2011 Awards

HCFF 2011 Award Nominations

Best Picture: Feature Film (5)

  1. “The Truth About Average Guys”
  2. “Hair Rules”
  3. “Just Like Us”
  4. “Swooped”
  5. “Dead Beat TV Vol.2”

Best Picture: Short Film (6)

  1. “Half Hearted”
  2. “Inside Out”
  3. “Chrysalis”
  4. “Appy Ever After”
  5. “The Goose”
  6. “What’s Life Got to Do with It?”

Best Texas Film (6)

  1. “Deadbeat TV. Vol. 2”
  2. “Seriously?”
  3. “Lost in Transition”
  4. “Behave”
  5. “How to Be a Good Listener”
  6. “Whatever it Takes”

Best Director (6)

  1. “April” Directed by Mike Piccirillo
  2. “Swooped” Directed by Shaun Paul Costello & Joe Gariffo
  3. “Hair Rules” Directed by Ryan Becken
  4. “Air Sick Love” - Directed by Roderick Fenske
  5. “The Truth About Average Guys” - Directed by Ken Gayton
  6. “Vampire, Vampire, Vampire, Vampire” directed by Brenton Stumpf

Best Actor (6)

  1. Richard Ruiz in “Whats Life Got to Do With It”
  2. Septimus Caton in “Appy Ever After” 
  3. Matthew-Lee Erlbach in “Roger the Chicken” 
  4. Zachary Mattson in “Chrysalis”
  5. Jason Schaver in “The Truth About Average Guys”
  6. Greg Bell in “Swooped”

Best Actress (6)

  1. Mallory Portnoy in “Roger, the Chicken” 
  2. Eleanor Hutchins in “The Elastic” 
  3. Anna Skellern in “Half Hearted”
  4. Alyson Weaver in “Vampire, Vampire, Vampire”
  5. Katharine Brandt in “Wanting Alex”
  6. Marina Dimitra Yele in “Delivery Boy”

Best Ensemble Cast (6)

  1. “Seriously?”
  2. “April”
  3. “The Truth About Average Guys”
  4. “Dead Beat Club TV Vol. 2”
  5. “Swooped”
  6. “Hair Rules”

Best Editing (6)

  1. “Goldenbox”
  2. “The Goose”
  3. “Appy Ever After”
  4. “Inside Out”
  5. “April”
  6. “Abduct Me!”

Best Screenplay (6)

  1. “Roger the Chicken”
  2. “Swooped”
  3. “The Truth About Average Guys”
  4. “The Elastic”
  5. “Vampire, Vampire, Vampire, Vampire”
  6. “Wanting Alex”

Best Original Music (4)

  1. “Chrysalis”
  2. “Hair Rules”
  3. “Vampire, Vampire, Vampire, Vampire”
  4. “Swooped”

Best Cinematography (6)

  1. “Squeeze” - DP James Brown
  2. “Goldenbox” - DP Sean Conaty
  3. “April” - DP Roman Zenz
  4. “Inside Out” - DP Alan Dean
  5. “Appy Ever After” - DP Steve Arnold
  6. “Half Hearted” - DP John Waters

Single Funniest Moment (6)

  1. “The Elastic”
  2. “The Goose”
  3. “Abduct Me!”
  4. “Fantasy Night”
  5. “Hard Rubbish”
  6. “Appy Ever After”