December 8-10, 2024
Occupants Official Selection at the Maharaja Film Festival.
November 2, 2024
Occupants Official Selection at the Happenstance Horror Fest - Honorable Mention.
September 10, 2024
Occupants Official Selection at the Kookai International Film Festival - Best Horror Film Winner.
August 23, 2024
Occupants Official Selection at the 2023 Annual Festigious Competition - Best Director (Feature), Best Actor (Michael Pugliese), Best Actress (Briana White), Best Cinematography, Best Original Story, Special Jury Award - Film Nominations.
June 23 to July 7, 2024
Occupants Official Selection at the Jersey Shore Film Festival.
June 14, 2024
Occupants Official Selection at the Sci-Fi Horror & Action Film Festival - Best of Festival: Horror Feature, Best of Show: Oustanding Excellence – Actress (Briana White), Best of Show: Oustanding Excellence - Direction Winner.
May 25, 2024
Occupants director Russ Emanuel is interviewed by Kevin Haldon of The Romford Film Festival about Occupants and Staycation.
May 24, 2024 @ 11am
Occupants Official Selection at The Romford Film Festival.
May 13, 2024
Occupants Official Selection at the BR Banshee Festival - Horror Feature Film: Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Briana White), Best Actor (Michael Pugliese), Best Director Winner, Best Horror Feature, Horror Feature Film: Best Editing Nominations.
May 2, 2024
Occupants director Russ Emanuel is interviewed by Fabricio Estevam Mira of BR Banshee Festival about Occupants and Staycation.
May 1, 2024
Occupants Official Selection at the Hermes Creative Awards - Platinum Winner: Electronic Media: Social Media: Interactive Media: Video Creativity: Directing.
March 23, 2024
Occupants Official Selection at the Film Basement Horror Film Awards - Best Premise Award – Feature Film Winner.
February 24, 2024
Occupants: Teaser Trailer Official Selection at the Bloody Flicks Awards.
January 30, 2024
Occupants Official Selection at The Gladiator Film Festival - Best Feature Winner.
December 31, 2023
Occupants Official Selection at the Venus Community Awards - Best of the Year Nomination.
December 30, 2023
Occupants Official Selection at the Close Film Festival.
November 11, 2023
Occupants Official Selection at the Star City Film Festival - Director’s Achievement Award, Best Feature Film Winner.
October 31, 2023
Occupants Seattle Premiere at The Thing In The Basement Horror Fest - Semi-Finalist.
October 21, 2023
Occupants Official Selection at the Tabriz Cinema Awards - Best Actor/Actress (Robert Picardo), Best Director Winner.
October 7, 2023
Occupants Official Selection at the W³ Awards - Silver Winner: Video Features - Best Directing, Branded Entertainment – Entertainment.
October 5-8, 2023
Occupants Official Selection at the Haunted House FearFest Film Festival - Best Psychological Feature Nomination.
October 2, 2023
Occupants Official Selection at the NYX Video Awards - Grand Award: Broadcast / Television - Sci-Fi Winner.
September 28-30, 2023
Occupants Official Selection at the Philadelphia Film Awards - Best Feature Film Winner.
September 7, 2023
Occupants Official Selection at the Golden Fern Film Awards - Best Actor (Robert Picardo), Best Film Score – Soundtrack (Critic’s Choice Award), Best Producer (Critic’s Choice Award), Best VFX Artist (Outstanding Achievement Award), Horror Film, Narrative Feature (Critic’s Choice Award) Winner.
August 31, 2023
Occupants Official Selection at the Independent City Film Festival - Experimental, Editor Nominations.
May 31, 2023
Occupants Official Selection at the Real Image Film Festival.
February 28, 2023
Occupants Official Selection at the VIP Fest 2023 - The Best of 2023: Cinematography, The Best of 2023: Experimental, The Best of 2022: Experimental Nominations.
December 31, 2022
Occupants Official Selection at the Dramatica Film Festival - Best Experimental, Best Script Nominations.
December 10, 2022
Occupants Tietê Premiere at the Tietê International Film Awards - Best Feature Film, Best Lead Actress Feature Film (Briana White), Best Lead Actor Feature Film (Michael Pugliese), Best Screenplay Feature Film, Best Cinematography Feature Film, Best Editing Feature Film Nominations.
