The 2023 edition of Austin’s beloved genre festival, Fantastic Fest, began on Thursday, September 21. TVR’s Laurie Coker, Liz Lopez and yours truly have been in attendance from the beginning. All three of us have partaken from the variety of cinematic offerings in the genres of horror, science-fiction, action, and international movies programmed by the people who know what genre cinema films can please the fans. We at TVR have already posted some of our reviews, and have many more on the way. In the meantime, the jurors and the general audiences have spoken as to what they deem are the best that this year’s festival has had to offer so far. Here are the winners of the jury and audience awards from 2023’s Fantastic Fest.
| MAIN COMPETITION” FEATURES Best Picture: PROPERTY, directed by Daniel Bandeire Best Director: Robert Morgan – STOPMOTION Honorable Mention: ANIMALIA, directed by Sofia Alaoui “NEXT WAVE” FEATURES Best Picture: SRI ASIH, directed by Upi Avianto Best Directors: David Kapac and Andrija Mardešić – THE UNCLE Honorable Mention: UFO SWEDEN, directed by Victor Danell HORROR FEATURES Best Picture: INFESTED, directed by Sébastien Vaniček Best Director: Sébastien Vaniček – INFESTED SHORTS WITH LEGS Best Picture: Mop, directed by Joon Goh Honorable Mention: VHS Tape Replaced, directed by Maha Al-Saati SHORT FUSE Best Picture: Reds, directed by Tom Espinoza Honorable Mention: The Third Ear, directed by Nathan Ginter FANTASTIC SHORTS Best Picture: Sweet Juices, directed by Will Suen & Sejon Im Honorable Mention: Fostering, directed by Andrei Kashpersky DRAWN AND QUARTERED Best Picture: Shackle, directed by Ainslie Henderson Honorable Mention: He Ran Alongside His Comrade, directed by Genís Rigol Alzola AUDIENCE AWARD I’LL CRUSH Y’ALL, directed by Kike Narcea For more information on the films listed above, visit https://fantasticfest.com/. For the latest developments, visit the Fantastic Fest official site https://fantasticfest.com and follow us on Facebook & Twitter. |