‘I See The Demon’ leads winners at UK’s Grimmfest film festival

Jacob Lees Johnson’s sci-fi horror I See The Demon was the big winner at the UK’s Grimmfest festival in Manchester, which ran October 9-12.

I See The Demon follows a woman (Alexis Zollicoffer) who sees an unexplained phenomenom in the sky before her surprise birthday party, and begins to suffer from strange hallucinations. It won the festival’s best film and best screenplay prizes, and earned special mentions in several other categories.

Other winners included Beast Of War, which won best director for Kiah Roache-Turner and best actor for Mark Cole Smith, and Dina Silva, who collected best actress for Frankie Maniac Woman.

Grimmfest’s 17th edition took place at The Odeon Great Northern in Manchester, screening 22 features and three programmes of shorts.

The full list of winners are below

• Special achievement award: Bari Kang for Itch!
• Special achievement award: Jordana Stott for Forgive Us All
• Special achievement award: Dan Asma for Tribe
• Achievement in production Award: Wormtown
• Best newcomer: Avangeline Friedlander in The Other
• Debut feature award: Remington Smith for Landlord and Tim Connery for The Driftless
• Best comedy: Deviant and Kombucha
• Best ensemble cast: Lily’s Ritual
• Best scare: Squealers
• Best score: Rabbit Trap
• Best VFX: Weekend At The End Of The World
• Best SFX: Incomplete Chairs
• Best art direction: Dead By Dawn
• Best cinematography: Rabbit Trap
• Best screenplay: I See The Demon
• Best acting duo: Shuhei Kinoshita and Jeffrey Decker for Syphon; and Juan Pablo Valesco and Ricardo Galina for Don’t Leave The Kids Alone
• Best actor in a male role: Mark Cole Smith in Beast Of War
• Best actor in a female role: Dina Silva in Frankie Maniac Woman
• Best director: Kiah Roache-Turner for Beast Of War
• Best feature: I See The Demon
• Audience award: Don’t Leave The Kids Alone