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TERROR FILM FESTIVAL CLAW AWARDS
October 21-25, 2008 Philadelphia, PA

"Who will win this year?"

Thank You to our 2007 Claw Award presenters!

Not Pictured: Scott Currie (Painted Zebra Releasing).

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CLAW AWARD CATEGORIES

Excellence in the Craft of FILMMAKING

Best Feature Film (Claw Award & $500 Cash Prize awarded to the film's key credited director; Writers Boot Camp Basic Training Course awarded to the film's key credited screenwriter)
Best Director (Claw Award & $500 Cash Prize awarded to the film's key credited director)
Best Screenplay (Claw Award & Writers Boot Camp Basic Training Course awarded to the film's key credited screenwriter)
Best Director of Photography (Claw Award awarded to the film's key credited DP) (Defined as: the film having the most impressive visual beauty and composition)
Best Horror Short Film (Claw Award awarded to the film's key credited director; Writers Boot Camp Script Consultation awarded to the film's key credited screenwriter)
Best Fantasy Short Film (Claw Award awarded to the film's key credited director; Writers Boot Camp Script Consultation awarded to the film's key credited screenwriter)
Best Science Fiction Short Film (Claw Award awarded to the film's key credited director; Writers Boot Camp Script Consultation awarded to the film's key credited screenwriter)
Best Thriller Short Film (Claw Award awarded to the film's key credited director; Writers Boot Camp Script Consultation awarded to the film's key credited screenwriter)
Best Drama Short Film (Claw Award awarded to the film's key credited director; Writers Boot Camp Script Consultation awarded to the film's key credited screenwriter)
Best Actor (Claw Award awarded to the selected actor; Writers Boot Camp Script Consutation awarded to the film's key credited screenwriter)
Best Actress (Claw Award awarded to the selected actress; Writers Boot Camp Script Consultation awarded to the film's key credited screenwriter)
Best Cinematography (Claw Award awarded to the film's key credited cinematographer) (Defined as: the film having the most impressive camera work)
Best Editing (Claw Award awarded to the film's key editor)
Best Special Effects (Claw Award awarded to the film's key credited SFX Artist)
Best Music Score (Claw Award awarded to the film's key credited original score composer)

Excellence in the Craft of SCREENWRITING

Screenwriting (Feature Length), First Place (Claw Award, $100 Cash prize, & Writers Boot Camp Basic Training Course awarded to the key credited screenwriter)
Screenwriting (Feature Length), Second Place (Claw Award & Writers Boot Camp Script Consultation awarded to the key credited screenwriter)
Screenwriting (Feature Length), Third Place (Claw Award & Writers Boot Camp Script Consultation awarded to the key credited screenwriter)
Screenwriting (Short Length), First Place (Claw Award, $100 Cash prize, & Writers Boot Camp Basic Training Course awarded to the key credited screenwriter)
Screenwriting (Short Length), Second Place (Claw Award & Writers Boot Camp Script Consultation awarded to the key credited screenwriter)
Screenwriting (Short Length), Third Place (Claw Award & Writers Boot Camp Script Consultation awarded to the key credited screenwriter)

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2007 CLAW AWARD WINNERS
in the Craft of FILMMAKING

BEST FEATURE FILM: SIDE SHO
Director, Mike D'Anna
Producer, Paula Fox

BEST DIRECTOR: JOHN FAUST
"By Appointment Only"

BEST SCREENPLAY: THE WISH
Writer, Christian Jude Grillo

BEST HORROR SHORT FILM: RED HARVEST
Director, Dylan Griffith
Producers, Alex Johnson, Collin Armstrong, & Dylan Griffith

BEST FANTASY SHORT FILM: REGRET
Director, Craig Sudac
Producer, Craig Sudac

BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT FILM: ELECTRICAL SKELETAL!
Director, Brian Lonano
Producers, Erin Horsey & Brian Lonano

BEST THRILLER SHORT FILM: BACCHUS
Director, Laurent FABRE
Producer, Laurent FABRE

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM: ARENA
Director, Michael Wallace
Producer, Michael Wallace

BEST ACTOR: LEO ROSSI
"Diamond Zero"

BEST ACTRESS (in a Thiller film): NANCY SINCLAIR
"By Appointment Only"

BEST ACTRESS (in a Horror film): CHRISTINA BARLAS
"The Dollhouse"

BEST DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: CHRIS LAPOINTE
"Primevil"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: ONE SOUL
Cinematographer, Tim Naylor

BEST EDITING: TIL NIGHT
Editor, Matt Boatright-Simon

BEST SOUND DESIGN: DEAD TIRED
Ernie Rockelman

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: THE UNHOLY SIDESHOW
Special Effects Artist, Matt Broomfield

BEST MUSIC SCORE: SIDE SHO
Composer, Leonard Wolf

2007 CLAW AWARD WINNERS
in the Craft of SCREENWRITING

Screenwriting (Feature Length), First Place
"MY IMMORTAL"
Writer, Lee Rudnicki

Screenwriting (Feature Length), Second Place
"SENTENCED"
Writers, Colin Costello and Ken Nared

Screenwriting (Feature Length), Third Place
"WHERE THE DEAD GO"
Writer, Mark Kratter

Screenwriting (Short Length), First Place
"LIVIN' IN A 'V' WORLD"
Writer, Jennifer Bogush

Screenwriting (Short Length), Second Place
"INTERROGATION"
Writer, Rick Tobin

Screenwriting (Short Length), Third Place
"BLOODLETTER"
Writer, Jennifer M. Oaks

2007 CLAW AWARD NOMINEES
in the Craft of FILMMAKING
The following are the official TFF Filmmaking NOMINEES for 2007. Thank you to all of the filmmakers who submitted.

