The 2024 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Announces Jury Award Winners & Audience Award Winners

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (BHFF) has announced the jury awards and audience awards for its 2024 incarnation. The festival concluded on October 24, with The Rule of Jenny Pen as its closing night film.

DARK MATTER JURY AWARDS

Best Film – Dead Talents Society

Best Director – Sasha Rainbow, Grafted

Best Performance – Blu Hunt, The Dead Thing

Best Ensemble – Dead Talents Society

Best Screenplay – Jayro Bustamante, Rita

“Thank you to the jury members for the awards, especially the Best Ensemble award. That means so much to me and everyone in the cast. Thank you to Brooklyn Horror for your continued support since DETENTION.” – John Hsu, dir. Dead Talents Society

Gazer, written by Ariella Mastroianni (pictured) & Ryan J. Sloan

HEAD TRIP JURY AWARDS

Best Film – Dead Mail

Best Director – Emma Benestan, Animale

Best Screenplay – Ariella Mastroianni and Ryan J. Sloan, Gazer

Best Actor – Zachary Ray Sherman, Who’s Watching

Best Actress – Oulaya Amamra, Animale

Best Ensemble – Dead Mail

“The Brooklyn Horror Fest was one of our favorite experiences in the short life of this film. With great fans and an amazing programming team led by Joseph Hernandez — all in the heart of Brooklyn — it was truly a blast on all levels.

Our cast and crew are the heart of the film and endured a lot of subpar crafty, so we’re so grateful their amazing work is getting recognized by these awards.” – Kyle McConaghy and Joe DeBoer, dir. Dead Mail

SHORTS COMPETITION JURY AWARDS

Best Film – Femme

Best Director – Émile Lavoie, Mean Ends

Best Performances – Sophie Neff and Woody Coyote, Make Me a Pizza

Best Special FX/Makeup – Irene Uncal, Apotemnofilia

Best Screenplay – Grace Rex, The Shadow Wrangler

Best Production Design – Masha Lyass, Lady Parts

Best Editing – Jordan M. Hahn, Beach Logs Kill

Home Invasion Award (sponsored by Cut and Measure, includes a $1,500+ credit for post-production services) – Hammer

‘We are so excited and incredibly honored to receive this award for FEMME, which despite its fantastic spin, is about issues that are so real for almost every woman in the world. It is amazing that it has been given such a beautiful stage at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival! Big thanks to the jury!’ – Nina Noël Raaijmakers, dir. Femme

Hammer co-director Alejandra Parody

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS

Gold – Dead Talents Society

Silver – Somnium

Bronze – Bone Lake

LEVIATHAN AWARD

Presented by Arrow Video

The Leviathan Award, Brooklyn Horror’s first and only tribute award, was created in 2023 to honor the luminaries of horror and acknowledge their monstrous contributions to the genre.

2024 honors went to the irreplaceable Larry Fessenden whose inspired filmmaking, cherished turns in front of the camera and impactful producorial work as the founder of Glass Eye Pix has helped shepherd and sustain indie horror in New York for three decades and counting. Larry Fessenden is exactly the kind of trailblazing and enduring artist we want to celebrate, one whose distinct mark on the industry and on countless filmmakers is undeniable.

2024 Brooklyn Horror Jury

Features, Dark Matter

Edoardo Vitaletti (Filmmaker, THE LAST THING MARY SAW)

Justin DiPietro (MPI, Executive Vice President)

Toby Poser (Filmmaker, WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS)

Features, Head Trip

Jenika McCrayer (Horror Press, writer)

Jim Brunzell (Dark Star Pictures, Director of Festivals)

Jacqueline Castel (Filmmaker, MY ANIMAL)

Shorts

Avery Coffey (Unbound and Rewound Horror Podcast, Host & Producer)

Nathan Ginter (Filmmaker, THE THIRD EAR)

Sophie Carroll (Director of Creative, ALTER & DUST at Gunpowder & Sky)

BHFF would like to thank their 2024 Sponsors:

Premium Sponsors

Arrow Video

Dark Sky Films

Supporting Sponsors

Adobe Express

Cut + Measure

Den of Geek

Horror Press

IFC Films

KCBC

Teeth: The Musical

Yellow Veil Pictures

For more information, visit:

Brooklynhorrorfest.com

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