Festival Awards (aka the Bobies)
The Bay of Blood Film Festival was founded to acknowledge the dedication and hard work of independent filmmakers, folks that have struggled and kept on keeping on for their craft. Our awards are designed to recognize their achievements, their creativity, and their limitless potential in this industry, as well as the community of people that help make this festival happen. Awards may change from year to year, but our current awards are broken down into three categories: Industry Awards, Jurors’ Choice Awards, and Viewers’ Choice Awards.
Industry Awards
Best Cinematography - Awarded to a cinematographer for their outstanding work on a submitted film.
Best Original Score - Awarded to the best body of music/underscoring written specifically for a submitted film.
Best Special Effects - Awarded for the best achievement in visual effects within a submitted film.
Best Performance from an Actor in a Non-Human Role - Awarded to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a non-human role within a submitted film.
Best Beast - Awarded to a puppeteer, stop-motion artist, or computer animator who has delivered an outstanding performance in a submitted film.
Filmmaker to Watch - Awarded to a student or self-identifying emerging filmmaker who has shown exceptional talent and promise in making a submitted film. There are two Honourable Mention Awards in this category.
Best Supporting Performance - Awarded to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role within a submitted film. There are two Honourable Mention Awards in this category.
Best Leading Performance - Awarded to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a lead role within a submitted film. There are two Honourable Mention Awards in this category.
Best Micro Film - Awarded to the most outstanding contribution submitted within the micro format (under 5 minutes). There are two Honourable Mention Awards in this category.
Best Short Film - Awarded to the most outstanding contribution submitted within the shorts format (under 40 minutes). There are two Honourable Mention Awards in this category.
Best Student/Emerging Film - Awarded to the most outstanding contribution submitted within the student/emerging category. There are two Honourable Mention Awards in this category.
Best Animated Film - Awarded to the most outstanding contribution submitted within the animated/stop-motion format. There are two Honourable Mention Awards in this category.
Best Feature - Awarded to the most outstanding feature film submitted each year. There are two Honourable Mention Awards in this category.
Jurors’ Choice Awards
Grossest Gag - Awarded to a film that is determined by the jurors to have the best gore scene of all submitted films in all programs.
The Bram Stoker - Awarded to the film that is determined by jurors to have the most blood or bloodiest scene of all submitted films in all programs.
The Mary Shelley - Awarded to the film that is determined by jurors to be the most innovative or inventive of all submitted films in all programs.
The Edgar Allan Poe - Awarded to the film that is determined by jurors to be the most spooky/eerie of all submitted films in all programs.
Viewers’ Choice Awards
Viewers’ Choice Award - Awarded to the film that receives the most votes from audience members.
Favourite Non-Human in Film - Awarded to the FX artist that created the visual effects for a non-human role within a submitted film that receives the most votes from audience members.
Favourite Beast - Awarded to the puppet, stop-motion creation, or computer animated character in a submitted film that receives the most votes from audience members.
Best Kill - Awarded to the character that has the best kill in a submitted film that receives the most votes from audience members.
Best Death - Awarded to the character that has the best death scene in a submitted film that receives the most votes from audience members.
All Viewers’ Choice Awards are determined by the audience members. Voting is conducted by ballots submitted on-site during the festival with one ballot being offered with each ticket purchased. Festival Pass holders receive one ballot per festival programming block, and Day Pass holders receive ballots for each programming block for the day of their pass.