2020 AWARD nominations
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GREYWOOD'S PLOT
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MY AUTOPSY
NINJA BADASS
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HOLLY MOLLOHAN - MY AUTOPSY
JAYSEN BUTERIN - KILL GIGGLES
JOSH STIFTER - GREYWOOD'S PLOT
MICHAEL FAUSTI - EXIT
RYAN HARRISON - NINJA BADASS
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HOLLY MOLLOHAN - MY AUTOPSY
JAYSEN BUTERIN - KILL GIGGLES
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RYAN HARRISON - NINJA BADASS
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APRIL YANKO - FORCE TO FEAR
CHARLOTTE GOULD - EXIT
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SABLE GRIEDEL - FORCE TO FEAR
TATIANA ORTIZ - NINJA BADASS
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CHAD BRUNS - FORCE TO FEAR
CHRISTOPHE DELESQUES - EXIT
DAVE STISHAN - MY AUTOPSY
JOSH STIFTER - GREYWOOD'S PLOT
MICHAEL RAY WILLIAMS - KILL GIGGLES
RYAN HARRISON - NINJA BADASS
SABA - NO1
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GREYWOOD'S PLOT
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NINJA BADASS
NO1
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GREYWOOD'S PLOT
KILL GIGGLES
MY AUTOPSY
NINJA BADASS
NO1
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GREYWOOD'S PLOT
KILL GIGGLES
MY AUTOPSY
NINJA BADASS
NO1
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GREYWOOD'S PLOT
KILL GIGGLES
MY AUTOPSY
NINJA BADASS
NO1
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KILL GIGGLES
MY AUTOPSY
NINJA BADASS
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CHRISTOPHE DELESQUES & CHARLOTTE GOULD - EXIT
GARETH TIDBALL & DAVE STISHAN - MY AUTOPSY
JOSH STIFTER & KEITH RADICHEL - GREYWOOD'S PLOT
LEONARDA SAHANI & BILLY JAMES MACHIN - EXIT
MICHAEL RAY WILLIAMS & ELLIE CHURCH - KILL GIGGLES
RYAN HARRISON & TATIANA ORTIZ - NINJA BADASS
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DANIEL DEGNAN - GREYWOOD'S PLOT
DARRELL FRANCIS - NINJA BADASS
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JOE SETTICASE - FORCE TO FEAR
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VERNON WELLS - KILL GIGGLES
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MY DINNER WITH WERNER
SNAKE EYES: AN ASMR NIGHTMARE
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KILLER LOVE
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THE RECKONING OF DARKNESS
THE SPEED OF TIME
WASHED
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BEAUTY JUICE
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ROOD
SIREN
THE RECKONING OF DARKNESS
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ALLERGIC OVERREACTION
BUFFALO & TROUT
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THE THINGS WITH THE GLOWING GREEN EYES
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Adan Osborne - ONLY LOOKING FORWARD
Addison Heimann - JEFF DRIVES YOU
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Christopher Piccione - MR. SAM
John Hennigan - THE SPEED OF TIME
Malcolm Mills - VR FOOD & HOLY HELL!
Matthew Sanders - MY DINNER WITH WERNER
Paul Fox - THE RECKONING OF DARKNESS
Seth Chatfield - SHINY DIAMONDS
Spencer Hanson - WEIRDO
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Cherokee Rose Castro - BELLA AND THE SLASHER
Josephine Chang - MAKE A WISH
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Lisa Smit - LILI
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Nicole Wyland - THE AUTOMATON
Ruya Koman - MOURNING MEAL
Samantha Wan - EXPECTING
Sarah McGuire - FUSED
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THE AUTOMATON
CIRCLE OF STONE
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EMPTY
HUMAN BEING
JEFF DRIVES YOU
NEXT TIME
INFINITE SCROLL
SNOWFLAKES
THE RECKONING OF DARKNESS
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CASSANDRA
HUNGRY JOE
JEFF DRIVES YOU
LILI
MR. SAM
MY DINNER WITH WERNER
MY HOUSE
THE SPEED OF TIME
VR FOOD
WE COULDN'T BE ANY HAPPIER
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Alexander Edep - MY HOUSE
Alexandre Dostie - I'LL END UP IN JAIL
Andrew Chen - GHOST IN THE GUN
Ariel Sinelnikoff - CATFIGHT
Ashlea Wessel - WEIRDO
Carlos Garcia Jr. - HEATHENS
Faye Jackson - SNOWFLAKES
Jamal Hodge - MOURNING MEAL
W. Alex Reeves - THE AUTOMATON
Yfke van Berckelaer - LILI
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COMPARTMENTALIZATION STORAGE FACILITY
EMPTY
EXPECTING
HOLY HELL! OR: A PROFOUND TALE OF EVIL AND SATANIC WICKEDNESS!
SPECIAL NEEDS
THE GREATEST HORROR FILM EVER MADE
THE THINGS WITH THE GLOWING GREEN EYES
WE COULDN'T BE ANY HAPPIER
WHAT THE SPELL?
