Quickfest today announced the winners of the June 2009 Quickfest 102 Horror Fest.  Thewinners were selected from the many excellent entries received by a jury whichincluded: Directors Marc Forby and Bill Malone and Actress Nina Siemaszko. The Award for Quickfest Juror’s Prize for Best Film is Carlos Valle ofGlendale California for ALICE IN WAIT.  The judges also recognized CHECKOUT byKevin L Watson and his DP Scott Janssonfor Best Cinematography.   Winning the QuickfestFestival Director’s Award is Lawrence and Savannah Morgan fortheir horror musical SOME KIND OF HORROR. Filmmakers were asked to create a short filmincluded three of the four critical elements: (i) an ancient Talisman, (ii) areference to a bizarre and/or grisly death, (iii) a character that speaks witha thick accent (or speech impediment), and (iv) a well known line froma classic horror movie.  Filmmakers had ten days from thisannouncement to complete their film. “Weare thrilled by the creativity and quality of the horror shorts submitted toQuickfest” said Greg Zekowski, Quickfest Festival Director, adding that “thefilmmakers didn’t make it easy for the judges who struggled to pick one film asthe winner”. Allentries can be seen at the Quickfest website at www.quickfest.com, with the winning filmsalso posted to Quickfest’s newYoutube channel at  www.youtube.com/QuickfestTV Quickfest is excited about the responses toQuickfest 102 and will announce the next July event next week. “We plan on makingeach festival unique, giving filmmakers an opportunity to showcase theircreativity in a variety of genres and styles” said Mark Cohen, Quickfest’sManaging Director. About Quickfest -      Quickfest (quickfest.com)is a unique Film Festival founded by Filmmakers. Quickfest eventsoccur online and are open to Filmmakers around the world with competitions invarious formats and genres. Quickfest reaches out to creative peopleeverywhere, featuring the work of film industry professionals andamateurs with a passion for telling a story. For more information, contactFestival Director, Greg Zekowski at greg@quickfest.com and follow Quickfest at twitter www.twitter.com/quickfest