The 11th Annual Tabloid Witch Awards has announced this year’s winners, which are lined up to screen in Santa Monica on October 25th. I stumbled across the horror genre festival via Film Freeway, while in search of a place to submit a series of experimental horror shorts I had produced some years back. The awards are curated by a panel of passionate horrorphiles, lead by Thomas Sipos, who notified me of the winners this morning. I’m stoked to announce that they have selected one of my works, and after reviewing some of the other winners his panel has selected, I’m honored to be listed among such esteemed storytellers of the genre.
This year’s list of winners:
* Best Horror Feature Film …………………….. Simon Pearce & Simon R. Green (Judas Ghost)
* Best Dramatic Horror Short Film ………….. Daniel Brown & Kate McMeans (The First Step)
* Best Comedic Horror Short Film ………….. Dave Lojek & Gemma Swain (Psychic Sue)
* Best Animated Horror Short Film ………….. Ewa Tuczkow (Za Edgara)
* Best Avant-Garde Horror Short Film ……… Eric Norcross (Lancaster Square)
* Best Actress ………………………………………. Eva Larvoire (Banshee)
* Best Actor …………………………………………. Gary Anthony Stennette (The Fear Box: 666 Telemarketing)
* Best Supporting Actress ……………………… Judith Haley (Dark Vision)
* Best Supporting Actor …………………………. Grahame Fox (Judas Ghost)
* Best Cinematography …………………………. Chia-Yu Chen (Ticket to the Haunted Mansion)
* Best Sound ………………………………………… Daniel Brown (The First Step)
* Best Editing ……………………………………….. Harold Parker (The Heebie-Jeebies)
* Best Production Design ………………………. Aprile Lanza Boettcher (Ticket to the Haunted Mansion)
* Best Visual Effects ……………………………… John Swinnerton (Judas Ghost)
* Best Make-Up Effects …………………………. Delia De Cock (The First Step)
* Best Music Soundtrack ……………………….. Mirko Rizzello (Psychic Sue)
Honorable Mentions:
* Jose Angel Henrickson & Mari Cielo Pajares (The Fear Box: 666 Telemarketing)
* Marc Martínez Jordán (Timothy)
* Todd Slawsby (The Heebie-Jeebies)
* Alexander Quezada (Zugar Zombie)
* Nuntakul Sakulchai (Ticket to the Haunted Mansion)
* Ben Steiner (The Stomach)
* Sean van Leijenhorst (Banshee)
Check out this news piece produced about the Tabloid Witch Awards to hear Sipos talk about the festival in his own words:
