This year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival will soon be coming to a close, and that means it’s time for their annual jury awards! Split into three categories — Dark Matter, Head Trip, and Shorts — the awards honor the best at the fest, spanning from awards for best feature and performance to below the title categories like cinematography and special effects.
The Dark Matter category, juried by Greg Newman, Alison Foreman, and our very own Kimberly Leszak, is led by Don’t Leave the Kids Alone, which won Best Feature, and Paolo Strippoli winning Best Director for The Holy Boy. Other award winners include Olivia Taylor Dudley earning Best Performance for Abigail Before Beatrice, Aleksandar Radivojevic winning Best Screenplay for Karmadonna, Cristiano Di Nicola winning Best Cinematography for The Holy Boy, and Mio Chiba and Tokihiko Endo winning Best Practical Effects for Incomplete Chairs.
Juried by James-Michael Fleites, Justin LaLiberty, and Gigi Murakami, the Head Trips section awarded Best Feature to Every Heavy Thing, and Best Director to Yûta Shimotsu for New Group, as well as Best Performance to Tipper Newton for Every Heavy Thing. Below the line awards include Avalon Fast winning Best Screenplay for CAMP, Simon Glassman winning Best Editing for Buffet Infinity, Eily Sprungman taking home Best Cinematography for CAMP, and Johnny Blerot earning Best Sound Design for Buffet Infinity.
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The Shorts awards, which come with a prize package from post-production house Cut and Measure, include Last Call winning Best Short overall, as well as Kylie Aoibheann taking home Best Director for The Dysphoria, and Nicole Elliot earning Best Performance for Jeff. The Dysphoria also won Best Special Effects, and the jury also awarded Nathan Ginter a special jury mention for Filmmaker to Watch.
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival also hands out the Leviathan Award every year, created to honor the luminaries of horror and acknowledge their contributions to the genre. This year’s award went to Ernest Dickerson, the cinematographer and director behind such titles as Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight, Tales From the Darkside, and Bones.
For more information on Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and this year’s winners, you can check out the fest’s website.