las vegas nevada founded 2010 language english website http www.pollygrind.com the pollygrind film festival also known as simply pollygrind and the pollygrind underground film festival was an annual event held in las vegas nevada that specialized in all things alternative with a wide variety of films not shown elsewhere . 1 spotlighting short films feature length films music videos and trailers of all genres pollygrind was founded by filmmaker and promoter chad clinton freeman . the event prided itself on focusing on individuality diversity creativity and empowerment . vegas seven has said pollygrind is a celebration of all things dark bloody underground and arthouse . 2 contents 1 history 2 award winners 3 world premieres 3.1 2014 3.2 2013 3.3 2012 3.4 2011 3.5 2010 4 references 5 external links history edit the event gave a slew of awards that are quite different than most festivals . those include the biggest baddest mother of the pollygrind best use of nudity sexuality best use of violence gore most outrageous and most creative . there is also a bad girl award and an ultimate badass award . started in 2010 3 pollygrind s first year was a five night event with over a dozen features plus tons of short films trailers and music videos ; the quality ranged from borderline incompetent to undiscovered genius virtually all within the confines of horror and sci fi . 4 arrowinthehead.com declared the event a b movie jamboree of awesomeness that only vegas has the balls to host . 5 the second installment of the festival included more than 100 films over a span of 10 days . 6 programming ranged from campy horror b movies to extreme underground and avant garde films 7 and according to robin leach featured every night creature from hookers to zombies . 8 dreadcentral.com noted that pollygrind has quickly made a name for itself as one of the up and coming premiere genre fests out there due to the success of each year of programming . 9 filmmaker adam rehmeier whose film the bunny game was banned by the british board of film classification right after playing the event 10 called the festival a display of cinema s bastards and red headed step children . 9 moviemaker magazine named pollygrind to its 2014 list of 50 festivals worth the entry fee 11 and its 2012 list of 25 festivals worth the entry fee . 12 the festival was also named to moviemaker s 2013 top 5 coolest experiemntal underground film festivals . 13 as of 2013 pollygrind is a member of film exchange 14 a multi market screening network composed of regional u.s. and international film festivals . select winners at pollygrind advance to screen at the rxsm self medicated film expo rxsm which takes place in austin texas each year alongside south by southwest . starting in 2014 feature film official selections at the festival will also be looked at for distribution through its new label pollygrind presents 15 while short films will be considered for special features and compilation releases through a number of outlets . in regards to successes of the festival filmmaker eric stanze noted in his 2014 fearnet column that jen soska and sylvia soska of american mary fame and calvin reeder of the rambler and v h s received major boosts in their careers when their early works won key awards at the fest . he also noted randy moore s 2013 sundance official selection escape from tomorrow was first an official selection of pollygrind in 2012 . 16 2014 marked the final year of the festival . while it may be resurrected in the future as of summer 2015 it was no longer in operation . 17 award winners edit 2014 the big three biggest baddest mother of the pollygrind grand jury prize the interrogation of cheryl cooper dir . by albert pyun first runner up best dark comedy chocolate strawberry vanilla dir . by stuart simpson second runner up best documentary rebel scum dir . by video rahim audience choice favorite film heidi dir . by daniel ray first runner up chocolate strawberry vanilla dir . by stuart simpson second runner up rebel scum dir . by video rahim best of the rest best action film teddy bomb dir . by justin decloux best arthouse film memory lane dir . by shawn holmes best crime film the black tape dir . by ramone menon best thriller the badger game dir . by joshua wagner and thomas zambeck best horror film charlie s farm dir . by christopher sun best fantasy film army of frankensteins dir . by ryan bellgardt best foreign language film tombville dir . by nikolas listbest of zombiepalooza fps first person shooter dir . by andreas luetzelschwab best super hero film um conto de batman na psicose do ventr loquo dir . by elvis delbagno best drama see you next tuesday dir . by drew tobia best nevada film heidi dir . by daniel ray directing best director albert pyun the interrogation of cheryl cooper best woman director erin davies fagbug nation director on the rise stuart simpson chocolate strawberry vanilla acting best overall individual performance glenn maynard chocolate strawberry vanilla best overall cast charlie s farm tara reid nathan jones bill moseley kane hodder allira jaques genna chanelle hayes dean kirkright madeleine kennedy david beamish cameron caulfield darrell plumridge sam coward lindsay edgecomb brad bromfield robert j. mussett justin gerardin trudi ross colin dixon mark e darin and brad avcin best actor shane ryan the interrogation of cheryl cooper best actress tommie vegas the interrogation of cheryl cooper best supporting actor tomer shechori scrambled best supporting actress jillian leigh the badger game supporting actress newcomer award brittany bochart the interrogation of cheryl cooper actress on the rise joei fulco heidi best cameo appearance kane hodder charlie s farm best of categories best screenplay cynthia curnan the interrogation of cheryl cooper best cinematography michael su the interrogation of cheryl cooper best visual