Natchez Film Co.’s ‘Postal Parasites’ voted top 3 in 11 award categories of 48-Hour Film Project: New Orleans
Published 4:30 pm Saturday, July 13, 2024
- Film poster for Film Natchez short "Postal Parasites"
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Editor’s note: This story originally published Saturday, July 13, contained an error regarding the name of the award nominees. This story has been updated.
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. 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.
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