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Save 20% now!The second Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Festival Fall 2018 event was so much fun! Thank you to all that attended Thursday - Saturday October 25-27, 2018 at the Avalon Theatre. 60 short films screened from 11 different countries and 17 US States from the Film Festival Circuit were. 49 horror screenplays were recognized for outstanding writing. The audience feedback that I received was very positive. There was a good mix of laughs, screams, and people were impressed by the variety of great films in the line-up. Did you know that you can save 20% on your submission fees to Horror Film Festival events on FilmFreeway?
Best Actress Award Winner - Gwen Gottlieb in "The Recurring"
Best Actor Award Winner - Best Actor Jonathan Benton in "Songbird"
Best Animated Film Award Winner - "FlyTrap" Directed By Connor Bland (California) - Watch This Film - Website
Best Cinematography Award Winner - "Blood Stains" Directed By Blake Vaz (California)
Best Director Award Winner - "Swipe Left" Directed By Kevin Mosteller (United States)
Best Feature Length Horror Screenplay Award Winner - "The Keys" Written By Paul Grammatico (California)
Best Horror Comedy Film Award Winner - "There's A Monster Behind You" Directed by Evan Richards (United Kingdom)
Best Horror Film Award Winner - "The After Party" Directed By Colin Francis Costello (California)
Best International Film Award Winner - "Compulsion" Directed By Brian Sepanzyk (Canada)
Best Micro Short Horror Film Award Winner - "Haunting No. Nine Billion Six Hundred and Twenty-Three" Directed By Kara Fein
Best Northwest Film Award Winner - "Side Effect" Directed By Sean Thompson (Washington)
Best Short Horror Screenplay Award Winner - "They're Watching" Written By Samantha Bringas (New Jersey)
Most Original Concept Award Winner - "Blood Oranges" Directed By Steve Flavin
"The Chairman" Directed By Frank White (Minnesota) - Watch The Trailer!
"The Corpse" Ep 1-3 (The Prozzie, The Mormons & The Girlfriend) Directed By James Button & Kristaps Kazaks - Watch The Trailer!
"The Door" Directed By Lola Rùi (Spain) - Watch The Trailer!
The Man Who Loved Flowers" Directed By Darcy Love (Canada)
"The Recurring" Directed By Alexi Papalexopolis
"Vulpes: Prologue" Directed By Benjamin Helmeczi (Hungary)
"American Backwoods: Verhaunt" Written By Flood Reed (California)
"Beast" Written By Mike Meade (Oregon)
"Becoming" Written By Jessie Kirby (United Kingdom)
"Bigfoot The Impaler" Written By Lucy Fazely (Michigan)
"Black Goose" Written By Janet Hetherington (Canada)
"Broken Spirits" Written By John Leary (New York)
"Carmilla Screenplay" Written By Joshua Russell (North Carolina)
"Crossbow Creek" Written By Andrew Pinon
"Fallen Angel's Lullaby" Written By C.G. Noir (Pennsylvania)
"Fire Lake" Written By Matt Wende
"Hallow's Point" Written By Brian W. Smith (New York)
"Ichobod's Legacy" Written By John Luerding
"Just Juliana" Written By Eric Weber
"Killer Identity" Written By Samuel Vogel-Seidenberg
"Miss Violet" Written By Christopher Schrack
"Mother Mayhem" Written By Brian W. Smith (New York)
"Omega Dawn" Written By Eric Taylor (Canada)
"One Good Scare" Written By Brian W. Smith & Vincent Viñas (New York)
"One Killer Night" Written By Howard Rapp (Florida)
"Ophidia (The Snake)" Written By Greg Tennant (California)
"Perish" Written By Mike Rogers
"Rogue's Coward" Written By Robert J. Rogers
"Rou Garou" Written By Jimmie Smith
"The 12 Days of Christmas" Written By Michael Snow
"The Color Of Evil" Written By Connie Corcoran Wilson, M.S. (Texas)
"The Keys" Written By Paul Grammatico (California)
"The Wanderer" Written By David Blake Knox
"Transmontanus" Written By Mark Donnell
"Twisted Fortune Cookies" Written By Al Jones (Arizona)
"What Lies Within" Written By Tracie Jules
"Win-Eyed Monster: The Devil In Randy Dong" Written By James Hunter
"Abandon All Hope" Written By Maximilian Federman & Ian Sutherland (Oklahoma)
"Best Friends Forever" Written By Diana Lee Woody (California)
"Boo" Written By Rakefet Abergel (California)
"Busted" Written By Sergio Hira (Suriname)
"C.R.T" Written By Ryan Rosenblum (California)
"Far From Paradise" Written By Brian W. Smith (New York)
"Glass Bottles" Written By David González (Spain)
"Gloomy Swamp" Written By Álex Bandeira
"Heart of The Forest" Written By Anne Xu
"Ogres" Written By Enrico Conte (Italy)
"Proof of Humanity" Written By Clay Neigher
"Screamer" Written By Marc Allen (Tennessee)
"Shutter" Written By Nikolaus Moser
"The Garden" Written By Guillermo Ortiz & Katie Sullivan
"The Prize" Written By William Jody Ebert (New Jersey)