effects charlie s farm best song rebel scum best film score tony riparetti the interrogation of cheryl cooper best editing daniel ray heidi best sound design tony riparetti the interrogation of cheryl cooper best production design michael tushaus and kelly schwarze the interrogation of cheryl cooper best makeup amanda martinez the interrogation of cheryl cooper best poster chocolate strawberry vanilla best key art glenn cochrane the interrogation of cheryl cooper best use of best use of nudity sexuality chocolate strawberry vanilla best use of violence gore chocolate strawberry vanilla best use of music the beauty strip most outrageous rebel scum most creative memory lane most heart chocolate strawberry vanilla most thought provoking film love child most cool the badger game special pollygrind awards bad girl award tara reid charlie s farm ultimate badass award nathan jones charlie s farm it came from the 90s award hi 8 horror independent 8 best title award lust of the vampire girls best use of inanimate objects teddy bomb heidi the willy b heidi lifetime achievement awards filmmaker of a different breed ted v. mikels glen coburn distributor of a different breed wild eye releasing advocate of a different breed theatre7 weng s chop hype man of a different breed flavor flav 2014 pollygrind royalty queen tommie vegas king doug farra prince david rosen princess joei fulco medium films shorts trailers and promos best medium film the beauty strip dir . by g. correli best transgression medium film the sex doll she bitch dir . by jaison h. costley best short cassandra dir . by guy roger duvert best shortest short under 5 minutes the small stuff dir . by andrea capere best foreign language short o corpo dir . by rodrigo lopes de barros best horror short the last halloween dir . by marc roussel best drama short tie forgive me dir by . nicholas lamoreux tie go north dir . by vanita shastry best experimental short the return dir . by ada athorp and adrian frost best dark comedy short cask of amontillado dir . by jeff freeman best fantasy short freak dir . by joshua cockfield best crime short penance dir . joe lujan best animated short theres an octopus in your head dir . by ari grabb best of zombiepalooza naked zombie girl dir . rickey bird jr. best science fiction short quintipus dir . by victoria angell best arthouse short nayan and the evil eye dir . by shaleen sangha best exploitation short 32 dir . by daren mccoy best transgression short no pets allowed dir . nadine l esperance best thriller short black mask dir . by alex colonna best action short aakra man dir . by mihir desai best film noir short pity dir . john pata best timed competition film project never have i ever dir . by jonathan robbins best nevada short the gradations of purgatory dir . by douglas farra best super hero short supergirl strange in a strange land dir . by walter jones best of world of death tie manscapping dir . by mike lenzini tie milk dir . james chappell & patrick irving best documentary short alternative model dir . by brian lally best actor stephen manley black mask the gradations of purgatory best actress sheetal sheth go north best supporting actor william grefe cask of amontillado best supporting actress hannah waterbury 32 best director marc roussel the last halloween best woman director vanita shastry go north best director under 21 nicholas lamoreux forgive me best screenplay daren mccoy 32 best music video if only tonight i could sleep by david rosen dir . by douglas farra best international music video violence done well dir . by maida hals best music video song shoot 4 the sky by doms gauge best experimental music video gim me the sweet and lowdown dir . by vira ishchuk and olga ishchuk music video honorable mentions pretty in the dark dir . by herman wang artful dodger dir . by felipe p. soares best fake trailer poultrygeist dir . by lisa jay best real trailer atelophobia dir . by joe lujan best promo art free world dir . by sarah lew best television episode or webisode bad guys episode 2 9 47am dir . by vincent mclean best television or web series the haunted world of claire wilmenson dir . by dustin austen emmy johnson nicole duff and savannah salmons screenplay competition best screenplay cop s wife by deirdre patterson best screenplay short the terrorist by charlotte lyons best television or webseries screenplay super brains by joseph hedley wilson and ted janet 2013 biggest baddest mother of the pollygrind desolate rob grant best nontraditional film experience jonas adam rehmeier best drama boys cry mitchel a. jones audience s favorite feature truth or dare jessica cameron best horror film tie nightmare box jon keeyes and the cemetery adam ahlbrandt best horror short film bruised jennifer campbell best found footage film to jennifer james cullen bressack best arthouse film a measure of the sin jeff wedding best exploitation film the minstrel killer michael fredianelli best retrosploitation film legend of the hillbilly butcher joaquin montalvan best crime film sweet leaf julian grant best thriller i am death paul orehovec best action film eye of the bennu paul madariaga best fantasy film savage witches clara pais and daniel fawcett best dark comedy little fucker mike musical best foreign language film benny loves killing ben woodiwiss best of zombiepalooza slaughterhouse bride zo rae and luke mcewan best experimental film the synthetic man john r. hand best animated film darkest days danny field best transgression film coyote trevor juenger best dramedy what i love about concrete alanna stewart and katherine dohan best documentary sacrifice in the name of goddess gadhimai chandan gupta best nevada film dark comedy tricks med jast best nevada film horror beast a monster among men mike lenzini best nevada short the window alex colonna best director rob grant desolate best woman director jessica cameron