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Best Actress Award for Heather Brittain O’Scanlon in VICTIM NO. 6!!!

May 10, 2022acting, Awards, Festivals, Film, News, Victim No. 6

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!

VICTIM NO. 6 is in the Best of the Fest Screening at Woods Hole!

September 26, 2021acting, Awards, Festivals, Film, Victim No. 6

We are so honored to be asked back to the Woods Hole Film Festival for their Best of the Fest screening!

VICTIM NO. 6 will be a part of their shorts block on Tuesday, October 5th. 7 PM at the Cotuit Center for the Arts!

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West Coast Premiere for VICTIM NO. 6!

September 26, 2021acting, Festivals, Film, Victim No. 6

I am so excited to be headed to my old ‘hood of Newport Beach, CA for the West Coast Premiere of Victim No. 6 at The Newport Beach Film Festival!

I hope to see a lot of my So Cal friends there!!!

Sunday, October 24 at 10 AM. Ticket details to follow…

“Victim No. 6” Will Screen at the Woodstock Film Festival!

September 11, 2021acting, Festivals, Film, Victim No. 6

“Victim No. 6” is an Official Selection at Woodstock Film Festival

Victim No. 6 is part of the Fight or Flight Short Film Block at the Woodstock Film Festival!

Watch it IN PERSON on Saturday October 2 at 6:45 PM at the Woodstock Community Center

OR

Stream it ONLINE starting September 29 at 6:30 PM (You have until 11:59 PM on October 3 to watch it)!

BUY TICKETS HERE!

“O’Scanlon delivers a brickhouse-solid performance” – ScreenAnarchy Review

August 18, 2021acting, Festivals, Film, Press, Reviews, Victim No. 6

Fantasia 2021: BORN OF WOMAN Shorts Program Pack Punches, Perspectives

Michele “Izzy” Galgana

EDITOR, U.S.; CALIFORNIA

Heather Brittain O’Scanlon in “Victim No. 6”“Victim No. 6 follows, from the very-talented Nancy Menagh (U.S.). At 22 minutes, most short films don’t get programmed at festivals. However, this desaturated, ’70s period piece is so well done that the time flies by with all the flourish of those long, butterfly collars on display. There’s a slasher on the loose, and with so many women missing, nerves are frayed. Lead Heather Brittain O’Scanlon delivers a brickhouse-solid performance that anchors the piece, easily switching between motivations and moods — she makes acting seem effortless, and I’d like to see her in more films. In concert with Menagh, this film flips power dynamics in ways that are more surprising and less cliche. This film could be a great proof of concept for a series or feature; I’d love to see more female villains like this.“

Heather Brittain O’Scanlon Honored with Best Actress Award

August 18, 2021acting, Awards, Festivals, Film, Victim No. 6

Heather Brittain O’Scanlon accepts the Best Actress award at LIIFE

This feels really good.

THANK YOU to everyone at the Long Island International Film Expo for this Best Actress award. I am truly humbled by this honor, and by all the love you’ve shown Victim No. 6!

And a HUGE congratulations to Nancy Menagh for her Best Director WIN!!!

Nancy Menagh (Best Director) & Heather Brittain O’Scanlon (Best Actress) accept their awards from LIIFE for their work on “Victim No. 6”.

Two New Jersey Actors Lead the Pack with Top Awards

August 9, 2021News

New Jersey actors, Heather Brittain O’Scanlon and Bret Lada, bring home top awards from the Long Island International Film Expo.

Heather Brittain O’Scanlon & Russ Russo in “Victim No. 6”

“Victim No. 6”, written and directed by Nancy Menagh (“As It Seems”), is co-produced by Menagh and O’Scanlon under their production companies, Black Dog Pictures and SOS Productions, respectively. The film stars O’Scanlon (“Blue Bloods”, “House Broken”) along with Russ Russo (“Catch Hell”, “Act of War”). “Victim No. 6” is set in 1975 New York City, where a fun-loving woman out at her local bar invites a handsome stranger back to her place, despite knowing there is a serial killer on the loose.

Nancy Menagh is nominated for Best Director for “Victim No. 6”

Menagh and O’Scanlon first teamed up on the award-winning film “As It Seems”, which was also written and directed by Menagh and starred O’Scanlon. It was for “As It Seems” that Menagh won the “Best Director” award at LIIFE back in 2018. Now, 3 years later, she’s nominated once more. “Victim No. 6” leads the pack this year at LIIFE with four wins (Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Original Score) and two nominations (Best Director and Best Horror Film).