November 19, 2022
Occupants Official Selection at the Golden Merlion Awards - Best Actor (Female) - Briana White Winner.
October 18, 2022
Occupants Official Selection at the MarCom Awards - Platinum Award: Video/Film – Directing.
October 12, 2022
Occupants Official Selection at the Viddy Awards - Gold Winner: Broadcast Creativity – Directing.
October 7 to November 13, 2022
Occupants Official Selection at the Beaufort Film Festival.
September 6, 2022
Occupants Official Selection at the Festigious International Film Festival - Best Actress (Briana White), Best Actor (Michael Pugliese), Best Ensemble, Best Cinematography, Best Original Story, Best Indie Feature, Best Horror, Best Director (Feature), Best Picture Winner.
July 31, 2022
Occupants Official Selection at the Forum Film Festival (Serie B, Underground) - Best Feature Experimental Winner, Serie B, Underground, Edition Nominations.
July 8, 2022
Occupants Official Selection at the dotCOMM Awards - Platinum Award: Video Creativity – Directing Winner.
June 16, 2022
Occupants Lithuania Premiere at the Iconic Images Film Festival - Best Horror/Thriller Film Winner.
June 11, 2022
Occupants Hungary Premiere at the Budapest Movie Awards - Best Horror Winner.
April 30, 2022
Occupants Official Selection at the World Film Festival - Best Experimental, Best Edition Nominations.
April 30, 2022
Occupants Official Selection at the SounDance Film Festival - Best Edition Nomination, Best Feature Thriller Winner.
April 18, 2022
Occupants Official Selection at the South America Awards - Best Screenplay Feature Film, Best Sound Design Feature Film Nominations.
February 28, 2022
Occupants Official Selection at the Love Film Festival - Best Experimental Nomination.
January 17, 2022
Occupants Official Selection at the AVA Digital Awards - Platinum Winner: Directing.
December 31, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the Summer Film Festival - Best Experimental Winner, Best Actor (Michael Pugliese), Best Edition, Best Script Nominations.
December 23, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at The 48 Hours Film-Countdown - Best Actor (Michael Pugliese), Best Actress (Briana White), Best Director, Best Editing, Best Feature Film, Best Horror Science Fiction Feature Film, Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Durst) Winner.
December 11, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the V.i.Z. Film Fest - Best Feature Film, Best Feature Film Director Winner, Best Feature Film Actor ( Michael Pugliese), Best Feature Film Actor (Robert Picardo), Best Feature Film Actress (Briana White), Best Feature Film Cinematography, Best Feature Film Screenwriter Nominations.
December 10, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the Shockfest Film Festival Silver Bullet Virtual Screening - Golden Stake Award: Honorable Mention.
December 1-15, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the San Francisco's Another Hole in the Head Film Festival.
November 30, 2021
Occupants Singapore Premiere at the World Film Carnival - Singapore - Best Actress (Briana White) Winner, Outstanding Achievement Award: Narrative Feature, Horror/Science Fiction/Genre Feature Film, Best Actor (Robert Picardo), Best Supporting Actor (Michael Pugliese), Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Editing.
November 30, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the Teknochat Film Festival - Best Feature Thriller Winner, Best Experimental, Best Edition - Special Effects Nominations.
November 24, 2021
Occupants Slovakia Premiere at the High Tatras Film & Video Festival - Best Actress (Briana White) Winner.
November 14, 2021 @ 11:50am
Occupants Official Selection at the Roswell Sci Fi Film Fest.
November 11-15, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the Black Cat Award.
November 5, 2021 @ 7pm
Occupants Official Selection at the Juggernaut Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival.
October 31, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the Focus International Film Festival - Best Supporting Actor Feature Film (Robert Picardo), Best Supporting Actress Feature Film (Jennifer Durst), Best Visual Effects Feature Film Winner, Best Feature Film, Best Director Feature Film, Best Actor Feature Film (Michael Pugliese), Best Actress Feature Film (Briana White), Best Cinematography Feature Film, Best Editing Feature Film, Best Sound Design Feature Film, Best Score Feature Film, Best Practical Effects Feature Film, Best Story Feature Film Nominations.
October 31, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the Alternative Indie Pro Film Festival - Best Experimental Winner, Best Actress (Briana White), Best Actor (Michael Pugliese), Best Documentary-Feature, Best Edition Nominations.
October 21, 2021
Occupants is mentioned by host Alan Wills on The Indie Flix Podcast.
