The 28th edition of Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival is only halfway through, but some of its most prestigious awards have already been disclosed.
During a ceremony held tonight at the Cinéma du Musée in the Canadian city, hosted by Mitch Davis, Fantasia’s artistic director and director of international programming, the jury award winners were revealed. Here is the full list of recipients:
Cheval Noir Competition
- Best Film: The Count of Monte-Cristo (directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre De La Patellière)
- Special Jury Mention (Best Film): Electrophilia (directed by Lucía Puenzo)
- Best Director: Hwang Wook for Mash Ville
- Best Screenplay: Lucía Puenzo and Lorena Ventimiglia for Electrophilia (directed by Lucía Puenzo)
- Best Cinematography: Inti Briones for Rita (directed by Jayro Bustamante)
- Best Editing: Penalty Loop (directed by Shinji Araki)
- Sandro Forte Award for Best Motion Picture Score: Penalty Loop (directed by Shinji Araki)
- Outstanding Performance Award: Mariana Di Girolamo for Electrophilia, and Anna Starchenko and Berik Aitzhanov for Steppenwolf
- Jurors: Matt Johnson (President), Steve Dollar, Rob Jabbaz, Kristina Klebe, Ariane Louis-Seize
New Flesh Competition for Best First Feature
- Best First Feature: Self Driver (directed by Michael Pierro)
- Special Jury Mentions: Chainsaws Were Singing (directed by Sander Maran) and Kidnapping Inc. (directed by Bruno Mourral)
- Jurors: Rain Rannu (President), Sapna Moti Bhavnani, Éric S. Boisvert, Amelia Moses
DGC/GCR (Directors Guild of Canada) Award for Best Director
- Best Director (Feature Film): Naomi Jaye for Darkest Miriam
- Special Jury Mention: Karl R. Hearne for The G
- Jurors: Philip Kalin-Hajdu (President), Trevor Anderson, Francesco Giannini, Caroline Labréche, Serena Whitney
AQCC (Quebec Critic’s Choice Association) Award
- Best Film: Me and My Victim (directed by Maurane and Billy Pedlow)
- Special Jury Mention: Vulcanizadora (directed by Joel Potrykus)
- Jurors: Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau, Guillaume Potvin, Prune Paycha
Satoshi Kon Awards for Achievement in Animation
- Best Animated Feature: Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain (directed by Kenji Nakamura)
- Special Jury Mention (Best Animated Feature): The Missing (directed by Carl Joseph Papa)
- Best Animated Short, Gold: Wild Animal (directed by Tianyun Lyu)
- Best Animated Short, Silver: Itch (directed by Maggie Zeng)
- Best Animated Short, Bronze: Trumpet Voice (directed by David Monarte Serna and Pilar Smoje Gueico)
- Jurors: Johane Matte (President), Jonathan Alvarez, Elizabeth E. Schuch
International Short Film Competition
- Best Film: Empty Jars (directed by Guillermo Ribbeck)
- Best Director: Björn Schagerström for Headache
- Best Screenplay: Iván Maureira and Guillermo Ribbeck for Empty Jars (directed by Guillermo Ribbeck)
- Best Cinematography: Be Right Back (directed by Gabe Ibañez and Lucas Paulino)
- Best Editing: Night Fishing (directed by Moon Byoung-gon)
- Best Score: Blitzmusik (directed by Martin Amiot)
- Outstanding Performance: Ana Burgos for Empty Jars, and Amed Bozan, Jenny Gustavsson, and Torkel Petersson for Headache
- Special Jury Mention (Best Film): The Streetlight (directed by Sophia Parella)
- Jurors: Heidi Honeycutt (President), Jean Anne Lauer, Emily Lerer, Gary Pullin, Alex Williams
My First Fantasia Awards
- Best Film, Gold: Eyes (directed by Yoojae Choi and Hyokyoung Nam)
- Best Film, Silver: Two One Two (directed by Shira Avni)
- Best Film, Bronze: The Girl with the Occupied Eyes (directed by Andre Carrilho)
- Jurors: Luca Jalbert, Livia Gilbert, Vincent Feller