2019 Award Nominees by Category

In 2019, PCFF was honored to have been presented with  a lot of great films from filmmakers all over the world. The following were nominated to receive an award in one or more of the following categories:

The C.O. Award — for Best in Category

US NARRATIVE FEATURE

• A Chance of Snow
• The Trancendents
• Shot to the Heart
• Monochrome: The Chromism

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Apache Warrior
• Tasteless
• Mercy’s Kennel
• Every night’s a Saturday Night: The Bobby Keys Story
• Where there is  Darkness

US NARRATIVE SHORT

• Utopia
• Scarborough
• Deviant
• Sac de Merde
• Road trash
• Random Knowledge
• Third Base
• Rattletrap
• Dancer
• Before the Thunder
• Carnage Radio
• Stranger Danger

INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT

• Round Trip
• For it is Written
• Foreign
• Guilty Pleasure
• Secret Chord
• The Spirit Seam

TRAILERS

• Wolfsbane – Trailer
• Monochrome: The Chromism –Trailer
• Dark Cloud – Trailer
• Dancer – Trailer
• Carnage Radio – Trailer
• Red River – Trailer
• Shot to the Heart – Trailer
• Judo and Chill – Trailer

The Seargents Award — for Best Production

DOCMENTARY FEATURE

Cinematography:

• Apache Warrior
• Straight from the Pen
• Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy
• Tasteless
• Where there is Darkness

 Editing:

• Apache Warrior
• Straight from the Pen
• Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy
• Tasteless
• Where there is Darkness
• Every Night’s a Saturday Night: The Bobby Keys Story

Music:

• Apache Warrior
• Straight from the Pen
• Tasteless
• Mercy’s Kennel
• Where There Is Darkness
• Every Night’s a Saturday Night: The Bobby Keys Story

Sound:

• Apache Warrior
• Tasteless
• Where There Is Darkness

Writing:

• Apache Warrior
• Tasteless
• Where There Is Darkness
• Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy

NARRATIVE FEATURE

Cinematography:

• Central Bloc
• A Chance of Snow
• The Trancendents
• The Desert River

Editing:

• Central Bloc
• Monochrome: The Chromism
• BENEATH: A Cave Horror Film
• A Chance of Snow
• The Desert River

Music:

• CENTRAL BLOC
• Monochrome: the Chromism
• Beneath: a cave horror film
• Shot to the Heart

Sound:

• Shot to the Heart
• Central bloc
• The Desert River

Writing:

• A Chance of Snow
• Central Bloc
• MONOCHROME: THE CHROMISM

NARRATIVE SHORT

Cinematography:

• Utopia
• Scarborough
• Dead Man’s fuel
• Round Trip
• Deviant
• Sac de Merde
• Road Trash
• Guilty Pleasure
• BLACKBETTY
• Random Knowledge
• For It Is Written
• Stranger Danger
• The Spirit Seam
• Happy Birthday Papa
• The Boogeyman
• Rumspringa Prelude
• Rattletrap
• Wonder
• Dancer
• Before the Thunder
• Carnage Radio
• Sentinel: Or Mythology and Methodology
• A Republican Movie
• E-BOWLA
• Wrong Place Wrong Time
• Liquid Soul

Editing:

• Utopia
• Graveyard Shift
• Dead Man’s Fuel
• Stranger Danger
• Countdown
• Round Trip
• Deviant
• Red River
• Sac de Merde
• Road Trash
• Guilty Pleasure
• Random Knowledge
• For It Is Written
• E-BOWLA
• Wrong Place Wrong Time
• Rumspringa Prelude
• Rattletrap
• Wonder
• Dancer
• Before the Thunder
• Carnage Radio
• Sentinel: Or Mythology and Methodology
• A Republican Movie
• The Spirit Seam
• Liquid Soul
• The Boogeyman

Music:

• Tartarus: The Devil’s Basement
• Round Trip
• Deviant
• Road Trash
• Random Knowledge
• Foreign
• Red River
• E-BOWLA
• The Spirit Seam
• O Holy Knight!
• The Boogeyman
• Dancer
• Before the Thunder
• Carnage Radio

Sound:

• BLACKBETTY
• Round Trip
• Deviant
• Road Trash
• Act of Contrition
• Random Knowledge
• For It Is Written
• Foreign
• Red River
• Wonder
• Before the Thunder
• Carnage Radio
• The Spirit Seam
• Happy Birthday Papa

Writing:

• Stranger Danger
• Round Trip
• Deviant
• Sac de Merde
• Road Trash
• Random Knowledge
• Third Base
• Dancer
• Before the Thunder
• Carnage Radio
• E-BOWLA
• The Family Man
• The Spirit Seam
• Liquid Soul
• The Boogeyman

Costume Design:

• Chateau Sauvignon: terrior
• Dead Man’s Fuel
• Deviant
• Random Knowledge
• Dancer
• O Holy Knight!
• Rumspringa Prelude

Make up:

• Utopia
• E-BOWLA
• Chateau Sauvignon: terrior
• Sac de Merde
• Road Trash
• Dancer
• Before the Thunder

F/X:

• Utopia
• Chateau Sauvignon: terrior
• Round Trip
• Road Trash
• For It Is Written
• Graveyard Shift
• Liquid Soul

The Captains Award — for Best Director

NARRATIVE FEATURE

• James Christopher – A Chance of Snow
• Kodi Zene – Monochrome: the Chromism
• Brian Huckeba and Aric Cushing – Shot to the Heart
• Michael Finazzi – CENTRAL BLOC

