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"Who will win this year?"

 

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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)

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
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)

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])

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