Screamfest 2017 Winners Announced!
Steve Barton
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This year’s Screamfest is in the record books, kids, and right now we have the skinny for you regarding who the big winners were. Read on for deets!
From the Press Release:
America’s largest and longest running horror movie festival, Screamfest, awarded this year’s top movies, filmmakers and actors Thursday during the fest’s closing night. Screamfest, which ran from Oct. 10 – 19, 2017 at the TLC Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood, has launched careers – providing a platform for filmmakers and actors to showcase their latest work to horror film enthusiasts and general audiences.
As voted on by a jury panel, TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID received the most awards of the night with five: Best Picture, Best Director – Issa López, Best Actor – Juan Ramón López, Best Actress – Paola Lara and Best Editing – Joaquim Marti.
THE LAPACE’S DEMON received four awards for Best Musical Score by Duccio Giulivi, Best Visual FX by Giordano Giulivi and Alessandro Zonfrilli, Best Special FX by Giordano Giulivi and Best Cinematography by Ferdinando D’Urbano.
The closing night’s ceremony also honored Marianne Maddalena with a Career Achievement Award. A film and television producer, she often collaborated with prolific genre filmmaker Wes Craven.
Comprehensive List of Screamfest 2017 Winners:
- Best Picture – Tigers Are Not Afraid
- Best Horror Comedy – Dead Ant
- Best Director – Issa López – Tigers Are Not Afraid
- Best Actor – Juan Ramón López – Tigers Are Not Afraid
- Best Actress – Paola Lara – Tigers Are Not Afraid
- Career Achievement Award – Marianne Maddalena
- Best Musical Score – Duccio Giulivi – The Laplace’s Demon
- Best Editing – Joaquim Marti – Tigers Are Not Afraid
- Best Visual FX – Giordano Giulivi & Alessandro Zonfrilli – The Laplace’s Demon
- Best Special FX Giordano Giulivi – The Laplace’s Demon
- Best Cinematography – Ferdinando D’Urbano – The Laplace’s Demon
- Best Makeup – Creature Effects – Tragedy Girls
- Best Short – Holy Fatma – Please Love Me Forever
- Best Unproduced Screenplay – U-666 by Jacqueline Perez
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