2018 AWARD nominations +
script competition results
{winners to be announced at the festival}
BEST OVERALL FEATURE FILM
Butterfly Kisses
I'm Dreaming of a White Doomsday
Lieutenant Jangles
The Nothing
Stuck
Top Knot Detective
BEST OVERALL SHORT FILM
Andromeda
Compulsion
The Daughters of Virtue
Time Enforcer
Save
Socket: The Amputated Veteran
Tick
We Summoned A Demon
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BEST DIRECTOR {FEATURE}
Brooklyn Ewing - She Was So Pretty 2: Be Good For Goodness Sake
Dave Palamaro - Murder Made Easy
Erik Kristopher Myers - Butterfly Kisses
James Bickert - Amazon Hot Box
Michelle Iannantuono - Livescream
Steve Kopera - Boyne Falls
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BEST DIRECTOR {SHORT}
Ashlea Wessel - Tick
Emily Dean - Andromeda
Jimmy Nickerson - Time Enforcer
Laurel Vail - What Metal Girls Are into
Izzy Lee - My Monster
Nicholas Santos - Mother Fucker
Raphael Hebert - Past and Future Kings
Richie Starzec - Young Blood
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY {FEATURE}
Amazon Hot Box
Boyne Falls
Clickbait
Loon
She Was So Pretty 2: Be Good For Goodness Sake
Unterwelt - The World Beyond
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY {SHORT}
Compulsion
The Daughters of Virtue
Past and Future Kings
Seafood Diet
Sequence
Sulfur for Leviathan
Tears of Apollo
Teaser
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BEST FX {FEATURE}
House Shark
I'm Dreaming of a White Doomsday
Lieutenant Jangles
The PsyBorgs
The Ranger
Top Knot Detective
VelociPastor
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BEST FX {SHORT}
Banshee
Bullies
Gold Blooded
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
My First Time
Third Wheel
Tick
We Summoned a Demon
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BEST SCREENPLAY {FEATURE}
Amazon Hot Box
Bong of the Living Dead
Butterfly Kisses
Clickbait
House Shark
Livescream
The Nothing
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BEST SCREENPLAY {SHORT FILM}
At Your Disposal
Blood Shed
Blood Sisters
The Devil's Due
Ghosts Doing...It! & Shit, They're All Vampires
//HAXX DEADROOM//
Killing Giggles
Silica
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BEST SCORE {FEATURE}
Clickbait
I'm Dreaming of a White Doomsday
Lieutenant Jangles
The PsyBorgs
She Was So Pretty 2: Be Good For Goodness Sake
Unterwelt - The World Beyond
VelociPastor
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BEST SCORE {SHORT}
Canine
Compulsion
The Daughters of Virtue
Freelancer
My Monster
Protectress
Sarah's Dream
Time Enforcer
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BEST ACTRESS {FEATURE}
Amanda Colby Stewart - Clickbait
Brandi Aguilar - Clickbait
Heather Matarazzo - Stuck
Hope Bikle - I'm Dreaming of a White Doomsday
Jessica Graham - Murder Made Easy
Tiffany Arnold - Bong of the Living Dead
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BEST ACTOR {FEATURE}
Axel Harney - Boyne Falls
Clayton Thompson - The Nothing
Gregory James Cohan - The VelociPastor
Gunner Willis - Livescream
Jeff Medley - Loon
Matt Dickie - Lieutenant Jangles
BEST ACTRESS {SHORT}
Alison Fraser - Mother Fucker
Anne-Carolyne Binette - The Scarlet Vultures
Elisa James - Justice Served
Maria Olsen - The Daughters of Virtue
Rakefet Abergel - Jax In Love
Robyn Bradley - Socket: The Amputated Vetaran
Sally Phillips - Blood Shed
Stacy Snyder - Heartless
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BEST ACTOR {SHORT}
David J. McMahon - The Jerry Show
Doug Jones - Kiss the Devil in the Dark
Jason Cavalier - Past and Future Kings
Kevin Kincaid - Ten Minute Time Machine
Lukas Hassel - The Son, The Father
Michael Fausti - Dead Celebrities
Michael J. Epstein - Leopard Parts I & II
Troy Blundell - The Devil's Due
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BEST POSTER {FEATURE}
Amazon Hot Box
I'm Dreaming of a White Doomsday
The PsyBorgs
The Ranger
Top Knot Detective
The VelociPastor
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BEST POSTER {SHORT}
Bullies
Compulsion
The Daughters of Virtue
The Present
Protectress
TiCK
Time Enforcer
We Summoned a Demon
BEST LOCAL FILM {VA/DC/MD}
Butterfly Kisses
Ghost Cop: Part 2
The Least Among Us
Seafood Diet
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BEST SONG
"Elias Black: Fire" from the music video
"Gut Punched" from Gut Punched
"Lola's Love Song" from Unterwelt - The World Beyond
"Pleasure Operator" from Lieutenant Jangles
"We S'd A D" from We Summoned a Demon
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BEST ON SCREEN DUO
Amanda Colby Stewart & Brandi Aguilar - Clickbait
Axel Harney & Mike Kopera - Boyne Falls
Hope Bikle & Reeve Blasi - I'm Dreaming of a White Doomsday
Jerry Larew & Corey Rutter - She Was So Pretty 2: Be Good For Goodness Sake
Jessica Graham & Christopher Soren Kelly - Murder Made Easy
Tiffany Arnold & Daniel Alan Kiely - Bong of the Living Dead
