Monsters – Awards Won
Comic-Con International Film Festival – San Diego, CA
Winner Best Horror/Suspense Film
Winner Judge’s Choice Award – Best Overall Film
Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival – Seattle, WA
Winner – Audience Award
2nd Place Jury Prize
Other Worlds Austin Film Festival
Winner – Audience Award Best Short Film
Young Entertainer Awards
Winner – Best Actress Short Film (10-12) – Caitlin Carmichael
Molins Del Rei Horror Film Festival – Barcelona, Spain
Winner – Best Screenplay
Winner – Best Actress – Caitlin Carmichael
Burbank International Film Festival – Burbank, CA
Winner Best Sci-Fi Short Film
Splat! Horror Film Festival – Poland
Winner Audience Award – Best Screenplay
Madtown Horror Film Festival – Madison, WI
Winner Best Screenplay
Fright Night Theater Film Festival – Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Winner Best Horror Short Film
Bloody Horror International Film Festival – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Winner – Best Actress (Caitlin Carmichael)
Halloween International Film Festival – Kill Devil Hills, NC
Winner – Best Short Film
HorrorHaus Film Festival – North Hollywood, CA
Winner – Best Short Film
Winner – Audience Choice Award
Winner – Best Young Actor – Caitlin Carmichael
Killer Valley Film Festival – Ashland, OR
Winner – Best Director
Et Cultura Film Festival – St. Petersburg, FL
Winner – Best U.S. Dramatic Film
Sioux City International Film Festival – Sioux City, IA
Winner – Best Horror/Sci-Fi Film
Roswell Film Festival – Roswell, NM
Winner – Best Director
End of Days Film Festival – Orlando, FL
Winner – Best Film
Winner – Best Screenwriting
Winner – Best Female Actor – Caitlin Carmichael
Comicpalooza Film Festival – Houston, TX
Winner – Best Short Film
Winner – Best Director
Winner – Best Actress – Caitlin Carmichael
Sixth Sense Horror Film Festival – Mumbai, India
Winner – Best Short Film
Winner – Best Director
Winner – Best Screenwriting
Winner – Best Actress – Caitlin Carmichael
Winner – Best Editing – JR Arinaga
Pacific Coast Premiere Film Festival – Los Angeles, CA
Winner – Best Short Film
Stage 32 Short Film Contest
Winner – Best Short Film
Fun Size Horror Holiday Filmmaking Contest
Winner – Best Short Film
Films Short Film Festival
Winner – Best Short Film
#TOFF The Online Film Festival
Winner – Best Thriller Short Film
Windy City Film Festival – Chicago, IL
Winner – Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
Naperville Independent Film Festival – Naperville, IL
Best Short Film
Fantosfreak Film Festival – Barcelona, Spain
Special Mention
Winter Film Awards – New York City, NY
Best Horror Short Film
Best Actress
Hollywood Horrorfest – Hollywood, CA
Winner – Best Script
Chicago International Genre Film Festival
Winner – Best Horror Short
Love Your Shorts Film Festival – Sanford, Florida
Winner – Best Sci-Fi/Horror Short Film
Monsters – Film Festivals Screened
- Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival – San Diego, CA (*Winner)
- Cinequest – San Jose, CA
- Little Terrors – Toronto, Canada
- Dead by Dawn – Edinburgh, Scotland
- Film Score – Knoxville, TN
- Dances with Films – Los Angeles, CA
- Calgary Horror – Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Nantucket – Nantucket, MA
- Midwest Sci-Fi Film Festival – Bloomington, MN
- ScareLA – Pasadena, CA
- Dragon Con – Atlanta, GA
- Burbank International Film Festival – Burbank, CA (*Winner – Best SciFi Short)
- DC Shorts Film Festival – Washington D.C.
