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December 20, 2025
Quarantine Official Selection at the Venus on Broadway Int'l Film Festival - Honorable Mention.
December 20, 2025
Staycation: Teaser Trailer Official Selection at the Venus on Broadway Int'l Film Festival - Honorable Mention.
December 13-14, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Moonwhite Films International Film Fest - Best Director, Best Actor (Gilles Stricher), Best Actress (Catherine LaSalle) Winner, Best Film Nomination.
December 7, 2025
Round the Corner North America Premiere at the San Francisco’s Another Hole in the Head.
December 4-12, 2025
Round the Corner World Premiere at the Culver City Film Festival.
December 4-5, 2025
Quarantine Las Vegas Premiere at the GainesCon International Film Festival.
December 3-5, 2025
Staycation: Teaser Trailer Official Selection at the Filmonaco - Semi-Finalist.
November 27, 2025
Routine Official Selection at the WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival.
November 19, 2025
Quarantine Caçador Premiere at the Caçador De Filmes Mexico International Film Festival - Semi-Finalist.
November 16, 2025 @ 6:30pm
Staycation New York City Premiere at the Art is Alive Film Festival.
November 15, 2025 @ 7:45pm
Quarantine Los Angeles Premiere at the FirstGlance Film Festival Los Angeles - Best Horror/Thriller Nomination.
November 14-16, 2025
Quarantine Grand Rapids Premiere at the Grand Rapids Comic-Con Film Festival.
November 14, 2025 @ 1:45pm
Quarantine New York City Premiere at the Art is Alive Film Festival.
November 13, 2025
Quarantine Nevada Premiere at the Shockfest Film Festival.
November 11-16, 2025
Round the Corner Official Selection at the Zed Fest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition.
November 11-16, 2025
Quarantine Official Selection at the Zed Fest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition.
November 11-16, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Zed Fest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition - Semi-Finalist.
November 11-15, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Black Cat Award International Film Festival.
November 10, 2025 @ 4:30pm
Staycation Georgia Premiere at the Georgia Comedy Film Festival - Best Dark Comedy Film Award Nomination.
November 8-9, 2025
Quarantine Evansville Premiere at the Horror Haven Film Expo.
November 7, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at The Flight Deck Film Festival.
November 5, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Indie Oscar ’25 – UK Edition - Best Picture ‘25, Best Director, Best Cast, Best Cinematography, Best Original Screenplay (Category: Narrative Feature) Winner.
November 3-5, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Hollywood Hype International Film Festival - Best Horror Film, Best Director, Best Cinematographer, Best Actor/Actress, Best Cast & Crew Winner, Best Writer, Best Composer Nominations.
November 2, 2025
Quarantine West Chester Premiere at the Synergy Film Festival - Best Male Actor (Gilles Stricher) Finalist, Horror Films, Best Female Actor (Bailey Sorrel) Semi-Finalist.
November 1, 2025 @ 6:10pm
Quarantine Washington Premiere at The Thing In The Basement Horror Fest.
October 31, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at The Edgar Allan Poe International Screenwriter Awards - Best Original Narrative Feature of the Year, Best Director, Best Cast, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay Winner.
October 31, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at The Dunwich Horror Fest - Best Feature Film Nomination.
October 31, 2025
Staycation SVOD/AVOD release date with Deskpop Entertainment, a subsidiary of Twin Engines Global.
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Staycation Official Selection at the Worldwide Film Promotion Awards - Best Indie Director of the Year, Best Narrative Feature, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cast, Best Cinematographer Winner.
October 28, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Foreign Press Prize Autumn in Cannes - Best Narrative Feature of the Year, Best International Arthouse Moviemaker, Best Cast, Best Casting Director, Best American Indie Screenwriter Winner.
October 25 to November 16, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at The Spooktacular Film Fest for Horror & Sci-Fi - Coolest Practical Effects or Monster Nomination.
October 25, 2025
Andy Walker of The Sciforror Film Podcast has Staycation director Russ Emanuel on as a guest reviewer.
October 25, 2025
Quarantine Official Selection at the Night of the Horror Festival - Honorable Mention.
October 24, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Stanley Film Awards - Best Indie Director of the Year, Best Narrative Feature, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cast, Best Cinematographer Winner.
October 22, 2025
Round the Corner makes it onto the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
October 21, 2025
Quarantine Official Selection at the Davey Awards - Film/Video-Entertainment, Silver 2025 Winner.
October 20, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Film Grammy Awards - Best Original Narrative Feature, Best International Director (Category: Narrative Feature), Best Cinematography, Best Producer Winner.
October 19, 2025 @ 1:30pm
Quarantine West Chester Premiere at the Off Page Film Festival - Finalist.
