THE PARAMOUNT
24 COURT ST. S
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, CANADA
OCTOBER 15TH - 18TH, 2025
AWARDS
AS SEEN ON
2024 AWARD NOMINEES
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*BEST FEATURE FILM
1978 (Nicolas Onetti & Luciano Onetti)
A Town Called Purgatory (Matt Servitto)
Daughter Of The Sun (Ryan Ward)
Traumnovelle (Florian Frerichs)
Vampire Zombies ... From Space! (Michael Stasko)
*BEST FEATURETTE
Fasten Your Belts (Mikhail Morskov)
Have A Good Day (Lisa Soper)
Scratch (Michael Trainotti)
The Tomb Of Nosferatu (Arthur Dark & Nathan D. Lee)
*BEST SHORT FILM
Black Dragon (Alexander Thompson)
Hado (Rubi Rock)
La Croix - The Cross (Joris Fleurot)
Pests (Sean Cruser)
Saint-Sacrfice (Jean-Claude LeBlanc)
*BEST MINI-SHORT FILM
Don't Tell Your Mom (Topher Graham)
Dormant (Niels Bourgonje)
Sempre Avanti (Matthew & Nathaniel Barber)
Strange Creatures (Nicholas Payne Santos)
The Watcher (Nathan Sellers)
BEST WEB SERIES
Tales From The Void: Eps. 101 “Into The Unknown” (Joe Lynch)
Tales From The Void: Eps. 102 “Fixed Frequency” (Francesco Loschiavo)
Tales From The Void: Eps. 103 “Starlight” (Francesco Loschiavo)
Tales From The Void: Eps. 104 “Carry” (Maritte Lee Go]
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Extrema - Paralyzed - Directed by: Adelaide Fiori
Screaming Eagle - Ghost - Directed by: Adam Jordan
Topnovil - Nobody's Hero - Directed by: Adam Jordan
Two Bad Bricks - Bleeding Red - Directed by: Corey Nikolaus, Jeremy Schell, Kyle Anderson
BEST FILM TRAILER
Pancake Man (Bron Theron)
The Priesthood (Graeme Thomas Campbell)
BEST DIRECTOR
Florian Frerichs (Traumnovelle)
Johnny Kirk (The Fourth)
Maritte Lee Go (Tales From The Void: Eps. 104 “Carry”)
Mikhail Morskov & Vitaly Dudka (Fasten Your Belts)
Rubi Rock (Hado)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Harper Alexander (Black Dragon)
Jean Combier (La Croix - The Cross)
Konstantin Freyer (Traumnovelle)
Luciano Montes De Oca & Kasty Castillo (1978)
Lucia Tarro & Nathan Sellers (The Watcher)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Tyler Beveridge (Pests)
Will Limpert (Method To Their Madness)
Mikhail Morskov, Vitaly Dudka, Goga Poberezhniy & Mikhail Sokolovskiy (Fasten Your Belts)
Josh Saltzman (Shiva]
Michael Stasko, Jakob Skrzypa & Alex Forman (Vampire Zombies ... From Space!)
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
Determined (Brian Charles McCarthy)
Hallow's Point (Brian W. Smith)
Hibernation (Mike Briock)
Ladykiller (Brian W. Smith)
Monster Games (Brian Charles McCarthy)
Personal Demons (Erik D. Harshman)
Slumber (Jared Michael Delaney]
Ten Little Guppies (Scott Evans Douglas)
The Warden (Korea Black & Gianna Rose)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Adam Damelin & Iain Gardner (Shiva)
Tuomas Kantelinen (Traumnovelle)
Theo Perek (La Croix - The Cross)
Rodrigo Plata & Angelica Rodriguez (Sacrifice)
Giuseppe Vasapolli (The Tomb Of Nosferatu)
BEST EDITING
Juanjo Avi (Turno de Noche: The Wrong Place)
Wietse De Zwart (Dormant)
Zachary Kashkett (Black Dragon)
Rubi Rock (Hado)
Michael Trainotti (Scratch)
BEST SFX MAKEUP
Alex Abrams (Pests)
Yanel Castellano & Melisa Ontivero (1978]
Lorie Hamel (Saint-Sacrifice)
Carolyn Williams & Emersen Ziffle (The Neighbourhood At The End Of The World)
Stephanie Johnston, Mitchell Branget & Sebastien Gaspar-Woods (Vampire Zombies ... From Space!)
