The just-concluded Fantasia International Film Festival showcased over 100 features in its first-ever virtual edition; there was a lot of great stuff, and the viewers’ choices for the very best have been revealed.
Fantasia just announced the winners of its Audience Awards in multiple categories. The full lineup:
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 (pictured; U.S., Dir: Ryan Spindell) Review
Silver: THE COLUMNIST (Netherlands, Dir: Ivo Van Aart) Review
Bronze: THE DARK AND THE WICKED (U.S., Dir: Bryan Bertino) Review
BEST CANADIAN FEATURE
Gold: Tie–THE OAK ROOM (Dir: Cody Calahan) Review and SLAXX (Dir: Elza Kephart)
Silver: COME TRUE (Dir: Anthony Scott Burns)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Gold: FEELS GOOD MAN (U.S., Dir: Arthur Jones)
Silver: CLASS ACTION PARK (U.S., 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)
We’ll be running more reviews of Fantasia-featured films in the coming days!
