Fangoria Chainsaw Awards of 2013!!

HUGE news today, boys and grrls! TWO major nominations for two spectacular women from Fangoria today, Katharine Isabelle for Best Actress and Tristan Risk for Best Supporting Actress in American Mary! 

Please vote as both these ladies deserve it in spades. And thank you so much to FANGORIA for nominating these ladies 

Vote HERE!!

-Sylv

American Mary Takes Home Six Awards at TADFF

The Soska sisters and American Mary clean up another festival with an impressive set of wins. If you still need convincing after this then maybe you should have your head examined (Mary can help you with that too). Here is the list of wins:  

BEST DIRECTOR American Mary (Jen & Sylvia Soska)  

BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM American Mary   

BEST LEADING ACTRESS American Mary (Katherine Isabelle)  

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY American Mary (Brian Pearson)  

BEST ANTIHERO American Mary (Mary Mason, played by Katherine Isabelle)  

MOST DISTURBING FILM American Mary

Read the whole rad piece from SINFUL CELLULOID HERE.

Check out all the wonderful and rad TADFF winners here.

-Sylv

Sinful Celluloid Follows Mary As She Sweeps the East Coast

"There is no denying the emotional core of this film and it's ability to draw us deeper into Mary's world with every minute of film. We've all either known Mary, loved Mary, Lost Mary, or even been her. Her story touches us and because it works at our emotional core while serving up beautifully grotesque imagery, its power is unwavering. There are so many reasons to love this film, each person will ultimately bring their own personal history to it. That is something only the best films do."

AMERICAN MARY was honored with sweeping the Screamfest Awards in LA, now she's been given the incredible privilege on the east coast in Boston's Shudderfest with another sweep! A huge and humble thanks to those who are on the voting committees and supporting this unique film to get this kind of attention and accolades.

And Sinful Celluloid is on it! READ THE WHOLE AWESOME PIECE HERE.

-Sylv

AMERICAN MARY wins big at Shudder Fest!

 We’re speechless…

American Mary wins Best Picture, Best Directors, Best Actress, and ties for Best Special FX and Make-Up and Best Screenplay at Shudder Fest!! Thank you so much and a BIG congrats to the AM cast and crew!

Best Picture: AMERICAN MARY

Best Short Film: VICKI (dir. Bill Palmer)

Best Director: Jen & Sylvia Soska (AMERICAN MARY)

Best Screenplay tie: I AM A GHOST (HP Mendoza) & AMERICAN MARY (Jen & Sylvia Soska)

Best Special FX: Jon Breznan & MastersFX (AMERICAN MARY)

Best Actor: Jamie Dufault (MURDER UNIVERSITY)

Best Actress: Katharine Isabelle (AMERICAN MARY)

Best Soundtrack/Score: Tim Fife & Tim Lang-Grannan (MURDER UNIVERSITY)

American Mary Sweeps the Screamfest LA 2012 Awards

This past week, AMERICAN MARY was given the extremely generous accolades of Screamfest LA with five golden skull wins - a beautiful statue designed by the legendary Stan Winston. It was a huge and sincere honour to have the incredibly unique and different film get recognized like this. 

The category wins are as follows -- 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Brian Pearson

BEST MAKEUP & FX - Masters FX
Makeup Department

Jon Berezan .... lab technician: MastersFX
Jeny Cassady .... special effects makeup coordinator: MastersFX
Tim Chappell .... key hair stylist (as Timothy James Chappell)
Chris Clarke .... lab technician: MastersFX
Stefania De Benedetto .... makeup trainee
Chris Devitt .... sculptor: MastersFX
Andrea Dulmage .... special makeup effects unit assistant: MastersFX
Céline Godeau .... key prosthetic makeup artist: MastersFX
Jennifer Latour .... makeup effects: prosthetics, MastersFX
Amber Makar .... key makeup artist
Raj Mariathason .... lab technician: MastersFX (as Raj Mariathasan)
Todd Masters .... makeup effects designer: MastersFX
Yukiyo Okajima .... lab technician: MastersFX
Yukiyo Okajima .... sculptor: MastersFX
Erin Peters .... lab technician: MastersFX
Erin Peters .... sculptor: MastersFX
Sarah Pickersgill .... sculptor: MastersFX
Owen Pierson .... key hair stylist
Werner Pretorius .... sculptor: MastersFX
Werner Pretorius .... shop supervisor: MastersFX
Brad Proctor .... foam technician: MastersFX
Lori Sandnes .... makeup effects: prosthetics, MastersFX
Niki Simpson .... first assistant hair stylist (as Nikki Simpson)
Niki Simpson .... first assistant makeup artist (as Nikki Simpson)
Bronwyne Sloley .... lab technician: MastersFX (as Browyne Sloley)
Amelia Smart .... makeup effects: prosthetics, MastersFX
Jason Ward .... makeup effects: prosthetics, MastersFX

BEST ACTRESS - Katharine Isabelle

BEST DIRECTOR(S) - Jen and Sylvia Soska

BEST PICTURE - American Mary

Thank you to everyone who voted, everyone who came out to see the film, everyone who has been supporting the film, and to the cast and crew who came onto the project because they loved the story and wanted to make it amazing. You see that dedication in every frame and that's why any of this is even possible.

-Sylv