October 3, 2021 @ 7:40pm
Occupants Grand Junction Premiere at the Grand Junction Film Festival.
September 30, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the Author Film Festival - Best Feature Fiction Winner, Best Actress (Briana White) Nomination.
August 22-31, 2021
Occupants Vitória Premiere at the Jade Jaguar Cinema Festival - Quarter-Finalist.
August 14-21, 2021
Occupants Brussels Premiere at the West Europe International Film Festival - Best Original Screenplay of a Feature Film Winner, Best Hair, Make-Up and Body Design, Best Supporting Actor (Robert Picardo), Best Lead Actor (Michael Pugliese), Best Film Nominations.
August 10-20, 2021
Occupants Arvika Premiere at the Swedish International Film Festival - Best Sci-Fi Film, Best Supporting Actor (Michael Pugliese) Winner, Best Director, Best Actor (Robert Picardo), Best Actress (Briana White) Nominations.
August 1-31, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the FLICKFAIR Film Festival.
July 31, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the Big Ben International Film Festival - Best Actor - Fiction (Michael Pugliese), Best Actress - Fiction (Briana White), Best Horror/Science Fiction/Genre Feature Film Winner, Best Director: Russ Emanuel - Outstanding Nomination.
July 31, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the Forum Film Festival - Best Noir-Psychological-Underground, Best Director Nominations.
May 6-7, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the Bridge Fest - Best Supporting Male in Feature Film (Michael Pugliese) Annual Winner.
May 5, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the Best Director Award - New York - Platinum Award: Best Director Of A Horror Winner.
April 9, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the Global Monthly Online Film Competition (GMOFC) - Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography Feature, Best Editor Feature Winner.
April 5-10, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the North Europe International Film Festival - Best Hair Make-Up & Body Design, Best Visual Effects Or Design, Best Original Screenplay Of A Feature Film, Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Durst), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Picardo), Best Lead Actress (Briana White), Best Lead Actor (Michael Pugliese), Best Director, Best Film Nominations.
March 31, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the Europa Film Festival - Best Actress (Briana White), Best Edition, Best Thriller-Terror-Horror-Psychological Nominations.
February 28, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the VIP Fest - Best Horror Winner, Best Director Nomination.
January 20, 2021
Occupants Dewas Premiere at the ARTBOX international filmfest.
Janaury 17, 2021
Occupants Official Selection at the Star Film Festival - Best Thriller Winner.
January 5, 2021
Occupants Istanbul Premiere at the Andromeda Film Festival - Best Horror Winner.
December 20, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at the Autumn Film Festival - Best Experimental Winner, Best Actress (Briana White), Best Actor (Michael Pugliese), Best Director Nominations.
December 17, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at the L.A. Sci-Fi Film Festival - Europa Prize Gold Award: Best Film Winner.
December 9, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at the Pure Magic International Film Festival - Best Acting Duo (Briana White & Robert Picardo), Best Sci-Fi Feature Winner.
December 5-12, 2020
Occupants Poland Premiere at the East Europe International Film Festival - Best Lead Actress (Briana White), Best Lead Actor (Michael Pugliese), Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Durst), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Picardo), Best Hair Make-Up & Body Design, Best Visual Effects Or Design, Best Original Screenplay Of A Feature Film, Best Director Nominations.
November 30, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at the Horror Film Festival - Best Feature Thriller Winner, Best Actress (Briana White), Best Director Nominations.
November 27-30, 2020
Occupants Cannes Premiere at the Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes.
November 1, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at the Chicago Indie Film Awards.
October 29 to November 1, 2020
Occupants Peachtree Village Premiere at the Peachtree Village International Film Festival - Best Feature Film Nomination.
October 29, 2020 @ 8:30pm
Occupants Official Selection at the SIN Film Festival.
October 24, 2020
Occupants DeKalb Premiere at the Horror Avenue Film Festival.
October 23, 2020
Occupants Turkey Premiere at the Anatolia International Film Festival - Best Thriller Feature Film Winner, Best Lead Actress (Briana White) Nomination.
October 18-25, 2020
Occupants Valenica Premiere at the South Europe International Film Festival - Best Director Winner, Best Original Screenplay Of A Feature Film, Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Durst), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Picardo), Best Lead Actor (Michael Pugliese), Best Film Nominations.
