The Philadelphia Independent Film Awards has added the short film drama "Curtis" to the list of nominees for Tri State Breakout. It had previously received Honorable Mention. It replaces the short film "Traits" which has been removed from consideration. "Curtis" follows the struggles of a young man who's escaped an abusive home yet continues to keep a watchful eye on his tween-age younger brother who is still trapped at home. It was directed by Tannis Spencer.

The list of the 2018 film awards nominees for the film and web series production categories are now available. View the full list of production category nominees here. Full pages with photos for each category will be published this week. Pages for the nominees for the acting categories as well as Best Director, Cinematography and Score will be published later this week as well. The current list of film production nominees are as follows: