2020 MONSTER FEST Award Winners!
As 2020 draws to a close and the final date of our 2020 MONSTER FEST festivals has wrapped, the time has come to announce this year’s Award Winners.
Traditionally our MONSTER FEST Awards are held on the Closing Night of the Melbourne festival but in the past the Melbourne festival has taken place three to four weeks ahead of our Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth dates. In keeping with 2020 and being completely non-traditional, we have refined our award categories down this year to just five and without further ado, here are your 2020 MONSTER FEST Award Winners…
GOLDEN MONSTER – BEST FEATURE
POSSESSOR
Brandon Cronenberg | Canada 2020
Abstract, immersive and unflinchingly brutal, POSSESSOR is a highly-stylized and sophisticated story of a corporate assassin who inhabits the wrong body in which to enact what maybe her final assignment.
BEST DIRECTOR
BRANDON CRONENBERG
POSSESSOR | Canada 2020
POSSESSOR is the sophomore feature of Brandon Cronenberg (ANTIVIRAL) and is a truly remarkable work of cinema that reaffirms Brandon’s status as a visionary filmmaker.
AUDIENCE AWARD
PSYCHO GOREMAN
Steven Kostanski | Canada 2020
Steven Kostanski, formerly of Canadian film collective Astron-6, followed up his acclaimed 2016 Lovecraftian love letter THE VOID with the light-hearted and ultra-violent slice of cosmic comedy/adventure, PSYCHO GOREMAN. This small-town tale of intergalactic proportions follows two kids who are in possession of a highly coveted magical amulet that allows them the ability to control an ancient alien overlord.
BEST SHORT FILM
SNAKE DICK
David Mahmoudieh | United States 2020
Jill’s got the snake. Julia’s got the flute. Alone, they have nothing. But together, they have a secret weapon… to fight the darkness.
BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM
CARRIE’S DOING GREAT
Bryce Kraehenbuehl, Alexander Salkicevic | Australia 2020
An aspiring video game artist uncovers a conspiracy that the local neighborhood watch are kidnapping the town’s creatives and turning them into mindless civil servants.
We would like to thank our festival partners Cinema Nova & Event Cinemas; festival sponsors Moon Dog Brewery, SHUDDER, Red Octopuss, Beserk, Heavy Magazine and Stack Magazine. We would also like to thank the filmmakers responsible for all of the films screened at the festival, it is your commitment to artistic expression that drives MONSTER FEST. Finally we would like to thank all of our festival attendees, thank you for your continued support and undying spirit amid a very challenging year.
Oh yeah, our Audience Award vote winner who will claim a MONSTER FEST 2021 VIP PASS is Benjamin Morton. Congrats, we’ll be in touch in the New Year!
If you were in attendance at our Closing Night Christmassacre in Melbourne last week, hold tight as we’ll have some photos coming next week, just in time for Christmas!
