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Heather Brittain

Garden State Film Festival a Roaring Success

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One of my great passions is my involvement as Vice-Chair of the prestigious Garden State Film Festival. GSFF is the largest (and first!) film festival in New Jersey and this year we celebrated our 21st year! I derive great satisfaction from promoting independent film and providing my fellow independent filmmakers with this fantastic platform to share their work.

A few stats from this year’s festival:
⭐️ The festival screen 237 films from 23 countries around the world.
⭐️ Over 18,496 attendees.
⭐️ 425 students attending the statewide filed trip.
⭐️ Screened at 10 venues in Asbury Park and Cranford.
⭐️ We promoted student creativity, make the arts accessible to underserved populations and preserved heritage arts.
⭐️ We honored our Independent Spirit Award Recipient, Ron Perlman; Broader Vision Award, New Jersey Natural Gas; Lifetime Achievement for Cinematography, Ronald Vidor; Lifetime Achievement for Photography, Donald Kravitz; Spirit of New Jersey, Kenny Vance; Exceptional Women in Film, Dr. Jennifer Turner; and Educator of the Year, Jody Lazarski.
We open for submissions for next year on May 15th!

Big Enzo’s Wedding Producers at GSFF 2023 (L-R Francesco Nuzzi, Michael Sorvino, Heather Brittain, Wally Marzano-Lesnevich

Heather Brittain takes selfie with GSFF Board Members

Heather Brittain presents the Actor Awards at GSFF 2023

Heather Brittain at GSFF 2023

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VICTIM NO. 6 Wins at Nightmares Film Festival!

acting, Awards, Festivals, Victim No. 6

Victim No. 6 was awarded the inaugural Etheria Spirit Award at Nightmares Film Festival!!! Sponsored by Etheria Film Night, this award is for the female filmmaker who best captures the spirit of Etheria Film Night festival. We couldn’t be more honored for this recognition! Thank you to Stacy Pippi and the Etheria team for loving our film. And a huge thanks to Jason Tostevin & Chris Hamel for your hospitality, and for the opportunity to be a part of such a wonderful festival experience!

Heather Brittain at Nightmares Film Festival

VICTIM NO. 6 Wins the Ethreia Spirit Award at Nightmares Film Festival (pictured, Stacy Pippi, Etheria Film Night & Heather Brittain)

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Dread Central Interview

acting, Awards, Festivals, Film, Victim No. 6
Thank you to Dread Central for this nice write-up on VICTIM NO. 6 winning the Etheria Spirit Award at Nightmares Film Festival!
“I want to thank Stacy Pippi Hammon and Etheria Film Festival for this award, but more importantly for their mission to showcase the genre talent of female filmmakers and their goal of one day becoming obsolete once industry equality has been achieved. I also want to thank my writer/director and co-producer Nancy Menagh. We are honored to be the first recipients of this award!” – Heather Brittain

Heather Brittain with Daniel Baldwin, Dread Central

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VICTIM NO. 6 Wins Best Short Film at Katra Film Series!

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Don’t mind us we’re just toasting to our BEST SHORT FILM win for Victim No. 6 at Katra Film Series in New York City!  Thank you so much to Geoffrey, Shakilya and the KATRA team for this incredible honor! The caliber of films you select is so high to begin with – we are so humbled by this recognition. 🙏🏼

Nancy Menagh, Heather Brittain interviewed at Katra Film Series screening of the Best Short Film Award Winner, VICTIM NO. 6

Heather Brittain at Katra Film Series screening of the Best Short Film Award Winner, VICTIM NO. 6

Michael Sean Cirelli, Nancy Menagh, Heather Brittain & Brian O’Connor at Katra Film Series screening of the Best Short Film Award Winner, VICTIM NO. 6

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Shout Out LA Interview!

acting, Festivals, Film, Garden State Film Festival, News, Press, Victim No. 6

Thank you to the good folks at Shout Out LA for interviewing me about my career – and some of my fav LA spots! After living in LA through my 20’s, and now visiting every chance I get, I still feel like a local.
Cover photo by Nick Holmes
Additional photos by Tom Zapcic Photography & Dima Otvertchenko
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Another Best Actress Nomination – and More!

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Heather Brittain O’Scanlon nominated for Best Actress at Macabre Faire Film Festival for VICTIM NO. 6

WOW WOW WOW WOW! Victim No. 6 received FOUR nominations at the Macabre Faire Film Festival!
HORRAY for Amanda Crout Carmona – this is her first nomination for Best Costume Design for her work in Victim No. 6 and we couldn’t be happier for her! Amanda killed it with all of the 70’s lewks and was such an essential part of our production team!! Congratulations Amanda!!! 🙌
We are super stoked about the Best Soundtrack nomination! The music in our film is like another character, and we are thrilled for the talented musicians involved – current and circa the 70’s – to be recognized in this way! Congratulations James Newberry, Bosco and Peck, Circus (the late, great Daniel Hrdlicka) & The Ides of March!
We are absolutely thrilled for Russ Russo for his Best Supporting Actor nomination!!! Congratulations Russ!!!! 🕺🏻
…And I am nominated for Best Actress! 🙏🏼
Thank you Adam Ginsberg & team for this honor – We can’t wait to see you all and celebrate with all the nominees in just a few weeks!

You can see VICTIM NO. 6 at the Macabre Faire Film Festival!
Come see us:
Friday, September 30th at 12:45 PM
at The Capitol Theatre
110 West Main Street
Lebanon, TN
TICKETS: https://www.macabrefairefilmfest.com/tickets
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Heather Wins Best Actress Award (and more) at PIFF!

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I am beyond thrilled. Last week Victim No. 6 brought home the Best Horror/Thriller Award at the Pasadena International Film Festival! And I was given the award for Best Actress in a short at the Pasadena International Film Festival!
We also received nominations for Best Actor for Russ Russo and Best Director for Nancy Menagh! Thank you to Jessica Hardin, Marco Neves, and everyone at PIFF for showing our film so much love – we are blown away and still flying high from these wins!
Heather Brittain O’Scanlon accepts the Best Actress and Best Horror/Thriller Awards at the 2022 Pasadena International Film Festival.
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WICKED IMAGE Screens at Katra Film Series!

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WICKED IMAGE Screens at Katra Film Series

Wicked Image has been selected to screen at the 2022 Katra Summer Series as an Official Selection. This season marks the 11th year running. The festival runs June 14th-16th and we screen at Regal Cinemas in Times Square !
Wednesday June 15th, FIRST BLOCK – 6:15 PM – 8:15 PM.
REGAL CINEMAS, TIMES SQUARE
247 W. 42nd Street, New York, NY
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Best Actress Award for Heather Brittain O’Scanlon in VICTIM NO. 6!!!

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Heather Brittain O’Scanlon wins BEST ACTRESS & BEST VILLAIN at Grindhouse Nights Film Festival!

I am so honored to have taken home awards for BEST ACTRESS and BEST VILLAIN at the 10th anniversary of the Grindhouse Nights Film Festival! Grindhouse Nights is a fantastic genre festival in my home state of New Jersey and they really showered Victim No. 6 with a lot of love. In addition to these two wins, we were nominated in 5 other categories!

Best Short Film
Best Direction – Nancy Menagh
Best Actor – Russ Russo
Best Cinematography- Aram “Spike UM” Bauman
Best Score – James Newberry
Thank you to the good folks at Grindhouse Nights for loving our film and congratulations on 10 years!!!

VICTIM NO. 6 Nominated for 7 Awards at Grindhouse Nights Film Festival!

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