We report below all the Official Selections of the fourth edition of the The Optical Theatre Film Festival 2018 which have been announced in cycles these days. The Festival program will be posted on this website shortly, which will contain the dates of the screenings and, subsequently, the corresponding awards ceremonies.
L'Optical Fest 2018, in collaboration with the ProLoco of Lugo, will be held the October 6 and 7 in the Sala del Carmine, via Garibaldi 16, Lugo (Ravenna).
The chosen works, now in the finals, will be evaluated by the prestigious international jury as follows:
- Lynn Lowry: celebrated American actress as well as horror icon ("The City Will Be Destroyed at Dawn," "Shivers - The Demon Under the Skin");
- Antonio Tentori: Italian screenwriter historian for Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Bruno Mattei, Sergio Stivaletti and Aristide Massaccesi;
- Stephen Biro: founder of the Unearthed Films and creator of the saga "American Guinea Pig";
- Poison Rouge: director of "American Guinea Pig: Sacrifice".
The list of all the Official selections and the Nominations of the The Optical Theatre Film Festival 2018:
BEST FEATURE FILM:
– “Lost in Apocalypse" (China - 2018) directed by Sky Wang
– “Beloved Beast" (USA - 2018) directed by Jonathan Holbrook
– “Amazon Hot Box" (USA - 2018) directed by James Bickert
BEST SHORT FILM:
– “Kiss the Devil in the Dark" (USA - 2016) directed by Jonathan Martin and Rebecca Martin
– “Fears" (Spain - 2018) directed by Germán Sancho
– “The Stare" (Australia - 2018) directed by Louisa Weichmann
– “Like Every Morning" (France - 2018) directed by Cédric Dupuis
– “The Music of John Low" (Sweden - 2018) directed by Marko Kattilakoski
– “C L A W" (USA - 2018) directed by Christopher Litten
– “La Guarida - The Den" (Spain - 2018) directed by Iago de Soto
– “Rewind" (Spain - 2016) - directed by Rubén Pérez Barrena
BEST TRASH SHORT FILM:
– “The Jerry Show" (USA - 2017) directed by Stephen Stull
– “Termitator" (Canada - 2017) directed by Camille Monette, Roxane De Koninck and Keenan Poloncsak
BEST BIZARRE:
– “The Hobbyist" (USA - 2017) directed by George Vatistas
– “Tauro" (Spain - 2018) directed by Diana Caro
BEST DIRECTOR.:
– “Kiss the Devil in the Dark" (USA - 2016) - Directors: Jonathan Martin and Rebecca Martin
– “The Music of John Low" (Sweden - 2018) - Director: Marko Kattilakoski
– “Amazon Hot Box" (USA - 2018) - Director: James Bickert
– “Beloved Beast" (USA - 2018) - Director: Jonathan Holbrook
BEST SCREENPLAY:
– “Kiss the Devil in the Dark" (USA - 2016) - Screenwriters: Rebecca Martin and Blake Cassleman
– “The Music of John Low" (Sweden - 2018) - Screenwriter: Marko Kattilakoski
– “Beloved Beast" (USA - 2018) - Screenwriter: Jonathan Holbrook
– “Amazon Hot Box" (USA - 2018) - Screenwriter: James Bickert
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
– “Rewind" (Spain - 2016) - DOP: Fran Fernández-Pardo
– “The Stare" (Australia - 2018) - DOP: Lachlan Hookway
– “Kiss the Devil in the Dark" (USA - 2016) - DOP: Jason Ball
– “The Music of John Low" (Sweden - 2018) - DOP: Johan Karlsson, Henning Larsson Müller and Agneta Morin
– “Belladonna" (USA - 2018) - DOP: Brett Mullen
– “Alfred J Hemlock" (Australia - 2017) - DOP: Simon Harding
– “Tauro" (Spain - 2018) - DOP: Daniel González
– “La Guarida - The Den" (Spain - 2018) - DOP: Miguel Leal
BEST ACTRESS:
– “Rewind" (Spain - 2016) - Actress: Elena Rivera
– “Fears" (Spain - 2018) - Actress: Claudia Placer
– “The Stare" (Australia - 2018) - Actress: Tehya Nicholas
– “Amazon Hot Box" (USA - 2018) - Actress: Tristan Risk
BEST ACTOR:
– “The Music of John Low" (Sweden - 2018) - Actor: Dennis Åhs
– “Tauro" (Spain - 2018) - Actor: Agus Ruiz
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:
– “Like Every Morning" (France - 2018)
– “Kiss the Devil in the Dark" (USA - 2016)
– “Lost in Apocalypse" (China - 2018)
BEST MUSIC:
– “Kiss the Devil in the Dark" (USA - 2016) - Music by Gerrit Wunder
– “The Music of John Low" (Sweden - 2018)
– “C L A W" (USA - 2018)
– “Tauro" (Spain - 2018) - Music by Antonio Jesus Asiain
