The 2012 Indie Horror Film Festival

Award Winners

2012 Award Nominees

- ALL LISTED IN RANDOM ORDER -

BEST SOUND

INCUBATOR
BELOW ZERO
RITUAL
THE DUTY OF LIVING
OCHO

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

DEADLINE
DIVINATION
VAMPERIFICA
THE DUTY OF LIVING
THE CURSE

BEST EDITING

THE CURSE
BELOW ZERO
WHAT THEY SAY
VAMPERIFICA
THE BARN

BEST SPECIAL FX

BETANIA
BELOW ZERO
FRACTURED MINDS
VAMPERIFICA
LOVE BUG

BEST COMEDY

LOVE BUG
ED AND THE AWAKENING
NOT ANOTHER B MOVIE
VAMPERIFICA
FRACTURED MINDS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

LINDSAY FELTON – RAYMOND DID IT
DENEEN MELODY – AFRAID OF SUNRISE
LINDSAY GARETH – NOT ANOTHER B MOVIE
KELSEY ZUKOWSKI – WHAT THEY SAY
WENDY WISLEY – THE DUTY OF LIVING

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

CHRISTIAN GRAY – PLASTIC
MICHAEL SCHMID – HAND OF GLORY
DAVID FAUSTINO – NOT ANOTHER B MOVIE
TY YAEGAR – RAYMOND DID IT
GEORGE RETELAS – THE DUTY OF LIVING

BEST DIRECTOR

BRUCE ORNSTEIN – VAMPERIFICA
JUSTIN R. ROMINE – WHAT THEY SAY
CHRIS TASARA – DEADLINE
JUSTIN THOMAS OSTENSEN – BELOW ZERO
BRANDON HUNT – THE DUTY OF LIVING

BEST ACTRESS

JULES WILCOX – DEADLINE
COURTNEY MONSMA – DORTHY
HEATHER DORFF – WHAT THEY SAY
LYNN LAWRY – DIVINATION
SONIA CASELLI – BETANIA

BEST ACTOR

MARTIN YURKOVIC – VAMPERIFICA
DARREN MARLAR – HAND OF GLORY
NORTH ROBERTS – PLASTIC
JUAN RIEDINGER – THE DUTY OF LIVING
DAVE NILSON – MIND OF A MAD MAN

DIRECTORS CHOICE AWARD

PLASTIC
OCHO
AFRAID OF SUNRISE
DORTHY
THE DUTY OF LIVING

BEST SHORT FILM

DIVINATION
INCUBATOR
WHAT THEY SAY
DORTHY
THE DUTY OF LIVING

BEST FEATURE FILM

BELOW ZERO
VAMPERIFICA
PLASTIC
RAYMOND DID IT
DEADLINE

OFFICIAL WINNERS OF
THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
(NOMINATED IN 5 OR MORE CATEGORIES)

THE DUTY OF LIVING
WHAT THEY SAY
VAMPERIFICA
BELOW ZERO

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AWARD WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED AT
THE 2012 INDIE HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
MARCH 23RD – 25TH AT CHICAGO PORTAGE THEATER

More Information On The Indie Horror Film Festival Awards:

*Award Winners will be announced in a ceremony at the end of the festival. Winners in attendance will be presented a certificate. Those not in attendance will be sent a digital certificate to print by email. Winners will also be posted in the news feed (front page) of IndieHorrorFest.com / SpookShowEntertainment.com within 48 hours of the close of the festival.

** Our Selection / Awards Procedure: Festival Director / Producers make official selections for the festival by vote. Official Selections are then screened/graded by 5 different judges anonymously and given an overall grade on a 5 point scale for each of the qualifying award categories (with the exception of the “Directors Choice Award”). All judges points are then added together to give it a grade. The top 5 films by grade in each category are then considered an award nominee and listed on this page. The film with the highest grade in each category is considered and announced that category’s award winner at the festival. In the event of a tie for highest grade, the festival director, festival producer and festival founder will each vote on the tied films giving the majority vote the award. In the event that one of the production staff are involved in one of the films involving a tie, a 3rd party will be selected to vote in place of the production staff member involved.

*** Special Recognition Awards are given to any film that is nominated (in top 5 by votes) in 5 or more categories. The way we see it is, even if the film didn’t score the highest in any of the categories, to be a nominee in 5 or more categories means that the film was extremely good across the board. (The Festival Directors Choice Award category don’t qualify for the Special Recognition Awards)

**** The Festival Directors Choice Award nominee’s are the Film Festival Directors top 5 choice films of the festival. The Directors Choice Award is presented at the festival to the Directors favorite film of the festival. (Any film that the festival director is personally involved in at any level is not eligible for this award.)