
2017 film selections

Best overall feature
Flesh of the Void
Best horror feature
3 Dead Trick or Treaters
Capture, Kill, Release
Found Footage 3D
Winner: Ruin Me
Unnuyayuk
Best thriller feature
Midnighters
Rock, Paper, Dead
Winner: Scars of Xavier
She Was So Pretty 2
2 Pigeons
Best midnight feature
Flesh of the Void
Winner: Le Accelerator
House Shark
Torment
I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday
Best director feature
Winner: Bong of the Living Dead – Max Groah
Capture, Kill, Release – Nick McAnulty
Unnuyayuk – Kirby Light
Flesh of the Void – James Quinn
Ruin Me – Preston DeFrancis
Torment – Adam Ford
Best Ohio feature
Bong of the Living Dead
Primordial
Winner: Blood Ride
Don’t Fuck in the Woods
Best actor feature
Bong of Living Dead – Dan Kiely
Le Accelerator – David Sakurai
Winner: Kirby Light – Unnuyayuk
House Shark – Jonathan Straiton
Torment – Rikky Fiore
Best actress feature
Winner: I’m Dreaming of a White Doomsday – Hope Bikle
Hostile – Brittany Ashworth
Blood Ride – Pollyanna McIntosh
Capture, Kill, Release – Jennifer Fraser
Primordial – Marylee Osborne
Best feature screenplay
Winner: Tracker – Sarah Mahan
First Runner-up: Silhouette – Lukas Hassel
Second Runner-up: Knife Association – Ron Riekki
Best cinematography short
Sol
Teddy Bears Picnic
I Like It Better When You Do It
Pigskin
Admonition
Tethered
Used Body Parts
Winner: The Cure
Best horror-comedy feature
Bong of the Living Dead
Winner: House Shark
Two Pigeons
Best cinematography feature
Scars of Xavier
Flesh of the Void
Le Accelerator
Winner: She Was So Pretty 2: Be Good For Goodness Sake
Found Footage 3D
Best screenplay short
I Baked Him a Cake
Winner: Nasty Robin Goodfellow
The Son, The Father
The Fainting Room
The Dollmaker
Brown Evil
Thump
Best actor short
Cry It Out – Timmy Barron
Vexed – Baker Chase Powell
Tethered – Jared Cook
Hush – Luke Bedsole
Winner: The Son, The Father – Lukas Hassel
Creeper – Harry Piaggio
Compulsion – Andrew Roy Drury
Best actress short
Winner: Jax In Love – Rakefet Abergel
Haematophilia – Lara Dudek
Getting Ready for a Lunch Date – Jessica Pontes
Hush – Rachel Barker
Cry Wolf – Amber Goldfarb
The Sound of Fear – Sandra Mae Frank
Pickup – Mandy Evans
Best Ohio short
Winner: Bride of Frankie
The Childish Thing
Mother’s Milk
The Creature of Stark Hills
The Dark of the Night
Tales from the Blood Fairies
Best overall short
Winner: Creswick
Best horror short
Admonition
Creswick
Winner: The Daughters of Virtue
aMorfe
Husk
Pigskin
Sol
Spotlight
Banshee
Best thriller short
Alice and David
High & Tight
Winner: Too Fast, Paris
The Devil’s Gun
Pickup
The Devil’s Due
Night Runners
Best midnight short
Deep Thing
Winner: Doll
Machine Baby
I Want Candy
The Cure
The Sunken Convent
Vanita
Best director short
A Nearly Perfect Blue Sky – Quarxx
La Sirena – Rosita Lama Muvdi
Creswick – Natalie Erika James
Winner: The Sunken Convent – Michael Panduro
The Daughters of Virtue – Michael Escobedo
Cry Wolf – Gabriel Allard
Caravan – Nathan Lacey
Best cinematography short
Sol
Teddy Bears Picnic
I Like It Better When You Do It
Pigskin
Admonition
Tethered
Used Body Parts
Winner: The Cure
Best horror comedy short
Blood Shed
Girl #2
Winner: Lunch Ladies
We Summoned a Demon
Meow
What’s for Dinner?
The Naughty List
Best short screenplay
Winner: Red Bud – Kay Phillips