AUGUST 26: Toronto After Dark Film Festival is thrilled to announce the Award Winners of its 2010 edition. A record over 4,300 votes were cast by festival-goers this year to determine this year’s Audience Award Winners!

AUDIENCE AWARDS, BEST FEATURE FILM
1. GOLD: THE LAST EXORCISM
2. SILVER: THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE
3. BRONZE: I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE

VISION AWARDS, BEST INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILM
The Vision Awards are given out by the Festival in recognition of outstanding independent genre feature filmmaking.
1. GOLD: HEARTLESS
2. SILVER: THE LAST LOVECRAFT
3. BRONZE: ALL ABOUT EVIL

AUDIENCE AWARDS, BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM
1. GOLD: JUNKO’S SHAMISEN
2. SILVER: KING CHICKEN
3. BRONZE: FIREMAN! and GAME NIGHT (TIE)

AUDIENCE AWARDS, BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
1. GOLD: OFF SEASON
2. SILVER: PUMZI
3. BRONZE: DEUS IRAE

FANS’ CHOICE AWARDS
New for 2010: Over 100 Festival All-Access Pass Buyers were polled in the week after the festival to select the winners in a range of different film categories. Here are the winners of Toronto After Dark’s inaugural

FANS’ CHOICE AWARDS:

BEST HORROR FILM
The Last Exorcism

BEST SCI-FI FILM
Cargo

BEST ACTION FILM
Centurion

BEST COMEDY
High School

BEST DIRECTOR
I Spit On Your Grave (Steven R. Monroe)

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Last Exorcism (Huck Botko & Andrew Gurland)

BEST LEADING ACTOR
The Last Exorcism (Patrick Fabian)

BEST LEADING ACTRESS
I Spit On Your Grave (Sarah Butler)

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Doghouse, High School (Tie)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Cargo, RoboGeisha (Tie)

BEST MAKE-UP
Doghouse

BEST SOUNDTRACK
High School

BEST FIGHT
Alien Vs Ninja

BEST KILLS
I Spit On Your Grave

SCARIEST FILM
The Last Exorcism

MOST ORIGINAL FILM
Rubber

MOST DISTURBING FILM
I Spit On Your Grave

BEST TRAILER
RoboGeisha

BEST FESTIVAL BUMPER
5 YEARS YOUNG