LA FILLE (DAUGHTER) - Awards and FESTIVAL screenings!

This short horror film was shot in Dinant, Belgium. Directed by Jorge Sermini with screenplay by Nicole Elmer.

2026

This year saw various screenings and awards in film festivals all over the globe. Some of the highlights include: Best International Short Film award at the Santiago Horror Film Festival and being the opening night film. Best Short Film at the Brussels Cineverse Film Festival. It also won Best International Film at the Tonkawa Film Festival in the US. It screened at Horror en las Montañas in México. Nicole won the Best Screenplay award at the Etreum Horror Film Festival in Bogotá, Colombia.

2025

FALL

La Fille was an official selection at the Milwaukee Horror Film Fest, screening in September. This short horror film also be screened in the US at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon in the same month.

And for October, the spoooookkiest month of the year, the film screened at the UK horror and genre film festival Grimmfest, the Lusca Film Fest in Puerto Rico, and Curtas - Festival do Imaxinario in October. Here it won Best Short Film Director for Jorge.

Our North American premiere of La Fille screened at Screamfest LA in early October in Los Angeles. This festival is all about the horror genre, and is one of the largest and longest running festival of its kind in the US.

In November, the film screened at the Ethereal Horror Fest in Austin, Texas, where both Nicole and Jorge used to live. Austin was the birthplace of the idea and where the early exploration of the film began. At the Ethereal Horror Fest, it won the “Best Director” award (congrats again, Jorge!)

The film also won “Best International Short Film” at the Infierno en los Andes Fest (Hell in the Andes) Fest 2025 where it screened in late October. It screened at the Italian Horror Fantasy Fest early in November where it won “Best Short Film.”

SUMMER

La Fille played in August at Macabro in Mexico! Started in 2002, this international festival is the first genre fest in Mexico, and now is a key festival for premiering new independent horror.

Norway loves us! Or loves La Fille anyway. After its world premiere in October 2024 in Norway, La Fille returned to Norway for Ravenheart International Film Festival in Oslo from June 11-15.

SPRING

The film played at Hard:Line Film Festival in Germany. We were in competition for the coveted Méliès D'Argent Award for the best European short film. The full lineup announcement can be found here.

The film was also in competition in the Generation XYZ Competition selection of the Tampere Film Festival in Finland on March 7th and 8th.

2024

La Fille was its global premiere at the Ramaskrik Film Festival in Norway. We were in competition in the Méliès D'Argent for best European short. This was a BIG deal for a premiere. Ramaskrik is considered to be one of the top 100 film festivals in the world, which is saying a lot as there are approximately 12,000 film festivals currently active. Ramaskrik is a new member of the Méliès International Festivals Federation which consists of 17 festivals that focus on fantasy and horror films.

La Fille entered another festival, Razor Reel in Bruge Belgium. The screening was Nov 2, 2024

JANUARY 2025

Bone Guitar, a short heavy metal horror film, is a recipient of an Austin Film Society Grant for Short Films! The grant will help cover post-production costs. This year, 19 projects were selected. This grant supports Texas-based filmmakers. Read articles on this project and others in the Austin Chronicle, in the Austin Film Society press release, and in the Soulciti announcement.

JANUARY 2024

We wrapped shooting pick up scenes for the short horror film La Fille, in Belgium. This is a production between Harald House and Blue Paper Film Works. We had the awesome opportunity to have worked with Steven Kostanski who is a Canadian writer, director, SFX guru, and make up artist. He created the monster for La Fille.

JULY 2021

More awesome news! The Shepherd, a feature horror film, was accepted into Cine Qua Non Lab 2021 Script Revisions.

APRIL 2021

Our feature-length thriller, Niña Buena, Niña Mala (Good Girl, Bad Girl), was accepted into the Cine Qua Storylines lab! This is a lab designed for narrative feature film projects from early concept to treatment stage.

JULY 2020

Another market for one of our projects! The Shepherd is an official selection for the Frontières Fantasia International Co-Production market. The Market showcases 20 genre-focused projects in development (10 European and 10 North American) which are presented to a large and diverse group of prominent industry professionals (producers, financiers, sales agents, distributors). Normally happening in Montréal, this year the market will be virtual, due to the pandemic. Read more about our project and others here: https://frontieresmarket.com/en/coproduction-market/2020

May 2020

Good news for Good Girl, Bad Girl (Niña Buena, Niña Mala)! This thriller set in Puerto Rico was accepted into the 16th Annual Latino Media Market. This event is held annually by NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) and brings its fellows into a forum where they can meet other industry reps in order to usher their projects into the completion.

OCTOBER, 2019

We are happy to say that The Shepherd was a semifinalist in the 2019 Slamdance Screenplay Competition in the Horror category! The script was in the top 31 out of over 4000 scripts submitted. Congrats, Team Shepherd!

August, 2019

Yay! Good news for Good Girl, Bad Girl (Niña Buena, Niña Mala)! The script has advanced to second round judging for Sundance 2020 Development Track, and is in pre-selection for the Hubert Bals Fund.

April 3, 2017

We mourn the loss of one of our writers and collaborators, Jason Tremblay, after a long battle with cancer. He was 39. Jason was an accomplished playwright with his company, Theater Heroes, in addition to writing numerous scripts for Blue Paper Film Works. He was a co-writer for In the Shadow, and wrote What's the Use? His creativity and insight into the story-telling process will be missed, as will his wit and honesty. We love you, Jason!