2025 Blaze Challenge
BLAZE NOMINEES
(Winners are listed in bold lettering.)
*Best Story, Director, Sound, Visual FX and Picture will be revealed at the theater.
Best HAIR/MUA
Drama
Mind on Fire – Connor Hayes
***Winner*** Deals in the Dirty Waters – Summer Cirone
My Lighthouse – Liz Day
First Rites – Rosie Mergillano
Rom-Com
***Winner*** The Line Between – Chelsea Foust
Waiting – Jacob Schwartz
Wanted: Gold Digger – Cindy Elavsky
Love At The Diner – Eugenia Drake
Sci-Fi
The Nebula Gambit – Jordyn Cobb
Back Road – Connor Hayes
***Winner*** The Eden Trials – Emmett Wagner & Aileen Ventura
Best Set Design
Drama
My Lighthouse – Michael Speigner
***Winner*** Snow Globe – Tracey Jane
The Bone Collecta – Shanita Brown
Rom-Com
Love At The Diner – Deborah Louise Ortiz
***Winner*** Waiting – Jacob Schwartz
The Line Between – Jennifer Coe
Sci-Fi
The Eden Trials – Stephanie Kirves
The Nebula Gambit – Nick and Angela
***Winner*** All The Money In The World – Dale Metz
Best Supporting Actor
Drama
Scorched Cabin – Sean Ebanks
Mind on Fire – Noah Cherson
***Winner*** Rose’s Thorn – Mike Taylor
First Rites – Robert J. Fowler
Rom-Com
***Winner*** Wanted: Gold Digger – John Pelkey
Waiting – JJ Schwartz
Locked On Love – David Siracusa
Love, Subscribed – Thomas Vanduyne-Lopez
Sci-Fi
Back Road – Connor Hayes
Quantum Link – Duncan Bahr
The Nebula Gambit – Randy Wentworth
***Winner*** All The Money In The World – Michael Brodsky
Mandela Dimension – Myles Lavelle
Dinner and Another Dimension – Jonathan C. Schelmety
Best Supporting Actress
Drama
The Bone Collecta – Shauna Ti’er
***Winner*** Snow Globe – Eileen Antonescu
My Lighthouse – Natalie Brienen
Mind on Fire – Daisy Spann
Rom-Com
Wanted: Gold Digger – Tracey Jane
Love At The Diner – Kylee Nicole Peck
***Winner*** Waiting – Alice DeHaen
The Line Between – Shelby Mae Randle
Sci-Fi
Back Road – Lauren Renee
***Winner*** The Nebula Gambit – Julie Snyder
All The Money In The World – Sadie Wilder
Quantum Link – Anika Ahmed
Back Road – Lauren Senninger
Best Music
Drama
Snow Globe – R. Newell Wood
Mind on Fire – Anna Lesnick
***Winner*** My Lighthouse – Mable May
Rom-Com
Waiting – PhoeNyx
***Winner*** Wanted: Gold Digger – Jeff Ilgenfritz
Locked On Love – Kenny Stoute
Sci-Fi
The Nebula Gambit – Joe Hodgin
***Winner*** The Eden Trials – Kathleen Enriquez
Back Road – Austin Roghelia
Best Editor
Drama
First Rites – Juan Felipe Munoz
***Winner*** Snow Globe – Gregory Mohn
My Lighthouse – David Powers
Deals in the Dirty Waters – Krystal Alexandria
Rose’s Thorn – Doc Anthony Bravo
Rom-Com
The Line Between – Juan Felipe Munoz
***Winner*** Waiting – Joshua Aucoin
Love At The Diner – Rich Roddman
Wanted: Gold Digger – Alex Bradley
Sci-Fi
All The Money In The World – Dale Metz
Process 35908 – Geoff Scott
The Eden Trials – Spencer Shipton
***Winner*** Back Road – Austin Roghelia
The Nebula Gambit – Nick and Angela
Best Cinematography
Drama
***Winner*** My Lighthouse – David Powers
Deals in the Dirty Waters – Gregory Mohn
Rose’s Thorn – Graham Zielinski
The Bone Collecta – Jason True
Snow Globe – Gregory Mohn
Rom-Com
Love At The Diner – Evan Stout
Waiting – Joshua Aucoin
***Winner*** The Line Between – Graham Zielinski
Wanted: Gold Digger – Chris Ballinger
Sci-Fi
Process 35908 – Geoff Scott
The Eden Trials – Austin Sarver
Back Road – Austin Roghelia
Quantum Link – Graham Zielinski
***Winner*** The Nebula Gambit – Fernando Tosetti
All The Money In The World – Dale Metz
