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The Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction Film Festival<\/strong> Brooklyn, N.Y. November 5, 2013 – The Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction Film Festival has announced the award winners from its first international event\u00a0which honored one of the most respected writers within the literary world. The three-day experience was one of the most popular weekend events and marked \u00a0the first of many worldwide gatherings in the beautiful and historic Lille, France. Huge crowds attended the famous L’Hybride Cinema to view 20 revolutionary\u00a0films and shorts which were adapted or inspired from the works of Philip K. Dick and entertained and enthralled the innumerable fans who have continued to\u00a0honor his enduring legacy within the genre of science fiction. Best Horror Feature Film<\/strong> Best Philip K. Dick Short Film<\/strong> Best Science Fiction Short Film<\/strong> Best Horror Short Film<\/strong> Best Documentary<\/strong> Best Trailer<\/strong> The inaugural international festival in Lille, France launched with the highly anticipated screening of Radio Free Albemuth (2010) on Friday, October 25. Written\u00a0and directed by John Alan Simon the award-winning film adaptation of Dick’s final novel stars Jonathan Scarfe (“Perception”), Shea Whigham (“Boardwalk\u00a0Empire”), Katheryn Winnick (“Bones”) and Grammy Award-winning singer Alanis Morissette. The evening featured a science fiction theme with shorts including\u00a0Evander Reeves’ L’Esplanade (2012, France\/USA), Jonathan Rio’s Meddlers (2011, France), Rafael Math\u00e9’s Hello World (2013, France), Kieran Dick’s No\u00a0Relation (2011, Canada) and Greg Tosolini’s Singularity (2013, France). The following night on Saturday, October 26 took on a horror supernatural theme with\u00a0Thanatomorphose (2012, Canada). Written and directed by \u00c9ric Falardeau the film stars \u00c9mile Beaudry, Eryka Cantieri and Roch-Denis Gagnon. The evening\u00a0also featured Mario de la Corte’s Hambre (2012, Spain), Tobias Schmuecking’s Nach Einem Traum (2013, Germany), Migdia Chinea’s Anonymous (Street\u00a0Meat) (2010, USA) and Tiyam Yabandeh Jahroumi’s Impression-xps160 (2013, Iran). On Sunday, October 27 the event concluded with Sacha Feiner’s Un\u00a0Monde Meilleur (2013, Belgium), Jose Manuel Meneses’ Defeated (2012, Spain), Natalie Berning’s Breathe (2012, France\/USA), Olivier Perrier’s L’\u00e9chapp\u00e9e\u00a0(2013, France), Fabien Montagner’s Le Passage (2011, France), Michel Goossens’ Exit (2013, Spain\/Netherlands), Helmut Dosantos’ Dissent (2011, France\/Italy\/Mexico\/USA), Keaton Smith’s Years In Bardo (2012, USA) and Yann Sinic’s La Cit\u00e9 du Soleil (2013, France).<\/p>\n As festival ventured and succeeded in its first global outing the first New York City gathering in 2012 saw record crowds of over 1,000 participants for the\u00a0exclusive screening of Radio Free Albemuth which was based on Dick’s 1985 novel posthumously published three years after his death. The weekend-long\u00a0festival also held numerous film screenings and panels with Simon, esteemed professors Ronald Mallet and Enrique Ricardo Miranda, distinguished writers\u00a0Angela Posada-Swafford, Walter Mosley and Dennis Paoli and science fiction experts Richard Dolan and Peter Robbins. The team behind the annual festivities\u00a0will also pioneer its second annual Brooklyn event in December 2013 for a record five-day gathering and a Spring 2014 cyberpunk festival in Tokyo.<\/p>\n The Philip K. Dick European Festival of Science Fiction, Science, The Fantastic, Horror and The Supernatural will delight its attendees with its entertaining and\u00a0visually captivating themes which have made the event a favorable and continued success. The event took place at L’Hybride Cinema at 18 Rue Gosselet\u00a059000 in Lille, France from October 25-27, 2013. Contact the venue at www.lhybride.org<\/a>. For more information please visit\u00a0www.philipkdickfilmfestival-europe.com<\/a> and always be sure to stay informed of all ongoing announcements on the festival’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com\/ThePhilipKDickFilmFestival<\/a> and Twitter page at www.twitter.com\/PhilipKDickFest<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction Film Festival Announces Award Winners for First International Event Numerous Films Take Home Coveted Honors In Groundbreaking Three-Day France Gathering Brooklyn, N.Y. November 5, 2013 – The Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction Film Festival has announced the award winners from its first international event\u00a0which honored one … Continue reading Winners announced for Philip K. Dick European Science Fiction Film Festival<\/span>
\nAnnounces Award Winners for First International Event<\/strong>
\nNumerous Films Take Home Coveted Honors In Groundbreaking Three-Day France Gathering<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe honorable list of award winners from the event:<\/p>\n
\nTHANATOMORPHOSE<\/em>
\nby \u00c9RIC FALARDEAU<\/p>\n
\nUN MONDE MEILLEUR<\/em>
\nby SACHA FEINER<\/p>\n
\nEXIT<\/em>
\nby MICHEL GOOSSENS<\/p>\n
\nHAMBRE<\/em>
\nby MARIO DE LA CORTE<\/p>\n
\nNO RELATION<\/em>
\nby KIERAN DICK<\/p>\n
\nNACH EINEM TRAUM<\/em>
\nby TOBIAS SCHMUEKING<\/p>\n