Natchez Film Co.’s ‘Postal Parasites’ voted top 3 in 11 award categories of 48-Hour Film Project: New Orleans

Editor’s note: This story originally published Saturday, July 13, contained an error regarding the name of the award nominees. This story has been updated.

NATCHEZ — Natchez Film Co.’s project “Postal Parasites” is on the nominee list for 11 different award categories of the 48-Hour Film Project: New Orleans competition, filmmakers announced today.

The 48-Hour Film Project is a global event that happens in more than 100 cities on different weekends throughout the year. Filmmaking teams in the competition create a short film in one weekend to be judged by local judges of the city they are entered.

Contestants draw genres from a hat and receive contest rules during a Friday night kickoff party. Then it is off to the races — writing, shooting and editing and doing whatever it takes to submit their film on Sunday night.

Every film, whether submitted on time or late, will screen at local theaters, but the top films earn more exposure.

“Stay tuned for the announcement of our Natchez premiere, coming soon!” Natchez Film Co. shared on its page Saturday.

The plot centers around a pair of struggling filmmakers who resort to package thievery to fund their movie, according to IMDb.

More than a dozen awards are given in the competition. The topmost prize is Best Film.

The winner of Best Film will screen at the international film festival “Filmapalooza,” which features screenings, workshops and parties and is attended by filmmakers from around the world. Best Films also go on to compete for “Grand Champion of the Year” at Filmapalooza.

Natchez Film Co. entered in the New Orleans competition June 7 through 9.

Of 30 different entries, the Film Natchez project was nominated in the top three spot for 11 of the different award categories, including the following: Best Cinematography, Best Directing, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Musical Score, Best Set Design, Best Sound Design, Best Writing, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Use of Required Character and Best Make-up.

Award winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on Saturday, July 20, at 7 p.m. Films nominated for Best Film will be announced Monday.

“Our judges are currently reviewing the films made over the weekend of (June) 7 through 9, 2024. They are deliberating on a range of awards, including Best Film, which will go on to represent 48 Hour Film Project – New Orleans at Filmapalooza 2025 and compete for Best 48HFP Film of 2024,” the 48-Hour Film Project web page states.

The complete list of nominees in the 48-Hour Film Project: New Orleans competition for 2024 are as follows:

BEST USE OF PROP

My Mug – Backyard Shed Films

Return to Sender – Hyphenates

The Grind – HeadHunter Productions

BEST USE OF LINE

Return To Sender – Hyphenates

The Grind – HeadHunter Productions

Full Package -The Stillettos

BEST USE OF CHARACTER

Postal Parasites – Natchez Film Company

The Grind – HeadHunter Productions

Full Package – The Stillettos

BEST MAKEUP

Postal Parasites – Davis Seiver Sharp

Caddie Chaffin for Butterfly

The Goddess Chelsea Chavis

BEST COSTUME

Full Package – Chelsea Bruland

Kristen Keeley White – for – My Mug

“Under Where?” – Jessica Seghers

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

The Goddess – Chelsea Chavis

Beautiful – Rebecca Fox

Butterfly – Michele Bouquet

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

Full Package – Chelsea Bruland

The Goddess – Chelsea Chavis

Postal Parasites – Davis Seiver Sharp

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

Dave Burdick- for Butterfly

John Armijo – Father’s Day

Caesar Meadows – Gleep! Glop!!

BEST GRAPHICS

Gleep! Glop!! – Caesar Meadows

Beautiful – Rebecca Fox

Dan Isaacs for Butterfly

BEST SET DESIGN

Dave Burdick for Butterfly

Postal Parasites

Full Package

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Postal Parasites

The Grind

Feels Like Summer

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Brandon Oseka For the Grind

Postal Parasites

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Postal Parasites

The Grind

BEST ACTOR

Jaylen Moore For The Full Package

Craig Leydecker For The Grind

Britton Webb For Postal Parasites

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Michael Dardant For The Mug

Brian Plaideau for Waiting for Gateaux

T J Sebastian for Waiting for Gateaux

BEST ACTRESS

Kelly Lind For The Mug

Brittany Chandler For Postal Parasites

Deven McNair for The Full Package

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Alicia Lu – for The Mug

Leslie Nipkow – for Hyphenates

Sasha Ellingson – for Butterfly

BEST EDITING

Bob Krieger For The Grind

Matthew Paul Spriggs for Postal Apocalypse

BEST WRITING

Dayton Hall Douglass for Postal Parasites

John Armijo for Father’s Day

BEST DIRECTING

Postal Parasites – Davis Seiver Sharp

The Grind – Hunter McGregor

The Full Package – Chelsea Bruland

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