PollyGrind Film Festival
Encyclopedia
The PollyGrind Film Festival is an annual event held in Las Vegas, Nevada
that specializes in alternative film
and video that would not otherwise be screened or find audiences. Spotlighting short films, feature length films, music videos and trailers of all genres, PollyGrind was founded by filmmaker, promoter and social media
specialist Chad Clinton Freeman. The event celebrates individuality, diversity, creativity and empowerment.
The event gives a slew of awards that are quite different than most festivals. Those include The Biggest Baddest Mother of the PollyGrind, Best Use of Nudity/Sexuality, Best Use of Violence/Gore, Most Outrageous, and Most Creative. There is also a Bad Girl Award and an Ultimate Badass Award.
Started in 2010, PollyGrind's first year was a five-night event "with over a dozen features, plus tons of short films, trailers and music videos; the quality ranged from borderline incompetent to undiscovered genius, virtually all within the confines of horror and sci-fi." Arrowinthehead.com declared the event a "B-movie jamboree of awesomeness" that "only Vegas has the balls to host."
The second installment of the festival included more than 100 films over a span of 10 days. Programming ranged from campy horror B-movies to extreme, underground and avant-garde films and according to Robin Leach
featured "every night creature from hookers to zombies."
DreadCentral.com noted that "PollyGrind has quickly made a name for itself as one of the up-and-coming premiere genre fests out there due to the success of each year of programming." Filmmaker Adam Rehmeier, whose film The Bunny Game was banned by the British Board of Film Classification right after playing the event, called the festival a display of cinema's "bastards and red-headed step children."
2010
2010
Nevada
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that specializes in alternative film
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
and video that would not otherwise be screened or find audiences. Spotlighting short films, feature length films, music videos and trailers of all genres, PollyGrind was founded by filmmaker, promoter and social media
Social media
The term Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0,...
specialist Chad Clinton Freeman. The event celebrates individuality, diversity, creativity and empowerment.
The event gives a slew of awards that are quite different than most festivals. Those include The Biggest Baddest Mother of the PollyGrind, Best Use of Nudity/Sexuality, Best Use of Violence/Gore, Most Outrageous, and Most Creative. There is also a Bad Girl Award and an Ultimate Badass Award.
Started in 2010, PollyGrind's first year was a five-night event "with over a dozen features, plus tons of short films, trailers and music videos; the quality ranged from borderline incompetent to undiscovered genius, virtually all within the confines of horror and sci-fi." Arrowinthehead.com declared the event a "B-movie jamboree of awesomeness" that "only Vegas has the balls to host."
The second installment of the festival included more than 100 films over a span of 10 days. Programming ranged from campy horror B-movies to extreme, underground and avant-garde films and according to Robin Leach
Robin Leach
Robin Douglas Leach is an English celebrity writer famous for hosting his first show, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, in the mid-1980s and into the mid-1990s, which focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and other materialistic endeavors...
featured "every night creature from hookers to zombies."
DreadCentral.com noted that "PollyGrind has quickly made a name for itself as one of the up-and-coming premiere genre fests out there due to the success of each year of programming." Filmmaker Adam Rehmeier, whose film The Bunny Game was banned by the British Board of Film Classification right after playing the event, called the festival a display of cinema's "bastards and red-headed step children."
