Rochon And Kelly Honored At Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival Awards

Actress Debbie Rochon and filmmaker Brett Kelly were honored at the awards ceremony for the Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival on Sunday, October 24th. The festival also honored local, national, and international films.
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Oct. 25, 2010 - PRLog -- Buffalo, New York – Actress Debbie Rochon and filmmaker Brett Kelly were honored at the awards ceremony for the Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival on Sunday, October 24th.  The festival also honored local, national, and international films.

The festival committee surprised Rochon with her “Dedication to Excellence in Independent Filmmaking” award, which was preceded by a tribute video comprised of testimonials from her colleagues.  She was the festival’s Guest of Honor, and participated in all question and answer sessions with attending filmmakers.

Kelly received the Genre Spirit Award for his diverse filmmaking interests and skills.  Kelly screened his humorous superhero film AVENGING FORCE: THE SCARAB and offered budding filmmakers distribution advice.

EL MONSTRO DEL MAR! from Australia won Best Horror Feature and Best Director for Stuart Simpson.  THE FAMILIAR, from Canada, won Best Horror Short and Best Screenplay for Kody Zimmerman.  TRUE NATURE from the U.S. won Best Actress for Marianne Porter and Best Cinematography.  Daniel Reininghaus won Best actor for EYES BEYOND, Canda.  And Emma Julia Jacobs won Best Special Make-Up Effects for the slasher thriller M.  The Western DAMN YOUR EYES won Best “More than Horror” Short and the psychedelic science fiction film TRIPTOSANE won Best “More than Horror” Feature.

Buffalo Screams also honored local films from the Western New York region.  HOUSE OF HORRORS: THE MOVIE won Best WNY Horror Fetaure.  DAVIS won two awards: Best WNY Horror Short and Best Editing.  Andrew Lavin won Best WNY Special Make-Up Effects Artist.  Sam Qualiana and Kash Costner each received a “Filmmaker to Watch” award, and Jason Mager and John Renna shared the Local Grindhouse Award for their films BORN TO DIE and IT’S IN BACK.

In total, 37 films were shown during the 4-day festival.

http://www.buffaloscreams.com

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The BUFFALO SCREAMS Horror Film Festival is a ongoing annual event designed to attract horror fans and filmmakers from around the world and shine a light on filmmaking in Western New York. We have long range plans for making this festival one of the most important events in the Buffalo area. 2010 marked our first steps towards what we believe will become Buffalo’s premiere film festival. One of our goals is to enhance the community, and we can’t do that alone.
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