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 FEATUREGold: 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 SHORTGold: Bruised Sky (dir. Gary Kent, U.K.)Silver: Reset (dirs. Jerry Hsu and Celine Tien, USA)Bronze: Pimple (dir. Fernando Alle, Portugal)► BEST ASIAN FEATUREGold: 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 SHORTGold: 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 FEATUREGold: 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 SHORTGold: 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 FEATUREGold: 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 SHORTGold: 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 FEATUREGold: 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 SHORTGold: Neighbors (dir. Andre Bendahan, Canada)Silver: Serenity (dir. Frank Tremblay, Canada)Bronze: Sol Vivant (dir. Émile Lavoie, Canada)► BEST DOCUMENTARYBest Documentary:The Seoul Guardians (dirs. Cho Chul-young, Kim Jong-woo, and Kim Shin-wan, South Korea)► ÉCRAN FANTASTIQUEÉcran Fantastique: Suzuki=Bakudan (dir. Akira Nagai, Japan)