2024 AFF AWARDS
Film is art, not a competition, but part of Amazing Fantasy Fest’s mission is to recognize the work of talented genre filmmakers ignored or shunned by the mainstream. Below are the nominations for the 2024 AFF Awards.
Please note that for nomination purposes only, some categories have been combined - we award several different genre categories within the Features category, for example. And we do present some awards for special achievements not grouped in categories. We'll create our official laurels this weekend: in the meantime, you're welcome to create your own using FilmFreeway's easy-to-use (but frankly insufficient) generator.
Winners will be announced Sunday, September 15th at our 5:45 pm EST AFF Awards presentation at our venue, the Amherst Theatre.
AMAZING UNPRODUCED FEATURE SCREENPLAY
“A Day to Relive” by Chris Donald Griffin
“Eve of Destruction” by James Holmes & Jeffrey Stackhouse
“Legend of Spring Heeled Jack” by Anthony A. Labriola
“Murder at the Red tower” by Writer at EXO Books*
“Scapegoat” by Richard Geiwitz
“Spoiled Meat” by Tim Tanner
AMAZING UNPRODUCED SHORT SCREENPLAY
“Career Day” by Devin Shane Hylton
“Fluffy” by Shirley Ann Sheldon & Angela Hendrick
“Solipsism” by Duncan B. Putney
“The Shadow Over Christmas” by Marc Roussel
“Wet Rot” by Stuart Creque
AMAZING FEATURE
Black Eyed Susan
Bronx Lore
First Person Savior
Flesh of the Unforgiven
Florence
Fragment
Inbetweening
Rich Inherited Lives
They Call Her Death
AMAZING WNY FEATURE
7 Kills, 3 Songs & A Banana
Ragdoll Assassin
Reset
Slasher Days of Summer
Special Needs Revolt
AMAZING CANADIAN FEATURE
The Damnation
Massacre at Femur Creek
Voices Carry
AMAZING DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Life of Pain
Nickel City Tinseltown: The History of Buffalo, NY Filmmaking
The Pocket Film of Superstitions
AMAZING FEATURE DIRECTOR
Mel House – Inbetweening
Scooter McCrae - Black Eyed Susan
Austin Snell - They Call Her Death
Robert Vornkahl -Fragment
Ken Whiting - Rich Inherited Lives
AMAZING WNY FEATURE DIRECTOR
Adrian Esposito - Special Needs Revolt
Richard Fysh - 7 Kills, 3 Songs & A Banana
Curt Markham - Ragdoll Assassin
Kristen Skeet - Slasher Days of Summer
Michael Yammine - Reset
AMAZING FEATURE SCREENWRITER
Katy Baldwin, Kristi Shimek, Robert Vornkahl - Fragment
Andrew Bonazelli - Rich Interior Lives
Mel House - Inbetweening
Scooter McCrae - Black Eyed Susan
Austin Snell – They Call Her Death
AMAZING WNY FEATURE SCREENWRITER
Ty Cheman & Kristen Skeet - Slasher Days of Summer
Adrain Esposito, Bill Weeden & Curt Markham – Special Needs Revolt
Richard Fysh - 7 Kills, 3 Songs & A Banana
Curt Markham – Ragdoll Assassin
Michael Yammine - Reset
AMAZING FEMALE PERFORMANCE, FEATURE
Teresa Gero – Rich Interior Lives
Hailee Lipscomb - Fragment
Sheri Rippel - They Call Her Death
Debbie Rochon - Flesh of the Unforgiven
Kei’la Ryan - Rich Interior Lives
Yvonne Emilie Thälker - Black Eyed Susan
AMAZING MALE PERFORMANCE, FEATURE
Brandon Cole – Inbetweening
Joe Hollow – Flesh of the Unforgiven
John Karyus – First Person Savior
Damian Maffei – Black Eyed Susan
Parker Shook, Rich Interior Lives
AMAZING FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A WNY FEATURE
Alyssa Grace Adams, Slasher Days of Summer
Amelia Favata – Ragdoll Assassin
Shanda Gardner – Slasher Days of Summer
Danielle Smith – Ragdoll Assassin
Caitlin Westfall - Reset
Alexandria Romanov – 7 Kills, 3 Songs & A Banana
AMAZING MALE PERFORMANCE IN A WNY FEATURE
Mark Bogumil – Ragdoll Assassin
Adam Holley - Reset
Curt Markham – Ragdoll Assassin
Paul McGinnis – Slasher Days of Summer
Brandon Machajewski – 7 Kills, 3 Songs & A Banana
Nolan Tierce – Special Needs Revolt
Bill Weeden – Special Needs Revolt
AMAZING MICRO SHORT
BeeHarmony (US)
The Lure (UK)
Three Baths (US)
Night Feeding (US)
The Vulture (US)
AMAZING WNY MICRO SHORT
Just Another Day in Paradise
Missed. Carriage
Slash Squatch
Slasher
AMAZING SHORT FILM (US & CAN)
Banjo (US)
Bat Country (US)
Duck and Cover (CAN)
Interitus Adfectus (US)
Moonlight Sonata, with Scissors (US)
Others (US)
Sentinels (US)
Split Second (US)
Tales from the End! (US)
The Thaw (US)
AMAZING INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
Mystery of the Keeper (Ukraine)
Dancing with My Mother (Australia)
The Detachment (Korea)
The Faun of Healwood, the Edge (France)
The Gory Hole (UK)
AMAZING WNY SHORT FILM
Eccentrip
Jane & the Brain
Forward
NOKK
The Surgeon
Twice
What Silence Looks Like
AMAZING WNY SHORT SCREENPLAY
Allison Courtney – Agency
Donovan W. Gale – NOKK
Hope Muehlbauer - Jane & the Brain
Matthew Martin, Chad Ridgely, Taylor Martin – Eccentrip
Paul McGinnis - Forward
Rick Masi – What Silence Looks Like
AMAZING FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A WNY SHORT
Alyssa Grace Adams – Agency
Ana Logan – Junk Food
Airy Nikohl - Twice
Gabrielle Nunzio – Jane & the Brain
Taylor Martin – Eccentrip
Jessica Zwolak - Forward
AMAZING MALE PERFORMANCE IN A WNY SHORT
Eugene Bofill – What Silence Looks Like
Chad Ridgely – Eccentrip
Paul Spitale – Eccentrip
Eric Nicotera – Lake in VR
Finn Lasch – Junk Food
Marek Heitzenrater – Junk Food
AMAZING ANIMATED SHORT
The Adjudicators’ Pawn (US)
The Bell (Philippines)
The Bitter Desert (Norway)
Howl If You Love Me (US)
Noonday Demon (CAN)
On the Streets of Willoughby (US)
Sulayman (Pilippines)
We Are Here to Help (UK)
AMAZING STOP MOTION FILM
Ethel (Switzerland)
Les Betes (US)
AMAZING ALTERNATIVE CINEMA
Car Spider (WNY)
Fin. (WNY)
The Harvest (WNY)
An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Houseplants (WNY)
Requiem (WNY)
AMAZING WNY STUDENT FILM
Frostbyte
Junk Food
Lake in VR
Amazing Fantasy Fest reserves the right to combine, alter or eliminate award categories at the Festival Director’s discretion. International award winners will receive digital certificates unless they attend AFF in person. We will mail physical awards to filmmakers unable to attend at the filmmaker’s expense.