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.
