2018 Award Winners & Nominees

BEST FEATURE
FIVE PIECE
SATURN RETURNS
NO ROADS IN
IRRECLAIMABLE
 
BEST SHORT
NO NAME MADDOX
GAMES OF CHANCE
SUMMERLAND
THE RUINS

BEST DOCUMENTARY
IRRECLAIMABLE
THE ART OF CIRCUS
SOMEWHERE IN BEULAH LAND
NO ROADS IN
 
BEST DIRECTOR
JOSH WONG - NO ROADS IN
GENE BLALOCK - GAMES OF CHANCE
MATTHEW ROTH - FIVE PIECE
SHAWN TOLLESON - SATURN RETURNS
 
BEST WRITER
SHAWN TOLLESON - SATURN RETURNS
CHRISTOPHER SIAENS - SUMMERLAND
GLENN PACK - NO NAME MADDOX
JOSHUA DAVIS - GEEK STORY
 
BEST ACTOR
KEITH BROOKS - REDNECK ZOMBIE
JONATHAN ERICKSON EISLEY - GAMES OF CHANCE
SHANE CALLAHAN - NO NAME MADDOX
ROBERT PAUL TAYLOR - FIVE PIECE
 
BEST ACTRESS
ERIN CHAMBERS - SATURN RETURNS
SYDNEY VOLLMER - ELLY
CLARISSE BEHR - MISSING PEACE
KRISTINA MERSON - BLACKOUT
 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
FIVE PIECE
NO ROADS IN
NO NAME MADDOX
SATURN RETURNS
 
BEST SOUND
ESSEX
SARAH'S DREAM
SATURN RETURNS
GEEK STORY
 
BEST EDITING
THE CHASE
THE RUINS
40 MILES TO MACON
GEEK STORY
 
BEST MUSIC
MISSING PEACE
FIVE PIECE
NO ROADS IN
SATURN RETURNS
 
DIRECTORS CHOICE
THE GIRL WHO SAVED DAN LANDIS
THE ART OF CIRCUS
SPEED KILLS
IRRECLAIMABLE

SCREENPLAY FINALISTS
BAKERY LADIES BY LORRAINE PORTMAN
THE BREAKABLE SHOES BY JEANNE DUKES
EVEN COWGIRLS LOVE RETAIL BY STACY BARTON
HELL TO PAY: THE LEGEND OF ROBERT JOHNSON
HONOR BY ED VELA

BREAKING FATE ENTERTAINMENT
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION

BEING PRESENTED TO

CHUCK WINSTEAD-BROWN

Chuck Winstead-Brown is an actor from Strawberry Plains, TN.  Chuck’s first acting experience happened in the second grade as “Santa’s Elf”.  As time progressed into middle school, he developed a true passion for acting in such programs as Tom Sawyer and Joseph in a Christmas play.  In his adult life, Chuck was in Blue Valley Songbird with Dolly Parton, The Last Castle with Robert Redford, numerous Film Festival short films such as “Missing Peace” premiering at this festival and various TV shows on the ID channel.

Off stage and screen, Chuck has contributed his time and talent to helping other artists through a number of different efforts.  He is the Vice President the Smoky Mountain Songwriter Festival, and an associate producer of the Smoky Mountain Film Festival, the Mountain of Laughs Comedy Festival and the Horror in the Hills Film Festival.  The city of Gatlinburg awarded him as Volunteer of the Year, a true honor in the Volunteer state of Tennessee.

Beyond the arts, Chuck has also contributed his time and talents to a number of charities such as Give Kids the World, The Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic, The Boys and Girls Club, The United Way and he is a volunteer for the Sevier County Food Ministry.

Daytime Chuck works for Ripley’s Aquarium in the Marketing Department as the Special Events Coordinator and he is represented by Talent Trek Agency out of Knoxville TN. You can follow Chuck Winstead on Facebook by going to Chuck Winstead Entertainment.

Breaking Fate Entertainment is honored and excited to welcome Actor and Event producer Chuck Winstead-Brown as the 11th member of the Breaking Fate Entertainment Hall of Fame!

