The closing/awards ceremony of Feratum 2014 took place on Saturday, October 4 at the Cenobio Paniagua theater. Both Juan Mora Catlett and Alfonso Arau were honored during the event, before one member of the jury took the stage to announce the award winning films.
There were much more award categories than last year, including such strange additions as "Slasher Award" and "Feratum Creature." The Chilean zombie flick Videoclub took home the night's most important award, the bronze Nosferatum, for being the best international film according to the respective jury. Another Chilean effort, Perfidy, was honored as best horror film, while Bradley King's Time Lapse won the best science fiction film award. The Mexican competition was widely dominated by two feature length films (Paciente 27 and Zona Invadida) and two shorts (Protocolo and Juegos de la Mente).
In the gallery below you can find the complete list of winners. Click the images to see them all.
Feratum Awards
Mexican Short Film Competition
Jury: Agustín Oso Tapia and J. Xavier Velasco
Best Horror Short Film: Mother’s Blessing (d. Lex Ortega)
Best Sci-Fi Short Film: Protocolo (d. Rodrigo Hernandez Cruz)
Best Fantasy Short Film: Juegos de la Mente (d. Hugo Felix Mercado)
Extreme Gore Award: El Mariachi Loco (d. Oliver Sierra)
Best Mexican Short Film: Juegos de la Mente
Best Cinematography: Protocolo
Best Screenplay: Juegos de la Mente
Best Original Music: Protocolo
Best Makeup: Protocolo
Best Visual Effects: Protocolo
Best Actor: Luis Felipe Castellanos (Juegos de la Mente)
Best Actress: Aleida Gallardo (Mother’s Blessing)
Feratum Creature: Protocolo
Best Director: Hugo Felix Mercado (Juegos de la Mente)
Vine Award: Traka-traka
Mexican Feature Competition
Jury: Hugues Barbier, Juan Mora Catlett and Aaron Soto
Best Sci-Fi Film: Zona Invadida (d. Hector Campos, Ulises Meixueiro)
Audience Award: Desde el Más Allá (d. Juan Carlos Blanco)
Best Cinematography: Zona Invadida
Best Screenplay: Están Aquí (d. Sandra Becerril)
Best Makeup: Paciente 27
Best Visual Effects: Zona Invadida
Best Actor: Marco Duarte (Paciente 27)
Feratum Creature: Zona Invadida
Best Director: Alex Alegre (Paciente 27)
Best Mexican Feature Film: Paciente 27
International Short Film Competition
Jury: Gary Pullin and Roberto Fiesco, Alex Montiel and Luis Felipe Hernandez (animation)
Best International Short Film: Carne (d. Carlos Nigro, Brazil)
Best Animated Short Film: Cruise Patrol (d. Bobby de Groot, Netherlands)
Special Mention (Animated Short Film): El Modelo de Pickman (d. Pablo Angeles Zuman) & Monstruo (d. Luis Mariano Garcia)
Best Screenplay: Carnada
International Feature Competition
Jury: Jorge Grajales and José Luis Ortega
Best International Film: Videoclub (d. Pablo Illanes, Chile)
Best International Horror Film: Perfidy (d. Lucio A. Rojas, Chile)
Best International Sci-Fi Film: Time Lapse (d. Bradley King, US)
Best International Fantasy Film: Red Kingdom Rising (d. Navin Dev , UK)
Extreme Gore Award: Circus of the Dead (Billy Pon, US)
Slasher Award: Pinup Dolls on Ice (d. Geoff Klein, Melissa Mira, Canada)
Honorable Mention (for innovating the genre): Panzer Chocolate (d. Robert Figueras, Spain)