27TH EDITION OF FANTASIA ANNOUNCES AUDIENCE AWARDS

TALK TO ME, THE ROUNDUP: NO WAY OUT nab Best International Feature and Best Asian Feature prizes, respectively

August 15, 2023 - The Fantasia International Film Festival wrapped its successful 27th edition last week on August 9th. In addition to the previously announced jury prizes, the esteemed Montreal genre festival is now pleased to reveal the winners of this year’s Audience Awards.

► BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

GOLD: TALK TO ME (Australia, d. Danny & Michael Philippou)
SILVER: LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL (USA, d. Cameron & Colin Cairns)
BRONZE: HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (USA, d. Mike Cheslik)

► BEST ASIAN FEATURE

GOLD: THE ROUNDUP: NO WAY OUT (South Korea, d. Lee Sang-yong)
SILVER: RIVER (Japan, d. Junta Yamaguchi)
BRONZE: PHANTOM (South Korea d. Lee Hae-young)

► BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

GOLD: KURAYUKABA (Japan, d. Shigeyoshi Tsukahara)
SILVER: THE CONCIERGE (Japan, d. Yoshimi Itazu)
BRONZE: THE FIRST SLAM DUNK (Japan, d. Takehiko Inoue)

► The DGC Audience Award for Best Canadian Film (Narrative or Documentary)

SATAN WANTS YOU (Canada, d. Steve J. Adams & Sean Horlor)

The Fantasia 2023 Audience Award kicks off the inaugural DGC Award for Best Canadian Feature or Documentary!

As a sponsor for the Septentrion Shadows section, the Director's Guild of Canada will award the best Canadian film or documentary by a Canadian director a cash prize of $2500 as voted by our audiences.

Congratulations to SATAN WANTS YOU as the 2023 DGC Recipient.

► BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT

GOLD: GET AWAY (USA, d. Michael Gabriele)
SILVER: LOLLYGAG (USA, d. Tij D'oyen)
BRONZE: DEAD ENDERS (USA, d. Fidel Ruiz-Healy & Tyler Walker)

► BEST ASIAN SHORT

GOLD: FOREIGNERS ONLY (Bangladesh, d. Nuhash Humayun)
SILVER: SHOULDER (South Korea, d. Kim Jaehyung)
BRONZE: NIGHT OF THE BRIDE (India, d. Virat Pal)

► BEST ANIMATED SHORT

GOLD: HERMIT ISLAND (Hungary, d. Gábor Mariai)
SILVER: ARCHITECT A (South Korea, d. Lee Jonghoon)
BRONZE: JELLY (Canada, d. Robin Budd)

► BEST CANADIAN FEATURE

OR: THE SACRIFICE GAME (Canada, d. Jenn Wexler)
ARGENT: MY ANIMAL (Canada, d. Jacqueline Castel)
BRONZE: DAUGHTER OF THE SUN (Canada/USA, d. Ryan Ward)

► BEST CANADIAN SHORT

GOLD: WHITE NOISE (Canada, d. Tamara Scherbak)

TIED FOR SILVER: COLIN CARVEY’S LONG HALLOWEEN (Canada, d. Aaron Peacock)
TIED FOR SILVER: *666 (Canada, d. Abby Falvo)

TIED FOR BRONZE: #BOSSBABE (Canada, d. Kassy Gascho)
TIED FOR BRONZE: DEMON BOX (Canada, d. Sean Wainsteim)

► BEST QUEBEC FEATURE

GOLD: WE ARE ZOMBIES (Canada, d. François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell)
SILVER: LES CHAMBRES ROUGES (Canada, d. Pascal Plante)
BRONZE: RICHELIEU (Canada, d. Pier-Philippe Chevigny)

► BEST QUEBEC SHORT

GOLD: SACRED PREMONITIONS OF THE CELESTIAL LIGHT (Canada, d. Vic Caputo)
SILVER: IF (Canada, d.Didier Charette)
BRONZE: BEAT IT (Canada, d. Thomas Lorber)

Additional jury awards:

► PRIX L'ÉCRAN FANTASTIQUE

RESTORE POINT (Czech Republic, d. Robert Hloz)

► PRIX MON PREMIER FANTASIA - SHORT

Poulain D’or: LA COLLINE AUX CAILLOUX (Sweden/France d. Marjolaine Perreten)
Poulain D’argent: QUE SE PASSE-T-IL AVEC LE CIEL? (Spain, d. Irene Iborra)
Poulain de bronze: LOST IN THE LAUNDRY (Canada, d. Salem Preusse)
Special Mention: BEDTIME STORY (Mexico/Russia, d. Nadia Samarina)

The dates for the 28th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival will be announced in the coming months.

The 27th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival was presented with the support of Videotron in collaboration with Desjardins and was made possible thanks to the financial assistance of Telefilm Canada, the Government of Quebec, SODEC, The Ministère des Affaires Municipales et de l'Habitation, Tourisme Québec, the City of Montreal, the Conseil des arts of Montreal and Tourisme Montréal, KIAFA (Korean Independent Animation Filmmaker Association), Korean Cultural Centre in Canada