SATURDAY JUNE 23RD 2018

09:30AM - DOORS OPEN

10:00AM - FILM BLOCK A

• BOB 4M
• REDNECK ZOMBIE 10M
• GAMES OF CHANCE 12M
• THE GIRL WHO SAVED DAN LANDIS 13M
• SPEED KILLS 33M
• FIVE PIECE 89M

01:00PM - FILM BLOCK B

• THE ART OF CIRCUS 7M
• GEEK STORY 9M
• THE RUINS 10M
• THE RIPPLE EFFECT 10M
• ESSEX 11M
• BLACKOUT 12M
• SELF DEFENSE 13M
• PAPAW AT WAR 8M
• IRRECLAIMABLE 81M

04:00PM - FILM BLOCK C

• FORTY MILES TO MACON 5M
• ELLY 9M
• 15 MINUTE SISTER 14M
• NO NAME MADDOX 25M
• SOMEWHEREIN BEULAH LAND 28M
• NO ROADS IN 79M

07:00PM - FILM BLOCK D

• THE CHASE 2M
• SUMMERLAND 18M
• SARAH'S DREAM 7M
• MISSING PEACE 24M
• SATURN RETURNS 99M

09:30PM AWARDS CEREMONY

Check out the great films showing at the 2018 Smoky Mountain Film Festival!

Recently widowed Aaren (Clarisse Behr) is a young woman living alone on her farm in the mountains. As she struggles to create stability in her daily routine, Aaren wrestles with tasks for which she once relied on her husband. To aid with repairs around the farm, she enlists the help of Jack (Willy Adkins), an unassuming neighbor who has had to cope with the loss of his own wife.

Over the course of Jack’s frequent visits, his and Aaren’s feelings for each other grow, but Aaren is tentative about moving on. Spurred by words of fatherly wisdom from her cheeky neighbor, Paul (Chuck Winstead-Brown), Aaren is faced with a decisive question: should she try to pick up the pieces of her old life, or can she find the courage to build a new one?

Sarah’s Dream is a short film about a troubled and rebellious teenager who is haunted by the same recurring dream night after night. The situation becomes desperate when the voice of her dead ex-boyfriend joins the dream and won’t “let go”.

When a metal band approaches a once-in-a-lifetime shot at success-a contest with a prize of $1,000,000 and a recording contract-all five players stand to finally escape marginal lives of subsisting and hoping in Hollywood. But as the hours count down to the contest, their gifted but troubled star member, drummer Brandon, becomes stranger and more belligerent. Unknown to the rest of the band, he carries a dark secret that will present the greatest battle that he, and his band, has ever faced.

It's New Year's Eve and Amy's first night alone providing on-call support for Essex Enterprises, a home security firm. When a bad storm knocks the company's servers offline, she calls Jake, a down-on-his-luck support technician. Jake shows her the real Essex: a high-tech piece of software capable of controlling hundreds of Smart Homes with the click of a button. Amy's hooked on it - and Jake's hooked on her.

Two Redneck Brothers living in the Zombie Apocalypse.

Starring Keith Brooks from Stranger Things Season 2 Episode 7. Plays Dan on The Walking Dead Season 4 Episode(s) 13, 15, & 16.

A portrait documentary about a young farmer and his first year learning how to love & care for a piece of land. Based in Beulah - Mt. Airy, NC

This film is a faith-based film about an all-girls youth basketball team that is determined to show the town council they won't take no for an answer. A teenage girl moves to a small town which is run by corrupt former male athletes. She didn't know that girls were forbidden to play sports, but through her love for the game of basketball and running into one of her idols, she convinces the girls of her church to stand their ground against the town council and the silly by-laws.

A private detective is hired by an eight year old girl to find a missing teddy bear.

Two Criminals struggle to complete a job, but first they must overcome the challenges of their own dysfunctional relationship.

A young woman awakens in the woods, alone and covered in blood, with no memory of how she got there.

Sound Engineer Adam Naugler was fascinated by a nearby abandoned homestead.

Hunkered against battering winter winds, adrift on summer wheat seas, the building was so forgotten the road in had long faded. Yet, year in and out, the building seemed, like a beacon, to call to him. A call to what ?

For every action, good or bad, there is an effect which radiates outward.

A young priest tries to help a 14-year-old Charles Manson.

A behind-the-scenes look at the lives of two circus performers and teachers.

Five college friends on the cusp of 30 reunite for a wedding weekend. When their long-lost sixth friend - the former best friend of the groom and soul mate of the bride - shows up uninvited and unexpected, they are each forced to reexamine their lives and choices.

Elly Albers, a shy college sophomore, decides to take part in a found-footage film. She quickly realizes that she has signed up for more than she can handle.

