Fantastic Fest Announces 2023 Jury and Audience Winners

Brazilian social thriller Property has just been announced as the big winner at Fantastic Fest, taking home the top prize for Best Picture in the main competition.

Running Sept. 21-28 at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Fantastic Fest is a celebration of cinema's strangest, most imaginative, and provocative, and the judges decided that Daniel Bandeire's tale of a woman trapped in an armored car in the middle of a workers' revolt fit the bill precisely.

It was also a big night for Infested, the French spider invasion movie, which picked up the award for Best Horror Feature and Best Horror Director for Sébastien Vaniček.

Here's the full list of winners: and you can find all our coverage at austinchronicle.com/fantastic-fest.

MAIN COMPETITION FEATURES

Best Picture: Property D: Daniel Bandeire
Best Director: Robert Morgan for Stopmotion
Honorable Mention: Animalia D: Sofia Alaoui (read our review here)

NEXT WAVE FEATURES

Best Picture: Sri Asih D: Upi Avianto
Best Directors: David Kapac and Andrija Mardešić for The Uncle
Honorable Mention: UFO Sweden D: Victor Danell

HORROR FEATURES

Best Picture: Infested D: Sébastien Vaniček
Best Director: Sébastien Vaniček for Infested

SHORTS WITH LEGS

Best Picture: "Mop" D: Joon Goh
Honorable Mention: "VHS Tape Replaced" D: Maha Al-Saati

SHORT FUSE

Best Picture: "Reds" D: Tom Espinoza
Honorable Mention: "The Third Ear" D: Nathan Ginter

FANTASTIC SHORTS

Best Picture: "Sweet Juices" D: Will Suen & Sejon Im
Honorable Mention: "Fostering" D: Andrei Kashpersky

DRAWN AND QUARTERED

Best Picture: "Shackle" D: Ainslie Henderson
Honorable Mention: "He Ran Alongside His Comrade" D: Genís Rigol Alzola

AUDIENCE AWARD

"I'll Crush Y'All D: Kike Narcea