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Past Winners 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 ______________________________________________ 
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2012 CLAW AWARD WINNERS & NOMINEES Winners - Excellence in Filmmaking BEST FEATURE FILM “Garden of Hedon” (Producers - Kevin Kangas, Luke Theriault, Robert Ziegler)
AUDIENCE FAVORITE “Upstairs” (Director - Austin Elston)
BEST DIRECTOR Bart Mastronardi, Alan Rowe Kelly (“The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe”)
BEST FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY “Garden of Hedon” (Screenwriters - Kevin Kangas, Luke Theriault)
BEST DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Bart Mastronardi (“The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe”)
BEST HORROR SHORT FILM “Devilution” (Producer - Erik Daniele, Zane Hershberger)
BEST FANTASY SHORT FILM “Something Just” (Producer - Scott W. Perry)
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT FILM “Fallout Chronicles” (Producer - John T. Fisher)
BEST THRILLER SHORT FILM “I Can Smoke?” (Producers - Erica Ash, Anne Marie Desir, Larry Ossei-Mensah)
BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM “The Faithless” (Producers - Patrick Fulmer, Alexandra Schroeder)
BEST SHORT FILM SCREENPLAY “The Destruction Room” (Screenwriter - Ray Davis)
BEST ACTOR TIE – Richard Cutting (“Garden of Hedon”) TIE – Alan Rowe Kelly (“Something Just”)
BEST ACTRESS Debbie Rochon (“The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe”)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Manuel Poblete (“Garden of Hedon”)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Wendy Wygant (“Devilution”) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY “The Evil’s Gate” (Johnny Tsang)
BEST PICTURE EDITING “The House” (Marcia Goetsch)
BEST SOUND DESIGN “The Tolltaker” (Rodney Whittenberg)
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS “Electro-Cute!” (Taryn Hough)
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE “Wade Trailer (2012)” (Mike Hard and The Whitmores)
OFFICIAL WARM-UP FILM “Just Like You...” (Thomas Norman)
HONORABLE MENTION (FILMMAKING)
Emerging New Filmmaker Domenic Migliore - “So Hideous, My Love”
Actor Scott Casper - “I Can Smoke?”
Actress Erica Ash - “I Can Smoke?”
Supporting Actor Jerry Murdock - “Something Just”
Supporting Actress Lesleh Donaldson - “The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe”
Emerging New Actor Evan Robert Smith - “Something Just”
Original Music Score Cradle - “Theory of Noise (Cradle music video)”
Winners - Excellence in Screenwriting
FEATURE LENGTH 1st Place - “Trichinosis” (Screenwriter - Gabriel Tolliver)
2nd Place - “Full Moon At Sunrise” (Screenwriter - Donn Warr Lewis)
3rd Place - “The Uncivil War” (Screenwriter - Robert Jamieson)
SHORT LENGTH 1st Place - “Monster Ed” (Screenwriter - Veronica Kegel-Giglio)
2nd Place - “Twin Graves” (Screenwriter - Paul Ellington) 3rd Place - “Negative One” (Screenwriter - Tatiana Doroshenko)
HONORABLE MENTION (SCREENWRITING)
FEATURE LENGTH “For Blood or Justice” (Screenwriter - Todd Kniss)
“No One Lives Forever” (Screenwriter - Joseph Villapaz)
“The Trail” (Screenwriters - Cornelius Broderick, Melvin Bland)
SHORT LENGTH “Blood Curdle” (Screenwriter - Dylan A. Roberts)
“Kevin Keating: Vampire Hunter” (Screenwriter - Jovanni Ibarra)
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Nominees - Filmmaking
BEST FEATURE FILM Garden of Hedon Mon Ami Nailbiter
AUDIENCE FAVORITE All Selected Films
BEST DIRECTOR Cold Devilution Fallout Chronicles Garden of Hedon I Can Smoke? Mon Ami Nailbiter Something Just The Evil's Gate The Faithless The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe The Tolltaker Velvet Road
BEST FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY Garden of Hedon Mon Ami Nailbiter BEST DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Caterpillar Cold Garden of Hedon I Can Smoke? Something Just The Evil's Gate The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe Theory of Noise ("Cradle" Music Video)
BEST HORROR SHORT FILM Anniversary Dinner Devilution Just Like You... The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe The Tolltaker Upstairs Velvet Road
BEST FANTASY SHORT FILM El Espanto Electro-Cute! Lifeless (#beingkindadeadsortasucks) Something Just
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT FILM Fallout Chronicles The House Thumb Snatchers from the Moon Cocoon
BEST THRILLER SHORT FILM Cold I Can Smoke? Mute The Table BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM Caterpillar So Hideous, My Love The Destruction Room The Evil's Gate The Faithless Theory of Noise ("Cradle" Music Video) Twisted
BEST SHORT FILM SCREENPLAY Anniversary Dinner I Can Smoke? Something Just The Destruction Room The Evil's Gate The Faithless The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe Upstairs
