DEMONIC BRILLIANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2021
DBFF 2021 was the first time the festival went out to the public with screenings across the downtown Fredericton area!
Award Winners
BEST FEATURE FILM
NATI MORTI
directed by Alex Visani
BEST SHORT FILM
616
directed by Hiram G. Rodriguez
BEST ACTRESS
Alyx Melone
for WHEN THEY COME
BEST ACTOR
Zoo Minchan
for THE WAREHOUSE
BEST DIRECTOR
Brandon Scullion
for THE SOMNAMBULIST
BEST SCREENPLAY
Piero Cannata
for SCRIPT
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
616
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Lorenzo Lepori
for NATI MORTI
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Dawn Linneman
for CROCK POT
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
James Poremba
for WHEN THEY COME
BEST PICTURE EDITING
Tom Randaxhe
for BLOODSHED
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
THE RETURN OF SHITTERS
BEST EFFECTS
SIREN
616 Director: Hiram G Rodriguez 15:00 a boy has a zomby in the basement, and he feeds the thing...for some reason! Mexico
Baby Food Director: Kyle Dunbar 0:15 Daddy cooks dinner to celebrate the first night alone with his child. Canada
Bloodshed Director: Paolo Mancini 12:37 Ridden with guilt after the untimely death of his wife from a rare blood disease, grief-stricken Getty turns his hobby shed into a bloody altar of worship and brutal sacrifice in his relentless search for Redemption. As he descends into madness, many will bleed... Canada
Blunda Director: Fredrik Hellqvist 9:02 Blunda (in english "close your eyes") is a short horror film about sleep terror; A professor in clinical neuroscience has finally detected the cause of the sleeping disorder, and the result turns out to be quite unpleasant. Sweden
CAW Director: Ricky Glore 4:55 As a pregnant young woman runs for hers and her child's life through a seemingly never ending stretch of woods, she is always just one step ahead of her plague masked, yellow rain coat wearing, blade wielding assailant...or is she? United States
Crock Pot Director: Ty Jones 8:24 Terror awaits a young couple as they fight over going to the young mans parents house the next day for thanksgiving. United States
Cuore di strega (Witch’s Heart) Director: Marco Baroni 7:50 Middle Ages, witch-hunt are out of control in Europe, a man accused of witchcraft desperately takes refuge in a forest, but the real danger to escape from is a sinister legend, more menacing than reality. Italy
Dead Drunk Director: Peter Titus 8:05 Jake Brewer has been feeling like he's in a rut but when he tries to lift his spirits by throwing a silly pun-themed party, he accidentally unleashes chaos with tainted home-brewed beer. As the guests become malicious and mischievous, Jake must escape the supernatural disaster he created. Canada
Inamorata Director: Pelan Le 5:15 Most people feared the darkness. Some people feared, more wisely, the things within the darkness. As the sun sets, and the streets darken, a vampire descends into the night in search of his next prey. United States
It's My Halloween Party (You Can Die If You Want) Director: Justin Snikkar 3:54 Dr. Snik Presents a Halloween party song that crosses the Leslie Gore classic It's My Party, Too Sexy For My Car by Right Said Fred and Rob Zombie. Featuring Mitch Markowitz as Super Hippy from the 1970's Canadian TV show The Hilarious House of Frightenstein Canada
Mother Mortis: Awakening Director: Balraj Kang 10:14 Retro 80's inspired slasher horror in which Mother Mortis a deranged and dangerous serial killer stalks a survivor of her previous massacre through the bowels of a desolate wasteland. United Kingdom
Mother Mortis: Awakening Director: Alex Visani 01:20:00 Luna is a young embalmer with a strange passion for everything concerning death. One day, dur- ing a trip in the woods, she finds two bodies. The first one is a dead woman, the other one is a man who is still barely breathing. From this moment, Luna’s life will change forever and a horrify- ing spiral of violence will take place around her existence… Italy
Paralyzed Director: Daniel Oskar Eliovits 3:02 A sleeping paralysis experience. Inspired by a true event. Or at least a perceptionally true event. Italy
Queen of the Dead Director: Justin Head 37:02 A female author retreats to her family home and discovers she is being watched by members of a cult that want to make her their leader. United States
Racyst Director: Ricky Glore 7:19 As a man's internal racism and paranoia gets ratcheted up throughout the day, it starts to manifest itself outwardly in the form of a cyst. United States
Ruff Director: Ashley Dale, Kayleigh Saad 12:00 an experimental short film depicting the horrors of a toxic relationship - manifested by a werewolf Canada
SCRIPT Director: Piero Cannata 8:10 Two screenwriters, a ghost story, the night that goes on. Who will put an end to this? Italy
Siren Director: Christopher Beaubien 15:51 Driving on a highway late at night, distracted driver April and her combative lover Brooke are pulled over for speeding by two sinister police officers. During a strange and increasingly frightening interrogation, the two women find themselves under the power of a supernatural force that changes everything they ever knew about themselves... and each other. Canada
The Return of Shitters Director: Jarno Mahlberg 9:10 Three years have passed since the last incident. The malevolent excrement creatures are back to spread mayhem and chaos into the world. Finland
The Rickety Lady Director: Patrick Mason 2:33 The Rickety Lady, tells the story of a man who finds an old toy with a sinister warning: Don't set her free. United States
The Somnambulist Director: Brandon Scullion 5:39 In this dream-like homage to the silent era, a woman who has recently begun sleepwalking finds herself on a journey through the night. United States
The Warehouse Director: Lee Daehan 18:13 Finding out an inventory discrepancy in his stocktaking, a clerk takes a special control procedure. Korea
The Witch’s Bargain Director: Corey J. Trahan 29:59 The story of a witch and her quest for a spell that will grant her eternal life. United States
Three Knocks At The Gate Director: N.M.W Welton 3:00 When a girl hears knocking at the back gate while playing, she may learn why her parents told her to never answer it. Canada
When They Come Director: Hunter Collins 10:48 Vanessa learns that a vengeful and superstitious ex has killed himself and now suspects she may have had a hand in pushing him over the edge. As Vanessa gathers the sombre details, suspicion isn’t the only thing that begins to creep into her world. Filmed in a single, continuous shot, this film stares at the inevitability of consequences, and what happens when they come… Canada