American Mary Sweeps Screamfest Horror Film Festival

The 12th Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival wrapped up the festivities with the announcement of the winners of their famed “Skully” awards. The Skully is a gold statue designed by legendary FX guru Stan Winston.

Screamfest was formed in August 2001 by film producers Rachel Belofsky and Ross Martin in order to give filmmakers and writers in the horror/sci-fi genres a venue to have their work showcased to people in the industry.

As you can see, American Mary swept the awards, winning Best Cinematography, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Picture! Congratulations to the Soska Sisters for these amazing wins! We’ve featured news about this movie on Lytherus before, and it is exciting that their movie is doing so well. I am looking forward to more news about Jen and Sylvia Soska’s film!

Here is the complete list of winners at the 2012 Screamfest Film Awards:

BEST PICTURE: American Mary

BEST DIRECTOR: Jen & Sylvia Soska – American Mary

BEST ACTRESS: Katharine Isabelle – American Mary

BEST ACTOR: Pierre-Francois Legendre – Fear of Water

BEST HORROR – COMEDY: Killer Kart

BEST MUSICAL SCORE: Jamie Blanks – Crawlspace

BEST STUDENT SHORT: Eaglewalk

BEST ANIMATED SHORT: Post Human

BEST SHORT: Incident on Highway 73

BEST MAKEUP: MastersFX – American Mary

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Brian Pearson– American Mary

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: Justin Dix – Crawlspace

BEST SCREENPLAY: The Gaslamp Horror/ Jeremy D. Christensen

BEST EDITING: Marc Steinicke – On Air