Fantastic Fest 2015: Awards Go To GREEN ROOM, DER BUNKER, DEMON And More

Shelagh Rowan-Legg, Editor, Canada; Montréal, Canada (@bonnequin)

October 2 2015, 2:30 AM

Fantastic Fest ends with its usual crazy bang tonight in Austin, and with it comes the awards announcement. Some great titles have been honoured; I know, I've seen many of them (if you'll allow me to say a personal congratulations to friends Can Evrenol, Alice Waddington, Fredrik S. Hana, and Gigi Saul Guerrero for their wins). There are a few titles I sadly missed that I will have to add to my screening list (I will see Men and Chicken one of these festivals...).

Here are the winners, via the official list:

AUDIENCE AWARD - Presented by Maxwell Locke & Ritter

1st Place: GREEN ROOM directed by Jeremy Saulnier
2nd Place: LIZA THE FOX FAIRY directed by Károly Ujj Mészáros
3rd Place: STAND BY FOR TAPE BACK-UP directed by Ross Sutherland

"NEXT WAVE" SPOTLIGHT COMPETITION - Presented By Dell Precision

Best Picture: DER BUNKER directed by Nikias Chryssos

Best Director: Can Evrenol for BASKIN

FANTASTIC FEATURES

Best Picture: THE CLUB

Best Director: Duke Johnson & Charlie Kaufman for ANOMALISA

HORROR FEATURES

Best Picture: DEMON

Best Director: Joe Begos for THE MIND'S EYE

COMEDY FEATURES

Best Picture: THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT

Best Director: Anders Thomas Jensen for MEN & CHICKEN

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

Best Picture: MAN VS SNAKE

Best Director: Heath Cozens for DOGLEGS

SHORT FUSE: HORROR SHORTS

Best Picture: SISTER HELL

Best Director: Ryan Spindell for THE BABYSITTER MURDERS

FANTASTIC SHORTS - Presented by Chiller

Best Picture: MOVIES IN SPACE

Best Director: Jeremy David White for ENHANCED

SHORTS WITH LEGS

Best Picture: TRIAL RUN

Best Director: Alice Waddington for DISCO INFERNO

FANTASTIC MARKET | MERCADO FANTASTICO PITCHES

1st Place: THE DUMP by Fernando Montes de Oca and Xavier Sánchez Mercado
2nd Place: PARADISE HILLS by Alice Waddington
3rd Place: EL GIGANTE by Gigi Saul Guerrero

FANTASTIC ARCADE

Best in Show: SECRET LEGEND developed by Andrew Shouldice

Audience Award Winner: SUPER RUSSIAN ROULETTE developed by Andrew Reitano

KING OF SHAKEYFACE

Robert Ha

FANTASTIC BUMPER COMPETITION - Presented by SourceFedNERD

THE JURY directed by Joe Nicolosi