The people have spoken at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
Nicky Murphy’s vampire mockumentary “I Love Paris” took home best international feature honors at the audience awards, while Masanao Kawajiri’s “Cherry and Virgin” was honored with best animated feature.
This year’s Fantasia International Film Festival took place from July 16 to Aug. 2 in Montreal. The audience award winners were named after this year’s juried winners were announced.
See the full winners list below.
► BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Gold: I Love Paris (dir. Nicky Murphy, France/Australia)
Silver: No Rest for the Wicked (dir. Kasper Kalle, Denmark/Faroe Islands/Iceland)
Bronze: Bagworm (dir. Oliver Bernsen, USA)
► BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT
Gold: Bruised Sky (dir. Gary Kent, U.K.)
Silver: Reset (dirs. Jerry Hsu and Celine Tien, USA)
Bronze: Pimple (dir. Fernando Alle, Portugal)
► BEST ASIAN FEATURE
Gold: Anymart (dir. Yusuke Iwasaki, Japan)
Silver: The Specials (dir. Eiji Uchida, Japan)
Bronze: TOKYO BURST: Crime City (dir. Eiji Uchida, Japan/South Korea)
► BEST ASIAN SHORT
Gold: The Last Jiangshi (dir. Yu Chih Chieh, China/Hong Kong/Taiwan)
Silver: Tongue (dir. Lim Da-seul, South Korea)
Bronze (tie): Chaar Diwaari (dir. Syed Shadan, India) and Wish You Were Dead (dir. Lee Min-hyuk, South Korea)
► BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Gold: Cherry and Virgin (dir. Masanao Kawajiri, Japan)
Silver: Jim Queen (dirs. Nicolas Athane and Marco Nguyen, France)
Bronze: Zsazsa Zaturnnah (dir. Avid Liongoren, Philippines / France)
► BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Gold: The Lovers (dirs. Alice Mao and Sophia Paez, USA)
Silver: Echo (dir. Asuka Dokai, Japan)
Bronze: Trading Cards (dir. Radheya Jang, Australia/U.K.)
► BEST CANADIAN FEATURE
Gold: Unholy Night (dir. Michael Gabriele, Canada)
Silver: Castration Movie Chapter iii. Junior Ghosts — Premorphic Drift; A Fragmentary Passage (dir. Louise Weard, Canada)
Bronze (tie): Insectasy (dir. Angus Silver, Canada) and A Safe Distance (dir. Gloria Mercer, Canada)
► BEST CANADIAN SHORT
Gold: Something Borrowed (dir. Findlay Ironside, Canada)
Silver (tie): Bagman (dirs. Connor Gaston and Vaughn Gaston, Canada) and Man Eating Pussy (dir. Emily Lawson, Canada)
Bronze: Sleep Through Summer (dir. Erin Mick, Canada)
► BEST QUÉBEC FEATURE
Gold: Tight Lettuce (dir. Harrison Houde, Canada)
Silver: Romin (dirs. Jassen Charron and Anthony Dionne, Canada)
Bronze: Someone’s Daughter (dir. Wiebke von Carolsfeld, Canada)
► BEST QUÉBEC SHORT
Gold: Neighbors (dir. Andre Bendahan, Canada)
Silver: Serenity (dir. Frank Tremblay, Canada)
Bronze: Sol Vivant (dir. Émile Lavoie, Canada)
► BEST DOCUMENTARY
Best Documentary:The Seoul Guardians (dirs. Cho Chul-young, Kim Jong-woo, and Kim Shin-wan, South Korea)
► ÉCRAN FANTASTIQUE
Écran Fantastique: Suzuki=Bakudan (dir. Akira Nagai, Japan)