"The Wait Room" Written By Ron Riekki
"They're Watching" Written By Samantha Bringas
"Yukon Jack" Written By Leonard Varasano
Best Actor Nominations
Best Actor Conner Neddersen in "Cat Box"
Best Actor John Marcucci in "Dark Wake"
Best Actor Jonathan Benton in "Songbird"
Best Actor Nicholas Bell in "2019: A Home Odyssey" (California)
Best Actor Sean Ormond in "Miscreant"
Best Actress Nominations
Brielle Deruise in "You're My One"
Gwen Gottlieb in "The Recurring"
Brook Tate in "Something Within"
Sara Malakul Lane in "Disposition"
Sophie Sakson in "Silverline Valentine"
Best Animated Film Award Winner
"FlyTrap" Directed By Connor Bland (California) - Watch This Film - Website
Best Cinematography Nominations
"Blood Stains" Directed By Blake Vaz (California)
"Fault" Directed By Bradley Wayburne (Hong Kong)
"Rebeccah's Statement" Directed By Rion Smith (Colorado)
"Round-trip" Directed By Victor Cesca (France)
"Scurry" Directed By Mike Leffingwell (California)
Best Director Award Nominations
Best Horror Comedy Film
"HellthClass" Directed By Santino Vitale (Ohio)
"Magic H8 Ball" Directed By Dan Hass (California)
"Seeing Green" Directed By Chelsea Stardust (California)
"The Corpse Series" Ep 1-3 (The Prozzie, The Mormons, & The Girlfriend) Directed By James Button & Kristaps Kazaks (United Kingdom)
"There's A Monster Behind You" Directed by Evan Richards (United Kingdom)
Best Horror Film
"Apollyon" Directed By Matt Burkett (Arizona)
"Blood Stains" Directed By Blake Vaz (California)
"Side Effect" Directed By Sean Thompson (Washington)
"The After Party" Directed By Colin Francis Costello (California)
"The Chairman" Directed By Frank White (Minnesota)
Best Horror Micro Short Film
"An Actor Prepares" Directed By Carey Kight (New York)
"Blood Oranges" Directed By Steve Flavin
"Dead Bed" Directed By Lee Vander Boegh (Idaho)
"Haunting No. Nine Billion Six Hundred and Twenty-Three" Directed By Kara Fein
"Shoes" Directed By Ray Kermani (Belgium)
Best International Director
"Compulsion" Directed By Brian Sepanzyk (Canada)
"Damian" Directed By José Luis Anaya (Mexico)
"Outro" Directed By Paul Bouvier (France)
"Pages Of Fear" Directed By Matt Hutchings (United Kingdom)
"Vulpes: Prologue" Directed By Benjamin Helmeczi (Hungary)
Best International Film
"Comme Tous Les Matins" Directed By Cédric Dupuis (France)
"Menu" Directed By Carlos Bigorra (Spain)
"Night Shift" (Turno De Noche) Directed By Juanjo Avi (Spain)
"Slaughter at Lonesome Rock" Directed By Lucas Thyer (Australia)
"The Baby Whisperer" Directed By Sean Gilligan (Australia)
Best Micro Short Horror Comedy Film
"Cool Killer" Directed By Chenyang Shu (Georgia)
"Dysphagia" Directed By Pete Yagmin (Massachusetts)
"Humor" Directed By Haji Outlaw (United States)
Most Original Concept
"Blood Oranges" Directed By Steve Flavin
"2019: A Home Odyssey" Directed By Steven Ellis (California)
"Knock Knock" Directed by Caleb Noel (Illinois)
Best Feature Length Horror Screenplay
"Becoming" Written By Jessie Kirby (United Kingdom)
"Broken Spirits" Written By John Leary (New York)
"Carmilla Screenplay" Written By Joshua Russell (North Carolina)
"Hallow's Point" Written By Brian W. Smith (New York)
"Killer Identity" Written By Samuel Vogel-Seidenberg (California)
"Mother Mayhem" Written By Brian W. Smith (New York)
"One Good Scare" Written By Brian W. Smith & Vincent Viñas (New York)
"One Killer Night" Written By Howard Rapp (Florida)
"The Keys" Written By Paul Grammatico (California)
"Twisted Fortune Cookies" Written By Al Jones (Arizona)
Best Short Horror Screenplay
"Boo" Written By Rakefet Abergel (California)
"C.R.T" Written By Ryan Rosenblum (California)
"Far From Paradise" Written By Brian W. Smith (New York)
"Glass Bottles" Written By David González (Spain)
"Ogres" Written By Enrico Conte (Italy)
"Proof of Humanity" Written By Clay Neigher
"Screamer" Written By Marc Allen (Tennessee)
"The Garden" Written By Guillermo Ortiz & Katie Sullivan
"The Prize" Written By William Jody Ebert (New Jersey)
"They're Watching" Written By Samantha Bringas (New Jersey) - Winner!
From 1999-2015 I worked on location in the television and film industry as a location sound mixer, production manager and field producer. I have also worked in post production as an editor, post sound mixer and composer. Today, I am the Director of Film Festival Circuit LLC, a US based company that manages international film festival events in Texas and Oregon. Our team is passionate about showcasing new independent films, videos, series episodes, screenplays and teleplays of all genres.
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