10/01/2024
AFF Awards 2024
Amazing Fantasy Fest screened 83 films in 2024: 21 Features and 62 Shorts. On Sunday, September 15th, we presented or announced the following awards, in the form of plaques, certificates or digital files. This year served as one of transition, as we recognized our legacy as Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival (three years) and Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival (ten years). Thank you to our sponsors and judges, and congratulations to the award recipients, nominees and Official Selections.
Uncork’d Entertainment presents
Best of the Fest
Black Eyed Susan
Uncork’d Entertainment presents
Amazing Fantasy Feature
Inbetweening
Kristen S***t presents
Amazing Horror Feature
Fragment
Kristen S***t presents
Amazing Action Feature
They Call Her Death
Armand John Petri & Kim Piazza present
Amazing Documentary
Nickel City Tinseltown
Armand John Petri & Kim Piazza present
WTF Award, Feature
Special Needs Revolt
Dean Beltrano presents
Amazing International Feature
The Pocket Film of Superstitions
Michael O’Hear Award
Amazing WNY Feature
Reset
Dean Beltrano presents
Amazing Canadian Feature
Massacre at Femur Creek
Shanda Gardner presents
Off Beat Cinema Award
Bronx Lore
The Outlaw Cinema Award
Flesh of the Unforgiven
Amazing Feature Director
Scooter McCrae
Black Eyed Susan
Amazing WNY Feature Director
Michael Yammine
Reset
Amazing Feature Screenplay
Andrew Bonazelli
Rich Interior Lives
Amazing WNY Feature Screenplay
Curt Markham
Ragdoll Assassin
Amazing Unproduced Feature Screenplay
“A Day to Relive”
By Chris Donald Griffin
Amazing Female Performance in a Feature
Yvonne Emilie Thälker
Black Eyed Susan
Amazing WNY Female Performance, Feature
Caitlin Westfall
Reset
Amazing Male Performance, Feature
Parker Shook
Rich Interior Lives
Amazing WNY Male Performance, Feature
Adam Holley
Reset
Amazing Ensemble Cast
Ragdoll Assassin
Amazing Special Make-Up Effects
Reset
Amazing Visual Effects
Black Eyed Susan
Amazing Medium Length Film
The Detachment (Korea)
Amazing WNY Student Film
Junk Food
Amazing Short
Interitus Adfectus
Amazing International Short
The Bell (Philippines)
Amazing Canadian Short
The Noonday Demon
Amazing WTF Short
The Gory Hole
Amazing WNY Short (tie)
Eccentrip
Jane & the Brain
Amazing Alternative Cinema
An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Houseplants
Amazing WNY Female Performance, Short
Jessica Zwolak
Forward
Amazing WNY Male Performance, Short
Eugene Bofill
What Silence Looks Like
Amazing WNY Short Screenplay
Hope Muehlbauer
Jane & the Brain
Amazing Animated Short
Howl If You Love Me
Amazing Stop Motion Short
Les Betes
Amazing Unproduced Short Screenplay
“Solipsism”
By Duncan B. Putney
Amazing Micro Short
Three Baths
Amazing WNY Micro Short
Slash Squatch
Amazing Flash Film
The Lure (UK)
SPECIAL AWARDS
Filmmaker of the Year
Curt Markham
Lois Weber Award
Kristina Nomeika
Local Hero
Bob Bozek
Dedication to
Cinematic Excellence
Scooter McCrae
Bill Brown Award of WNY Actor
John Karyus
First Person Savior
William R. Thompson
Film Champion Award
Anna Chinappi & Skip Shea
Local Service Award
Robert Borgatti
Persistence of Vision Award
Ramzi Abed
Amazing Editing
Alex Frank
Jane & the Brain
Filmmaker to Watch
Donovan Gale
Filmmaker to Watch
Michael Rodriguez
Filmmaker to Watch Promise Fulfilled
Tim O’Hearn
Kristen S***t
Hope Muehlbauer
Amazing Original Song
“If We Were in a Dream “
Performed by Brandon Machajewski
Lyrics by Richard Fysh
Music by Armand John Petri & & Edward Croft
MVP
Chris Cosgrave
Living Legend Award
(Not a Scream Queen)
Debbie Rochon
Amazing Action Hero
Nolan Tierce
Special Needs Revolt
Amazing Horror Character
“The Woodsman”
Slasher Days of Summer
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