Award Winners Announced For Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2018

Award Winners Announced For Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2018

October 29, 2018 0 By Jeff Fountain

Toronto After Dark Film Festival is thrilled to announce the Award Winners of its 13th Annual Edition. As is the tradition at Toronto After Dark, the Jury were the fans themselves with over 5,000 votes cast this year by festival-goers to determine the best new horror, sci-fi and action movies from the around the world!

ANNA & THE APOCALYPSE, the British Zombie Musical directed by John McPhail took Top Prize, the Audience Choice Award for BEST FEATURE FILM GOLD plus four other Specialty Awards including BEST ENSEMBLE CAST and BEST MUSIC. BEST FEATURE FILM SILVER went to TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID, Issa Lopez’s supernatural dark fairytale which also took home five additional awards including BEST DIRECTOR and BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE for the young lead Paola Lara. The World War II Action Horror movie OVERLORD, directed by Julius Avery and co-produced by J.J.Abrams took home BEST FEATURE FILM BRONZE as well as three additional awards including BEST CG EFFECTS.

Additional Major Winners in the Specialty Categories included I AM A HERO which won five awards including BEST ACTION FILM and SATAN’S SLAVES which won two awards including BEST HORROR FILM.

Read on for the complete list of all the winners from Toronto After Dark 2018, including the Short Film Award winners:

FEATURE FILM AWARD WINNERS:

ANNA & THE APOCALYPSE

BEST FEATURE FILM GOLD
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
BEST COMEDY
BEST MUSIC
BEST TITLE SEQUENCE

TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID

BEST FEATURE FILM SILVER
BEST DIRECTOR (Issa Lopez)
BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (Paola Lara)
MOST ORIGINAL FILM
BEST EDITING

OVERLORD

BEST FEATURE FILM BRONZE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST CG EFFECTS
BEST SOUND DESIGN

I AM A HERO

BEST ACTION FILM
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (Yo Oizumi)
BEST HERO (Hideo Suzuki played by Yo Oizumi)
BEST FIGHT (Parking garage shootout)
BEST KILL (High jumping zombie)

SATAN’S SLAVES

BEST HORROR FILM
MOST SCARY FILM

ROBBERY

BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Art Hindle)

YOU MIGHT BE THE KILLER

BEST FILM TO WATCH WITH A CROWD
FILM MOST WANT TO SEE A SEQUEL TO

PROSPECT

BEST SCI-FI FILM

THE RANGER

BEST VILLAIN (The Ranger played by Jeremy Holm)

PREY

BEST MONSTER/CREATURE (The Lion)

LIFECHANGER

BEST PRACTICAL EFFECTS

BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM

1. GOLD: THE WINDMILL MAN Directed by Quang Ngo-Trong
2. SILVER: SPLIT DECISION Directed by Scott Riopelle
3. BRONZE: BONE MOTHER Directed by Sylvie Trouve & Dayle Hayward

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM

1. GOLD: THE WORLD OVER (USA) Directed by Heath Michaels
2. SILVER: THE BLUE DOOR (UK) Directed by Paul Taylor
3. BRONZE: LOS GATOS (Mexico) Directed by Alezandro Rio

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to all the fans that voted!