The Fantasia International Film Festival wrapped its 24th edition this week on Wednesday, September 2, presented as a cutting-edge virtual event that showcased 104 features – including 25 World Premieres – and over 200 shorts.
Following the juried winners that were announced on the festival’s closing night, Fantasia can now reveal the results its audience awards polling.
And the winners are:
BEST ASIAN FEATURE
Gold – SPECIAL ACTORS (Japan, Dir: Shinichiro Ueda)
Silver – I WEIRDO (Taiwan, Dir: Liao Ming-Yi)
Bronze – BRING ME HOME (South Korea, Dir: Kim Seung-woo)
BEST EUROPEAN / NORTH-SOUTH AMERICAN FEATURE
Gold – THE MORTUARY COLLECTION (USA, Dir: Ryan Spindell)
Silver – THE COLUMNIST (Netherlands, Dir: Ivo Van Aart)
Bronze – THE DARK AND THE WICKED (USA, Dir: Bryan Bertino)
BEST CANADIAN FEATURE
Gold – Tie – THE OAK ROOM (Dir: Cody Calahan) & SLAXX (Dir: Elza Kephart)
Silver – COME TRUE (Dir: Anthony Scott Burns)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Gold – FEELS GOOD MAN (USA, Dir: Arthur Jones)
Silver – CLASS ACTION PARK (USA, Dirs: Seth Porges, Chris Charles Scott)
Bronze – HAIL TO THE DEADITES (Canada, Dir: Steve Villeneuve)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Gold – HOMO ERECTATTOOS (South Korea, Dir: Kim Tae-woo)
Silver – THE OLD MAN MOVIE (Estonia, Dirs: Oskar Lehemaa, Mikk Mägi)
Bronze – GON, THE LITTLE FOX (Japan, Dir: Takeshi Yashiro)
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT
Gold – DEAD BIRDS (UK, Dir: Johnny Kenton)
Silver – DOWNS OF THE DEAD (Norway, Dir: Even Husby Grødahl)
Bronze – ABRACITOS (Spain, Dir: Tony Morales)
BEST CANADIAN SHORT
Gold – DON’T TEXT BACK (Dirs: Kaye Adelaide, Mariel Sharp)
Silver – NIGHT SHIFTS (Dir: Finn Wolfhard)
Bronze – REGRET (Dir: Santiago Menghini)
MOST GROUNDBREAKING FILM OF THE FESTIVAL
COME TRUE (Canada, Dir: Anthony Scott Burns)
Fantasia will be celebrating its 25th edition next summer, in Montreal, Quebec.
For more information, visit them on the web at www.fantasiafestival.com