Best Lead Actor
Drama
***Winner*** My Lighthouse – John Hardy
First Rites – Othniel Legis
Rose’s Thorn – Doc Anthony Bravo
Purpose – Kelly Weaver
Rom-Com
Love At The Diner – David Siracusa
The Line Between – Brandon Boruch
Wanted: Gold Digger – Larry Elavsky
***Winner*** Waiting – Jacob Schwartz
Sci-Fi
Dinner and Another Dimension – Jonathan David Wright
Mandela Dimension – Doc Anthony Bravo
Back Road – Michael Kerkering
All The Money In The World – TL Westgate
***Winner*** Process 35908 – Harrison Beeson
The Eden Trials – Jelani Aurelus
Quantum Link – Michael Lamberti
Best Lead Actress
Drama
First Rites – Mia Sesma
***Winner*** Snow Globe – Carrie Lauren
Deals in the Dirty Waters – Lauren Bromfield
My Lighthouse – Liz Day
Rose’s Thorn – Laura Cooper
Mind on Fire – Stephanie Kirves
Rom-Com
Waiting – Lauren Senninger
Love At The Diner – Ela Necker
***Winner*** The Line Between – Jennifer Coe
Wanted: Gold Digger – Crystal Hanley
Sci-Fi
Quantum Link – Alexa Comeau
Mandela Dimension – Christina Konieczka
***Winner*** The Nebula Gambit – Jessica Celestina
The Eden Trials – Stephanie Kirves
All The Money In The World – Brooke Kayla
Back Road – Teresa Crater
Best Story
Drama
First Rites – Tony Taylor
Rose’s Thorn – Jim McDowell
Snow Globe – Tracey Jane
***Winner*** My Lighthouse – David Powers
Rom-Com
Wanted: Gold Digger – Larry Elavsky
Waiting – Jacob Schwartz
***Winner*** Love At The Diner – David Siracusa
The Line Between – Jennifer Coe
Sci-fi
Back Road – Chad Wengel
The Nebula Gambit – Nick and Angela
***Winner*** The Eden Trials – Stephanie Kirves
Process 35908 – Doc Anthony Bravo
Quantum Link – David Hahnert
All The Money In The World – TL Westgate
Best Director
Drama
Snow Globe – Tracey Jane
***Winner*** My Lighthouse – Michael Speigner
First Rites – Tony Taylor
Rom-Com
***Winner*** Waiting – Joshua Aucoin
Love At The Diner – Iris Reyes
The Line Between – Sarah Zavala
Wanted: Gold Digger – Crystal Hanley
Sci-fi
The Eden Trials – Stephanie Kirves
***Winner*** The Nebula Gambit – Nick and Angela
Back Road – Connor Hayes Chad Wengel
All The Money In The World – Dale Metz
Process 35908 – Geoff Scott
Best Sound
Drama
My Lighthouse – David Powers
First Rites – Juan Felipe Munoz
***Winner*** Snow Globe – Gregory Mohn
Rom-Com
The Line Between – Juan Felipe Munoz
***Winner*** Waiting – Justin Owens
Love At The Diner – Robert Hernaiz
Wanted: Gold Digger – Alex Bradley
Sci-fi
The Nebula Gambit – Joe Hodgin
All The Money In The World – Dale Metz
***Winner*** Back Road – Austin Roghelia
The Eden Trials – Kathleen Enriquez
Process 35908 – Geoff Scott
Best Visual FX
Sci-fi
All The Money In The World
Back Road
***Winner*** The Nebula Gambit
The Eden Trials
Dinner and Another Dimension
Best Picture Drama
First Rites
***Winner*** Snow Globe
My Lighthouse
Best Picture Rom-Com
Wanted: Gold Digger
The Line Between
***Winner*** Waiting
Love At The Diner
Best Picture Sci-Fi
All The Money In The World
Back Road
***Winner*** The Nebula Gambit
The Eden Trials
Process 35908
Congratulations!
- When: Saturday, April 12, 2025 12pm-8pm (see agenda below)
- Where: AMC Altamonte Mall 18
- Address: 433 E Altamonte Dr, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
- When: Saturday, April 12, 2025 8:30pm-11:30pm
- Where: An Tobar Irish Pub at the Sheraton Hotel
- Address: 600 N Lake Destiny Rd First Floor, Maitland, FL 32751
Please help ensure a wonderful day for everyone at the OIF events.
