Fantastic Fest honors the best genre films around. It has released the winners from this year’s coveted submissions.
It’s been a great year for horror, sci-fi and fantasy. At 2013’s Fantastic Fest, they were bombarded with a solid crop of features and shorts. Despite the overwhelming talent, they had to breakdown who would receive individual honors for the Fantastic Fest Awards.
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Robin Wright may have missed out on an Emmy (for House of Cards), but Fantastic Fest loves her. She scored a win for Best Actress, thanks to her performance in The Congress. The film dominated the Fantastic Features category also picking up Best Director and Best Screenplay.
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Check out the full list of winners below:
Audience Award (Presented by Maxwell Locke & Ritter)
- Jodorowsky’sDune (director Frank Pavich)
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- Best Picture: The Dirties (director Matt Johnson)
- Best Director: Oren Carmi (Goldberg and Eisenberg)
- Best Screenplay: James Byrkit (Coherence)
- Best Actor: Yorick van Wageningen (The Resurrection Of A Bastard)
- Best Actress: Swantje Kohlhof (Nothing Bad Can Happen)
Fantastic Features
- Best Picture: The Congress (director Ari Folman)
- Best Director: David Perrault (Our Heroes Died Tonight)
- Best Screenplay: Ari Folman (The Congress)
- Best Actor: Svein André Hofsø Myhre (Detective Downs)
- Best Actress: Robin Wright (The Congress)
Horror Features
- Best Picture: Afflicted (directors Derek Lee and Clif Prowse)
- Best Screenplay: Derek Lee and Clif Prowse (Afflicted)
- Best Director: Derek Lee and Clif Prowse (Afflicted)
- Best Actor: Jason David Brown (Septic Man)
- Best Actress: Julia Garner (We Are What We Are)
Gutbuster Comedy Features
- Best Picture: Why Don’t You Play In Hell? (director Sion Sono)
- Best Director: Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play In Hell?)
- Best Screenplay: Kankurô Kudô (Maruyama The Middle Schooler)
- Best Actor: Fuku Suzuki (Kid’s Police)
- Best Actress: Qi Shu (Journey To the West: Conquering The Demon)
Documentary Features
- Best Picture: Jodorowsky’s Dune (director Frank Pavich)
- Best Director: Shaul Schwarz (Narco Cultura)
Short Fuse: Horror Shorts
- Winner: Remember Me (director Jean-François Asselin)
- Runner-up: Perfect Drug (director Toon Aerts)
Fantastic Shorts
- Winner: Beasts In The Real World (director Sol Friedman)
- Runner-up: My Pain Is Worse Than Your Pain (director Adam Hall)
Drawn and Quartered: Animated Shorts
- Winner: The Sad House (director Sofia Catalina Carrillo Ramírez)
- Runner-up: Kick-Heart (director Masaaki Yuasa)
Fantastic Arcade
- Best In Show: Samurai Gunn (developed by Technopants)
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