October 18, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Hollywood Arthouse - Best Director of the Year, Best Cinematographer, Best Original Idea, Best Screenplay, Best Cast (Category: Narrative Feature) Winner.
October 18, 2025 @ 10:45pm
Quarantine North Dakota Premiere at the Fargo Fantastic Film Festival.
October 18, 2025 @ 11am
Quarantine Austin Premiere at the Austin After Dark Film Festival - Best Horror Film Award Nomination.
October 17, 2025 @ 7:15pm
Staycation Massachusetts Premiere at the Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival - Best Picture: Feature Film Winner.
October 17, 2025 @ 7pm
Quarantine Massachusetts Premiere at the Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival.
October 16, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Monaco Film Meeting - Best Film of the Year, Best Moviemaker (Category: Narrative Feature), Best Original Idea, Best Screenplay, Best Editing Winner.
October 15, 2025 @ 5:30pm
Quarantine Official Selection at the Grindhouse Nights Film Festival.
October 10, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the International Society of Film Critics Awards (ISFCA) - Best International Indie Narrative Feature 2025, Best Director, Best Production Company, Best Screenplay, Best Cast (Category: American Narrative Feature) Winner.
October 9-18, 2025
Staycation (Apocalypse Death Party): Official Trailer Official Selection at the Chalachitra International Film Awards - Best Trailer/Teaser Winner.
October 9, 2025
Michael Rivera of VoyageOhio does a Staycation interview with director Russ Emanuel.
October 8, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Sweet Democracy Film Awards - Best American Narrative Feature of the Year, Best Indie Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cast (Category: Narrative Feature) Winner.
October 6, 2025
Staycation EST/DTO/TVOD/VOD/DVD release date with Deskpop Entertainment, a subsidiary of Twin Engines Global.
October 5, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the New Horizons of Cinema - Beverly Hills - Best Director of the Year, Best Cinematographer, Best Original Idea, Best Screenplay, Best Cast (Category: Narrative Feature) Winner.
October 4, 2025 @ 7:30pm
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands Official Selection at the Raleigh Film & Art Festival - Best Special Effects Winner.
October 3-5, 2025
Staycation Kansas Premiere at the Slash and Bash Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival.
October 1-6, 2025
Staycation (Apocalypse Death Party): Official Trailer Official Selection at the Pageant Film Festival - Best Trailer/Teaser Winner.
October 1-5, 2025
Staycation Semi-Finalist at the Flickers' Vortex Sci-Fi Fantasy and Horror Film Festival.
September 30, 2025
Quarantine Official Selection at the Independent Horror Movie Awards - Best Twist Winner, Best Short, Best Director, Best Actress (Bailey Sorrel), Best Special Effects Nominations.
September 29, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the London Underground Film Critics Awards - Best Original Movie of the Year, Best Young Director, Best Cast, Best Cinematographer Winner.
September 29, 2025
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands Official Selection at the London Underground Film Critics Awards - Best Arthouse Producer, Best International Indie Short Film, Best Cinematography Winner.
September 29, 2025
Routine Official Selection at the London Underground Film Critics Awards - Best American Filmmaker 2025, Best Narrative Short Film, Best Screenplay Short, Best Editing Winner.
September 27, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the LOS ANGELES Best Indie Sets Of The Year & New Visions in Cinema - Best Film 2025, Best Director (Category: Narrative Feature), Best Casting Director, Best Cinematographer, Best Screenplay (Category: Narrative Feature), Most Innovative Artist of the Year Winner.
September 23, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the European Indie Film Critics Awards - Best International Narrative Feature, Best Indie Director, Best Casting Director, Best Original Screenplay Winner.
September 20, 2025 @ 9:30pm
Staycation (Apocalypse Death Party): Official Trailer Virginia Premiere at the Williamsburg International Film & Music Competition - Film/TV/Web Trailer Competition - Runner Up Winner.
September 20, 2025
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands Official Selection at the LA Indie Shorts - Best Director Winner.
September 20, 2025
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands Official Selection at the Chicago New Directors New Screenwriters Awards - Best Arthouse Producer, Best International Indie Short Film, Best Cast, Best Original Idea, Best Cinematography Winner.
September 20, 2025
Routine Official Selection at the Chicago New Directors New Screenwriters Awards - Best American Filmmaker 2025, Best Narrative Short Film, Best Screenplay Short, Best Editing Winner.
September 19, 2025 @ 1pm
Quarantine New York Premiere at The New York Science Fiction and Horror Film Festival.
September 19, 2025
Staycation (Apocalypse Death Party): Official Trailer Official Selection at the Action/Crime/Mystery Film & Screenplay Festival.
September 18, 2025
Staycation: Teaser Trailer Official Selection at the Golden Fox Awards - Best Trailer/Teaser Winner.