When asked how she felt about her Best Actress win, O’Scanlon replied, “I was honestly floored when I heard. There were some incredible performances this year and to be selected for this award is truly humbling. I owe so much thanks to Nancy, for writing the character of Donna for me, for being a generous collaborator, and for giving me great direction throughout. I am also so lucky to have had such wonderful cast-mates, who gave me so much to work with in each scene; everyone really brought their all to this film and that is evident to anyone who has seen it.”

Bret Lada in “The Andy Baker Tape”

“The Andy Baker Tape” was developed during the Covid-19 pandemic by actors, Bret Lada (“Law and Order: SVU”, “Pose”) and Dustin Fontaine (“Blue Man Group”). The film was directed by Lada, and both Lada and Fontaine share roles as co-writers, co-executive producers, and co-cinematographers. Caitlin Borek is credited as a co-producer alongside sound designer, Arthur Giamalidis.

The film is a found-footage thriller which chronicles a blogger’s doomed food tour of New Jersey and has gone on to win numerous awards around the country. Selected accolades include Best Home-Grown Feature Film at the Garden State Film Festival, Best Director at the Crimson Screen Horror Festival, Best Supporting Actor (Fontaine) at the New Jersey Film Awards, and Mr. Lada has won Best Actor at both the PopCon International Film Festival and this years Long Island International Film Expo.

“I share any acting awards with Dustin. Without him as my scene partner none of this would have been possible.” Lada quoted about his Long Island win. “We basically took a camera, got lost in the Pine Barrens, and kept rolling. At a certain point you stop acting and you just start being.”

In addition to Lada’s Best Actor win, “The Andy Baker Tape” is nominated for Best Feature Film at LIIFE.

Both “Victim No. 6” and “The Andy Baker Tape” screen Friday, August 13 as part of the Stranger Danger film Block at 9:00 PM at Bellmore Movies. For TICKETS go to:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-long-island-international-film-expo-friday-aug-13-2021-5-blocks-tickets-157395392857
Select the 9:00 PM – Day 4, Block 4 – Stranger Danger Tickets.

“Victim No. 6” is an Official Selection at Fantasia!

July 21, 2021acting, Festivals, Film, News, Victim No. 6

“Victim No. 6” is an Official Selection at Fantasia International Film Festival

“Sharp period detail, a solid central performance from Heather Brittain O’Scanlon, and smart storytelling hooks are the ticket in Nancy Menagh’s award-winning VICTIM NO.6. A serial killer stalks 1975 NYC. That’s not going to stop New Yorkers from having fun in this largely bar-set short. It’s a groovy time. Just be careful who you leave with.” – Mitch Davis

We’re geeking out over this one…

“Victim No. 6” is an Official Selection at the Fantasia International Film Festival!!!

Fantasia has been called “The most important and prestigious genre film festival on this continent.” …by some guy named Quentin Tarantino (!!!)

And this year our little film will be in the good company of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad – WHAAAAAT?!?!!!!!

So, Yeah. We’re definitely geeking out just a little bit over here. And we feel so honored to be in the company of so many filmmakers whom we admire.

Thank you Mitch, Celia, Eric & team for the warm welcome to the Fantasia Family!

Tickets for virtual screenings go on sale on July 23 on their website films.fantasiafestival.com – and you can start streaming on August 5 through the 25th!

BEST ACTRESS Award – Plus 3 More – for “Victim No. 6”!

July 6, 2021acting, Awards, Festivals, Film, Victim No. 6

I am over the moon and full of pride over the love which “Victim No. 6” is receiving from the Long Island International Film E xpo!

So far we received a total of four (4!!!) awards:

WINNER
Best Actress
Heather Brittain O’Scanlon

WINNER
Best Original Score
James Newberry

WINNER
Best Cinematography
Aram “Spike” Bauman

WINNER
Best Art Direction
James Bartol

As much as I am truly thankful for the Best Actress award, I am equally (if not more) thrilled for the members of our crew who won! This film was such a collaborative project, and we were blessed to have an INCREDIBLE team! Their work on this project was stellar and these awards are so well deserved!

Also, If you missed it, check out the great reviews we’re getting:

“O’Scanlon nailed her character perfectly. …Victim No. 6 is a brilliantly executed story that will keep you on your toes to the very end.”

– FILM THREAT

“Standing out from a crowd of predictability, Victim No. 6 pushes the boundaries and takes thrillers in a new direction, leaving overused tropes behind.”

– TAKE 2 INDIE REVIEW

You’ll have a few opportunities this summer to catch “Victim No. 6” – IN PERSON! I plan to be at both of these screenings so please say HI if you’re able to make it! And, if you’ can’t make it, there will be a virtual component to these festivals, as well! Here’s what we can announce so far:

AUGUST 4, 2021
Woods Hole Film Festival
8:30 PM
Redfield Auditorium