WINNERS Excellence in the Craft of FILMMAKING · BEST ACTOR Petey Hixson ... WINNERS Excellence in the Craft of SCREENWRITING FEATURE LENGTH ... Emmett Lee Stang (The Devil's Snare)

Official 2013 Claw Award Winners and Nominees

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WINNERS Excellence in the Craft of FILMMAKING

BEST FEATURE FILM

“The Visitant” Producers - Jon Binkowski, Ben Kupfer

AUDIENCE FAVORITE

“Mortal Remains” Director - Mark Ricche, Christian Stavrakis

BEST DIRECTOR

John Scar “Ready or Not”

BEST FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY

“Caesar and Otto’s Deadly Xmas” Screenwriters - Dave Campfield, Joe Randazzo

BEST DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Rebecca Menichetti “The Doctor”

BEST HORROR SHORT FILM

“Jack Attack” Producers - Joseph Zaso, Lucia Bellini

BEST FANTASY SHORT FILM

“Kingdom of Shadows” Producers - Kevin Corcoran, Jeanne Benzel

BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT FILM

“Fallout Chronicles, Chapter 2” Producer - John T. Fisher


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BEST THRILLER SHORT FILM “Kill Switch”

Producers - Michael Chrisoulakis, Robert Gadsbey

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM “Dark Room”

Producers - Rony Patel

BEST SHORT FILM SCREENPLAY “Grasshopper!”

Screenwriter - Ryan Roy

BEST ACTOR Petey Hixson “Debeaked”

BEST ACTRESS Brittany Holdahl

“Dark Room”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Mikey Sell

“Foundations”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Holly Zuelle “Tea Time”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

“Bouquet of Consequence” Travis Lupher

BEST PICTURE EDITING

“Mortal Remains” Mark Ricche, Christian Stavrakis


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BEST SOUND DESIGN “Red Sand: A Mass Effect Fan Film”

John Chafuen

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS “Sulfuric”

Shannon Doherty

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE “Kingdom of Shadows”

Scott Radway

HONORABLE MENTION

“Nightmare” Horror Short Film

Producer – Simon Chong

“Killer Kart” Screenplay

Screenwriter – James Feeney

“Five Miles Straight Ahead” Screenplay

Screenwriter – King Jeff

WINNERS Excellence in the Craft of SCREENWRITING

FEATURE LENGTH

1st Place - “Scythe”

Screenwriter - T. Thibideaux

2nd Place - “Animaniac” Screenwriters - Cornelius Broderick, Melvin Bland


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3rd Place - “Blue Skies” Screenwriter - Gabriel Brandis

SHORT LENGTH

1st Place - “Symbiotic”

Screenwriter - Rick Glenn

2nd Place - “The Beast” Screenwriter - John Bias

HONORABLE MENTION

“My Zombie Love”

Screenwriter - Veronica Kegel-Giglio

“Worm” Screenwriter - Daniel Shakely

NOMINEES FILMMAKING BEST FEATURE FILM Caesar and Otto's Deadly Xmas Mortal Remains The Visitant AUDIENCE FAVORITE All Selected Films of the Festival


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BEST DIRECTOR Caesar and Otto's Deadly Xmas Dark Room Debeaked Fallout Chronicles: Chapter 2 Five Miles Straight Ahead Grasshopper! Kill Switch Mortal Remains Rainbows End Ready or Not Searching Serenity The Devil's Snare The Doctor The Visitant BEST FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY Caesar and Otto's Deadly Xmas Mortal Remains The Visitant BEST DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Caesar and Otto's Deadly Xmas Bouquet of Consequence Dark Room Five Miles Straight Ahead Grasshopper! BEST DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY (cont’d) Jack Attack Kill Switch Kingdom of Shadows Mortal Remains Ready or Not The Doctor The Visitant


