By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The 28th edition of Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival is only halfway done, but some of its top honors have now been revealed.
At a ceremony that took place tonight at the Canadian city’s Cinéma du Musée, hosted by Fantasia’s artistic director and director of international programming Mitch Davis, the jury award winners were announced. The complete list of winners is as follows:
Cheval Noir Competition
Best Film: THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO (d. Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre De La Patellière)
Special Jury Mention (Best Film): ELECTROPHILIA (d. Lucía Puenzo)
Best Director: Hwang Wook, MASH VILLE
Best Screenplay: Lucía Puenzo and Lorena Ventimiglia, ELECTROPHILIA (d. Lucía Puenzo)
Best Cinematography: Inti Briones, RITA (d. Jayro Bustamante)
Best Editing: PENALTY LOOP (d. Shinji Araki)
Sandro Forte Award for Best Motion Picture Score: PENALTY LOOP (d. Shinji Araki)
Outstanding Performance Award: Mariana Di Girolamo, ELECTROPHILIA, and Anna Starchenko and Berik Aitzhanov, 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 (d. Michael Pierro)
Special Jury Mentions: CHAINSAWS WERE SINGING (d. Sander Maran, pictured above with Peeter Maran) and KIDNAPPING INC. (d. 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, DARKEST MIRIAM
Special Jury Mention: Karl R. Hearne, 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 (d. Maurane and Billy Pedlow)
Special Jury Mention: VULCANIZADORA (d. 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 (d. Kenji Nakamura)
Special Jury Mention (Best Animated Feature): THE MISSING (d. Carl Joseph Papa)
Best Animated Short, Gold: WILD ANIMAL (d. Tianyun Lyu)
Best Animated Short, Silver: ITCH (d. Maggie Zeng)
Best Animated Short, Bronze: TRUMPET VOICE (d. David Monarte Serna and Pilar Smoje Gueico)
Jurors: Johane Matte (President), Jonathan Alvarez, Elizabeth E. Schuch
International Short Film Competition
Best Film: EMPTY JARS (d. Guillermo Ribbeck)
Best Director: Björn Schagerström, HEADACHE
Best Screenplay: Iván Maureira and Guillermo Ribbeck, EMPTY JARS (d. Guillermo Ribbeck)
Best Cinematography: BE RIGHT BACK (d. Gabe Ibañez and Lucas Paulino)
Best Editing: NIGHT FISHING (d. Moon Byoung-gon)
Best Score: BLITZMUSIK (d. Martin Amiot)
Outstanding Performance: Ana Burgos, EMPTY JARS, and Amed Bozan, Jenny Gustavsson and Torkel Petersson, HEADACHE
Special Jury Mention (Best Film): THE STREETLIGHT (d. Sophia Parella)
Jurors: Heidi Honeycutt (President), Jean Anne Lauer, Emily Lerer, Gary Pullin, Alex Williams
My First Fantasia Awards
Best Film, Gold: EYES (d. Yoojae Choi and Hyokyoung Nam)
Best Film, Silver: TWO ONE TWO (d. Shira Avni)
Best Film, Bronze: THE GIRL WITH THE OCCUPIED EYES (d. Andre Carrilho)
Jurors: Luca Jalbert, Livia Gilbert, Vincent Feller
