Fantasia International Film Festival

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Montreal, Canada July 2011, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: May 2011, TBA
Festival Data:
- Established: 1996
- Genre: Science Fiction - Fantasy (click to see)
- Attendance: 90000
- Media Attendance: 60
- Total Number of Films Screened: 200
- Total Screenings: 195
- # of Shorts Screened: 100
- # of Features Screened: 100
- Competitive
- Has Panels
- Workshops
Festival Website:
http:/ / www.fantasiafest.com
Festival Description:

Fantasia International Film Festival is North America’s largest genre film festival, an event that promises to deliver diversity, innovation, entertainment, food for thought and a good dose of eccentric and biting humour. Genre cinema is experiencing a rapid growth and its influences can be felt on both auteur cinema and more mainstream films. This intense churning of ideas and images is reflected in Fantasia's annual line-up and activities with a selection intended for a wide audience ranging from reinvented pop culture to auteur cinema and speculative fiction, horror flicks to martial arts and grand epics. It has showcased everything from captivating dramas, eccentric comedies, provocative documentaries, mind-blowing experimental works, musicals, even atypical children’s films.

The Fantasia focus has been on features and shorts in Fantasy, Horror and Animation genres and it has competitive categories for Asian, International and Quebecois films. In 2009 over 50 Asian films, 35 from Japan, the rest from Korea, China/Hong Kong and Thailand, invaded Montreal as part of the Fantasia Film Festival’s 13th edition. With a lavish slice of Asian cinema, the Fantasia Film Festival offers a rich mosaic of lush, inspired and audacious cinema.
Film Submissions:
- Accepts direct submissions
- Call for Entry: http:/ / www.fantasiafest.com/ pre2010/ en/ submit/
Email: info(at)fantasiafestival.com

Phone: 514 876 1760

Mailing Address: Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Curent Film Previews:
- Snowflakes And Carrots

Email:	info(at)fantasiafestival.com
Phone:	514 876 1760
Mailing Address:	Montreal, Quebec Canada

AUG 16, 2007 01:49PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Award Winners for the 2007 Fantasia International Film Festival

Best Film: “Memories Of Matsuko”
Directed By: Tetsuya Nakashima (Japan)

Best Director: Feng Xiaogang for “The Banquet” (China)

Best Script: Han Jae-Rim for “The Show Must Go On” (South Korea)

Best Photography: Li Zhang for “The Banquet” (China)

Best Actor Ex Æquo: Song Kang-Ho for “The Show Must Go On” (South Korea) and Ryu Deok-Hwan for “Like A Virgin” (South Korea)

Best Actress: Mary McCormack for “Right At Your Door” (USA)

Official Jury Prizes Of The 11th Edition Of The
Fantasia International Film Festival Short Film Competition

Best Quebec Short Feature (Award Includes A $2500 Grant)
Flutter
Directed By: Howie Shia (Quebec)

Special Jury Mention
Moi
Directed By: Yan England (Quebec)

Special Jury Mention
The Photography Of Claudine Sauvé (François Blouin’s Hotel And Yan England’s Moi)

Best International Short Feature
Ex Æquo: “The Last 15”
Directed By: Antonio Campos (USA) and
“Maquina”
Directed By: Gabe Ibanez (Spain)

Best Animated Short Feature: “Everything Will Be OK”
Directed By: Don Hertzfeldt (Usa)

Special Jury Mention: “The Runt”
Directed By: Andreas Hykade (Germany)

Best DIY Short - Quebec(Award Includes A $1000 Grant And A Professional Dvd Duplication From Magra Multi Média):
“L'écervelé”
Directed By: Benoît Desjardins (Quebec)

Special Mentions:
“20 Secondes”
Directed By: Patrick Rozon (Quebec) and
“Flush!”
Directed By: Jef. Grenier (Quebec)
“Jihad Joe Ii”
Directed By: Simon Bouchard (Quebec)

Sequences Magazine Award: “Wool 100%”
Directed By: Mai Tominaga (Japan)

Info Culture Award Best Documentary
“The Ghosts Of Cité Soleil”
Directed By: Asgen Leth (Denmark)

L'écran Fantastique Award: “Right At Your Door”
Directed By: Chris Gorak (USA)

Special Mention
Rory Cochrane And Mary McCormack

Public’s Prize - Fantasia 2007

Best Asian Film
Golden Prize: “13 Beloved”
Directed By: Chookiat Sakweerakul (Thailand)

Silver Prize: “Exiled”
Directed By: Johnnie To (Hong Kong)

Bronze Prize:Ex Æquo: “City Of Violence”
Directed By: Ryoo Seung-Wan (South Korea) and
“Memories Of Matsuko”
Directed By: Tetsuya Nakashima (Japan)

Best European/North & South American Film

Golden Prize: “Hatchet”
Directed By: Adam Green (USA)

Silver Prize: “End Of The Line”
Directed By: Maurice Deveraux (Canada)

Bronze Prize: Ex Æquo: “Mulberry Street”
Directed By: Jim Mickle (USA) and
“The Signal”
Directed By: David Bruckner, Dan Bush And Jacob Gentry (USA)

Best Animated / Stop Motion Film

Golden Prize: “Tekkon Kinkreet”
Directed By: Michael Arias (Japan)

Silver Prize: “We Are The Strange”
Directed By: M Dot Strange (USA)

Bronze Prize: “Aachi & Ssipak”
Directed By: Joe Bum-Jin (South Korea)

Most Groundbreaking Film

Golden Prize: “We Are The Strange”
Directed By: M Dot Strange (USA)

Silver Prize: “Exte: Hair Extensions”
Directed By: Sion Sono (Japan)

Bronze Prize: “Memories Of Matsuko”
Directed By: Tetsuya Nakashima (Japan)

Best Documentary

Golden Prize: “King Of Kong”
Directed By: Seth Gordon (USA)

Silver Prize: “Your Mommy Kills Animals”
Directed By: Curt Johnson (USA)

Bronze Prize: Ex Æquo: “Ghosts Of City Soleil”
Directed By: Asger Leth (Denmark/ Éua) and
“Zoo”
Directed By: Robinson Devor (USA)

Best Short Film

Golden Prize: “The Fith”
Directed By: Ryan Levin (USA)

Silver Prize: “Angel”
Directed By: Paul Hough (USA)

Bronze Prize:
Ex Æquo: “Criticized”
Directed By: Richard Gale (USA) and
“The Morning After”
Directed By: Daniel Knight (Australia)

Best Putain D’court!

Public’s Prize "Best Putain D'court!" (Award Includes A 500 Euros Grant): “Gratte-Papier”
Directed By: Guillaume Martinez (France)
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