- Screamfest Horror Film Festival – Los Angeles, CA
- Killer Valley Horror Film Festival – Ashland, OR (*Winner – Best Director)
- Splat! Film Fest – Poland (*Winner – Audience Award Best Short Screenplay)
- Film Invasion LA – Los Angeles, CA
- Madtown Horror Film Festival – Madison, WI (*Winner – Best Screenplay)
- Fright Night Theatre Film Festival – Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (*Winner – Best Horror Short)
- Shriekfest Film Festival – Los Angeles, CA
- Montreal Requiem Fear Fest – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Fantastically Horrifying Cinema – Little Rock, AK
- Halloween Horror Picture Show – Tampa, Florida
- Spooky Empire Film Festival – Orlando, CA
- Boston Film Festival – Boston, MA
- Halloween International Film Festival – Kill Devil Hills, NC (*Winner – Best Short Film)
- Sacramento Horror Film Festival – Sacramento, CA
- New York City Horror Film Festival – New York City, NY
- Dracula Film Festival – Brasov, Romania
- Big Apple Film Festival – New York City, NY
- Idaho Horror Film Festival – Boise, Idaho
- Nightmares Film Festival – Columbus, Ohio
- Silicon Valley International Film Festival
- Frostbiter: Icelandic Horror Film Festival
- Flickers’ Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Film Festival – Providence, RI
- Molins Dei Rei Horror Film Festival – Barcelona, Spain (*Winner – Best Screenplay & Actress)
- Bloody Horror International Film Festival – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (*Winner – Best Actress)
- Another Hole in the Head International Genre Film Festival – San Francisco, CA
- Buried Alive Film Festival – Atlanta, GA
- Zamoxis Film Festival – Santa Monica, CA
- Amsterdamned Film Festival
- Rotterdamned Film Festival
- Third Eye Film Festival – New York City, NY
- Anchorage International Film Festival – Anchorage, Alaska
- Other Worlds Austin Film Festival – Austin, TX (*Winner – Audience Award Best Short Film)
- Desmond District Demons Exhibition – Michigan
- Et Cultura – St. Petersburg, FL (*Winner – Best U.S. Dramatic Film)
- HorrorHaus Film Festival – North Hollywood, CA
- Post Mortem Film Festival – Mexico
- Fantastik De Graonellrs – Barcelona, Spain
- Pacific Coast Premiere Film Festival – Los Angeles, CA (*Winner)
- Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival – Los Angeles, CA
- Culver City Film Festival – Culver City, CA
- Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival – Seattle, WA (*Winner Audience Choice Award)
- SoCal Film Festival – Huntington Beach, CA
- Green Bay Film Festival – Green Bay, WI
- Nevermore Film Festival – Durham, NC
- Big Muddy Film Festival – Carbondale, IL
- BoneBat Comedy of Horrors Film Festival – Seattle, WA
- Richmond International Film Festival – Richmond, VA
- Hollyshorts Film Festival – Sherman Oaks, CA
- Sioux City International Film Festival – Sioux City, IA
- HorrorHound Film Festival – Cincinnati, OH
- Annapolis Film Festival – Annapolis, MD
- Nanocon International Science Fiction Film Festival – Longview, WA
- Crypticon Seattle Film Festival – Seattle, WA
- End of Days Film Festival – Orlando, FL (*Winner – Best Film, Best Screenwriting, Best Female Actor)
- Fantosfreak – Barcelona, Spain (*Special Mention)
- Cinema on the Edge Film Festival – Santa Monica, CA
- Sixth Sense Horror Film Festival – Mumbai, India (*Winner – Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriting, Best Actress, Best Editing)
- Stuff Film Fest – Mexico City, Mexico
- Comicpalooza Film Festival – Houston, TX (*Winner – Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Actress)
- Cinegear Film Expo Screening Series – Los Angeles, CA
- Windy City International Film Festival – Chicago, IL (*Winner – Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film)
- Wizardworld Horror Fest – Philadelphia, PA
- Cinemafantastique – Vancouver, BC
- Fun Size Horror Holiday Filmmaking Contest (*Winner)
- The Online Film Festival (*Winner – Best Thriller)
- Films Short Online Film Festival (*Winner)
- Stage 32 Short Film Contest (*Winner)
- Roswell Film Festival – Roswell, NM
- Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival – Columbia, SC
- Kansas City Film Fest – Kansas City, MO
- Fandependent Film Festival
- Julien Dubuque International Film Festival – Dubuque, Iowa
- Sci-Fi-London – London, England
- Naperville Independent Film Festival – Naperville, IL
- FilmQuest Festival – Provo, Utah
- Long Beach Indie International Film, Media, and Music Festival – Long Beach, CA
- Chicago Horror Film Festival – Chicago, IL
- New Orleans Horror Film Festival – New Orleans, LA
- Devil’s Night Gallery Film Festival – Oak Park, MI
- Spasm Short Film Festival – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Fimucinema – Tenerife, Spain
- PDXtreme Fest – Portland, OR
- Sin City Horror Fest – Las Vegas, NV
- Dead in Decatur Film Festival – Decatur, IL
- Malta Horror Film Festival – Paola, Malta
- Tri-Cities Film Festival – Richland, WA
- Winter Film Awards – New York City, NY (*Winner – Best Horror Short Film, Best Actress)
- NYC Independent Film Festival – New York City, NY
- Hollywood Horrorfest – Hollywood, CA (*Winner – Best Script)
- Russian Halloween Film Festival – Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kazan
- Chicago International Genre Film Festival – Chicago IL (*Winner – Best Horror Short)
- Bull City International Film Festival – Durham, NC
- Haunted House Fear Fest – Berlin, Germany
- Love Your Shorts Film Festival – Sanford, Florida (*Winner – Best Sci-Fi/Horror Short Film)
- Mile High Horror Film Festival – Denver, CO