Fantasia, which bills itself as “North America’s Premier Genre Film Festival,” was held from 5 to 23 July in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Full information on the festival is on their web site. During the festival, they announced the winners of the Fantasia 2007 Prizes.
The winners in the feature film categories are:
Best Film: Memories of Matsuko 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 (tie): Song Kang-ho for The Show Must Go On (South Korea)
     Ryu Deok-hwan for Like a Virgin (South Korea)
Best Actress: Mary McCormack for Right at Your Door (USA)
The winners in the short film categories are:
Best Quebec Short Feature: Flutter by Howie Shia (Quebec)
Special Jury Mention: Moi by Yan England (Quebec)
Special Jury Mention: The photography of Claudine Sauvé (specifically in François Blouin’s Hotel and Yan England’s Moi)
Best International Short Feature (tie): The Last 15 by Antonio Campos (USA)
     Maquina by Gabe Ibanez (Spain)
Best Animated Short Feature: Everything Will Be OK by Don Hertzfeldt (USA)
Special Jury Mention: The Runt by Andreas Hykade (Germany)
Best DIY Short—Quebec: L’écervelé by Benoît Desjardins (Quebec)
Special Mentions: 20 Secondes by Patrick Rozon (Quebec)
     Flush! by JeF. Grenier (Quebec)
     Johad Joe II by Simon Bouchard (Quebec)
Sequences Magazine Award: Wool 100% by Mai Tominaga (Japan)
Info Culture Award for Best Documentary: The Ghosts of Cité Soleil by Asgen Leth (Denmark)
L’Écran Fantastique Award: Right at Your Door by Chris Gorak (USA)
The Public’s Prizes are:
Best Asian Film, Golden Prize: 13 Beloved by Chookiat Sakweerakul (Thailand)
Best Asian Film, Silver Prize: Exiled by Johnnie To (Hong Kong)
Best Asian Film, Bronze Prize (tie): City of Violence by Ryoo Seung-wan (South Korea)
     Memories of Matsuko by Tetsuya Nakashima (Japan)
Best North-South American Film, Golden Prize: Hatchet by Adam Green (USA)
Best North-South American Film, Silver Prize: End of the Line by Maurice Deveraux (Canada)
Best North-South American Film, Bronze Prize (tie): Mulberry Street by Jim Mickle (USA)
     The Signal by David Bruckner, Dan Bush, and Jacob Gentry (USA)
Best Animated/Stop Motion Film, Golden Prize: Tekkon Kinkreet by Michael Arias (Japan)
Best Animated/Stop Motion Film, Silver Prize: We are the Strange by M. dot Strange (USA)
Best Animated/Stop Motion Film, Bronze Prize: Aachi and Ssipak by Joe Beom-jin (South Korea)
Most Groundbreaking Film, Golden Prize: We are the Strange by M. dot Strange (USA)
Most Groundbreaking Film, Silver Prize: Exte: Hair Extensions by Sion Sono (Japan)
Most Groundbreaking Film, Bronze Prize: Memories of Matsuko by Tetsuya Nakashima (Japan)
Best Documentary, Golden Prize: The King of Kong by Seth Gordon (USA)
Best Documentary, Silver Prize: Your Mommy Kills Animals by Curt Johnson (USA)
Best Documentary, Bronze Prize (tie): The Ghosts of Cité Soleil by Asgen Leth (Denmark)
     Zoo by Robinson Devor (USA)
Best Short Film, Golden Prize: The Fifth by Ryan Levin (USA)
Best Short Film, Silver Prize: The Angel by Paul Hough (USA)
Best Short Film, Bronze Prize (tie): Criticized by Richard Gale (USA)
     The Morning After by Daniel Knight (Australia)
Best Putain d’Court: Gratte-Papier by Guillaume Martinez (France)