BEST TITLE / CREDIT SEQUENCE
Arthur Dark (The Tomb Of Nosferatu)
Ty Huffer & Matthew Rush (Chickenboy)
Cyril Izarn (La Croix - The Cross)
Matt MacDonald, Lexi Elven & Francesco Loschiavo (Tales From The Void)
Aaron Peacock (Colin Carvey's Long Halloween)
BEST ACTOR
Matthew Del Negro (Black Dragon)
Kirill Karo (Fasten Your Belts)
Nikolai Kinski (Traumnovelle)
Matthew Rush (Chickenboy)
Ryan Ward (Daughter Of The Sun)
BEST ACTRESS
Andi Hubick (Tales From The Void: Eps. 104 “Carry”)
Rosemary Idisi (Glamping)
Emily James (Volition)
Corrine Koslo (Shiva)
Anäis Parelló (La Croix - The Cross)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tyler Beveridge (Pests)
Zachary Grant (Volition)
Ted Limpert (Method To Their Madness)
Matt Servitto (A Town Called Purgatory)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Clare Cooney (Blind Spot)
Nora Islei (Traumnovelle)
Courtney Sawyer [Daughter Of The Sun]
Katisha Shaw (Fishbowl)
BEST FILM POSTER
Daughter Of The Sun [Jer Unrau]
Pests [Ghostly Ink Studio]
Tales From The Void: Eps. 103 “Starlight” (Juan Lewis Garcia)
Turno de Noche: The Wrong Place [Miki Edge]
Vampire Zombies... From Space! [Theodore Bezaire]
BEST ATMOSPHERE
Arthur Dark & Nathan D. Lee (The Tomb Of Nosferatu)
Joris Fleurit & Jean Combier (La Croix - The Cross)
Jean-Claude LeBlanc & Mathieu Elie (Saint-Sacrifice)
Nathan Sellers & Lucia Tarro (The Watcher)
Michael Stasko & Ken Amlin (Vampire Zombies ... From Space!)
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BEST ACTING DUO
Jose Casas & Rafa Teruel (Turno De Noche: The Wrong Place)
Lucy Davis & Eric Johnson (Have A Good Day)
Murphy Martin & Tyler Beveridge (Pests)
Brian Palatucci & Leonardo Palatucci (Scratch)
Sharon Sibyl Gatt & Joshua Whincup (Safe)
BEST ENSEMBLE
Freddie Palmer, Harry Rose, Amelia Grace Pin, Ameerah Falzon & Johnny Vivash (The Tunnel]
Emily James, Aminah Nieves, Haley Hammonds, Samuel Dunning, Zachary Grant,
Tessa Richardson, Kenysha Davis & MaryCharles Miller (Volition)
Ken Arnold, Dan De Luca, Kevin Jiggetts, Jeff Ricketts, Maria Lohn & Matt Servitto (A Town Called Purgatory) Jesse Inocalla, Mark T. Elliott & Ariel Hansen (Don't Tell Your Mom)
Rashaun Baldeo, Jessica Antovski, Judith O'Dea, Lloyd Kaufman, Andrew Bee, David Liebe Hart,
Simon Reynolds, Nicholas Shields, Oliver Georgiou, Craig Gloster, Robert Kemeny, Erik Helle & Mark Lefebvre (Vampire Zombies ... From Space!)
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Chickenboy (Matthew Rush)
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2024 MORA AWARDS
*MAJOR AWARD WINNERS (BEST FEATURE, BEST FEATURETTE, BEST SHORT AND BEST MINI SHORT)
WILL RECEIVE A LAUREL, PRINTABLE AWARD CERTIFICATE AND A CUSTOMIZED STATUE "MORA"
CREATED BY SCULPTOR VICTOR ORIECUIA. EACH ONE WAS CASTED FROM THE ORIGINAL BLACK
MARBLE SCULPTURE, "HELLBOUND" WITH THE HALIBURTON WITH, MORA. THE ORIGINAL LIFE
SIZE SCULPTURE, INSPIRED BY EUROPEAN FOLKLORE AND SLEEP PARALYSIS, TOOK
APPROXIMATELY 300 HOURS TO COMPLETE. THE AWARDS ARE CASTED IN A STONE MIX,
THEN INDIVIDUALLY SHAPED, SANDED AND SIGNED.