Every year, TADFF gives out awards to the films that played the festival. 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