Here at Something Wicked Film Festival we have three
different types of awards to represent different ideas of what an “award
winning film” can be. Our film festival represents
the very best in student, amateur, semi-professional, and professional
film-makers. It is our idea that a film
festival should represent the growing talents and achievements of film-makers
from all disciplines especially the student and amateur as they are the ones
with the least amount of representation at film festivals. We also believe that the film festival is a
place where these young film-makers can see their work represented in front of
an audience and they can get feedback on their material. Without the added benefit of feedback and
networking (in any art form and not just film) we can’t grow and evolve as
artists.
So, with our film festival we have our Main Awards which are
chosen by our Festival Judge, Philip Wray, and his Jury Members (made up of
over ten people in the industry) who decide on the winners. Awards in this category include – Best Experimental
Short Film, Best Horror Short Film, Best Direction of a Feature Film, Best
Feature Film, Best Female Actor in a Short Film, etc. among many others. These are presented to the film-makers on
Sunday during the Awards Ceremony.
For our Festival Director Awards, my staff and I choose the
winners of some of the more “fun” categories such as Goriest Film, Scariest
Film, Scream Queen of the Year, and Bad Ass of the Year, among many
others. These are presented on Friday,
August 2nd throughout the day and given mention during my Opening
Night speech. These are especially
interesting because they acknowledge both shorts and features and allows some
films to be signaled out for a specifically great technical achievement of some
type.
Out last type of award is the Audience Choice Award which is
revealed one week after the film festival after all ballots have been collected
and tallied. These winners are chosen by
You, the Audience, so anyone can when these which makes them especially
interesting for film-makers.
Below is our list of 2019 Main Award and Festival Award
Winners (Audience Choice will be revealed later)! We congratulate all film-makers for a job well
done and we hope you all continue to grow as film-makers and that your films
have a successful festival run and we look forward to seeing what you come up
with next!
