Mar 14, 2016

AWARD WINNERS: March 2016 Fright Night Theatre Film Festival


Now that the March 2016 Fright Night Theatre Film Festival has come to a close we are thrilled to annouce the winners of our Audience Choice and Selection Committee Awards. From the phenomenal five feature films and 15 short official selections that made up our festival, the following films and filmmakers stood out as exceptional beacons of indie talent.

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
As voted by the in-attendance audience

BEST FILM

Bunny the Killer Thing
(Director - Joonas Makkonen / Producers - Miika J. Norvanto, Matti Pekkanen, Mikko Soukkala)

BEST SHORT

O Christmas Tree
(Director - Greg Kovacs / Producers - Nathan Hawkins, Stephanie Christiaens, Darren Hutchings)


SELECTION COMMITTEE AWARDS
As voted by the Fright Night Theatre programming team

== FEATURE FILMS ==

SCARIEST FILM
She Who Must Burn (dir. Larry Kent)


MOST SHOCKING FILM
Harvest Lake (dir. Scott Schirmer)


FUNNIEST FILM
Bunny the Killer Thing (dir. Joonas Makkonen)


BEST DIRECTOR
Scott Schirmer (Harvest Lake)



BEST ACTOR
Jason Crowe (Harvest Lake)


BEST ACTRESS
Missy Cross (She Who Must Burn)


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kevin Roach (Harvest Lake)


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tristan Risk (Harvest Lake)


BEST SCREENPLAY
Harvest Lake- Scott Schirmer


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
TIE - Brian K. Williams (Harvest Lake) & Nejc Saje (Idyll)


BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Harvest Lake


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
TIE - The Barn & Bunny the Killer Thing


BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Harvest Lake - Adam Robl & Shawn Sutta

BEST VILLAIN
She Who Must Burn - Andrew Dunbar, Shane Twerdun, and Missy Cross as The Baarkers


ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP FX
The Barn


BEST MONSTER
Harvest Lake


 == SHORT FILMS ==

BEST HORROR SHORT
Heir (dir. Richard Powell)



MOST SHOCKING SHORT
Die! Sitter! Die! (dir. Lee Boxleitner and Sam Boxleitner)


BEST COMEDY SHORT
Night of the Slasher (dir. Shant Hamassia)


BEST SCI-FI SHORT
They Will All Die in Space (dir. Javier Chillon)


BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Exordium (dir. Morgan Galen King)


BEST FANTASY SHORT
Portal to Hell!!! (dir. Vivieno Caldinelli)


BEST CANADIAN SHORT
The Indestructible (dir. Kalen Artinian)