Saturday, June 10, 2023

2023 SPRING COMPETITION WINNERS

 

 

BEST FILM  - BONDING

Directed by Luke Rex

A solitary figure at an empty bar, CIA clinical and forensic psychologist, Dr. John Flemington, is planning to visit his girlfriend in Mexico when he is pressured by mysterious underground operatives to join them on a secret mission. He really doesn't have a choice. 

 

BEST SCREENPLAY - CONSUMED

Written by Don Stroud

Buried beneath a collapsed building after an apocalyptic earthquake, an estranged husband and wife struggle to stay alive, praying that their companions rescue them before a horde of undead creatures tear through the rubble.

 

HONORABLE MENTION FILM - THE TREE HOUSE

Directed by Flávio Ermírio de Moraes

Dora, a 45-year-old biologist lives alone in an isolated house, where she conducts an ethically questionable research. Looking for a partner she can trust, she hires a new caretaker, Mateus, not realizing that he is also hiding his own secrets. Gradually, the two grow closer and Mateus finally discovers more about Dora's research: human composting. Mateus, who applied for the job in search of his father, who he believes to have worked at the house before disappearing without reporting, confronts Dora, but she manages to lure him like prey into her office, in the Tree House.

 

HONORABLE MENTION SCREENPLAY - THEY SMELL DEAD

Written by Juliano Angeliano 

 When a vicious Vampire becomes sheriff of a small town in the wild dirty South, he Creates a posse of vampires to keep the Peace and to deal with the surge of bad guys coming in trying to take over.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, January 23, 2023

Fall 2022 Winners

BEST FILM

Stuck in the Blue
Directed by Ricardo E. Miranda
 
 
BEST SCREENPLAY
 
The Bare Essentials
Written by Henry P Gravelle
 
 
BEST FILM TRAILER
 
The Seeker: The Story of Uther Pendragon
Directed by Kipp Howard
 

Saturday, January 14, 2023

FALL 2022 FINALISTS

 Congratulations to the Finalists of the Fall 2022 Siren by the Sea Competition!


FILM FINALISTS:

All The Music You Need - Directed by James Fox

It's Sunny Outside - Directed by Michael Robert Kessler

Stuck in the Blue - Directed by  Ricardo E. Miranda

The Hunt - Directed by Yann Reuzeau 

Up In Smoke - Directed by Ernie Berger

 

SCREENPLAY FINALISTS:

 Apocryphal - Written by Hudson Henry Franzoni

Blackout - Written by Scott Akers

Seeing Things Differently - Written by Jim Norman

The Bare Essentials - Written by  Henry P Gravelle

The Family Secret - Written by  Alix Lindbergh

 

 

 

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Spring 2022 Winners

 GRAND PRIZE WINNERS

BEST FILM: 
Smoothie Heist by Director Sydney Bower

BEST SCREENPLAY: 
Kidz at Play by Crystal Thomas


CATEGORY WINNERS

BEST SHORT FILM: 
Smoothie Heist by Director Sydney Bower
 
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY: 
The Queen's Jewels by  Josh Curtis Friedman

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY: 
Kidz at Play by Crystal Thomas

BEST FILM TRAILER
Under a Bad Moon by Stephen Franklin Blanton

Sunday, December 26, 2021

FALL 2021 WINNERS

BEST FILM
What Happens in the Desert
Directed by Kassy Mahea
 
 
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
The Grievers
Written by Glenn Lissner
 
 
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
She Knew
Written by Rick Shepherd
 
 
BEST TRAILER
Cold
Directed by G. Lewis