film festivals
Petrol gets 5 Nominations at the IAWTV Awards
Petrol the Series was nominated for 5 categories at this year’s IAWTV Awards in Los Angeles! Nominations include: Best Directing for Ant Horasanli, Best Dramatic Series, Best Editing, Best Sound and Best Ensemble Drama.
The prestigious International Academy of Web Television will host its 5th IAWTV Awards at a gala celebration honoring the best in streaming series on October 4, 2017, in the Ahmanson Ballroom at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
For more information about the festival visit: www.iawtv.org
The Age of the Webseries
The Scottish Geek Network includes Petrol the Series on it’s list of web series to check out from across the Pond.
Check out their blog post here: The Age of The Webseries – Part I: Outside the UK
The Boys of the Oakville Film Festival
Some of the team from Petrol the Series was at hand at the Willson Oakville Film Festival for the screening of their webseries on June 25, 2017 at 6:30 pm ET at the Film.ca Theatre in Oakville. (Photo 1 Left to Right: Reza Sholeh, Ant Horasanli, Tyler Blake Smith, Len Greenaway)
The screening was followed by a lively Q & A session where the team talked about everything from production to budget and on-set antics.
The Oakville Film festival ran from June 23-25, 2017. For more information, check out their website at www.offa.ca.
Petrol is going to Buffalo
Petrol the Series is an official selection at the Buffalo Niagara International Film Festival this year!
The Festival will take place from September 20 – 30, 2017.
For more information on the festival: www.thebnff.com
Oakville Festivals of Film & Art screens Petrol
Director Ant Horasanli will have two of his latest works screened at the Oakville Festivals of Film & Art – one of them being an episode of his webseries Petrol.
Established in 2014, the Oakville Festivals of Film & Art (OFFA) is a cultural not-for-profit organization that provides Oakville’s only independent film festival.
For more information about the festival, check out their website at www.offa.ca.
T.O. WebFest announces 2017 official selections & awards nominations
T.O WebFest has announced it’s 2017 Official Selections and they include Petrol the Series! The webseries is also nominated for a genre award – Best Action & Thrills’!
The IWCC will host the 4th Annual Web Festival from May 25-27, 2017. This year’s venue will be the iconic Toronto landmark, the CN Tower.
T.O. WebFest supports, connects, promotes and celebrates independent content creators from Canada and around the world. The three day festival offers engaging panels and workshops, networking, screenings, installations, awards, and special events.
For more information about the Festival, visit their website : T.O. WebFest
Hollywood called out our name
Petrol the Series took home the Best Action/Adventure Award at the 2017 HollyWeb Festival in Hollywood. The Awards were presented at the Fonda Theatre on April 2, 2017.
Here’s a list of all the 2017 winners: HollyWeb Fest 2017 winners
Petrol the Series makes the top 20
Petrol the Series has made it onto the Web Series World Cup (WSWC) 2017 list. It’s currently ranked 19th amongst web series from around the world.
With 15 eligible web fests still to take place until December 2017, Petrol the Series is on track to move up even higher through the standings!
In it’s 3rd year, the WSWC seeks to provide international recognition that aims to recognize, support and promote the world’s most talented content makers.
Petrol the Series wins at VanWebFest 2017
Petrol the Series wins Best Mystery at Vancouver Web Fest 2017!
Check out the full list of nominees and winners : Vancouver Web Fest 2017
Canadian Screen Week 2017
Co-producers (left to right), Reza Sholeh and Ant Horasanli, of the nominated web series Petrol the Series at Canadian Screen Week 2017 in Toronto.
Co-Producer and Director, Ant Horasanli, of Petrol at the Canadian Screen Awards Digital Media Gala & Awards Night in Toronto.
Here’s a full list of Digital Media nominees for 2017.
Hollywood is calling Petrol’s name
Excited to share the news that Petrol has just been chosen as an Official Selection of the HollyWeb Festival 2017 in Los Angeles!
For more information on the festival, click here: www.hollywebfestival.com
CAST of Petrol having fun on Super Geeked Up
Check out our very own Jamie Elizabeth Sampson (Amber) and Mark Rival (Maserati Rick) having some crazy fun on Super Geeked Up, all the while promoting Petrol.
Petrol the Series cast members let loose and have some light-hearted fun on Super Geeked Up – an online sci-fi/fantasy show that plays super-fun geek-themed improv games with some of the coolest guests from the worlds of movies, TV, web series, and comics!
Click here for the full episode: Super Geeked Up
Petrol on Synaptop Film Festival
Petrol The Series will showcase two of the first episodes at the first interactive film festival, Synaptop.
See the article here.
https://www.synaptop.com/blog/2016/05/12/half-moon-cinema-new-film-festival-synaptop/
