Fantastic Fest 2015 Award Winners: Green Room, Der Bunker, and Demon Lead the Horror Pack
October 1st marked the end of Fantastic Fest, which means it’s time to announce this year’s Fantastic Fest Award winners. It was an outstanding year for features and shorts, making the job of honoring a select crop all the more difficult, but the Fest’s esteemed team of jurors have done the nearly impossible and chosen the best of the lot.
Congratulations to all the winners!
AUDIENCE AWARD – Presented by Maxwell Locke & Ritter
1st Place: GREEN ROOM directed by Jeremy Saulnier
2nd Place: LIZA THE FOX FAIRY directed by Károly Ujj Mészáros
3rd Place: STAND BY FOR TAPE BACK-UP directed by Ross Sutherland
“NEXT WAVE” SPOTLIGHT COMPETITION – Presented By Dell Precision
Best Picture: DER BUNKER directed by Nikias Chryssos
Best Director: Can Evrenol for BASKIN
FANTASTIC FEATURES
Best Picture: THE CLUB
Best Director: Duke Johnson & Charlie Kaufman for ANOMALISA
HORROR FEATURES
Best Picture: DEMON
Best Director: Joe Begos for THE MIND’S EYE
COMEDY FEATURES
Best Picture: THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT
Best Director: Anders Thomas Jensen for MEN & CHICKEN
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
Best Picture: MAN VS SNAKE
Best Director: Heath Cozens for DOGLEGS
SHORT FUSE: HORROR SHORTS
Best Picture: SISTER HELL
Best Director: Ryan Spindell for THE BABYSITTER MURDERS
FANTASTIC SHORTS – Presented by Chiller
Best Picture: MOVIES IN SPACE
Best Director: Jeremy David White for ENHANCED
SHORTS WITH LEGS
Best Picture: TRIAL RUN
Best Director: Alice Waddington for DISCO INFERNO
FANTASTIC MARKET | MERCADO FANTASTICO PITCHES
1st Place: THE DUMP by Fernando Montes de Oca and Xavier Sánchez Mercado
2nd Place: PARADISE HILLS by Alice Waddington
3rd Place: EL GIGANTE by Gigi Saul Guerrero
FANTASTIC ARCADE
Best in Show: SECRET LEGEND developed by Andrew Shouldice
Audience Award Winner: SUPER RUSSIAN ROULETTE developed by Andrew Reitano
KING OF SHAKEYFACE
Robert Ha
FANTASTIC BUMPER COMPETITION – Presented by SourceFedNERD
THE JURY directed by Joe Nicolosi
For more information on the films listed above, visit fantasticfest.com/films.
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