MIRAGE MAN Conquers Brazil

Posted by Todd Brown at 7:45am.

Posted in Film News , Martial Arts, Action, Random Festival News.

Oh, look! Another festival down, another audience voted prize as best picture for Chile’s Mirage Man. The festival was Brazil’s RIOFAN and the complete list of winners has just been announced with a good selection of Twitch favorites in the winner’s circle. What won? Pakistani splatter picture Hell’s Ground took the jury award, Mirage Man got the aforementioned audience award along with a special jury prize for Marko Zaror’s performance, Bruce LaBruce’s gay zombie picture Otto took the Visions award, Sebastian Silva’s La Vida Me Mata took a special jury award for achievement in editing and cinematography, Richard Gale’s Criticized took best international short and Gustavo Brandau’s Gravidade Zero took best Brazilian short.

Mirage Man has now taken home major prizes at pretty much every festival it has played - and expect more major festival announcements for the film soon - and yet, strangely, has only released in its native Chile with the United States being the only other territory to pick the film up. All you international sorts may want to take not that the film is screening in the Marche Du Film on May 15th. Get it while you can.