Published 4:30 pm Saturday, July 13, 2024 By Sabrina Simms Robertson NATCHEZ — Natchez Film Co.’s project “Postal Parasites” is on the nominee list for 11 different award categories of the 48-Hour Film Project: New Orleans competition, filmmakers announced today. The 48-Hour Film Project is a global event that happens in more than 100 cities on different weekends throughout the year.
Filmmaking teams in the competition create a short film in one weekend to be judged by local judges of the city they are entered. Contestants draw genres from a hat and receive contest rules during a Friday night kickoff party. Then it is off to the races — writing, shooting and editing and doing whatever it takes to submit their film on Sunday night.
Every film, whether submitted on time or late, will screen at local theaters, but the top films earn more exposure. “Stay tuned for the announcement of our Natchez premiere, coming soon!” Natchez Film Co. shared on its page Saturday.
The plot centers around a pair of struggling filmmakers who resort to package thievery to fund their movie, according to IMDb. More than a dozen awards are given in the competition. The topmost prize is Best Film.
The winner of Best Film will screen at the international film festival “Filmapalooza,” which features screenings, workshops and parties and is attended by filmmakers from around the world. Best Films also go on to compete for “Grand Champion of the Year” at Filmapalooza. Natchez Film Co.
, or Film Natchez, entered in the New Orleans competition June 7 through 9. Of 30 different entries, the Film Natchez project was nominated in the top three spot for 11 of the different award categories, including the following: Best Cinematography, Best Directing, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Musical Score, Best Set Design, Best Sound Design, Best Writing, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Use of Required Character and Best Make-up. Award winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on Saturday, July 20, at 7 p.
m. Films nominated for Best Film will be announced Monday. “Our judges are currently reviewing the films made over the weekend of (June) 7 through 9, 2024.
They are deliberating on a range of awards, including Best Film, which will go on to represent 48 Hour Film Project – New Orleans at Filmapalooza 2025 and compete for Best 48HFP Film of 2024,” the 48-Hour Film Project web page states. Film Natchez is a nonprofit group started by Church Hill filmmakers Tate Taylor, John Norris and “The Help” actress Octavia Spencer among other partners to promote the film economy in Natchez through outreach, education, and support. The complete list of nominees in the 48-Hour Film Project: New Orleans competition for 2024 are as follows: BEST USE OF PROP My Mug – Backyard Shed Films Return to Sender – Hyphenates The Grind – HeadHunter Productions BEST USE OF LINE Return To Sender – Hyphenates The Grind – HeadHunter Productions Full Package -The Stillettos BEST USE OF CHARACTER Postal Parasites – Natchez Film Company The Grind – HeadHunter Productions Full Package – The Stillettos BEST MAKEUP Postal Parasites – Davis Seiver Sharp Caddie Chaffin for Butterfly The Goddess Chelsea Chavis BEST COSTUME Full Package – Chelsea Bruland Kristen Keeley White – for – My Mug “Under Where?” – Jessica Seghers BEST CHOREOGRAPHY The Goddess – Chelsea Chavis Beautiful – Rebecca Fox Butterfly – Michele Bouquet BEST MUSICAL SCORE Full Package – Chelsea Bruland The Goddess – Chelsea Chavis Postal Parasites – Davis Seiver Sharp BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS Dave Burdick- for Butterfly John Armijo – Father’s Day Caesar Meadows – Gleep! Glop!! BEST GRAPHICS Gleep! Glop!! – Caesar Meadows Beautiful – Rebecca Fox Dan Isaacs for Butterfly BEST SET DESIGN Dave Burdick for Butterfly Postal Parasites Full Package BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Postal Parasites The Grind Feels Like Summer BEST SOUND DESIGN Brandon Oseka For the Grind Postal Parasites BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Postal Parasites The Grind BEST ACTOR Jaylen Moore For The Full Package Craig Leydecker For The Grind Britton Webb For Postal Parasites BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Michael Dardant For The Mug Brian Plaideau for Waiting for Gateaux T J Sebastian for Waiting for Gateaux BEST ACTRESS Kelly Lind For The Mug Brittany Chandler For Postal Parasites Deven McNair for The Full Package BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Alicia Lu – for The Mug Leslie Nipkow – for Hyphenates Sasha Ellingson – for Butterfly BEST EDITING Bob Krieger For The Grind Matthew Paul Spriggs for Postal Apocalypse BEST WRITING Dayton Hall Douglass for Postal Parasites John Armijo for Father’s Day BEST DIRECTING Postal Parasites – Davis Seiver Sharp The Grind – Hunter McGregor The Full Package – Chelsea Bruland.