WITCHIN'
TV/WEBISODE SCRIPT SEMIFINALISTS
BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY: FROM PEACE TO
WAR by Michael Gibrall
DETECTIVE SHOW by Chris Warner
DHAMPIRA by Eduardo Soto-Falcon
THE EXTRACTION LIST by Renee Meland
THE LEGEND OF ELUMNDOR by J. Thomas Mayfield
THE SHALLOWS by Michael Smallwood
TIME TRAP by David W. Bertoni
WANTED DEAD by Glenn Lissner
TV/WEBISODE SCRIPT FINALISTS
A LOVING HOME by Greg Sisco
CADICLE by James Fox & Darrell Gabonia
CLOISTERED by M. Rowan Meyer
CURTAIN CALL by Kate Harbert
DANCE AROUND THE DYING by Jeffrey Howe
GUEST TEACHER by Denai Brower
THE TRIBE by Ryan LaPlante
SHORT SCRIPT SEMIFINALISTS
FEAR OF FALLING by Jeffrey Stackhouse & Renfield Rasputin
I CAN'T WITH THIS by Brian W. Smith
JOSIE'S DATE WITH DEATH by Lisa Marie Tedesco
LAB PARTNERS by Tommy Britt
MOBY-DICK-EATER, OR THE CURSE OF THE
OFF-WHITE PEE-SLURPER by Kornblum Bierstadt Katz
QUICK THINKER by Chris Warner
SATYR.COM by Waylon Jordan
SITTING DUCK by Aaron Barrocas
TRANSHUMAN by Kristy Walsh
WOOF'D by Michael James Daly
SHORT SCRIPT FINALISTS
AIRB-N-BLOOD by Aaron S. Barrocas
BLUE by Todd Densmore
CUSTOM OF THE SEA by Jeff Frumess
DO NOT DISTURB WHATEVER IS IN ROOM 255 by Jeremy Herbert
FOLLOW THE LIGHT by Kristy Walsh
GOLDENTOOTH by Vanessa Wright
HOLLOWHEART by Wolf Stahl
PSYCHOTICA by Brian W. Smith & Vincent Vinas
SUPPLY by Kornblum Bierstadt Katz
VODOUN by Stuart Creque
FEATURE SCRIPT SEMIFINALISTS
BLUTOBERFEST by Vincent Vinas
CREATURE FEATURE by James Porter
FETAL POSITION by Joseph Yates
HURRICANE PARTY by James B. Cox
MORE REMOTE THAN BAVARIA by J. Woodard
ONE-THOUSAND HEADS EXPLODE by Jessie Campen & Luke Campen
RUN AMUCK by Todd Bronson
SOUL PASSAGE by Patrick Mediate & Kristin Ilagan
STUDY IN BLUE by Patrick Clement
THE GREY LADIES by Chris LaMartina
THE GNOME by Isaac Rathbone
THE SEA KINGS by John F. Saunders
THIRD DATE by Avishai Weinberger
FEATURE SCRIPT FINALISTS
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER by Diana Woody
DON'T ANSWER YOUR PHONE by Lisa M. Wood
FULL THUNDER MOON by Charlie Anderson & Keith Keal
IN COUNTRY by Scott Peterman & Cat Davis
KRAUTHAMMER'S CODE by Michael Elliott Dennis
KUDZU by Marisa Forrest
LIMPET by Mark A.C. Brown
MOTHER, MAIDEN, AND CRONE by Sara Caldwell
PRECIPICE by Avishai Weinberger
THE SPY AND THE FENCE by Michael Gibrall
VERMIN by Chris Warner
VIDEO NASTIES by Cary McKnight
NUCLEAR PEN AWARD
AARON BARROCAS
AVISHAI WEINBERGER
BRIAN W. SMITH
CHRIS WARNER
KORNBLUM BIERSTADT KATZ
KRISTY WALSH
VINCENT VINAS
LES FEMMES DU GENRE BELT RECIPIENT
VANESSA IONTA WRIGHT
BEST WTF FILM
BAG YOUR FACE
CATATONIC
EAT THE RAINBOW
KARAOKE NIGHT
MY DINNER WITH WERNER
RICHARD NIXON: GETAWAY DRIVER
THE CHILDREN
UNHOLY 'MOLE
WE ARE THE PROTOTYPES
WHAT ELSE IS ON?
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ASIAN SHE - COMPETITIVE MOURNING
BACKWARD CREEP
BEAUTY JUICE
DISCO GRAVEYARD
HORRORSCOPE
INFINITE SCROLL
MEAT LOVERS
ORANGE DUCK
PAW
REPENT
THE ANIMATOR
TICKS
WITNESS
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HERO
HUBERT
REDLINING
REMEMBRANCE
THE CARTOON
THE TALE OF BUNNYMAN BRIDGE
WE COULDN'T BE ANY HAPPIER
BEST SONG (SHORT OR FEATURE)
"CLOWNIN'" from KILL GIGGLES
"COMPETITIVE MOURNING" from the music video
ASIAN SHE - COMPETITIVE MOURNING
"EAT THE RAINBOW" from EAT THE RAINBOW
"HOME ON THE RANGE" from GREYWOOD'S PLOT
"I'M A NINJA NOW" from NINJA BADASS
"IT'S YOU AND ME NOW" from BUFFALO & TROUT
"KARAOKE NIGHT" from KARAOKE NIGHT
"LOVE YOU TIL YOU'RE DEAD AND THEN SOME" from DEAD AIR
"PARACHUTE" from OUROBOROS
"YOUR SONG IS DEEP BUT MINE IS DEEPER" from WE ARE THE PROTOTYPES
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BELLS
CASSANDRA
CULPA
GO BACK
HERE THERE BE TYGERS
HUNGRY JOE
MOMMA, DON'T GO
PATHOSIS
REPENT
THE BURDEN
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ALLERGIC OVERREACTION
HOLY HELL! OR: A PROFOUND TALE OF EVIL AND SATANIC WICKEDNESS
INTRODUCTION TO GENRE: AN INTRODUCTION
MY DINNER WITH WERNER
OVERKILL
TEA TIME
UNHOLY 'MOLE
WE ARE THE PROTOTYPES
WHAT THE SPELL?
WITCHIN'