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BEST VILLAIN
Corey Rutter - She Was So Pretty 2: Be Good For Goodness Sake
Darryl M. Jordan - The PsyBorgs
Ellie Church - Amazon Hot Box
Emma Houghton - The PsyBorgs
Jack McGirr - Lieutenant Jangles
Jeneta St. Clair - Boyne Falls
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BEST VILLAIN
Amazon Hot Box
Bong of the Living Dead
House Shark
Murder Made Easy
The PsyBorgs
Unterwelt - The World Beyond
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LES FEMMES DU GENRE AWARD
Brooklyn Ewing
Diana Woody
Izzy Lee
Michelle Iannantuono
Sophia Cacciola
Vanessa Ionta Wright
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GENREBLAST FOUNDERS AWARD
To Be Announced at Awards Ceremony
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GENREBLAST JURY AWARD
To Be Announced at Awards Ceremony
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GENREBLAST AUDIENCE AWARD
To Be Announced at Awards Ceremony
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NUCLEAR PEN AWARD
To Be Announced at Awards Ceremony
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FEATURE SCRIPT FINALISTS
Another Harpersville Massacre - Jeremy Herbert & Wolf Stahl
Area 54 - Aaron Barrocas
The Blood Grinder - Dave Conte, Nick Schwartz & Matt Braunsdorf
Bollywood Zombie - Maninder Chana
The Caul - Sophia Cacciola & Michael J, Epstein
The Christmas Millionaire - Ron Riekki
Company Christmas - Diana Woody
Dank - Rachel Woolley
Dean's List - Brian W. Smith
FEAR, There & Everywhere - Craig Horwitz & Anthony Vollmer
Forget-Me-Nots - John Dummer
Hallow's Point - Brian W. Smith
Humanity's Last Hope - Andrew Shaffer
Kill Giggles - Jaysen Buterin
Kill the Rich - Ryan LaPlante
Kingston - Ryan LaPlante
Moroccan Blonde - Maninder Chana
My Brother, The Taxidermist - B. Kornblum Katz
The Patience of Vultures - Greg Sisco
The Protectorate - Ryan LaPlante
Sardis the Merciful - Christian Thomas
Setting Square - Neil Chase
Throwback - Rachel Woolley
The Valley of Blood - James Christopher
Vermin - Chris Warner
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FEATURE SCRIPT SEMIFINALISTS
4th of July - Erin Cardiff
American Backwoods: Verhaunt - Flood Reed
Amulet - Tom Sanchez Prunier
Convention - Mark A.C. Brown
Everything Evil - Rob Holmes
The Family Way - Shiva Rodriguez & D. Duckie Rodriguez
Fingered For Murder - Todd Bronson
The Haunt - Shiva Rodriguez & D. Duckie Rodriguez
i,Phine'd - Jeff Bassetti
Iris - Neil Chase
Joseph - Ian Davies
The Kid Next Door - Jim Norman
The Muffin Conundrum - Diana Woody
One Day, Three Autumns - Felix Wong
Open Casket - Jason Klingensmith
Pray - Maninder Chana
Slaughtered Lambs - James Christopher
Sleepboxer - Brian Quintero
Thank You, Amelia Earhart - Al Mertens
Timmy Cooke: A Cannibal Love Story
Town of Samhain - Mike Kelleher
Under the Roots - Brian Quintero
Vic Steele - Matthew Forgay
Waffleface - Rafael De Leon Jr.
Women & Children First - Tara C. Hall
Woodhaven - Dan Sullivan
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SHORT SCRIPT FINALISTS
The 4th Floor - Greg Sisco
The Cull - Leslie Linder
Cuttings - Jessica Ferrato
Deb & Joan - Isaac Rathbone
Deep Tissue - Jason Tostevin
The Deliverer - Gil Saint
Hydrophobia - Chris Courtney Martin
Little Pistol - Gil Saint
Minotaur - Michael Escobedo
Permanent Damage - Vanessa Wright
Pieces of Me - Gus Eid
State of Nature - Gerrit Thompson
The Unnaturals - Sophia Cacciola & Michael J. Epstein
Zombie Corp. - Montgomery Burt
The Zhongguo - Ron Riekki
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SHORT SCRIPT SEMIFINALISTS
All the Wild Ponies - Jessica Ferrato
Boxing - Ron Riekki
Cherry Glazed - Christine Sherwood
Deirdre - Breannin Cassidy
Drawing Dead - Eric Poe
Elements of Her - Gus Eid
The Heist - Jessica Ferrato
Hunger - Connor Thorpe
The Imp - Christopher Kai House & Stephen Milek
An Incident in Smith Morgue - Perry Ruhland
Landlord of the Flies - Mark A.C. Brown & Mike Shephard
Leaving Malcolm - Annemarie Bettica
Live From Toledo, Erin Darling Reporting - Michael Gibrall
Moonlit Road - Diana Woody
Mr. Entertainer - Brian Quintero
Natural Twenty - Breannin Cassidy
Nasty - Sean Patrick Leonard
The Plains - Dan Sullivan
R3ALITY - Caleb Slain
Shredders - Michael James Dean
Silent But Deadly - Tom Sanchez Prunier
Survivors - Dan Sullivan
This Vehicle Has Been Checked For Children - John Burdeaux
The Twenty-Seventh - Lachlan Marks
Wipe Your Feet - Billy McAfee
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TV/WEB SCRIPT FINALISTS
Abandon All Hope - Max Federman & Ian Sutherland
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Elf-dorian Justice - Ryan LaPlante
Frankenstein: Requiem - Ryan LaPlante
Legends of the New World - Irene Hebruger
Remotely Working - Bill Baber
(story by Scott Crosby & Dan Douglass)
Split Up - Tom Radovich
The Syndicate - Peter Jang
The Tribe - Ryan LaPlante