2011 Award Nominees
Best Feature Film
Absentia
Ashes
Michael Morlocks Supernatural World
On A Dark And Stormy Night
The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue
Best Short Film
A Chance In Hell
Betania
Compulsion
CRY
What They Say
Best Director
David Mathews – Murderabilia
Elias Matar – Ashes
Ezequiel Martinez – On A Dark And Stormy Night
John Norton – Paranormal Calamity
Mike Flanagan – Absentia
Best Actor
Andy Schatner – Afraid of Sunrise
Brian Krause – Ashes
Juan Riedinger – On A Dark And Stormy Night
Martin Yurkovic – Vamperifica
Michael Wexler – Headline News
Best Actress
Allegra Carpenter – CRY
Heather Dorff – What They Say
Mimi Michaels – Compulsion
Sasha Grey – Blackstone
Windy West – Ritual
Best Special Effects
A Chance In Hell
Betania
KNIFEPOINT
Red Ice
Vamperifica
Best Comedy Horror
Get Off My Porch
Michael Morlock’s Supernatural World
Paranormal Calamity
The Moleman of Belmont Avenue
Vamperifica
Best Unproduced Script
Belzec: The Made Undead by Steffan Postaer
Hoax by Matt Allen
Jug Face by Chad Kinkle
Taste by John Boon
The Outcasts of Vandalore by Paul Dupree
Festival Directors Choice Award Nominees
A Chance In Hell
Betania
Compulsion
Michael Morlocks Supernatural World
On A Dark And Stormy Night
Winners Of The 2011 Special Recognition Awards Are:
Ashes
On A Dark And Stormy Night
Vamperifica
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*Award Winners will be announced at the end of the festival. Winners in attendance will be presented a certificate. Those not in attendance will be sent a digital certificate to print by email. Winners will also be posted in the news feed (front page) of ChicagoHorrorFest.com / SpookShowEntertainment.com within 48 hours of the close of the festival. ** Our Selection / Awards Procedure: Festival Director / Producers make official selections for the festival by vote. Official Selections are then screened/graded by 5 different judges anonymously and given an overall grade on a 5 point scale for each of the qualifying award categories (with the exception of the “Directors Choice Award”). All judges points are then added together to give it a grade. The top 5 films by grade in each category are then considered an award nominee and listed on this page. The film with the highest grade in each category is considered and announced that category’s award winner at the festival. In the event of a tie for highest grade, the festival director, festival producer and festival founder will each vote on the tied films giving the majority vote the award. In the event that one of the production staff are involved in one of the films involving a tie, a 3rd party will be selected to vote in place of the production staff member involved. *** Special Recognition Awards are given to any film that is nominated (in top 5 by votes) in 3 or more categories. The way we see it is, even if the film didn’t score the highest in any of the categories, to be a nominee in 3 or more categories means that the film was extremely good across the board. (The Festival Directors Choice Award category don’t qualify for for the Special Recognition Awards) **** The Festival Directors Choice Award nominee’s are the Film Festival Directors top 5 choice films of the festival. The Directors Choice Award is presented at the festival to the Directors favorite film of the festival. (Any film that the festival director is personally involved in at any level is not eligible for this award.)
