2025 Blaze Challenge

2025 Blaze Challenge
Film Screening:
  • When: Saturday, April 12, 2025  12pm-8pm (see agenda below)
  • Where: AMC Altamonte Mall 18
  • Address: 433 E Altamonte Dr, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
Networking Party:
  • 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).

Blaze Nominees

*Best Story, Director, Sound, Visual FX and Picture will be revealed at the theater.

Best HAIR/MUA

Drama
Mind on Fire – Connor Hayes
Deals in the Dirty Waters – Summer Cirone
My Lighthouse – Liz Day
First Rites – Rosie Mergillano

Rom-Com
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
The Eden Trials – Emmett Wagner & Aileen Ventura

Best Set Design

Drama
My Lighthouse – Michael Speigner
Snow Globe – Tracey Jane
The Bone Collecta – Shanita Brown

Rom-Com
Love At The Diner – Deborah Louise Ortiz
Waiting – Jacob Schwartz
The Line Between – Jennifer Coe

Sci-Fi
The Eden Trials – Stephanie Kirves
The Nebula Gambit – Nick and Angela
All The Money In The World – Dale Metz

Best Supporting Actor

Drama
Scorched Cabin – Sean Ebanks
Mind on Fire – Noah Cherson
Rose’s Thorn – Mike Taylor
First Rites – Robert J. Fowler

Rom-Com
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
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
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
Waiting – Alice DeHaen
The Line Between – Shelby Mae Randle

Sci-Fi
Back Road – Lauren Renee
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
My Lighthouse – Mable May

Rom-Com
Waiting – PhoeNyx
Wanted: Gold Digger – Jeff Ilgenfritz
Locked On Love – Kenny Stoute

Sci-Fi
The Nebula Gambit – Joe Hodgin
The Eden Trials – Kathleen Enriquez
Back Road – Austin Roghelia

Best Editor

Drama
First Rites – Juan Felipe Munoz
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
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
Back Road – Austin Roghelia
The Nebula Gambit – Nick and Angela

Best Cinematography

Drama
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
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
The Nebula Gambit – Fernando Tosetti
All The Money In The World – Dale Metz

Best Lead Actor

Drama
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
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
Process 35908 – Harrison Beeson
The Eden Trials – Jelani Aurelus
Quantum Link – Michael Lamberti

Best Lead Actress

Drama
First Rites – Mia Sesma
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
The Line Between – Jennifer Coe
Wanted: Gold Digger – Crystal Hanley

Sci-Fi
Quantum Link – Alexa Comeau
Mandela Dimension – Christina Konieczka
The Nebula Gambit – Jessica Celestina
The Eden Trials – Stephanie Kirves
All The Money In The World – Brooke Kayla
Back Road – Teresa Crater

Congratulations!

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:

  • Must be 18 or older

  • Take a full-body photo of yourself at the Blaze OIF event on Saturday, April 12

  • 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!



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