Fantastic Fest 2010 Award Winners
Fantastic Fest has announced the list of award winners for the 2010 festival. Jang Cheol-so's Bedevilled won the audience award, Miguel Ángel Vivas' Kidnapped won Best Horror Film, and Sound of Noise won Best Picture in the Fantastic Features category. Read the full list of winners after the jump.
FANTASTIC FEST 2010 ANNOUNCES THE FANTASTIC FEST AWARDS
Austin, TX— Monday, September 27, 2010— Fantastic Fest is excited to announce this year's crop of Fantastic Fest titles includes some of the brightest and hardest-hitting films of all time. We've seen a psycho-kinetic tire, a secret ninja, a town invaded by 8-bit enemies, and a family of cannibals that you might consider going home with. It's a terrible task to pick favorites and single out any of the magnificent films, but our esteemed team of jurors have done the nearly impossible and chosen the best and most striking films of the festival.
The juries were comprised of some of the most esteemed filmmakers, critics, festival directors and show biz people in the industry. Their thoughtful deliberations provided the following acknowledgments of cinematic excellence in all things Fantastic:
The audience awards are presented by accounting firm Maxwell Locke & Ritter, who provided the certified tabulation of ballots this year. AMD and Dell are the presenters of prestigious "Next Wave" Awards, which honor emerging filmmakers.
AUDIENCE AWARD
Bedevilled (Jang Cheol-so)
Runners Up: Golden Slumber, Rubber, Ip Man 2
AMD & DELL "NEXT WAVE" SPOTLIGHT COMPETITION
Best Picture: We Are What We Are
Best Director: Thomas Cappelen Malling (Norwegian Ninja)
Best Screenplay: Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are)
Best Actor: Mads Ousdal (Norwegian Ninja)
Best Actress: Ji Sung-won (Bedevilled)
HORROR FEATURES
Best Picture: Kidnapped
Best Director: Miguel Ángel Vivas (Kidnapped)
Best Screenplay: Simon Barrett (A Horrible Way to Die)
Best Actor: A J Bowen (A Horrible Way to Die)
Best Actress: Amy Seimetz (A Horrible Way to Die)
FANTASTIC FEATURES
Best Picture: Sound of Noise
Best Director: Pablo Trapero (Carancho)
Best Screenplay: Shion Sono and Yoshiki Takahashi (Cold Fish)
Best Actor: Stellan Skarsgård (Somewhat Gentle Man)
Best Actress: Martina Gusman (Carancho)
HORROR SHORTS
Best Horror Short: Legend of Beaver Dam (Jerome Sable)
Honorable Mention – Best Potential: Deus Irae (Pedro Cristiani)
FANTASTIC SHORTS
Best Fantastic Short: Sorry...I Love You (Leticia Dolera)
ANIMATED SHORTS
Best Animated Short: Teclópolis (Javier Mrad)
About Fantastic Fest
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Dubbed "The Geek Telluride" by showbiz bible Variety, Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the United States, showcasing eight days of offbeat cinema from independents, international filmmakers and major Hollywood studios. The 2009 edition hosted over 70 world, U.S. and regional premieres of the latest sci-fi, horror, fantasy and cult films from around the world.