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BEST HORROR SHORT FILM Bouquet of Consequence Day of the Spectre Foundations Jack Attack Killer Kart Ready or Not Sulfuric The Doctor BEST FANTASY SHORT FILM Kingdom of Shadows BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT FILM Fallout Chronicles: Chapter 2 Grasshopper! NOVR Red Sand: A Mass Effect Fan Film The Legend of Old Nappy le Pube BEST THRILLER SHORT FILM Dust Jacket Five Miles Straight Ahead Girl at the Door Kill Switch Searching Serenity Within BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM Dark Room Debeaked Rainbows End


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BEST SHORT FILM SCREENPLAY Dust Jacket Dark Room Fallout Chronicles: Chapter 2 Five Miles Straight Ahead Foundations Grasshopper! Kill Switch Killer Kart Maid of Horror Searching Serenity The Devil's Snare BEST ACTOR Daniel Langhoff (Bouquet of Consequence) Petey Hixson (Debeaked) King Jeff (Five Miles Straight Ahead) John T. Fisher (Fallout Chronicles: Chapter 2) Zac Kruzel (Foundations) Jason Thompson (Grasshopper!) Kevin Resnick (Kingdom of Shadows) Alex Alford (Searching Serenity) Danny De Lillo (Smile) J.D. Evermore (Rainbows End) Emmett Lee Stang (The Devil's Snare) Charles Balcer (The Doctor) Peter Bean (Within)


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BEST ACTRESS Meggie Maddock (Bouquet of Consequence) Brittany Holdahl (Dark Room) Kristina Lynn Bell (Day of the Spectre) Sarah Nicklin (Debeaked) Christine Elise McCarthy (Grasshopper!) Varvara Kountouzi (Kingdom of Shadows) Lara Grice (Rainbows End) Marielle Meyer (Ready or Not) Sarah Hazen (Ready or Not) Clare Juliette (Smile) Janie Michele Simms (The Visitant) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Peter Yellen (Bouquet of Consequence) Brennen Dickerson (Dark Room) James Theesfeld (Fallout Chronicles: Chapter 2) Demorian Lizana (Five Miles Straight Ahead) Mikey Sell (Foundations) Tom Young (Searching Serenity) Gabriel Brandis (Tea Time) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Cathy Washburn (Bouquet of Consequence) Elizabeth Norris (Fallout Chronicles: Chapter 2) Kristyn Carey (Ready or Not) Holly Zuelle (Tea Time)


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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Bouquet of Consequence Dark Room Fallout Chronicles: Chapter 2 Five Miles Straight Ahead Foundations Grasshopper! Kill Switch Kingdom of Shadows Sulfuric Within BEST PICTURE EDITING Caesar and Otto's Deadly Xmas Dark Room Five Miles Straight Ahead Girl At The Door Grasshopper! Jack Attack Kingdom of Shadows Mortal Remains Nightmare Sulfuric The Doctor The Legend of Old Nappy le Pube The Visitant BEST SOUND DESIGN Dark Room Fallout Chronicles: Chapter 2 Five Miles Straight Ahead Kingdom of Shadows NOVR Red Sand: A Mass Effect Fan Film The Devil's Snare The Doctor The Visitant Within


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BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS Dark Room Fallout Chronicles: Chapter 2 Foundations Grasshopper! Jack Attack Nightmare Sulfuric The Doctor BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE Bouquet of Consequence Dust Jacket Five Miles Straight Ahead Grasshopper! Kill Switch Kingdom of Shadows Ready or Not Red Sand: A Mass Effect Fan Film The Doctor The Legend of Old Nappy le Pube NOMINEES SCREENWRITING FEATURE LENGTH Animaniac Blue Skies Cold Current My Zombie Love Poet, Killer Sadistic Scythe Shadow War The Man Who Killed Sandra Wallace Worm


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SHORT LENGTH Symbiotic The Beast

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WINNERS Excellence in the Craft of FILMMAKING · BEST ACTOR Petey Hixson ... WINNERS Excellence in the Craft of SCREENWRITING FEATURE LENGTH ... Emmett Lee Stang (The Devil's Snare)