Award Winners Announced for FANTASTIC FEST 2019
If you’ve noticed that Dread Central has been lite on news this week, it’s because the bulk of our team is in Austin covering Fantastic Fest 2019. And though there are still two more days of horror, action, and fantasy, we’re pleased to announce this year’s Award Winners below!
Fantastic Fest is pleased to announce this year’s Fantastic Fest Award winners. It has been an outstanding year for features & shorts, making the job of honoring a select crop all the more difficult, but our esteemed team of jurors have done the nearly impossible and chosen the best films of the festival.
The audience awards will be presented by accounting firm Maxwell Locke & Ritter (http://www.mlrpc.com/), who provided the certified tabulation of ballots this year and are the exclusive accounting sponsor of Fantastic Fest.
“MAIN COMPETITION” FEATURES
Best Picture: DOGS DON’T WEAR PANTS directed by Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää
Best Director: Katrin Gebbe for PELICAN BLOOD
“NEXT WAVE” FEATURES
Best Picture/Director: PATRICK directed by Tim Mielants
Special Mention for Creative Vision for WYRM
HORROR FEATURES
Best Picture: COLOR OUT OF SPACE directed by Richard Stanley
Special Mention to actress Kiersey Clemons for SWEETHEART
Special Mention to THE POOL for Most Fun Movie to See with an Audience
SHORTS WITH LEGS
Best Picture: VALERIO’S DAY OUT directed by Michael Arcos
Best Director: Robin Jensen of FARCE
Special Mention to BUNNY directed by Hunter Ray Barker and Tucker Tripp
SHORT FUSE
Best Picture: BAD HAIR directed Oskar Lehemaa
Best Director: Dylan Holmes Williams of THE DEVIL’S HARMONY
Special Mention to THE HAUNTED SWORDSMAN directed by Kevin Mcturk
FANTASTIC SHORTS
Best Picture: THE COLOUR OF YOUR LIPS directed by Annick Blanc
Best Director: Anna Paavilaine of TWO BODIES ON A BEACH
Special Mention to SNOWFLAKES directed by Faye Jackson
Did you attend (or are you still attending) Fantastic Fest 2019? What were some of your favorite feature films and shorts? Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also carry on the convo with me personally on Twitter @josh_millican.
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