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Badass 8
October 2022
The Seventh Annual International Vancouver Badass Film Fest
Badass 2021 Genre Film Award Nominations
Badass 2021 Genre Film Award Nominations
Badass 2021 Genre Film Award Nominations
Badass 7 Best Local Short, Nominees:
Anxiety
Breakthrough
Clout
Dandelion Tea ***
Extraction
Mother of Bones
Pro Re Nata
Reptile House
Selfie
2030
Badass Editing 2021 Nominees:
Becca Kozak – Girls with Guts
Gigi Saul Guerrero – Mistress of Bones
Cecilia Robles – Tinder Tango
Jason William Lee - Funhouse
Ashley Lynch – Clout ***
Bruno Trivelli – Reptile House
Badass Design/FX 2021 Nominees:
Breakthrough ***
Bug
Clout
Funhouse
Mistress of Bones
Reptile House
They Sense Your Fear
Badass Writing (Completed Films) 2021 Nominees:
Oona Chan – Trans (Korea)
Dem Geger & Morris Stuttard – Playdurizm (Czech Republic)
Ken Gilomen – Deaf Samurai Apocalypse (Switzerland)
Ariel Hansen – Clout (Canada)
Jamie Franz Hoover – The Camping Discovery (Canada)
Blaine Thurier - Anxiety (Canada) ***
George A. Tramountanas – Win a Trip to Browntown! (USA)
Dean Whittier – No Hay Barrio Pas Las Mujares (Mexico)
Badass Script Competition Short Script Finalists 2021
(top 3 awarded live)
Prizes include a live cast script reading from MiTribe Media for the top 3,
and Whites in kind equipment contribution toward production for the winner.
Melanie Ellyce (Van., Canada) - Fallen Ripper (T3)
Soroush Hosseini (Iran) – The Trial Never Ends
Becca Kozak (Van., Canada) – Ice Cream Baby
Maude Michaud (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) - Control (2nd)
Tim Porter (USA) - Horror World
Sharai Rewels (Van., Canada) – Tiger by the Tail (1st)
David S. Smith (USA) – Ghost Light
Ariel Slack (Van., Canada) – Skin to Skin (T3)
Milethia Thomas (USA) – The Strawberries Aint for Pickin'
Badass Performance, 2021 Nominees
Paul Anthony - Anxiety
Guido Broscheit – Deaf Samurai Apocalypse
Julie Bruns – Pro Re Nata
Jordi Caballero – Tinder Tango
Oona Chan – Red String of Fate
Dem Geger - Playdurizm
Ariel Hansen – Clout
Jeongin Huang - Trans
2021 Badass Feature Nominees:
The Camping Discovery (Canada)
Funhouse (Canada)
Girls with Guts (Canada)
Landfill (USA)
Playdurizm (Czech Republic / Turkey)
Trans (Korea)
Badass 2021 Genre Film Award Nominations
Badass 2021 Genre Film Award Nominations
Badass 7 Best Non-Local Short, Nominees:
Deaf Samurai Apocalypse
From the Dark
Lunaris
Red String of Fate
They Sense Your Fear
This is The Way
Tinder Tango ***
Badass Sound 2021 Nominees:
Deaf Samurai Apocalypse
From The Dark
Funhouse ***
Mistress of Bones
This is the Way
Badass Cinematography, 2021 Nominees:
Luke Bramley – Mistress of Bones ***
Jordan Barnes-Crouse – Reptile House
Jordan Barnes-Crouse – Clout
Jay Kamal - Breakthrough
Shawn Seifert – Funhouse
Aramis Tatu – They Sense Your Fear
Peter Yoon – Trans
Marc Yungco – Pro Re Nata
Badass Supporting Performance, 2021 Nominees:
*Note all acting award categories are now gender-free (performance & ensemble)
Linda Blair – Landfill *(yes, that Linda Blair)
Gabriel Carter - Extraction ***
Edwin Perez – Mistress of Bones
Mathias Retamal - Funhouse
Tristan Risk – Anxiety
Tyson Wagner – From the Dark
Lovina Yavari – Red String of Fate
Kyungho Yoon – Trans
Badass Ensemble Performance 2021 Nominees:
The Camping Discovery
Dandelion Tea
Deaf Samurai Apocalypse
Funhouse ***
Playdurizm
Ronnie's Guest
Badass Directing, 2021 Nominees:
Naeri Do – Trans (Korea)
Dem Geger – Paydurizm (Czech Republic)
Gigi Saul Guerrero – Mistress of Bones (Mexico/Canada)
Jason William Lee – Funhouse (Vancouver, Canada)
Cecilia Robles – Tinder Tango (Mexico)
Stu Mackay-Smith – Dandelion Tea (Vancouver, Canada)
Uriel Virgo Velasquez – Ronnie's Quest (Canada)
Lovina Yavari & Lance Fernandes – Red String of Fate (Toronto)
Badass 7 Script Competition 2021 Feature Script Finalists 2021
(Top 3 awarded live).
Joel H. Brewster – Invasive Creatures
Joel H. Brewster – The Victoria Incident (1st)
Connor Brown – Rent-a-Life
Heather Hood – Into the Mist
Zenna Goth – LEAVE ME TO THE WOLVES
Jason William Lee – Cold Dark Knight
Neal MacKay – Chainsaw Samurai (3rd)
Skip Shea – Priest Hunter (2nd)
Aramis Tatu - They Sense Your Fear
BA7 AWARDS 2021
