It should be noted that the horror film that took the “best short” category is one of the films I programmed for Beyond Fest in Los Angeles, so if you’re in town, this will be your chance to check out this bizarre, cool flick. AUDIENCE AWARD (Presented by Maxwell Locke & Ritter) THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA (director Isao Takahata) “NEXT WAVE” SPOTLIGHT COMPETITION PRESENTED BY DELL PRECISION Best Picture: IT FOLLOWS (director David Robert Mitchell) Best Director: Miroslav Slaboshpitsky (THE TRIBE) Best Screenplay: David Robert Mitchell (IT FOLLOWS) Best Actor: Lou Taylor Pucci (SPRING) Best Actress: Amy Everson (FELT) FANTASTIC FEATURES Best Picture: ALLELUIA (director Fabrice Du Welz) Best Director: Fabrice Du Welz (ALLELUIA) Best Screenplay: Tetsuya Nakashima, Maiko Tedano and Nobuhiro Monma (THE WORLD OF KANAKO) Best Actor: Laurent Lucas (ALLELUIA) Best Actress: Lola Dueñas (ALLELUIA) HORROR FEATURES Best Picture: THE BABADOOK (directed Jennifer Kent) Best Screenplay: Jennifer Kent (THE BABADOOK) Best Director: Martín De Salvo (DARKNESS BY DAY) Best Actor: Noah Wiseman (THE BABADOOK) Best Actress: Essie Davis (THE BABADOOK) GUTBUSTER COMEDY FEATURES Best Picture: DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS DEAD (director by Tommy Wirkola) Best Director: Hans Petter Moland (IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE) Best Screenplay: Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen and Tommy Wirkola (DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS DEAD) Best Actor: Pål Sverre Hagen (IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE) Best Actress: Sylvia Hoeks (BROS BEFORE HOS) DOCUMENTARY FEATURES Best Picture: KUNG FU ELLIOT (director Jaret Belliveau) Best Director: Tim Grabham, Jasper Sharp (THE CREEPING GARDEN) SHORT FUSE: HORROR SHORTS Winner: THE STOMACH directed by Ben Steiner Runner-up: INVADERS directed by Jason Kupfer FANTASTIC SHORTS Winner: THE VOICE THIEF directed by Adan Jodorowsky Runner-up: MY FATHER IS A BIRD (director Boaz Debby) and SOLITUDO (director Alice Lowe) DRAWN AND QUARTERED: ANIMATED SHORTS Winner: THE CHAPERONE (director Fraser Munden) Runner-up: DAY 40 (director Sol Friedman) FANTASTIC ARCADE Best in Show: BANANA CHALICE (developed by Kyle Reimergartin) MERCADO FANTASTICO Gold Prize: HAVANA VAMPIRE TERRITORY (director Carlos Lechuga) and THE TURNED (director Andrés Rosende) Silver Prize: FIERCE (director Francisco Lorite) Bronze Prize: HURT (director Pablo Proenza) Special Jury Mention for “Keeping the Spirit of the 80’s Alive”: THE SHADOWDWELLERS (producer Erick Salomon) Jury Award for Work in Progress, and Chemistry Award: FRONDOSO EDEN DEL CORAZON (director Juan Manuel Fodde) Morbido/Latam Consultation Award: EAT ME (director David Michán) Invited to Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires for Blood Window / Beyond the Window Coproduction Meetings: HAVANA VAMPIRE TERRITORY (director Carlos Lechuga) and THE SHORE (director Juan Felipe Orozco) Invited to Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires for Blood Window / Bloody Work in Progress: SCHERZO DIABOLICO (director Adrián García Bogliano) Show Comments |