Dave, a geek and hard core Star Trek Fan i.e. a Trekkie, struggles to escape the “Friend Zone” of his crush Jenny. Dave’s attempts to escape only decrease his chances because Jenny is put off by all his contrived and geeky approaches. Dave discovers that his best chance is not to hide his love of Star Trek but on the contrary Star Trek might be his escape route from the “Friend Zone” to Jenny’s heart.

Rush hour is about to take on a new meaning. Two cars race on the streets and freeways of Los Angeles, side by side, unleashed. 
A pure chase of muscle and speed. No CG. No rules. No stops. 
Just high-speed action like no other.

Jake, having lost his sister Mikaela to suicide and having witnessed it, now suffers from PTSD. In his struggle for healing, he encounters a suicidal young woman, Emma, and the two form a friendship that starts their path towards healing.

A film crew of two travels the southeastern United States to find out the truth about modern slavery, the role violence in sex work, and in the process learn its deeply entrenched history in western culture.

 A story of a man who accidentally kills a woman when he breaks into a house. The woman's husband doesn't find forgiveness and loses his mind.

This is a short film about domestic crime and the damage it can cause in the lives of people around us.

This is Film Noir in color.

My Grandfather fought in WWII. He passed away in 2013. This is his story.

A young girl finds a stranger in her house.

Learn about our 2018 Smoky Mountain Screenplay Finalists below soon!

WRITTEN BY  Lorraine Portman

A comedy in which a mysterious stranger orders the most bizarre cake from two seemingly sweet bakery ladies who pay a steep price when they refuse to make the cake.

WRITTEN BY  Giancarlo Fusi

Following the death of his wife and baby during childbirth, a sharecropper's burning desire to be a famous Bluesman leads him to sell his soul to Satan at a Mississippi crossroads to become the greatest guitarist of all time. 

WRITTEN BY Elia Bei, Alessandro Lui

Vittoria and Matteo, a young couple in love, are planning their future. The unexpected release of a hard video where the girl betrays Matteo will change their lives forever. 

WRITTEN BY Jim Norman

An old street photographer makes portraits of people that literally change their lives.

WRITTEN BY Chanley Rogers

When Shane cannot stand the abuse at home any longer, she does what she knows best; just keep running. Based on the poem of the same title by Amber Tamblyn, this 10 page short script explores the issues of child abuse, depersonalization, depression, and self loathing.

WRITTEN BY Stacy Barton

Minnie wants to settle down. Can she?

WRITTEN BY Jeanne Dukes

When a nine-year-old boy receives a disappointing present at his school's Christmas gift exchange, his mother shares the story of his grandmother's similar girlhood experience, challenging him to find thankfulness and joy in giving from the heart. Based on a true story that spans four generations and will speak to the child in all of us.

WRITTEN BY Ed Vela

A young teen grapples with his feelings about an incident that took the life of his younger brother.

WRITTEN BY Brittany Johnson

When meeting the parents goes awry, Charles is forced to aid and abet in the unearthing of a corpse.

WRITTEN BY Alicia Dutton

Every year without fail, middle aged ladies, Grace, Lilah, Celia, Kristin, and Bridget, have an all girls’ beach getaway. After checking in to the avant garde beachhouse, Atlantis, the five ladies begin drinking margaritas and divulging some of their biggest secrets to one another. 
In her luggage, Grace finds her husband’s pants wrapped up in her sarong. (It was a role playing thing.) In them, she finds a note from Dixie Lynn Lee, the local homewrecker, soliciting Grace’s husband, Preston, into an adulterous affair. 
The ladies rent a room at the seedy Rendezvous motel just down the beach and devise a way to lure Dixie Lynn to the beach under false pretenses. When Dixie Lynn, aka “The Dixie,” arrives at the beach, the disguised ladies convince her that Preston has requested that she be tied up so he can pretend she is a damsel in distress. “The Dixie” suggests that they tie her to the vibrating bed. The ladies all decide that the young tramp should know what it is to walk in their shoes, having made sacrifices of mind and body to create and care for their families. After trading in their feather and sequined Mardi Gras masks for a Dolly Parton costume, they individually enter the room to teach “The Dixie” a lesson. They each plot different ways to achieve this. 
While Dixie is being tortured by one of “the Dollies,” Grace comes in undisguised to rescue The Dixie and an ensuing orchestrated catfight with Lilah takes place. Dixie, riddled with guilt that her victim has now become her champion, vows to change her ways and decides to live at the beach and not return to Spartanburg where “the Dollies are always watching.”