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GREED & GORE
Director Adam Kirkey
EXCELLENCE: Cinematography (subcat)

EXCELLENCE: Original Score (subcat)

OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE: SFX: Visual (subcat), • Viewer Impact: Inspirational (subcat)


Directed by Adam Kirkey



Greed and Gore CANADA | 2023 | 15 min

After a bank robbery doesn’t go exactly as planned, a crew of five pick a last minute safehouse to lay low with their take and a hostage. But the safehouse isn’t so safe… Greed & Gore, a film by Adam Kirkey, is a mash of horror and thriller, with practical effects that will please all genre fans. It stars Julie Mainville (Butchers, The Good Doctor), Krishan Dutt (The Boys), Matthew Bell (Curse of the Anti-Quenched), Monica Zelak (Curse of the Anti-Quenched, Chronicles of Blood, The Enigma), and breakout stars Curt Derosier and Nick Dewolfe.



Adam Kirkey is an independent filmmaker and photographer from Ottawa, Ontario. He runs a successful production company specializing in corporate projects, music videos, and high-end real estate content. His recent film projects include The Trunk (a short film directed by Travis Laidlaw), where Adam was a producer and the cinematographer.

   
Occupants
Director Russ Emanuel
in Horror Feature
United States


'Occupants' is a film about Annie Curtis, an award-winning documentarian and her husband Neil. Annie and Neil embark on a '30 Days of Clean Living' documentary, setting up cameras all over their house to document, via the Internet, their new eating habits. By doing so, half of their cameras capture a parallel version of themselves - a version that ultimately unravels and threatens their very existence.



Russell "Russ" Emanuel is an award-winning American director, producer, and independent filmmaker, having directed such actors as John Heard, Robert Picardo, Vincent Pastore, Glynnis O'Connor, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Jeremy London, Ryan Hurst, William Devane, Marina Sirtis, Sean Kenney, Armin Shimerman, and Gary Graham.

 
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Occupants Director Russ Emanuel in Horror Feature United States	BEST OF SHOW OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE: Actress: Lead (subcat), Briana White OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE: Direction (subcat), Russ Emanuel
Paradox Director Robin Hunt in Sci-Fi Short United States	BEST OF SHOW
Star Atlas | Debut Trailer Director Jonathan Berube in Animation Sci-Fi United States	BEST OF SHOW