Fantasia 2016 wrap-up

The 20th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival just concluded after three weeks with a total of 209 screenings (including 19 world premieres), over 100,000 spectators, and a near-record number of special guests (700 international guests, including some 400 film industry professionals like Guillermo Del Toro and Takashi Miike). This years’ awards are:


CHEVAL NOIR

• Best Feature: TRAIN TO BUSAN by Yeon Sang-ho
• Best Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa for CREEPY
• Best Screenplay: E J-Yong for THE BACCHUS LADY
• Best Actor: Franko Dijak, GORAN
• Best Actress: Youn Yuh-jung, THE BACCHUS LADY
• Special Jury Prize: THE LURE (Poland, dir.: Agnieszka Smoczynska)

NEW FLESH AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE

• MAN UNDERGROUND by Michael Borowiec and Sam Marine
• Special Jury Mention: Lily Mae Harrington (SOME FREAKS)

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION

• Best International Short: A NEARLY PERFECT BLUE SKY (France)
• Special Jury Mention for Best Emerging Short Filmmaker: Tanya Lemke for STATIC (Canada)
• Special Jury Mention for Aesthetic Innovation: ESTATE (France / Belgium)

SATOSHI KON AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ANIMATION

• Best Animated Feature: PSYCHONAUTS, THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN (Spain, dir: Alberto Vazquez, Pedro Rivero)
• Best Animated Short: STEMS (U.K., dir: Ainslie Henderson)
• Special Jury Mention for Synergy of Narration and Art: CLOUDS (Canada dir: Diego Maclean)

BARRY CONVEX AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FEATURE

• FEUILLES MORTES by Thierry Bouffard, Carnior et Edouard Tremblay

PRIX AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma) 2016

• THE WAILING by Na Hong-jin

PRIX SÉQUENCES

• WE ARE THE FLESH by Emiliano Rocha Minter

PRIX L’ÉCRAN FANTASTIQUE

• BEFORE I WAKE by Mike Flanagan

AUDIENCE AWARDS

Best European / North-South American Feature

• Gold : Tie between HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (Dir: Taika Waititi) and UN PETIT BOULOT (Dir: Pascal Chaumeil)
• Silver : THEY CALL ME JEEG (Dir: Gabriele Mainetti)
• Bronze : Tie between KIKI: LOVE TO LOVE (Dir: Paco León) and THE LURE (Dir: Agnieszka Smoczynska)

Best Asian Feature

• Gold : KING DAVE (Dir: Daniel Grou)
• Silver : FEUILLES MORTES (Dirs: Thierry Bouffard, Carnior, Edouard A. Tremblay)
• Bronze : tie between ÉCARTÉE (Dir: Lawrence Côté-Collins) and OPERATION AVALANCHE (Dir: Matt Johnson)

Best Documentary Feature

• FOR THE LOVE OF SPOCK  (Dir: Adam Nimoy)

Best Animated Feature

• SEOUL STATION (Dir: Yeon Sang-ho)

Best International Short

• Gold : SNAKEBITE  (Dir: Tim Hyten)
• Silver : NO TOUCHING (Dirs: Adam Davis, Will Corona Pilgrim)
• Bronze : L’OURS NOIR (Dirs: Méryl Fortunat Rossi, Xavier Seron)

Best Quebecois Short

• Gold : CARNASSE (Dir: Francis Bordeleau)
• Silver : CAUCHEMAR CAPITONNÉ (Dir: Jean-Claude Leblanc)
• Bronze : BULLSHIT (Dir: Marc Wiltshire)

(Sources: press releases, Screen Anarchy)

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