BEST FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
Decaying Orbit
Diamond Zero
Plane Dead
Side Sho
The Chair
The Witches Hammer
Til Night

BEST DIRECTOR NOMINEES
Adam Brooks (Addiction Is Murder)
Adam Kargman (Repressions)
Brian Lonano (Electrical Skeletal!)
John Faust (By Appointment Only)
Laurent FABRE (Bacchus)
Matt Boatright-Simon (Til Night )
Michael Wallace (Arena)

BEST SCREENPLAY NOMINEES
Anisomtropia (Dima Otvertchenko)
Bacchus (Laurent FABRE)
Backwoods Bloodbath (Donn Kennedy)
Brain Dead (Dale Gelineau)
By Appointment Only (John Faust)
Heart Of Gold (Steve Kwasnik)
The Wish (Christian Jude Grillo)
Til Night (Matt Boatright-Simon)

BEST DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY NOMINEES
Andrew B. Andersen (Diamond Zero)
Gary Powell (Electrical Skeletal!)
James West (By Appointment Only)
Jena Serbu (Kindfeuer)
Laurent FABRE (Bacchus)
Lou Chanatry (Side Sho)
Chris Lapointe (Primevil)
Tor Fruergaard (Zombie Western: It Came From The West)

BEST HORROR SHORT FILM NOMINEES
Dead Tired
Eyes Of Samir
Harker
Night Of The Hell-Hamsters
Red Harvest
The Lycanthrope
The Wheel And The Wound
Zombie Western: It Came From The West

BEST FANTASY SHORT FILM NOMINEES
Regret
Soft Asylum
The Cocktail Party
The Cracked Man
The Toll

BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT FILM NOMINEES
Electrical Skeletal!
Into The Maelstrom
The Osiris Project

BEST THRILLER SHORT FILM NOMINEES
Addiction Is Murder
Bacchus
By Appointment Only
Kindfeuer
The Lord Is My Shotgun
Yellow

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM NOMINEES
Arena
Die Flugbegleiterin
Primevil
Repressions
Travesty

BEST ACTOR NOMINEES
Duncan Garrow (Travesty)
Mike Murphy (Arena)
Leo Rossi (Diamond Zero)
Steve Kwasnik (Heart Of Gold)
Tom Detrik (The Wish)
Vincent K. Guagent (Electrical Skeletal!)

BEST ACTRESS NOMINEES
Caitlin Mulhern (Arena)
Christina Barlas (The Dollhouse)
Jolene Shepherd (Addiction Is Murder)
Lisa Beck (Yellow)
Nancy Sinclair (By Appointment Only)
Sharon Case (Repressions)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY NOMINEES
Addiction Is Murder
Bacchus
Kisses
One Soul
Primevil
The Chair
Yellow
Zombie Western: It Came From The West

BEST EDITING NOMINEES
Addiction Is Murder
Bacchus
Electrical Skeletal!
Kindfeuer
Night Of The Hell-Hamsters
Primevil
Til Night
Zombie Western: It Came From The West

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS NOMINEES
Addiction Is Murder
Night Of The Hell-Hamsters
One Soul
Primevil
Side Sho
The Cracked Man
The Unholy Sideshow
Til Night

BEST MUSIC SCORE NOMINEES
Dead Tired
Electrical Skeletal!
Harker
Night Of The Hell-Hamsters
Primevil
Side Sho
Yellow
Zombie Western: It Came From The West

2007 CLAW AWARD NOMINEES
in the Craft of SCREENWRITING
The following are the official TFF Screenwriting NOMINEES for 2007. Thank you to all of the screenwriters who submitted.

FEATURE LENGTH

Dark Swarm Written by Tim Pyle & KB Guzenski, California USA
Howard's Cross Written by Kelly Parks, California USA
Lavender Written by Michael Chiplock, Virginia USA
My Immortal Written by Lee Rudnicki, California USA
Sentenced Written by Colin Costello & Ken Nared, Illinois USA
Shadow War Written by Jerry Dolan, New York USA
Sleep Tight Written by Colin Costello, Illinois USA
The Colour Out of Space Written by Ken Lobb & Aaron Vanek, California USA
The Hunt Written by Marty Madden, California USA
The Lost Disciple Written by David J. Campfield, New York USA
The Red Envelope Written by David Sakmyster, New York USA
Where The Dead Go Written by Mark Kratter, California USA

SHORT LENGTH

Bloodletter Written by Jennifer M. Oaks, Pennsylvania USA
In The Hunt Written by Alan R. Baxter & Daniel Potts, California USA
Interrogation Written by Rick Tobin, Washington USA
Livin' In A 'V' World Written by Jennifer Bogush, New Jersey USA
The Last Request Written by Joe Randazzo, New York USA
Witness Written by Joe Randazzo, NewYork USA

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