Needle wins at British Horror fest
John V. Soto’s Needle has won Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Marais), Best Cinematography and Best Special Effects at the British Horror Film Festival.
“Our UK Premiere went really well. The crowd loved the film and I was excited for Needle to have so many nominations. To actually win an award, let alone three, against such tough competition, is very gratifying and testament to the long hours and hard work put in by our cast and crew,” said Soto.
The cinematography was in charge of DOP Stephen Windon, and the special effects were done by Cutting Edge and MEG.
Needle has also won a Golden Skull at Screamfest in Los Angeles. It was shot in Perth and features Marais, Michael Dorman, Trilby Glover, Tahyna Tozzi, Travis Fimmel, Ben Mendelsohn, Khan Chittenden, John Jarratt and Jane Badler.
The film is a murder mystery about a killer who uses an 18th century machine with supernatural powers to terrorize students at a local college.
Regarding the award for Special Effects on this film, the article fails to mention talented ex-WETA veteran and Practical FX Technician Jeremy Shaw, who made the beautiful and fully functional box that is central to the plot! He was also the Mechanical Effects Supervisor, Prop maker and Pyrotechnician…
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Congratulations to Soto and the Needle cast and crew! Quite an achievement for an Aussie flick. This is one of the few Aussie films that I actually want to see.
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