September 18, 2025
Routine Official Selection at the FEEDBACK Under 5 Minute Film Festival - Best Short Film Winner.
September 18, 2025
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands Official Selection at the Golden Fox Awards - Best International Short Film, Best Director (Outstanding Achievements Award) Winner.
September 17, 2025
Staycation New York Premiere at the New York FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festival.
September 17, 2025 @ 5pm
Staycation (Apocalypse Death Party): Official Trailer Official Selection at the Valley Film Festival.
September 16, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Indie Emmy Awards - Best International Narrative Feature, Best Indie Director, Best Casting Director, Best Original Screenplay Winner.
September 15, 2025
Staycation San Francisco Premiere at the San Francisco International Film Awards - Best Covid-Theme Film, Best Actress in a Feature Film (Olivia d’Abo) Winner.
September 11, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Special Event in Toronto - Best Director of the Year, Best Cinematographer, Best Original Idea, Best Screenplay, Best Cast (Category: Narrative Feature) Winner.
September 10-14, 2025
Staycation (Apocalypse Death Party): Official Trailer Official Selection at the Kyoto Cinematica Film Festival - Best Trailer/Teaser Winner.
September 9, 2025
Quarantine Official Selection at the Independent Shorts Awards - Bronze Award: Best Horror Short, Best Actress (Bailey Sorrel), Honorable Mention: Best Actor (Gilles Stricher) Winner.
September 9, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Quarantine Official Selection at the Silicon Beach Film Festival - Best Horror/Thriller Short Winner.
September 8, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Indie Golden Globes 2025 – Summer Edition - Best Original Indie Narrative Feature 2025, Best Screenplay, Best Sound Designer, Best Moviemaker 2025, Best Original Editing Winner.
September 7-10, 2025
Staycation (Apocalypse Death Party): Official Trailer Official Selection at the Script Symphony Award - Best Trailer Finalist.
September 5, 2025
Staycation (Apocalypse Death Party): Official Trailer Official Selection at the IndieX Film Fest - Semi-Finalist.
September 4, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Best Screenwriter 2025 - Best International Screenplay (Category: Narrative Feature), Best Director, Best Cast, Best Editing, Best American Indie Production Company Winner.
September 4, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival - PLATINUM Nosferatu Prize for Horror: Best Picture, Best Actor (Sean Kenney), Best Actress (Olivia d'Abo), Best Director, GOLD Nosferatu Prize for Horror: Best Music Score, Best Writer Winner.
September 1-3, 2025
Quarantine South Africa Premiere at the Tarzana Comic Con / Film Fest - Best Short Film Winner.
September 1-3, 2025
Staycation South Africa Premiere at the Tarzana Comic Con / Film Fest - Best Feature Film Winner.
August 31, 2025
Quarantine Official Selection at the Independent City Film Festival - Best Horror Winner, Best Director, Best Actress (Bailey Sorrel), Best Script Nominations.
August 31, 2025 @ 4:30pm
Quarantine North Hollywood Premiere at the Studio City International Film & TV Festival - Best Horror Short, Best Sci-Fi Short Nominations.
August 31, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Real Image Film Festival - Best Feature Horror Winner, Best Actor (Sean Kenney), Best Script, Best Director Nominations.
August 31, 2025
Occupants Official Selection at the Real Image Film Festival (2nd Time) - Best Mockumentary Winner.
August 30, 2025 @ 5:45pm
Quarantine Miami Premiere at the Urban Film Festival.
August 30, 2025 @ 2:30pm
Quarantine Wyoming Premiere at the 307 International Film Festival.
August 29, 2025
Julie D'Aloiso of Northeast Ohio News writes a Staycation article about director Russ Emanuel.
August 28-30, 2025
Staycation (Apocalypse Death Party): Official Trailer Official Selection at the Filmovia International Film Festival - Best Trailer Winner.
August 27, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Special Event in Venice – 8 & Halfilm Awards - Best Director of the Year, Best Cinematographer, Best Original Idea, Best Screenplay, Best Cast (Category: Narrative Feature) Winner.
August 26, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the High 5 Film Festival - Best Short Film, Best Directing, Best Cinematography Nominations.
August 22, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Natural Born Artist, Special Event in Manhattan, NYC - Best Director of the Year, Best Cinematographer, Best Original Idea, Best Screenplay, Best Cast (Category: Narrative Feature) Winner.
