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2006 FANTASTIC FEST AWARDS ANNOUNCED

by: Tim League

2006 FANTASTIC FEST AWARDS ANNOUNCED

The 2006 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas has come to a close and the jury and audience awards have been announced. The list of films in competition is attached at the end of this release. Films without distribution at the time of their acceptance to Fantastic Fest were eligible for awards.

AUDIENCE AWARDS

1st Place - HATCHET

2nd Place - ISOLATION

3rd Place -FIREFLY

SHORT FILM AWARDS

Best of Show - THE LISTENING DEAD

Best Short Form - THE COST OF LIVING

Best Long Form - ROGAIRI (VILLAINS)

Best Animated - IF I HAD A HAMMER

Best Comedy - THEY'RE MADE OUT OF MEAT

HORROR JURY AWARDS

Best Picture - ISOLATION

Best Director - Billy O'Brien, ISOLATION

Best Script - Dylan Bank and Morgan Pehme, NIGHTMARE

Best Actor - Kane Hodder, HATCHET

Best Actress - Nicole Roderick, NIGHTMARE

Best Supporting Actor - Lance Henriksen, ABOMINABLE

Best Supporting Actress - Kristen Bell, ROMAN

Best Art Direction - Alex Boynton, UNREST

Best Cinematography - Robbie Ryan, ISOLATION

Best Special Effects - HATCHET

Best Make-up - BROKEN

Special Mention of the Horror Jury: Best Musical Score Ever - Lalo Schifrin, ABOMINABLE

FANTASTIC FEST JURY AWARDS

Best Film -THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

Best Director - Simon Rumley, THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

Best Script - Larry Kent and Daniel Williams, HAMSTER CAGE

Best Actor - Leo Bill in THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

Best Actress - Jodie Jameson, VENUS DROWNING

Best Supporting Actor - Alan Scarfe, HAMSTER CAGE

Best Supporting Actress - Kate Fahy, THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

Best Art Direction -STARFISH HOTEL

Best Cinematography - A QUIET LOVE

Best Special Effects - PUZZLEHEAD

Best Make-up -THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

Special Mention of the Jury, Blood Tea and Red String

“For its originality and stunning visual audacity! Blood Tea and Red String is a dark psychological fairy tail, a work of creative passion by director Christiane Cegavske. The films eccentric and unique vision will be with you like a feverish dream for years to come.”

2006 FANTASTIC FEST COMPETITION FILMS

THE BEACH PARTY AT THE THRESHOLD OF HELL

BLOOD TEA AND RED STRING

FIREFLY

GAMERZ

HAMSTER CAGE

INSIDE

PUZZLEHEAD

A QUIET LOVE

STARFISH HOTEL

VENUS DROWNING

THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

2006 FANTASTIC FEST HORROR COMPETITION FILMS

ABOMINABLE

BLOOD TRAILS

HATCHET

SIMON SAYS

WILDERNESS

THE LAST SUPPER

BROKEN

ISOLATION

UNREST

ROMAN

NIGHTMARE

The shorts jury was comprised of Chris Cargill (Ain’t It Cool News), Brian Satterwhite (Ain’t It Cool News) and Jay Knowles (Ain’t It Cool News).

The Horror Jury was comprised of Peter Martin (Twitchfilm), Jay Slater (UK Journalist, Hot Dog/Film Threat), Chris Cargill (Ain’t It Cool News) and Ed Neal (star, Texas Chainsaw Massacre).

The Fantastic Fest jury was comprised of Christian Hallman (Lund International Fantastic Film Festival), Wiley Wiggins (star, Dazed and Confused), and Scott Weinberg (Rotten Tomatoes).

Audience Award films were chosen by ballot from all 22 of the Horror and Fantastic competition films.Oct 03, 2006 | 3:08 AM