Screamfest LA 2019: EAT, BRAINS, LOVE Wins ‘Best Picture’ Award, THE WAVE Sweeps – Full List of Winners & Photos
With the 19th Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival having come to a close at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA, filmmakers and film fans alike gathered Thursday night for the festival’s after-party held at the Hollywood & Highland complex. So who won? Read on.
Hosted this year by Dread Central’s own Sean Decker and actress Sarah Nicklin, the evening found director Gille Klabin’s feature film The Wave a big winner, taking home five of the coveted Skully Awards (which were created by the late Academy Award-winning special effects wizard Stan Winston), while director Rodman Flender’s romantic horror-comedy Eat, Brains, Love snatched up the prize for ‘Best Picture.’ See the full list of winners of the Rachel Belofsky-founded festival, the largest and longest-running horror fest in the United States, below, as well as a few photos from the evening.
Best Editing – The Wave
Best Special Effects – The Wave
Best Visual Effects – The Wave
Best Actor – Justin Long, The Wave
Best Makeup – Eat, Brains, Love
Best Picture – Eat, Brains, Love
Best Director — Gille Klabin, The Wave
Best Musical Score – We Summon the Darkness
Best Cinematography – Resin
Best Actress – Sarah Bolger, A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
Best Short Film – Bad Hair
Best Student Short Film – Progeny
Best Unproduced Screenplay – Fang and Claw by Troy Sloan
Photo credit: Angelica Ulloa
For more information on this and upcoming retro screenings, visit the Screamfest website, “like” Screamfest on Facebook, and follow Screamfest on Twitter and on Instagram.
Categorized:News
