Ray Kermani
Director/Writer
Ray Kermani
Director/Writer
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Ray Kermani is a Belgian film director and screenwriter of Persian descent.
In 2016, together with producer and screenwriter Ines Swinters, they founded Shadow Pictures.
Ever since, they started making horror short films.
They're short films and screenplays have been screened in 29 countries and have won 35 awards.
He's a big supporter of diversity in horror films.
Filmography
128 Awards & Selections
Semi-Finalist
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Renegade Film Festival
Georgia
2022
Finalist
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Festival du Fantastique de Béziers
Beziers
2022
Official Selection
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6ix Screams International Horror Film Festival
Toronto
2021
Finalist
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Night of the Horror Festival
Tienen
2021
Official Selection
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Fantastic Zagreb
Zagreb
2021
Official Selection
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LUSCA Fantastic Film Fest
San Juan
2021
Finalist
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FANtastic Horror Film Festival
San Diego
2021
Official Selection
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HorrorHound Weekend
Atlanta
2021
Nominated Méliès d'Argent
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Imagine Film Festival
Amsterdam
2021
Winner Best Script
Malice
Independent Horror Movie Awards
2021
Winner Best TV Pilot Script
Malice
Hollywood Horrorfest
Los Angeles
2021
Winner Best Screenplay
Malice
Screenplay Contest - NOTH
Tienen
2020
Semi-Finalist
Malice
Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards
Los Angeles
2020
Semi-finalist
Malice
Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition
2020
Second Runner Up
Malice
PixelsGARAGE Awards of Excellence
2020
Offcial Selection
The Shoe Collector
Shockfest Film Festival
2020
Semi-Finalist
The Shoe Collector
Screenplay Festival
Sherman Oakes
2020
Finalist
Blind Spot
Videoscream International Film Festival
Portland
2020
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Slasher Film Festival
Peoria
2020
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Little Terrors Short Film Festival
Toronto
2020
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Madeira Fantastic FilmFest
Funchal
2020
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
HorrorHaus Film Festival
Los Angeles
2020
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Little Terrors Short Film Festival
Toronto
2020
Finalist
In Her Shoes
MeggaXP's Blood Bash
Jackson, MI
2020
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Atlanta Horror Film Festival
Atlanta
2020
WINNER Best Score, Best Sound Design, Best Practical Effects
In Her Shoes
Focus International Film Festival
2020
WINNER Best Actress
In Her Shoes
New York International Film Awards
New York
2020
WINNER BEST UNDER 5 MINUTE FILM
In Her Shoes
New York International Film Awards
New York
2020
AWARD Best Horror
In Her Shoes
Košice International Monthly Film Festival
Košice
2020
WINNER Best Performance
In Her Shoes
Short Cine Fest
2020
WINNER Best Performance
In Her Shoes
Women in Horror Film Festival
Marietta - Atlanta
2020
Semi-finalist
The Shoe Collector
Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
Los Angeles
2019
Finalist
The Shoe Collector
13HORROR.COM Film & Screenplay Contest
2019
Pitch Contest - Finalist
The Shoe Collector
Imagine Film Festival
Amsterdam
2019
3rd Place
The Shoe Collector
Hollywood Horrorfest
Los Angeles
2019
Silver Awards Best Horror
The Shoe Collector
Hollywood Screenplay Contest
Los Angeles
2019
Official Selection
Blind Spot
Just Before Midnight Noir Film Fest
2019
Official Selection
Blind Spot
Festival de Cine sobre la discapacidad "Ànec" Festival de Cine sobre la discapacidad "Ànec"
Valencia
2019
Official Selection
Blind Spot
Haunted House FrighFest - Berlin Screening
Berlin
2019
Official Selection
Blind Spot
Dumbo Film Festival
New York
2019
Official Selection
Blind Spot
Linear International Film Festival
Salford
2019
Official Selection
Blind Spot
Lake View International Film Festival
Ludhiana
2019
Official Selection
Blind Spot
International Short Film Festival Middelburg
Middelburg
2019
Official Selection
Blind Spot
Ravenheart International Film Festival
Oslo
2019
Official Selection
Blind Spot
Midwest Monster Film Fest
Moline
2019
HONORABLE MENTION
Blind Spot
Things 2 Fear Film Fest
Bunker Hill
2019
WINNER Best Emotion
Blind Spot
Horror of Damned Festival
Milan
2019
WINNER
Blind Spot
One-Reeler Short Film Competition
Los Angeles
2019
WINNER Best Writer
Blind Spot
Couch Film Festival
Toronto
2019
WINNER BEST YOUNG ACTRESS
Blind Spot
Vegas Movie Awards
Las Vegas
2019
WINNER BEST HORROR
Blind Spot
Vegas Movie Awards
Las Vegas
2019
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Flint Fright FilmFest
Flint
2019
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Horror Movie Freaks Film Fest
Clemmons
2019
SEMI-FINALIST
In Her Shoes
Couch Film Festival
Toronto
2019
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Northeast Wisconsin Horror Film Festival
Oshkosh
2019
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Horror Avenue Film Festival
Dekalb
2019
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Dead All Day Horror Film Festival
Runcorn
2019
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
HorrOrigins Film Festival
Chamblee
2019
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Scares That Care Charity Weekend Film Festival
Williamsburg
2019
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Acocollona't. Girona Fantastic & Horror Film Festival
