Here are the winners of the Fantasia International Film Festival movie awards. You will want to take note of the films listed below as they will be all the rage in the coming months and next year. I would also recommend that you head over to Fantasia’s official website and take note of the other films that played at the fest. Just because they didn’t win any awards, doesn’t mean they’re not worth checking out. Now, let’s get to the press release.
THE FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES THE AUDIENCE AWARDS FOR ITS 28TH EDITION
August 2024 — The 28th massive edition of The Fantasia International Film Festival came to a close on the eve of August 4th with the World Premiere of André Forcier’s period dramedy ABABOUINÉ. With record attendance and sold-out screenings that rivaled the fest’s pre-pandemic years, the long-running Canadian fest is proud to announce that it will return once again in 2025, from July 17 to August 3!
Having tabulated thousands of votes from its enthusiastic attendees, Fantasia is also very proud to announce its prestigious Audience Awards:
- ► BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
- Gold: BOOKWORM (Dir. Ant Timpson, New Zealand)
- Silver: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (Dir. Mathieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patelière, France)
- Bronze: RATS! (Dir. Maxwell Navelansky and Carl Fry, United States)
- ► BEST ASIAN FEATURE
- Gold: A SAMURAI IN TIME (Dir. Junichi Yasuda, Japan)
- Silver: TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN (Dir. Soi Cheang, Hong Kong)
- Bronze: PENALTY LOOP (Dir. Shinji Araki, Japan)
- ► BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- Gold: GHOST CAT ANZU (Dir. Yōko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita, Japan)
- Silver: THE MISSING (Dir. Carl Joseph Papa, The Philippines)
- Bronze: MONONOKE THE MOVIE: PHANTOM IN THE RAIN (Dir. Kenji Nakamura, Japan)
- ► BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT
- Gold: FACES (Dir. Blake Simon, United States)
- Silver: THE STREETLIGHT (Dir. Sophia Parella, United States)
- Bronze: LES YEUX D’OLGA (Dir. Sarah Carlot Jaber, Belgium)
- ► BEST ASIAN SHORT
- Gold: MEMORY (Dir. Jang Hawon, South Korea)
- Silver: WANNA DIE WANNA KILL (Dir. Jeong Jaehee, South Korea)
- Bronze: NIGHT FISHING (Dir. Byoung-gon Moon, South Korea)
- ► BEST ANIMATED SHORT
- Gold: RUTHLESS BLADE (Dir. Bo Zhang, China)
- Silver: LANTERN BLADE, EPISODE 3 (Dir. Ziki Zhu, China)
- Bronze: Tie – LES BÊTES (Dir. Michael Berry, United States) and GIANT FISH (Dir. Si Seunghyun, South Korea)
- ► BEST CANADIAN FEATURE
- Gold: SELF DRIVER (Dir. Michael Pierro)
- Silver: THE SILENT PLANET (Dir. Jeffrey St. Jules)
- Bronze: SCARED SHITLESS (Dir. Vivieno Caldinelli)
- ► BEST CANADIAN SHORT
- Gold: THE SHITTY RIDE – (Dir. Cole Doran)
- Silver: DIRTY BAD WRONG (Dir. Erica Orofino)
- Bronze: BATH BOMB (Dir. Colin G. Cooper)
- ► BEST QUÉBEC FEATURE
- Gold: KIDNAPPING INC. (Dir. Bruno Mourral)
- Silver: JOUR DE CHASSE (Dir. Annick Blanc)
- Bronze: ABABOUINÉ (Dir. André Forcier)
- ► BEST QUÉBEC SHORT
- Gold: THE IMAGE SELLER (Dir. Donovan Richard)
- Silver: MOURIR EN SILENCE (Dir. Émile Lavoie)
- Bronze: Tie – RÉINSERTION (Dir. Youssef Harouj) and BRING BACK GUILLAUME (Dir. Kevin de Laval)
- ► BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- Gold: VOÏVOD: WE ARE CONNECTED (Dir. Felipe Belalcazar, Canada)
- The 28th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival was presented by Videotron and made possible by the financial contributions of Telefilm Canada, la Société́ de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC), le gouvernement du Québec, the city of Montréal, le Conseil des arts de Montréal, Tourisme Montréal, and the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC).
The festival would like to thank all its private partners, friends of the event, as well as official suppliers, venues, and all participating filmmakers, sales agents, and distributors for their invaluable support.
To all my readers who tuned in throughout the festival, thank you. All going well, we shall be back covering the Fantasia International Film Festival next year. Also, thanks to Ted and the team at Fantasia for all of their crazy hard work!
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