By MICHAEL GINGOLD
Over 130 features and 200 shorts were screened at the just-concluded Montreal event, and now the public’s choices for the best have been revealed.
The 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival marked a highly successful return to a completely in-person event, featuring numerous premieres and enthusiastic audiences. These are the movies they dug the most:
Best International Feature
Gold: THE ARTIFICE GIRL (pictured; USA, d. Franklin Ritch)
Silver: LA PIETÀ (Spain, d. Eduardo Casanova)
Bronze: DEADSTREAM (USA, d. Joseph Winter, Vanessa Winter)
Best Asian Feature
Gold: THE ROUNDUP (South Korea, d. Lee Sang-yong)
Silver: NEXT SOHEE (South Korea, d. July Jung)
Bronze: ONE FOR THE ROAD (Hong Kong/Thailand, d. Baz Poonpiriya)
Best Animated Feature
Gold: PRINCESSE DRAGON (France, d. Anthony Roux, Jean-Jacques Denis)
Silver: INU-OH (Japan, d. Masaaki Yuasa)
Bronze: CHUN TAE-IL: A FLAME THAT LIVES ON (South Korea, d. Hong Jungpyo)
Best International Short
Gold: GUMBALL FACTORY (Germany, d. Lindsay Robinson)
Silver: FIELDTRIP (UK, d. Paul Arion, Soren Bendt)
Bronze: SPAGHETTER GETTER (USA, d. Jared Lapidus)
Best Asian Short
Gold: MOSHARI (Bangladesh, d. Nuhash Humayun)
Silver: THE ASTRONAUT AND HIS PARROT (India, d. Arati Kadav)
Bronze: ANIMA POSSESSION (Hong Kong, d. Wai Mo Chan)
Best Animated Short
Gold: SUMMER GHOST (Japan, d. Loundraw)
Silver: PERSONA (South Korea, d. Moon Sujin)
Bronze: NEW MOON (USA, d. Jeremie Balais, Jeff LeBars)
Best Canadian Feature
Gold: THE FIGHT MACHINE (Canada, d. Andrew Thomas Hunt)
Silver: CULT HERO (Canada, d. Jesse T. Cook)
Bronze: RELAX, I’M FROM THE FUTURE (Canada, d. Luke Higginson)
Best Canadian Short
Gold: BUMP (Canada, d. Maziyar Khatam)
Silver: OLDTIMERS (Canada, d. Brian Quintero)
Bronze: ONE OF THOSE GOOD LIVES (Canada, d. Joseph Carney)
Best Quebec Feature
Gold: LES PAS D’ALLURE (Canada, d. Alexandre Leblanc)
Silver: TIMESCAPE (Canada, d. Aristomenis Tsirbas)
Bronze: THE DIABETIC (Canada, d. Mitchell Stafiej)
Best Quebec Short
Gold: DANS L’OMBRE (IN THE SHADOWS) (Canada, d. David Émond-Ferrat)
Silver: BRIGHTSTAR (Canada, d. Raphaël Hébert)
Bronze: LA GUÊPE (Canada, d. Marc Beaupré)
Best Documentary
Gold: THE PEZ OUTLAW (USA, d. Amy Bandlien Storkel, Bryan Storkel)
Silver: QUE LE FAN SOIT AVEC TOI (Canada, d. Marc Joly-Corcoran)
Bronze: OUT IN THE RING (Canada, d. Ry Levey)
Congratulations to all the winners! Dates for next year’s Fantasia will be announced soon.
