahed Rayford Publishing 360
World Cinema: Essays
Six Films Marguerite Duras (Olivia Baes & Emma Ramadan, Trans.) Mercurial Editions/Inpatient Press 120
(Original French Title [1978]: Le Navire Night)
Societies in Space: Essays on the Civilized Gary Westfahl McFarland 266
Frontier in Film and Television
Transgressive Horror Resurrected: More
Reflections on Scare Films that Broke the Rules Christopher McGlothlin Ghost Show Press 238
Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror, Survival, and Love Zefyr Lisowski Harper 240
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Johanna Isaacson DieDieBooks 244
II Retrospective of a Director, IP, Franchise, Studio, or Production Company
TITLE AUTHORS/EDITORS PRESS PAGES
New Basque Gothic: Trauma, Screen Media
and Transnationalism Rebecca Wynne-Walsh Manchester UP 264
