SEPTEMBER 22-24 2017

SEPTEMBER 23-25 2016

BEST FEATURE

• AND THE DEVIL MAKES THREE
• TALES OF POE
• PEELERS
• CARMILLA
• THE PERFECT LETTER

BEST SHORT

• THOSE AMONG US
• SHIBARI
• THE BATHROOM
• BURLAP
• KITCHEN

BEST DIRECTOR

• JUSTIN DENTON - BURLAP
• STEVE DUCHESNE - KITCHEN
• ALAN ROWE KELLY & BART MASTRONARDI - TALES OF POE
• SEVE SCHELENZ -  PEELERS
• SAMANTHA FRIEND & DOUG MURMAN - AND THE DEVIL MAKES THREE

BEST WRITER

• ALEJANDRA VALERA - LAUNDROMAT
• NATHAN WATERS - WRITERS BLOCK
• CHRIS RUSSELL - BE STILL MY HEART
• STEVE NEWMAN - THUMP
• BRANDON CIARLO & JARRED PETTIT - LOVE AND ZOMBIES

BEST ACTOR

• JOSH KANAN - SHIBARI
• MICAH FITZGERALD - CUCKOLD PICASSO
• ZACHARY RAY SHERMAN - HIT AND RUN
• DAVID ATRAKCHI - KITCHEN
• SHANNON BROWN - WRITERS BLOCK

BEST ACTRESS

• MAUREEN MIZENER - LOVE AND ZOMBIES
• KATHRYN LEEMAN - DO NOT DISTURB
• HOLLY BITTINGER - BETWEEN
• APRIL ERIKSSON - SHIBARI
• VI FLATEN - BE STILL MY HEART

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• BILLY GRADY - THOSE AMONG US
• ALAIN WASHNEVSKY - SANCTUARY
• RICHARD SHELTON - DO NOT DISTURB
• CAMERON DENT - PEELERS
• OWEN GRESSWELL - AND THE DEVIL MAKES THREE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• ROSIE DIAZ - AND THE DEVIL MAKES THREE
• ANITA NICOLE BROWN - THE PERFECT LETTER
• SANDY GULLIVER - IN THE DARK
• CASSANDRA KRAMER - BETWEEN
• KALEIGH THARPE - HOME SWEET HOME

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• BURLAP
• THE STYLIST
• KITCHEN
• CUCKOLD PICASSO
• PEELERS

BEST EDITING

• SHIBARI
• THE BATHROOM
• LET’S PLAY DEAD GIRL
• KITCHEN
• CUCKOLD PICASSO

BEST SOUND

• THE BATHROOM
• WRITERS BLOCK
• BURLAP
• CUCKOLD PICASSO
• WHAT GOES UP

BEST MUSIC

• LOVE AND ZOMBIES
• TALES OF POE
• LAUNDROMAT
• THE BATHROOM
• PEELERS

BEST FX

• THOSE AMONG US
• PEELERS
• THE BATHROOM
• EVELESS
• TALES OF POE

BEST HORROR COMEDY

• LOVE AND ZOMBIES
• SMALL TALK
• SOCCER MOMS IN PERIL
• BE STILL MY HEART
• KILLER PINATA

DIRECTORS CHOICE

• BURLAP
• TALES OF POE
• 2X4
• BE STILL MY HEART
• THE TEASE

 

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