2017 Winners
That’s a wrap on the 2017 Buried Alive Film Fest! We had such an amazing time with the festival this year that keeps growing and growing. Another great year at 7 Stages and it was phenomenal and our projection and sound provided by Atlanta ProAV made the entire fest! More attending filmmakers this year, a massive turnout of local filmmakers, and an undeniably amazing crowd to boot. A huge congrats to all the winners!
2017 Winners
Best Special Effects
Song of Solomon
Golden Shovel Local Award
Monga’s Got a Spider Gun
Silver Spade Local Award
Weedeater Massacre
2016 Winners
Best Feature Film
The Night Watchmen
Dir. Mitchell Altieri
Best Short Film
The Stylist
Dir. Jill Gervargizian
Honorable Mention Feature
Another Evil
Dir. Carson D. Mell
Honorable Mention Short
Babysitter Murders
Dir. Ryan Spindell
Best Animated Film
Macabre
Dir. João Miguel Real & Jerónimo Rocha
WTF! Award
The Procedure
Dir. Calvin Lee Reeder
Golden Shovel Local Award
Frankenstein Created Bikers
Dir. James Bickert
Silver Spade Local Award
Bad Blood: The Movie
Dir Tim Reis
Best Special Effects
Leshy
Dir. Pavel Soukup
2015 Winners
Best Feature Film
Curtain
directed by- Jaron Henrie-McCrea
Best Short Film
The End
directed by- Francois Nolla and Hugo Hubert
Honorable Mention:
Sister Hell
Best Animated Film
Broken
directed by – Adam Ciolfi
Honorable Mention:
Day 40
WTF! Award
M is for Mess
directed by Carlos Farina
2014 Winners:
Best Feature:
The Sunderland Experiment
Directed by: Sean Blau and Adam Petke
Best Short:
The Bear Family Secret
Directed by: Cintia Domit Bittar
Best Animation:
Fists of Fire
Directed by: Tomi Malkki
“What The Fuck?!” Award:
Split
Directed by: Andy Stewart
Best Local “Golden Shovel” award:
Hellyfish
Directed by: Patrick Longstreth and Robert McLean
Local Runner-Up “Silver Spade” award:
Goat Witch
Directed by: James Sizemore
2013 Winners
Best Feature
Pieces of Talent
Dir. Joe Stauffer
Best Short
The Hotel
Dir. Jose Luis Alemán
Best Local
“Golden Shovel”
All You Can Eat
Dir. Tommy Groth
Local Runner up
“Silver Spade”
Ed is a Portal
Dir. Darrell C. Hazelrig
Best Animation
Night of the Loving Dead
Dir. Anna Humphries
Animation Runner Up
The Underlife
Dir. Jarosław Konopka
Sprit of BAFF Award
The Summoners
Dir. Christian Ackerman
What the Fuck Award
Bariku Light
Dir. Aised Abio
Mind Fuck Award
C#ckfight
Dir. Julian Yuri Rodriguez
2012 Winners
2011 Winners
Best Feature:
I DIDN’T COME HERE TO DIE
Dir By Bradley Scott Sullivan
Best Short:
BANANA MOTHERFUCKER
Dir by Fernando Alle. Portugal
Visionary Award:
Jack Lorentz, for Inside Ned’s Home
Audience Choice:
SATANIC PANIC: BAND OUT OF HELL
Dir by Eddie Ray
2010 Winners
Best Feature:
HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS: THE GODFATHER OF GORE
Dir. by Frank Henenlotter and Jimmy Maslon
Best Feature (Honorable Mention):
ROBOGEISHA
Dir. by Noboru Iguchi
Best Short Comedy:
TUB
Dir. by Bobby Miller
Best Short Comedy (Honorable Mention):
THE UNITED MONSTER TALENT AGENCY
Dir by Greg Nicotero
Best Short Drama:
OFF SEASON
Dir. by Jonathan van Tulleken
Best Short Drama (Honorable Mention):
SADNESS
Dir. by Andre Paim
Visionary Award:
Ashley Thorpe
What The Fuck? Award:
THE DEMONOLOGY OF DESIRE
Dir. by Rodrigo Gudino
2009 Winners
Best Feature:
The Hagstone Demon
Director, Jon Springer
Best Short:
The Tell-Tale Heart
Director, Robert Eggers
Honorable Mention:
Beast of Burden
Director, Sam Carter
Best Feature:
HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS: THE GODFATHER OF GORE
Dir. by Frank Henenlotter and Jimmy Maslon
Best Feature (Honorable Mention):
ROBOGEISHA
Dir. by Noboru Iguchi