Girona
2019
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Panama Horror Film Festival
Bellavista
2019
Offical Selection
In Her Shoes
Glasgow Horror Festival - Disability in Horror
Glasgow
2019
Finalist
In Her Shoes
Motor City Nightmares
Detroit
2019
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Sin City Horror Fest
Las Vegas
2019
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Sacramento Horror Film Festival
Sacramento
2019
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
Lund International Fantastic Film Festival 2019
Lund
2019
FINALIST
In Her Shoes
Shriekfest
Los Angeles
2019
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
HorrorHound Weekend Film Festival
Indianapolis
2019
Official Selection
In Her Shoes
FantaFestival
Rome
2019
WINNER Best Emotions
In Her Shoes
Horror Of Damned Festival
Milan
2019
WINNER Best Young Actress
In Her Shoes
Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
Hollywood
2019
WINNER Best Short Film
In Her Shoes
Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
Los Angeles
2019
WINNER Best Actress
In Her Shoes
Chicago Horror Film Festival
Chicago
2019
WINNER Best Actress (micro short)
In Her Shoes
Fear Fete Horror Film Festival
Biloxi
2019
WINNER Best Director (Micro Short)
In Her Shoes
Fear Fete Horror Film Festival
Biloxi
2019
WINNER Best Micro Short
In Her Shoes
Fear Fete Horror Film Festival
Biloxi
2019
Official Selection
Little Shoes
Night Terrors Film Festival
Copenhagen
2019
Official Selection
Shoes
North Hollywood CineFest
Los Angeles
2019
Official Selection
Shoes
an Anti-Hero Production Genre Fest
Burbank
2019
Official Selection
Shoes
Reels Of The Dead
Atlanta
2019
Official Selection
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Courts Mais Trash
Brussels
2019
Official Selection
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HorrorHound Weekend Film Festival
Cincinnati
2019
Semi-Finalist
Shoes
jellyFEST
North Hollywood
2019
Official Selection
Little Shoes
Night Of Fear Festival
Edmonton
2018
Official Selection
Little Shoes
IKUSKA 2018
Pasaia
2018
Official Selection
Shoes
CRASH - INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL
Goiânia
2018
Official Selection
Shoes
Ludic Dreams
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana
2018
Official Selection
Shoes
Festival Boca do inferno
São Paulo
2018
Official Selection
Shoes
Night of Fear Festival
Edmonton
2018
Official Selection
Shoes
Madeira Fantastic FilmFest
Funchal
2018
Official Selection
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Cryptshow Festival
Badalona
2018
Official Selection
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MedFF
Siracusa
2018
Official Selection
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Chandra Kamini Films
Swindon
2018
Official Selection
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Cefalù Film Festival
Cefalù
2018
Official Selection
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Russian International Horror Film Awards
Moscow
2018
Official Selection
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Summer Scream Fest
Marietta
2018
Official Selection
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Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival
London
2018
Official Selection
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Torremolinos International Fantastic Film Festival
Torremolinos
2018
Official Selection
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Panic Fest
North Kansas City
2018
Official Selection
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Final Girls Berlin Film Festival
Berlin
2018
Official Selection
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Nevermore Film Festival
Durham
2018
Official Selection
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SHIVER
Smiths Falls
2018
Official Selection
Shoes
Buried Alive Horror Film Festival
Atlanta
2018
FINALIST
Shoes
Hemoglozine
Ciudad Real
2018
SEMI-FINALIST
Shoes
Festival of Terror
Birmingham
2018
SEMI-FINALIST
Shoes
DarkVeins Horror Fest
Maglie
2018
NOMINEE Best Horror Micro Short Film
Shoes
Oregon Scream Week
Portland
2018
NOMINEE MÉLIÈS D'ARGENT
Shoes
Imagine Film Festival
Amsterdam
2018
WINNER Best Sound Design
Shoes
Catharsis International Film Festival
Beerse
2018
WINNER First Runner Up
Shoes
6ix Screams International Horror Film Festival 2018
Toronto
2018
WINNER Best Short up to 5 mins
Shoes
Horror Of Damned
Milano
2018
WINNER Audience Award
Shoes
International Short Film Festival Kalmthout
Kalmthout
2018
WINNER Best Foreign Mini Short
Shoes
Things 2 Fear
Winchester
2018
WINNER Best Thriller
Shoes
Liberty Massacre
Philadelphia
2018
Official Selection
The Summoning
Night of the Short Film
Antwerp
2018
Official Selection
Seance
Halloween Horror Picture Show
Tampa
2018
Official Selection
Seance
Night Terrors Film Festival
Kopenhagen
2018
Finalist
Seance
I FILMMAKER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Marbelle
2018
Official Selection
Shoes
Montevideo Fantástico 11
Montevideo
2017
Official Selection
The Summoning
Cardiff International Film Festival
Cardiff
2017
Official Selection
The Summoning
15 Seconds Horror Film Challenge
2017
Official Selection
The Summoning
Fake Flesh Film Fest
Kamloops
2017
Official Selection
The Summoning
Big Terror Horror Short Film Festival
Marietta, Ohio
2017
Official Selection
Seance
Fake Flesh Film Fest
Kamloops
2017
Official Selection
Seance
Slash and Bash Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival
Topeka and Lawrence
2017
Winner Best National Short FIlm
Seance
Moving Pictures Festival
Kalmthout
2017
Finalist
Parking Sensor
Hollywood Horrorfest
Los Angeles
Offical Selection
Blind Spot
Minikino Monthly Screening & Discussion
Bali
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