Feature Films
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“You can’t kill me, but you’ll save me . . .”
![body farm](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Body-farm-2-3.jpg?resize=750%2C1061&ssl=1)
KVT Productions owner, Brandon Keenan, wrote and co-directed the feature film Body Farm, a joint feature-length movie production between KVT Productions and Nickel 17 Films. The movie follows an independent film company that sends a videographer ahead of a story to investigate a body farm where human decomposition is researched. The footage she sends back leads the rest of her team to follow her footsteps to uncover a grisly medical abyss.
Principal photography for the movie began in Spring 2015 when a group of Pittsburgh-area filmmakers came together under the joint direction of Nicholas LaMantia and Brandon Keenan. Working from a script by Mr. Keenan, the production team, which ranged in size from five crew members to forty-five members, shot one or two days per month over the next two years to make Body Farm a reality.
With a budget of around $100,000 and completely self-funded, the cast and crew shot all around the Pittsburgh-area, at the West Virginia State Penitentiary, through the mountains of North Carolina, and in New York City. Body Farm’s cast was filled out mostly by Pittsburgh-area actors aside from a cameo from Richard Christy (Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2, The Howard Stern Show).
![Boddy horror](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Boddy-horror.jpg?resize=292%2C181&ssl=1)
***WINNER: Best Feature Film
![Lift off global](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lift-off-global.jpg?resize=269%2C180&ssl=1)
2019 Official Selection
![Film Festival](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Film-Festival.jpg?resize=261%2C200&ssl=1)
***WINNER: David Machjer Best Sound
![Film Festival 2](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Film-Festival-2.jpg?resize=268%2C197&ssl=1)
***WINNER: Best Feature Film (Whole Festival)
![best editing](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/best-editing.jpg?resize=273%2C214&ssl=1)
***WINNER: Brandon Keenan Best Editing
![best visual effects](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/best-visual-effects.jpg?resize=259%2C203&ssl=1)
***WINNER: Michael Williams Best Visual Effect
![Best Cinematography](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Best-Cinematography.jpg?resize=244%2C163&ssl=1)
***WINNER: Best Cinematography (Low Budget)
![Best Editing 2019](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Best-Editing-2019.jpg?resize=263%2C160&ssl=1)
***WINNER: Best Editing (Low Budget)
![Best Enseble cast](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Best-Enseble-cast.jpg?resize=263%2C160&ssl=1)
***WINNER: Best Ensemble Cast (Whole Fest)
![Product esign Guerilla 2019](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Product-esign-Guerilla-2019.jpg?resize=245%2C147&ssl=1)
***WINNER: Best Production Design (Whole Fest)
![Action scene 2019](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Action-scene-2019.jpg?resize=223%2C150&ssl=1)
***RUNNER-UP: Best Action Scene
![Supporting actor 2019](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Supporting-actor-2019.jpg?resize=246%2C150&ssl=1)
***HONORABLE MENTION: Brett Hollabaugh (Best Supporting Actor)
![Guerilla 2 2019](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Guerilla-2-2019.jpg?resize=244%2C165&ssl=1)
***HONORABLE MENTION: Brandon Keenan (Best Screenplay)
![Guerilla 2019](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Guerilla-2019.jpg?resize=243%2C148&ssl=1)
***RUNNER-UP: Best Overall Low Budget Film
![indie horror](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/indie-horror.jpg?resize=245%2C148&ssl=1)
2019 Official Selection
![Guerilla](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Guerilla.jpg?resize=242%2C145&ssl=1)
2019 Official Selection
![Pittsburgh 2019](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Pittsburgh-2019.jpg?resize=225%2C149&ssl=1)
2019 Official Selection
![Bloody horror](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Bloody-horror.jpg?resize=241%2C146&ssl=1)
2019 Official Selection
![2019 film festival](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2019-film-festival.jpg?resize=228%2C139&ssl=1)
2019 Official Selection
![winner monthly](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/winner-monthly.jpg?resize=242%2C146&ssl=1)
2019 Official Selection ***WINNER: Best Horror Film (Jan.-Feb.)
![12horror 2018](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/12horror-2018.jpg?resize=226%2C141&ssl=1)
2018 Official Selection ***WINNER: 13horror.com Film and Screenplay Contest
![Awards 2018](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Awards-2018.jpg?resize=263%2C145&ssl=1)
2018 Official Selection ***WINNER: Best Gore
![Pitts burgh 2018](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Pitts-burgh-2018.jpg?resize=253%2C167&ssl=1)
2018 Official Selection, ***WINNER: Best Made in Pennsylvania
![Best supporting actor](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Best-supporting-actor.jpg?resize=250%2C153&ssl=1)
2018 Winner: Nicholas LaMantia
![Depth of field 2018](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Depth-of-field-2018.jpg?resize=248%2C150&ssl=1)
2018 Official Selection
![Northeast film 2018](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Northeast-film-2018.jpg?resize=233%2C141&ssl=1)
2018 Official Selection ***WINNER: Best Screenplay, Brandon Keenan
![cicff 2018](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cicff-2018.jpg?resize=308%2C189&ssl=1)
2018 Official Selection
![independent awards 2018](https://i0.wp.com/www.kvtproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/independent-awards-2018.jpg?resize=236%2C143&ssl=1)
2018 Official Selection ***NOMINEE: Best Kill