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BEST ACTOR Scott Casper (I Can Smoke?) Richard Cutting (Garden of Hedon) Cullen Flynn Clancy (The Tolltaker) Alan Rowe Kelly (Something Just) Alan Rowe Kelly (The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe) Mike Kovac (Mon Ami) Sean Morales (The Evil's Gate) Kevin Shea (Cold) Carlos Tello (The Faithless) BEST ACTRESS Erica Ash (I Can Smoke?) Brea Bee (The Destruction Room) Leslie Borstein (Caterpillar) Mary C. Ferrara (The House) Kimberly Gilbert (Upstairs) Gabriela Hernandez (Lifeless, #beingkindadeadsortasucks) Danielle Lozeau (Garden of Hedon) Elizabeth Norris (Fallout Chronicles) Debbie Rochon (The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR John C. Bailey (Garden of Hedon) Michael Bradley (The Tolltaker) Andrew C. Ely (Garden of Hedon) David Marancik (The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe) Jerry Murdock (Something Just) Manuel Poblete (Garden of Hedon) Greg Nutcher (Cold) Evan Robert Smith (Something Just) Carl Stevens (Garden of Hedon) Scott Wallis (Mon Ami) Joseph Zaso (Something Just)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Joicie Appell (Nailbiter) Emily Boresow (Nailbiter) Leanna Chamish (Garden of Hedon) Lesleh Donaldson (The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe) Judith Furlow (Garden of Hedon) Desiree Gould (The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe) Alexandra Schroeder (The Faithless) Alyssa Simon (Anniversary Dinner) Margaret M. Spirito (The Tolltaker) Wendy Wygant (Devilution) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Anniversary Dinner El Espanto Fallout Chronicles I Can Smoke? Lifeless (#beingkindadeadsortasucks) Something Just The Evil's Gate The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe Theory of Noise ("Cradle" Music Video)
BEST PICTURE EDITING Devilution Electro-Cute! Fallout Chronicles I Can Smoke? Just Like You... Something Just The House The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe Wade Trailer (2012)
BEST SOUND DESIGN Cold Devilution Fallout Chronicles Garden of Hedon The Evil's Gate The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe The Tolltaker Theory of Noise ("Cradle" Music Video) Wade Trailer (2012)
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BEST SFX Anniversary Dinner Caterpillar Electro-Cute! Fallout Chronicles Just Like You... So Hideous, My Love The Evil's Gate The House Wade Trailer (2012) BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE Devilution Garden of Hedon Something Just The Tell-Tale Heart: Tales of Poe Theory of Noise ("Cradle" Music Video) Thumb Snatchers Velvet Road Wade Trailer (2012) Lifeless (#beingkindadeadsortasucks)
Nominees - Screenwriting
FEATURE LENGTH
“Asomnia” Screenwriter - Stuart Creque
“For Blood Or Justice” Screenwriter - Todd Kniss
“Full Moon At Sunrise” Screenwriter - Donn Warr Lewis
“Ghosts Of Christmas Past” Screenwriter - Margaret McCarley
“Last Days Of Zombie” Screenwriter - Raymond Kwok
“No One Lives Forever” Screenwriter - Joseph Villapaz
“One Ugly Baby” Screenwriter - Frederick Piña
“Origins” Screenwriter - Michael J. Panek
“Realm Of The Linear Gods” Screenwriter - Michael Gibrall
“Something In The Water” Screenwriter - Alexander Bulpitt
“The Gym” Screenwriter - M.G. Leigh
“The Trail” Screenwriters - Cornelius Broderick, Melvin Bland
“The Uncivil War” Screenwriter - Robert Jamieson
“Trichinosis” Screenwriter - Gabriel Tolliver SHORT LENGTH
“Blood Curdle” Screenwriter - Dylan A. Roberts
“Kevin Keating: Vampire Hunter” Screenwriter - Jovanni Ibarra
“Monster Ed” Screenwriter - Veronica Kegel-Giglio
“Negative One” Screenwriter - Tatiana Doroshenko
“Twin Graves” Screenwriter - Paul Ellington
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Claw Award Categories Excellence in the Craft of FILMMAKING Best Feature Film (awarded to the film's credited producer[s], plus $100 cash prize) Audience Favorite (awarded to the film's credited director[s]) Best Director (awarded to the film's credited director[s], plus $100 cash prize) Best Feature Film Screenplay (awarded to the film's credited screenwriter[s]) Best Director of Photography (awarded to the film's key credited DP) (Defined as: the film having the most impressive visual beauty and composition) Best Horror Short Film (awarded to the film's credited producer[s]) Best Fantasy Short Film (awarded to the film's credited producer[s]) Best Science Fiction Short Film (awarded to the film's credited producer[s]) Best Thriller Short Film (awarded to the film's credited producer[s]) Best Drama Short Film (awarded to the film's credited producer[s]) Best Short Film Screenplay (awarded to the film's credited screenwriter[s]) Best Actor (awarded to the selected actor) Best Actress (awarded to the selected actress) Best Supporting Actor (awarded to the selected actor) Best Supporting Actress (awarded to the selected actress) Best Cinematography (awarded to the film's key credited cinematographer) (Defined as: the film having the most impressive camera work) Best Editing (awarded to the film's key credited picture editor) Best Sound Design (awarded to the film's key credited sound designer) Best Special Effects (awarded to the film's key credited SFX artist) Best Original Music Score (awarded to the film's key credited original music score composer[s]) Excellence in the Craft of SCREENWRITING 1st Place (Feature Length) (awarded to the key credited screenwriter[s], plus $100 cash prize) 2nd Place (Feature Length) (awarded to the key credited screenwriter[s]) 3rd Place (Feature Length) (awarded to the key credited screenwriter[s]) 1st Place (Short Length) (awarded to the key credited screenwriter[s]) 2nd Place (Short Length) (awarded to the key credited screenwriter[s]) 3rd Place (Short Length) (awarded to the key credited screenwriter[s]) ___________________________________________________ MORE EXCITING AWARD NEWS!!!  The Terror Film Festival website has been honored by Horrorfind Weekend as the Official 2008 Winner of their prestigious "Platinum Award"! "Congratulations! We are pleased to announce that your website has won our Platinum Award. Websites are judged on content, functionality, graphics and usefulness to the general public. We spend a lot of time reviewing sites and not all make the grade. You have done a great job, keep up the good work!". ~Horrorfind.com  throw this site at a friend, like it's an ax!
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