Please have your badges facing out (with the Block Access title) at the door so the line into the theater moves quicker. Those with ALL ACCESS and ALL BLOCKS badges may also enter earlier to see the OPEN BLOCK videos/films.
Please clear the theater after each block. There is a 25 minute intermission and the staff needs to quickly come in and tidy up between blocks.
Please do not group up and block access in the theater lobby to regular theater-goers. This causes an egress issue for the theater, and we wish to maintain a working relation with AMC to be able to return there.
There are two movie OIF posters at the theater dedicated to the screening events. One is located outside the theater on the left, the other inside the theater on the left as you walk in. Feel free to take photos by these posters. There will be professional Red-Carpet photography for those attending the Networking Party at the Sheraton Hotel. See info further down regarding parking and more.
Blaze Challenge Event Agenda:
- 12:00pm – Open Film block
- 01:00pm – Q&A
- 01:35pm – OIF Drama Block (Check-in opens at 1:00pm)
- 02:55pm – Q&A
- 03:30pm – OIF Rom-Com Block
- 04:25pm – Q&A
- 05:00pm – OIF Sci-Fi Block
- 06:10pm – Q&A
- 06:45pm – Awards Ceremony
- 08:30pm – Networking Party at the Iris Bar (Sheraton Hotel)
Film Screenings
12:00pm – Open Film Block
This is a special experimental Block. These films/videos were not made for this Challenge.
We are happy to have extended an opportunity to have extra time booked at the Theater to be used by members at a heavily reduced cost.
Pending additional information, these programs are presented in an opening Block, by invitation only from the following members, AND for ALL Access and ALL Blocks Passholders:
Britt Chase Shellee, Lewis Leslie, Clinton Hughes, and Kylee Nicole.
1:35pm – Drama Block:
- Deals in the Dirty Waters – by Joshua Shaffer
- First Rites – by Tony Taylor
- Mind on Fire – by Sky Belluomini
- My Lighthouse – by Michael Speigner
- Purpose – by Kelly Weaver
- Rose’s Thorn – by Jim McDowell
- Snow Globe – by Tracey Jane
- The Bone Collecta – by Shanita Brown
- Scorched Cabin – by Michael Lamberti
3:30pm – Rom-Com Block:
- Wanted: Gold Digger – by Larry Elavsky
- The Line Between – by Sarah Zavala
- Waiting – by Jacob Schwartz
- Love At The Diner – by David Siracusa
- Locked On Love – by Rachel Reedy
- Love, Subscribed – by Doc Anthony Bravo
5:00pm Sci-fi Block:
- Back Road – by Connor Hayes
- All The Money In The World – by Dale C Metz
- The Nebula Gambit – by Nick and Angela
- The Eden Trials – by Stephanie Kirves
- Quantum Link – by Kimberly DiPersia
- Process 35908 – by Geoff Scott
- Dinner and Another Dimension – by Lewis Leslie
- Mandela Dimension – by Brandon Miles
Awards & Networking
Join us for an incredible night! Come network with directors, mingle and network with filmmakers at cocktail hour or at the after-party, photos and interviews on the Red Carpet.
Awards at AMC Theater (433 E Altamonte Dr, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701)
Networking Party at the nearby An Tobar Irish Pub and Restaurant at the Sheraton North Hotel in Maitland (600 N Lake Destiny Rd, Maitland, FL 32751)
- 6:50PM – Awards Ceremony at the AMC 18, Altamonte Springs Mall
- 8:30 PM – Networking Party at An Tobar Irish Pub and Restaurant (See Important details below, treat your drink ticket like cash).
- First Domestic Wine/Beer or 2 Soft Drinks/Bottled Waters is complimentary (taxes and gratuity on these are pre-paid by us as well)!
- Red-Carpet Photography
- Free Parking (Enter, then go left into venue parking lot. If gate is down, get ticket, be sure to collect a Free Parking voucher from your bartender or server).
Best Dressed/Suited Contest – Blaze OIF Edition
Think you’ve got the look? Show it off!
We’re awarding free headshots to the 3 top-scoring winners of each category (total of 6!):
👗 Best Dressed (for standout dresses)
🤵 Best Suited (for sharpest suits)
How to Enter:
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Must be 18 or older
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Take a full-body photo of yourself at the Blaze OIF event on Saturday, April 12
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Submit your photo using the form below this description by Sunday 4/13 @ 11:59PM
- Results by 4/20/25
Winners Chosen By:
Our judges and the sponsors for this contest, ART Photo Boutique will be selecting the winners based on style, presence, and overall flair.
So bring the fire, dress to impress, and you just might walk away with a brand-new headshot package!