Contest

Bloodshots Canada

Bloodshots: The 48-Hour Horror Filmmaking Challenge celebrated its sixth year in Vancouver in the fall of 2008, as 25 teams competed to make the best horror film they possibly could - from writing and shooting to editing and outputting - within the span of 48 Hours.

Each team was given a line of dialogue ("That picture looks strangely familiar") and a prop (a 45rpm record) that had to be in their film, as well as a randomly-assigned horror subgenre (ranging from werewolf and scary clown to doppleganger and rape-revenge) and weapon. Teams made their films over the weekend of Oct 24-26, and had their public screening on Wednesday Oct 29th at The Celluloid Social Club in Vancouver.

A local jury consisting of Bloodshots alumni Ashley Fester and Kryshan Randel, and cult actor Stefan Arngrim (Land of the Giants, Fear No Evil, Class of 1984, The Beaver Trilogy) chose 9 films to win special awards - including Best Film - and the audience voted both at the screening and online for the Audience Award.

Bloodshots Canada is produced annually by Kier-La Janisse, founder of the CineMuerte International Horror Film Festival (1999-2005) and Paul Armstrong of Vancouver's Celluloid Social Club, with assistance from Happy Bats Cinema.

 

Final Results

2008 Bloodshots Canada

And the Winners Are...

Best Film
Ten Minutes to Show Time directed by Scott Belyea

Audience Best Film
No Means No directed by Ian Tang

Best Actor/Actress
Anthony Wilson for It Girl

Actor/Actress Honorable Mention
Susan Dalton for Some Like it Cold

Best Script
Ghoulfellas

Best Costumes
Tony Slotslider's Book of Terrors

Most Subversive Use of Genre
Shivers

Best Use of Dialogue
Some Like it Cold

Best Death
Some Like it Cold

Most Promising Producers
Megan McKinnon and Connor Stanhope for Illusional

Ten Minutes to Show Time and No Means No will be sent to STUART GORDON (Re-Animator, Stuck) for the final round - he will pick one winner from the two, and that winner will receive $1000 prize money!