“The Menu.”The film festival, held at the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar in Austin, Texas, is one of the premiere genre film festivals in the country and has led to more acquisitions than South by Southwest, which takes place in Austin every spring.
A joyful celebration of all things genre, this year was no different – with buzzy titles like Searchlight’s “The Menu” and MGM’s “Bones and All” playing alongside more esoteric fare like “Shin Ultraman.” There was even a high profile Marvel Studios premiere in their upcoming black-and-white Halloween special, “Werewolf by Night” (which really brought the house down).“We really gave our jury members a tough job this year.
We have no idea how they were able to choose between so many amazing films,” Festival Director Lisa Dreyer said in an official statement. “We are so appreciative to all our filmmakers for sharing their phenomenal films with our audience, and the Jurors’ choices truly embody the wild and wonderful cinematic excellence we love to champion at Fantastic Fest.”In the “Main Competition” features category, “La Pietà” by Eduardo Casanova won for Best Picture while Best Director went to Ali Abassi for his chilling “Holy Spider.” In “The Next Wave” category, “The Five Devils” by Léa Mysius (coming soon to Mubi) won for Best Picture and Thomas Hardiman won for Best Director for A24’s “Medusa Deluxe.” In the “Horror Feature” category “Piggy” from Carlota Pereda took home Best Picture while Mike Mendez, Demian Rugna, Eduardo Sanchez, Gigi Saul Guerrero and Alejandro Brugués shared the Best Director prize for anthology film “Satanic Hispanics.”For “Shorts With Legs,” “Hubbards” directed by Kevin Ralston won Best Picture and “Alegrias Riojanas,” directed by Velasco Broca,.
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