AWARD WINNERS: March 2016 Fright Night Theatre Film Festival

Now that the March 2016 Fright Night Theatre Film Festival has come to a close we are thrilled to annouce the winners of our Audience Choice and Selection Committee Awards. From the phenomenal five feature films and 15 short official selections that made up our festival, the following films and filmmakers stood out as exceptional beacons of indie talent.

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS

As voted by the in-attendance audience

BEST FILM

Bunny the Killer Thing

(Director - Joonas Makkonen / Producers - Miika J. Norvanto, Matti Pekkanen, Mikko Soukkala)

BEST SHORT

O Christmas Tree

(Director - Greg Kovacs / Producers - Nathan Hawkins, Stephanie Christiaens, Darren Hutchings)

SELECTION COMMITTEE AWARDS

As voted by the Fright Night Theatre programming team

== FEATURE FILMS ==

SCARIEST FILM

She Who Must Burn (dir. Larry Kent)

MOST SHOCKING FILM

Harvest Lake (dir. Scott Schirmer)

FUNNIEST FILM

Bunny the Killer Thing (dir. Joonas Makkonen)

BEST DIRECTOR

Scott Schirmer (Harvest Lake)

BEST ACTOR

Jason Crowe (Harvest Lake)

BEST ACTRESS

Missy Cross (She Who Must Burn)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kevin Roach (Harvest Lake)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tristan Risk (Harvest Lake)

BEST SCREENPLAY

Harvest Lake- Scott Schirmer

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

TIE - Brian K. Williams (Harvest Lake) & Nejc Saje (Idyll)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Harvest Lake

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
TIE - The Barn & Bunny the Killer Thing

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

Harvest Lake - Adam Robl & Shawn Sutta

BEST VILLAIN
She Who Must Burn - Andrew Dunbar, Shane Twerdun, and Missy Cross as The Baarkers

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP FX
The Barn

BEST MONSTER
Harvest Lake

 == SHORT FILMS ==

BEST HORROR SHORT

Heir (dir. Richard Powell)

MOST SHOCKING SHORT

Die! Sitter! Die! (dir. Lee Boxleitner and Sam Boxleitner)

BEST COMEDY SHORT

Night of the Slasher (dir. Shant Hamassia)

BEST SCI-FI SHORT

They Will All Die in Space (dir. Javier Chillon)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Exordium (dir. Morgan Galen King)

BEST FANTASY SHORT

Portal to Hell!!! (dir. Vivieno Caldinelli)

BEST CANADIAN SHORT

The Indestructible (dir. Kalen Artinian)