Fantastic Fest 2011 Award Winners Include Horror Hit ‘You’re Next’ And Charming ‘A Boy And His Samurai’

By Germain Lussier/Sept. 27, 2011 11:30 am EST

AUDIENCE AWARD (Presented by Maxwell Locke & Ritter)

A Boy And His Samurai (Yoshihiro Nakamura)

Runners Up: You’re Next, Juan Of The Dead

AMD & DELL “NEXT WAVE” SPOTLIGHT COMPETITION

Best Picture – Bullhead

Best Director – Michael R. Roskam (Bullhead)

Best Screenplay – Josh MacDonald (The Corridor)

Best Actor – Matthias Schoenaerts (Bullhead)

Best Actress – Jessica Cole (Aardvark)

Special Jury Award for Boldness Of Vision: Beyond The Black Rainbow

HORROR FEATURES

Best Picture – You’re Next

Best Director – Adam Wingard (You’re Next)

Best Screenplay – Simon Barrett (You’re Next)

Best Actor – Sean Harris (A Lonely Place To Die)

Best Actress – Sharni Vinson (You’re Next)

FANTASTIC FEATURES

Best Picture – Milocrorze: A Love Story

Best Director – Noboru Iguchi (Karate Robo Zaborgar)

Best Screenplay – Olafur Egilsson, Grimur Haonarson (Summerland)

Best Actor – Julián Villagrán (Extraterrestrial)

Best Actress – Sawa Masaki (Underwater Love)

GUTBUSTER COMEDY FEATURES

Best Picture – Clown

Best Director – Steffen Haars, Flip Van Der Kuil (New Kids Turbo)

Best Screenplay – Casper Christensen, Frank Hvam (Clown)

SHORT FUSE: HORROR SHORTS

Runner-up: The Unliving (Hugo Lilj)

Special Jury Award for Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects and General Badassery: Brutal Relax (David Muñoz, Rafa Dengrá, Adrián Cardona)

FANTASTIC SHORTS

Best Fantastic Short: Decapoda Shock (Javier Chillón)

Runner-up: All Men Are Called Robert (Marc-Henri Boulier)

Special Jury Mention for Acting: Robert Picardo (The Candidate)

DRAWN AND QUARTERED: ANIMATED SHORTS

Best Animated Short: Last Norwegian Troll (Pjotr Sapegin)

Runner-up: Lazarov (NIETOV)