The Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival Announces Nominations

Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival Offers a Smorgasbord of Ghastly Delights at Its Second Annual Awards Dinner

The Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival has announced the nominations for the Buffalo Scream Awards.  The festival runs from Wednesday, Oct. 26th – Sunday, Oct. 30th at the Screening Room Cinema Café, located in the Northtown Plaza in Amherst, New York, and climaxes with an awards dinner at the venue sponsored by My Tomato Pie restaurant.

“We’re one of the few horror film festivals that holds an actual awards dinner,” says Emil J. Novak, one of the festival’s founders.  “It’s appropriate because our event stresses community: the international filmmaking community, the local filmmaking community, and the Buffalo arts community.”

Previously announced honorees at the awards dinner include Roy Frumkes (Street Trash), who will receive the “Dedication to Excellence in Independent Filmmaking” award, and local artist Tony Mauro, who will receive the “Genre Spirit Award” for his work on book and DVD covers, Hollywood movie posters, and pinup art.  In all, more than 30 awards will be given out.

“We have our core nominations, but we like to come up with some surprises as well,” says festival co-founder Greg Lamberson (Slime City, The Jake Helman Files).  “We’re really proud of the 48 films we’re screening this year, and we hope all of the filmmakers whose work we’re showing consider their selection as some sort of recognition.  We’re as much about encouraging new talent as we are about recognizing the pros.”

The winners will be posted at www.buffaloscreams.com.

The Nominees:

Best Horror Feature
Absentia
The Black Box
Die Farbe
The Final Night and Day
The Millenium Bug
The Super

Best Medium Length Horror Film
An Evening with My Comatose Mother
Gagsters: The Movie
Il Marito Perfetto (“The Perfect Husband”)

Best Horror Short
The Tell Tale Heart
The One That Got Away
Raven’s Hollow
Enter the Dark

Best International Horror Short
Hassad Al Mota  (“Envy of the Dead”)
Acid Spiders
Betania
Alistair
Cosas Feas (“Nasty Stuff”)

Best WNY Horror Short
Lost in Falsity
Something After Midnight
The 5-Second Rule

Best More Than Horror Short
Ambition of Love
Black Guy on a Rampage
The Focus Box
Off Campus

Best Actress, Feature
Katie Lakin, The Black Box
Manoush, The Super
Katie Parker, Absentia
Jessica Simons, The Millenium Bug

Best Actress, Short or Medium Length Film
Melania Astolfi, Il Marito Perfetto (“The Perfect Husband”)
Wendy Macy, An Evening with My Comatose Mother
Debbie Rochon, The Tell Tale Heart
Aida Torres, Cosas Feas (“Nasty Stuff”)

Best Actor, Feature
John Fantasia, The Collapsed
Demetri Kallas, The Super
Marco Leibnitz, Die Farbe
John Charles Meyer, The Millenium Bug

Best Actor, Short or Medium Length Film
Mijael Askenazi, Cosas Feas
Kevin Dwayne, The One That Got Away
Stefano Jacurti, Il Marito Perfetto (“The Perfect Husband”)
Nick Taneris, Paddy and Me

Best Cinematography, Feature
Rustin Cerveny, Absentia
Stephen Kilcullen, The Super
Martin Kolbert, Die Farbe
Oktay Ortabasi, The Millenium Bug

Best Cinematography, Short or Medium Length Film
Devind Graham, An Evening with My Comatose Mother
Francisco Ohem, Cosas Feas (“Nasty Stuff”)
Lucas Pavetto, Il Marito Perfetto (“The Perfect Husbnd”)
Dominick Sivilli, The Tell Tale Heart

Best Editing, Feature
Jason Balas, The Black Box
Kenneth Cran, The Millenium Bug
Mike Flanagan, Absentia
Alex Lugones, The Super
Chris Witherspoon, Rage

Best Editing, Short or Medium Length Film
Isaac Ezban, Cosas Feas (“Nasty Stuff”)
Allen Rowe Kelly, The Tell Tale Heart
Stuart Simpson, Acid Spiders
Jonathan Martin and Richard Teasdale, An Evening with My Comatose Mother

Best Screenplay, Feature
Jason Balas, The Black Box
Mike Flanagan, Absentia
Huan Vu, Die Farbe
Evan Makrogiannis and Brian Weaver, The Super

Best Screenplay, Short or Medium Length Film
Tobe Darton, Monster Bed
Isaac Ezban, Cosas Feas (“Nasty Stuff”)
Daniel James, Lost in Falsity
Bart Mastronardi, The Tell Tale Heart
Sam Qualiana, Something After Midnight

Best Student Film
The Backroad
Jack’s Present
The Last Broadcast
Monster Bed

Best Director, Horror Feature
Kenneth Cran, The Millenium Bug
Mike Flanagan, Absentia
Evan Makrogiannis and Brian Weaver, The Super
Huan Vu, Die Farbe
Christopher Witherspoon, Rage

Best Director, Short or Medium Length Horror
Isaac Ezban, Cosas Feas (“Nasty Stuff”)
Bart Mastronardi, The Tell Tale Heart
Jonathan Martin, An Evening with My Comatose Mother
Lucas Pavetto, Il Marito Perfetto (“The Perfect Husband”)
Stuart Simpson, Acid Spiders

Best Visual Effects
Don Kocsis, Nick Kocsis, Chris Malone, and Stuart Simpson, Acid Spiders
Mark Sniffen, Absentia
Stephen Sobisky, Christian Perry, Lee Baker, An Evening with My Comatose Mother
Huan Vu, Die Farbe
Dustin Yoder and Leslie Ortabassi, The Millenium Bug

Best Special Make-Up Effects
Alfredo Garcia, Cosas Feas (“Nasty Stuff”)
Chris Hanson, Christel Edwards, Amber Arcury, An Evening with My Comatose Mother
Allen Rowe Kelly, The Tell-Tale Heart
Gretchen Adams, Banks of the Vltava

Original Screenplay Competition Finalists
Shane Cole, Invectus
Jay Mager, Roar of Bigfoot
Paul McGinness, Mall Grizzly
Ron Podell, Trunk or Treat