NARRATIVE SHORT

• Ren Thackman – Round Trip
• Benjamin Howard – Deviant
• Aimiende Negbenebor Sela – Utopia
• Grey Ellis – Stranger Danger
• David E Munz-Maire – Chateau Sauvingon: terrior
• Greg Chwerchak – Sac de Merde
• Natasha Pascetta – Road Trash
• Michael Charron – Random Knowledge
• Daniel Stahl – For It Is Written
• Mark Pinkosh – Foreign
• Kiana Rios – The Boogeyman
• Karl Thyselius – Secret Chord
• Katt Gilcrease – Third Base
• Riley Cusick – Rattletrap
• Jake Portie – Dancer
• Yelana Krivosheyeva – Before the Thunder
• James Fite – Carnage Radio
• Cindy Maples – E-BOWLA

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• David Salzburg and Christian Tureaud – Apache Warrior
• Paul and Lori Sutton – Straight from the Pen
• Jeff Cerulli and Matt Ritter – Tasteless
• Sean Bloomfield and Cimela Kidonakis – Where There Is Darkness

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

• Mira Hamour – Syria’s Tent Cities

The Major Award — for Best Acting

NARRATIVE FEATURE – ACTOR

• Aric Cushing – Shot to the Heart
• Rob Franco – The Transcendents
• Sandro De Feo – CENTRAL BLOC
• Josh Bangle – MONOCHROME: THE CHROMISM

NARRATIVE FEATURE – ACTRESS

• Alyssia Rivera – A Chance of Snow
• Savannah Welch – The Transcendents
• Boti Bliss – Shot to the Heart

NARRATIVE FEATURE – SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Alejandro Patino – A Chance of Snow
• Ben Reno – The Transcendents
• David Chase – Shot to the Heart
• Miguel Blanc – CENTRAL BLOC

NARRATIVE FEATURE – SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Shelby Cullinan – A Chance of Snow
• Kathy Valentine – The Transcendents
• John St. James – Shot to the Heart

NARRATIVE SHORT – ACTOR

• Harold Fisch – Stranger Danger
• Darren Kendrick – Scarborough
• Garret Graham – Countdown
• Trey Hughuley – Countdown
• Rudy Pankow – Deviant
• Jaimy Griggs – Liquid Soul
• Chadwick Smith – Random Knowledge
• Martin Nick Alexanderson – For It Is Written
• Katt Gilcrease – Third Base
• Riley Cusick – Rattletrap
• Richard Warner – Dancer
• Brandon Johnson – Carnage Radio
• Will Chase – E-BOWLA
• Damien Alonso – Act of Contrition
• Thomas Hausler – Guilty Pleasure

NARRATIVE SHORT – ACTRESS

• Devin Mccarthy – Utopia
• Makha Mthembu – Utopia
• Arielle Haller-Silverstone – Sac de Merde
• Natasha Pascetta – Road Trash
• Ashley Overton – Random Knowledge
• Johanna Smitz – For It Is Written
• Suzi Ruffell – Foreign
• Krista Warner- The Boogeyman
• Kristin Marie Perry – Facing the Black
• Lauren Ferro – Third Base
• Lyndsay Craven – Dancer
• Keta Meggett – Before the Thunder

NARRATIVE SHORT – SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Mitchell Rad – Stranger Danger
• Court Rutter – Deviant
• Erik Anderson – Random Knowledge
• Robert Karlson – For It Is Written
• Justin Meeks – Rattletrap
• Leo Kempf – E-Bowla
• Jerry Walker – Act of Contrition

NARRATIVE SHORT – SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Samantha Bowling – Utopia
• Krystal Roche – Utopia
• Tori Pence – Tartarus: The Devil’s Basement
• Ariel Greenspoon – Random Knowledge
• Jenny Bede – Foreign

The Desk Boss Award — for Best in Genre

DRAMA

• Deviant
• Utopia
• Scarborough
• For It Is Written
• Facing the Black
• Third base
• Rattletrap
• Before the thunder

SUSPENSE/THRILLER

• Stranger Danger
• Tartarus: the Devils Basement
• The Republican movie
• Guilty Pleasure
• Wrong place Wrong Time
• Secret Chord
• Carnage Radio

COMEDY

• The Countdown
• Sac de Merde
• Random Knowledge
• E-Bowla
• The Quit

HORROR

• Chateau Sauvignon: Terrior
• Road Trash
• Dancer

The Next-Gen Award — for Best Student Film

• Judo and Chill
• Freelance
• Nails
• Inside
• Wrong Place Wrong Time
• Restroom
• For It Is Written
• Everything’s Not Okay
• Mandatory Minimum
• The Other Side of the Door
• Dancer
• Catastrophe Loss
• Sentinal: Or Mythology and Methodology
• The Family Man
• Graveyard Shift
• Act of Contrition
• Syria’s Tent Cities
• Chateau Sauvignon: terrior
• Before the Thunder

The Outside Picket Award — for Most Original

• Stranger Danger
• Scarborough
• Round Trip
• Deviant
• Utopia
• Sac de Merde
• Road trash
• For It Is Written
• Secret Chord
• Third Base
• Before the Thunder
• The Family Man

The Ad-Seg Award — for Most Intense, and/or Uniquely Creative

• Liquid Soul
• Shot to the Heart
• Road Trash
• For It Is Written
• Facing the Black
• Rattletrap
• Dancer

The Wardens Vanguard Award — for Best Overall Submission:

• Apache Warrior
• Stranger Danger
• Chateau Sauvignon: terrior
• Round Trip
• Deviant
• Sac de Merde
• Random Knowledge
• For It Is Written
• Secret Chord
• Third Base
• Rattletrap
• Before the Thunder
• Carnage Radio