Award Winners
2011- The Biggest Baddest Mother of the PollyGrind — The Bunny Game (Adam Rehmeier)
- Best Horror Film — The Super (Evan Makrogiannis / Brian Weaver)
- Best Exploitation Film — Dear God No! (James Bickert)
- Best Experimental Film — Zooey & Adam (Sean Garrity)
- Best Action Film — 25K (Billy Chase Goforth)
- Best Crime Film — Ratline (Eric Stanze)
- Best Dark Comedy — The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol (Aramis Sartorio)
- Best Documentary — Run Run It's Him (Matthew Pollack)
- Best of Zombiepalooza — Ashes (Elias Matar)
- Best Sound Design — The Bunny Game (Adam Rehmeier)
- Best Director — The Super (Evan Makrogiannis / Brian Weaver)
- Best Screenplay — Butterfly (Edward E. Romero)
- Best Cinematography — The Bunny Game (Adam Rehmeier)
- Best Editing — The Bunny Game (Adam Rehmeier)
- Best Overall Individual Performance in a Film — Rodleen Getsic as Bunny in The Bunny Game
- Best Overall Cast — Demetri Kallas as George Rossi, Lynn Lowry as Maureen Rossi, Ron Braunstein as Det. Sardusky, Manoush as Olga, Ruby Larocca as Karen, Edgar Moye as Andre, Brandon Slagle as Franny the Tranny, with David Francis Calderazzo, Bill McLaughlin, Raine Brown and Kathryn Zawiski in The Super
- Best Actor — Aramis Sartorio as Tommy Pistol in The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol
- Best Actress — Mandi Kreisher as Laney Darrow, Butterfly
- Best Supporting Actor — Brett Hundley as Tommy Spioch in Frankie in Blunderland
- Best Supporting Actress — Manoush as Olga in The Super
- Best Cameo Appearance — Evan Stone as The Butterfly in Frankie in Blunderland
- Best Use of Nudity/Sexuality — Planet of the Vampire Women (Darin Wood)
- Best Use of Violence/Gore — Sella Turcica (Fred Vogel)
- Best Use of Music — Ratline (Eric Stanze)
- Most Outrageous — The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol (Aramis Sartorio)
- Most Creative — Mondo Sexxxx: The Terry Kobrah Story (Logan Myers)
- Most Innovative — The Earl Sessions (Ginnetta Correli)
- Most Heart — The Girl Who Wasn't Missing (Shane Ryan)
- Most Cool — El Monstro Del Mar (Stuart Simpson)
- Audience's Favorite Feature — Dear God No! (James Bickert)
- Bad Girl Award — Beverly Lynne as Janis Drake in The Atonement of Janis Drake
- Ultimate Badass Award — Ezra BuzzingtonEzra BuzzingtonEzra Buzzington is an American character actor for film and TV.With over 40 film credits to his name, Ezra Buzzington has been referred to as "the Dennis Hopper of underground cinema". He's played characters ranging from "Weird Al the Waiter" in GHOST WORLD to "Goggle" in THE HILLS HAVE EYES...
as Hate, Breath of HateBreath of HateBreath of Hate is an upcoming Horror film which stars Jason Mewes, Ezra Buzzington and Monique Parent. It is the second collaboration between Velvet Hammer Films and ArsonCuff Entertainment who previously teamed up on "Silent Night, Zombie Night".-Plot:...
2010
- The Biggest Baddest Mother of the PollyGrind — Slime City Massacre (Greg Lamberson)
- Audience's Favorite Feature — Dead Hooker in a TrunkDead Hooker in a TrunkDead Hooker in a Trunk is a 2009 Canadian exploitation film starring, written, produced and directed by twin sisters Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska, also known as The Soska Sisters. The film is their feature film directorial debut and is distributed by IFC...
(The Soska SistersThe Soska SistersThe Soska Sisters is the collective name for Canadian twin sisters and film directors, producers and screenwriters Jen and Sylvia Soska.-Biography:...
- Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska) - Best Actor — Kealan Patrick BurkeKealan Patrick BurkeKealan Patrick Burke was born and raised in Dungarvan, Ireland. He is best known as an award-winning author described as "a newcomer worth watching" by Publishers Weekly...
as Cory (Slime City Massacre) - Best Actress — Beth WinsletBeth WinsletBeth Winslet is an English actress.She was born in Reading, Berkshire, and is the younger sister of Kate and Anna Winslet.-Biography:She attended Starmaker Theatre Company in Reading, Berkshire....
as The Femme Fatale (Stiletto) - Best Director — Calvin Lee Reeder (The Rambler and The Snake Mountain Colada)
- Best Screenplay — Dead Hooker in a Trunk (Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska)
- Bad Girl Award — Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska (Dead Hooker in a Trunk)
- Ultimate Badass Award — Luke GossLuke GossLuke Damon Goss is an English singer and actor. Since 1994, he has been married to backing singer Shirley Lewis, , and has one stepdaughter, Carli. In January 2007, he and wife Shirley moved permanently to Los Angeles, but still maintain a residence in London...
(The Dead Undead)
World Premieres
2011- Mondo Sexxxx: The Terry Kobrah Story
- The Las Vegas Abductions
- The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol
- The Girl Who Wasn't Missing
- Finger Bang
- The Los Angeles Ripper
- The Atonement of Janis Drake
2010
- Vaginal Holocaust
- Caged Lesbos A-Go-Go
- Orgy of Blood
- The Dead Undead
- Scars of Youth