October 3, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at the The Atman Film Festival - Best Feature Film Winner.
October 1-13, 2020
Occupants Salem Premiere at the Salem Horror Festival.
September 25, 2020 @ 11:05am
Occupants Orlando Premiere at the Orlando International Film Festival - Grand Jury: US Fiction Award Winner.
September 20, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at The Continental Film Festival - Semi-Finalist.
September 11-14, 2020
Occupants Romania Premiere at the Wallachia International Film Festival - Best Cast Winner.
August 29, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at The Best Film Festival - Best Edition Winner.
August 25, 2020
Occupants Kalakari Premiere at the Kalakari Film Fest.
August 13, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at the Sicily Independent Film Awards - Best Science Fiction Winner.
July 30, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at the Experimental Film Festival - Best Mockumentary Winner.
July 29 to August 2, 2020
Occupants New Zealand Premiere at the ConZealand Film Festival.
July 17, 2020
Occupants Moga Premiere at the Moody Crab Film Fest - Best Experimental Documentary Winner.
July 10, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at the Hitchcock Film Awards.
June 30, 2020
Occupants Barcelona Premiere at the Fiction Film Festival - Best Mockumentary, Best Double Character (Briana White) Winner.
June 27, 2020 @ 8pm
Occupants Iowa Premiere at the Interrobang Film Festival.
June 13-14, 2020
Occupants Coimbatore Premiere at the Coimbatore International Film Festival.
June 12-14, 2020
Occupants Piermont Premiere at the Piermont Film Festival - Feature Drama Winner.
June 10, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at the Sand Dance International Film Festival - Best Narrative Feature, Script, Director Winner.
May 31, 2020
Occupants Spain Premiere at the Fantastic Film Festival - Best Feature Thriller Winner.
May 28, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at the Redwood Film Festival - Best Horror/Thriller Film Winner.
May 28, 2020
Occupants Tokyo Premiere at the Twilight Tokyo Film Festival - Best Actor (Michael Pugliese) Winner, Outstanding Achievement: Actress (Briana White), Cinematography, Feature Script, Narrative Feature.
May 14, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at the Directors Screen Awards - Gold Award: Director Feature Film Winner.
May 8, 2020
Occupants Argentina Premiere at the Buenos Aires Film Festival.
April 29 to May 2, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at the Brazil Cinefest.
April 23-26, 2020
Occupants Laguna Niguel Premiere at the Beach Cities Inspirational Film Festival - Inspirational Recognition.
April 3, 2020
Occupants Fort Lauderdale Premiere at the Fort Lauderdale International Press To Play Online Film Festival.
March 13-15, 2020
Occupants Official Selection at the Hollywood Horror Film Festival.
December 8-10, 2019
Occupants Modesto Premiere at the Steam House Entertainment Independent Film Awards.
November 3, 2019 @ 1pm
Occupants Official Selection at the Los Angeles Crime & Horror Film Festival - Best Editing Winner.
October 27-30, 2019
Occupants Thailand Premiere at the BangkokThai International Film Festival - Best Fiction Feature Film, Best Script Winner.
October 23-29, 2019
Occupants Anaheim Premiere at the Overcome Film Festival.
October 18-19, 2019
Occupants San Francisco Premiere at the Best Actors Film Festival - Feature Drama: Best Actor (Briana White) Winner.
September 26, 2019 @ 5pm
Occupants Netherlands Premiere at the New Vision International Film Festival - Best American Feature Film, Best American Actress (Briana White), Best American Actor (Michael Pugliese) Nominations.
September 18, 2019 @ 6pm
Occupants Official Selection at the KaPow Intergalactic Film Festival - Best Horror, Best Made in California Nominations, Best Twist Ending Winner.
August 10, 2019 @ 6:55pm
Occupants Cleveland Premiere at the Indie Gathering Film Festival - Best Lead Actress: Feature (Briana White) Nomination, 1st Place Suspense-Thriller Feature Winner.
August 9-10, 2019
Occupants Official Selection at the Hollywood Horrorfest - Finalist.
July 22, 2019
Occupants Official Selection at the Horror Bowl Movie Awards.
July 20-21, 2019
Occupants Official Selection at the jellyFEST - Semi-Finalist.
July 11-13, 2019
Occupants Uruguay Premiere at the Montevideo World Film Festival.
July 10, 2019
Occupants Official Selection at the