While our coverage is still continuing (see it all here), the Austin-based Fantastic Fest handed out their awards last night in a variety of categories. Leading the pack was Studio Ghibli’s The Tale of Princess Kaguya, which picked up the Audience Award and will hit theaters next month. Other big winners were It Follows, which will arrive early next year, along with Spring and Alleluia. Owning the horror features category was the Sundance hit The Babadook, which will be landing in November. Along with a Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Leonard Maltin, check out the full list of winners below, including reviews for all the aforementioned films, and other coverage where applicable.
AUDIENCE AWARD (Presented by Maxwell Locke & Ritter)
THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA (director Isao Takahata) (trailer and our review)
“NEXT WAVE” SPOTLIGHT COMPETITION PRESENTED BY DELL PRECISION
Best Picture: IT FOLLOWS (director David Robert Mitchell) (our review)
Best Director: Miroslav Slaboshpitsky (THE TRIBE)
Best Screenplay: David Robert Mitchell (IT FOLLOWS) (our review)
Best Actor: Lou Taylor Pucci (SPRING) (trailer and our review)
Best Actress: Amy Everson (FELT)
FANTASTIC FEATURES
Best Picture: ALLELUIA (director Fabrice Du Welz) (trailer and our review)
Best Director: Fabrice Du Welz (ALLELUIA) (trailer and our review)
Best Screenplay: Tetsuya Nakashima, Maiko Tedano and Nobuhiro Monma (THE WORLD OF KANAKO) (trailer)
Best Actor: Laurent Lucas (ALLELUIA) (trailer and our review)
Best Actress: Lola Dueñas (ALLELUIA) (trailer and our review)
HORROR FEATURES
Best Picture: THE BABADOOK (directed Jennifer Kent) (trailer and our review)
Best Screenplay: Jennifer Kent (THE BABADOOK) (trailer and our review)
Best Director: Martín De Salvo (DARKNESS BY DAY)
Best Actor: Noah Wiseman (THE BABADOOK) (trailer and our review)
Best Actress: Essie Davis (THE BABADOOK) (trailer and our review)
GUTBUSTER COMEDY FEATURES
Best Picture: DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS DEAD (director by Tommy Wirkola) (trailer)
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) (trailer)
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)
KING OF SHAKEYFACE
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