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
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
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
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY {FEATURE}
Amazon Hot Box
Boyne Falls
Clickbait
Loon
She Was So Pretty 2: Be Good For Goodness Sake
Unterwelt - The World Beyond
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY {SHORT}
Compulsion
The Daughters of Virtue
Past and Future Kings
Seafood Diet
Sequence
Sulfur for Leviathan
Tears of Apollo
Teaser
BEST FX {FEATURE}
House Shark
I'm Dreaming of a White Doomsday
Lieutenant Jangles
The PsyBorgs
The Ranger
Top Knot Detective
VelociPastor
BEST FX {SHORT}
Banshee
Bullies
Gold Blooded
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
My First Time
Third Wheel
Tick
We Summoned a Demon
BEST SCREENPLAY {FEATURE}
Amazon Hot Box
Bong of the Living Dead
Butterfly Kisses
Clickbait
House Shark
Livescream
The Nothing
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
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
BEST SCORE {SHORT}
Canine
Compulsion
The Daughters of Virtue
Freelancer
My Monster
Protectress
Sarah's Dream
Time Enforcer
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
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
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
BEST POSTER {FEATURE}
Amazon Hot Box
I'm Dreaming of a White Doomsday
The PsyBorgs
The Ranger
Top Knot Detective
The VelociPastor
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
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
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
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
BEST VILLAIN
Amazon Hot Box
Bong of the Living Dead
House Shark
Murder Made Easy
The PsyBorgs
Unterwelt - The World Beyond
LES FEMMES DU GENRE AWARD
Brooklyn Ewing
Diana Woody
Izzy Lee
Michelle Iannantuono
Sophia Cacciola
Vanessa Ionta Wright
GENREBLAST FOUNDERS AWARD
To Be Announced at Awards Ceremony
GENREBLAST JURY AWARD
To Be Announced at Awards Ceremony
GENREBLAST AUDIENCE AWARD
To Be Announced at Awards Ceremony
NUCLEAR PEN AWARD
To Be Announced at Awards Ceremony
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
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
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
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
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