Fantastic Fest Awards

The inaugural Fantastic Fest was a wonderful success, and is now a mere memory (though we're already had our first meeting to start planning next year's bigger and better event). I forced myself to take a break from the other two dozen things on my plate and saw 15 features, and wish I could've seen more. It was a real treat, and everything was well worth seeing. (I'm particularly proud of the shorts I programmed, including Domoi, Herman the Legal Labrador, The Fuccon Family, and Sredni Vashtar, which were all brilliant.)

Anyway, our awards were unveiled last week (the full list can be found here), and included Jury Awards for The Dark Hours (Best Film and Best Actress, Kate Greenhouse), Feast (Best Director, John Gulager), Hostel (Best Screenplay, Eli Roth), and Wolf Creek (Best Actor, John Jarratt). Audience Awards went to Hostel (Best Film and Best Director, Eli Roth), The Dark Hours (Best Screenplay and Best Actress, Kate Greenhouse), and Wolf Creek (Best Actor, John Jarratt).