August 17, 2025 @ 1pm
Staycation Maharashtra Premiere at the Roshani International Film Festival - Best Actor (Sean Kenney), Best Actress (Olivia d'Abo) – Special Jury, Best Cinematography (Outstanding Achievement), Best Director, Best Comedy Film (Outstanding Achievement), Best Supporting Actor (Gilles Stricher), Best Supporting Actress (Kelli Maroney), Best Sound Design (Outstanding Achievement), Best Sound Design, Best Sci Fi, Best Sci Fi - Director Award, Best Production Design, Best Producer (Outstanding Achievement), Best Performance Negative Role – Kelli Maroney, Best Original Score, Best Male Director (Special Jury), Best Horror Film, Best Feature Film (Outstanding Achievement), Best Feature Film – Director Award (Foreign Film), Best Editing (Outstanding Achievement), Best Covid-19 Film, Best Covid-19 Film – Director Award Winner.
August 16, 2025 @ 9:30pm
Staycation (Apocalypse Death Party): Official Trailer Official Selection at The Indie Gathering International Film Festival.
August 16, 2025 @ 11am
Staycation Official Selection at The Indie Gathering International Film Festival - Best Thriller Feature, Indie Filmmaker Hall of Fame Inductee 2025 Winner.
August 15, 2025 @ 6:30pm
Quarantine Official Selection at The Indie Gathering International Film Festival.
August 14, 2025
Staycation Philippines Premiere at the Season's International Film Festival - Best Ensemble Cast, Best Supporting Actor (Ed Mower), Best Actor Male (Justin Terry-Smith) Winner.
August 13, 2025
Staycation Bangladesh Premiere at the Gao International Film Festival, Bangladesh - Best Director, Best Story, Best International Film, Best Foreign Film, Best Ensemble Cast, Best Actor Male (Justin Terry-Smith), Best Production, Best Jury Award, Best Trailer Winner.
August 13, 2025
Routine Official Selection at the Gao International Film Festival, Bangladesh - Best Short Film, Best Foreign Director, Best Producer, Best Social Film, Fan Choice Award, Special Mention Award Winner.
August 10-13, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Telluride Indie Film Festival - Best International Indie Narrative Feature of the Year, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cast (Category: Narrative Feature) Winner.
August 10-13, 2025
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands Official Selection at the Telluride Indie Film Festival - Best International Arthouse Short Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay Short, Best Acting (Category: International Indie Narrative Short Film) Winner.
August 10-13, 2025
Routine Official Selection at the Telluride Indie Film Festival - Best Director 2025, Best Producer, Best Original Idea, Best Narrative Short 2025 Winner.
August 10, 2025
Staycation: Teaser Trailer Official Selection at the Angelic Stars International Film Festival.
August 8, 2025
Staycation Zimbabwe Premiere at the Bulawayo International Film Festival, Zimbabwe - Best Ensemble Cast, Best Supporting Actor (Ed Mower) Winner.
August 8, 2025
Quarantine Turkey Premiere at the Anatolia International Film Festival - Best Promising Director Winner.
August 8, 2025
Staycation Turkey Premiere at the Anatolia International Film Festival - Best Feature Film Nomination.
August 5-16, 2025
Staycation Nepal Premiere at the Humro Cinema Film Fest - Best Narrative Feature, Best Story Winner, Best Director, Best Comedy, Best Film Nominations.
August 5, 2025
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands Official Selection at the World Actors Guild Awards.
August 5, 2025
Routine Official Selection at the World Actors Guild Awards.
August 3, 2025
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands Official Selection at the Capri Film Meeting Awards.
August 3, 2025
Routine Official Selection at the Capri Film Meeting Awards.
August 2, 2025 @ 6pm
Quarantine Jersey City Premiere at The Brightside Film Festival - Best Horror/Thriller, Best Sci-fi, Best Director-Horror Nominations.
August 2-3, 2025
Quarantine Iowa Premiere at the Star City Film Festival - Best Short Horror Film Winner.
August 2-3, 2025
Staycation Iowa Premiere at the Star City Film Festival - Best Editor on a Feature Winner.
August 1, 2025
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands Official Selection at the Dreams Film Awards - Best American Narrative Short 2025, Best Screenplay Short, Best Cast, Best Arthouse Filmmaker Winner.
August 1, 2025
Routine Official Selection at the Dreams Film Awards - Best Indie Producer of the Year, Best Indie Short Film, Best Indie Cinematographer Winner.
July 30, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Once Upon a Time in America Critics’ Choice Awards - Best International Indie Narrative Feature of the Year, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cast (Category: Narrative Feature) Winner.
July 30 & August 24, 2025
Staycation Official Selection at the Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film & Screenplay Festival - Best Feature Film Winner.
July 30, 2025
Staycation: Teaser Trailer Official Selection at the SCA® - Los Angeles // International Awards - Finalist.
July 27, 2025
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands Official Selection at the ICELAND Land of Cinema Film Festival - Best Arthouse Producer, Best International Indie Short Film, Best Cast, Best Original Idea, Best Cinematography Winner.
July 27, 2025
Routine Official Selection at the