NOMINEES

Badass 9 2023 Best Genre Feature Nominees

Blackout (USA)

Bliss of Evil (Australia)

Suit Hung, Tied Tongue (Ireland)

Where The Devil Roams (USA)

White Lillies (Canada)

Badass 9 2023 Best Short Genre Script Finalists

A Warrior's Way – Luke Bramley

Blackmail - Filip Zivanovic

DIS/EASE – Ty Javos

ITCH - Noah Van Buhren & Ana Pacheco

Maternal Instinct - Lydia Campbell & Melanie Ellyce

Mermaid – Mackenzie Gibson

Stay Out of the Pool – Topher Graham & Ariel Hansen

The Youth is Wasted on the Young – Alex Vance

Badass 9 2023 Best Genre Feature Script Finalists

Athena – Sabrina & Serena Wheeler

Melting Truth – Aakash Gupta

Mercenaries – Matthew Leigh

Some Kind of Rot – Connor J.R. Brown

The Amadarack – Lynne Hale

The Coffin – Eric Bruce

The Consuming Hate in the Heart of a Dark Witch – Joel H. Brewster

The Pickleball Killer – Jim Carroll

BEST EDITOR

Mina Burnett – Second Hand Slaughter
Greg Jocoy – Fck'n Nuts
Stu MacKay-Smith - Tiger by the Tail
Ferrano Meraldi & Jasper ten Hoor – Gnomes
Jacob Weldon - Seed

BEST SOUND

Edison Aragon & Kas Van Neste Baker - Moshpit
Jonah Carmena - Fck'n Nuts
Matt Dauncey & Stu MacKay-Smith – Tiger by the Tail
James Neves – Seed
Arno Willemstein - Gnomes

Best Art

Cranberry Juice

Dude, Where is My Ship?
Gnomes
Order of the Black Eyes
Tiger by the Tail
Time Traveling Toilet Punk
Wreck Room

Best Cinematography

John Adams & Zelda Adams - Where the Devil Roams
Dan Barham – Tiger by the Tail
Brandon Clemets – Seed
Eron Sheehan - Gnomes
Rob Zawastowski - Order of the Black Eyes

Best Performance

John Adams – Where the Devil Roams
Julie Bruns – Blink
Alex Hurt – Blackout
Max Loyd-Jones - Seed
Ana Pacheco - Seed
Tasya Teles – Tiger by the Tail

Best Screenplay

Mike Li - Order of the Black Eyes
Maude Michaud – The Monster Inside My Head
Ruwan Heggelman, Jasper ten Hoor, Richard Raaphorst - Gnomes
Sharai Rewels & Feet Banks – Tiger by the Tail
Rebecca Spiegel - It Gets Dark Too Early
Jacob Weldon - Seed

Best Ensemble

Maceration
Order of the Black Eyes
Tiger by the Tail
Seed
Spiked
Where the Devil Roams

Best Director(s)

John Adams, Toby Poser, & Zelda Adams – Where the Devil Roams
Larry Fessenden – Blackout
Ruwan Heggelman - Gnomes
Sharai Rewels – Tiger by the Tail
Jacob Weldon - Seed

Best Short

Gnomes
Maceration
Order of the Black Eyes
Second Hand Slaughter
Seed
The Monster Inside my Head
Tiger by the Tail