Fantasia’s Winners Are…

The Fantasia International Genre Film Festival recently wrapped in Montreal, and from everyone I’ve heard from that went- it was quite the success!


This year had more sold-out screenings, and a higher increase in attendance compared to last year- which was 6 days longer! Cool stuff!


So how’d it fair up? Who took home the gold, the honor, the publicity and all that jazz? The winners are…


Best film: Mind Game (Japan, Yuasa Masaaki)

Best director: Ex æquo
Gen Sekiguchi – Survive Style 5 + (Japan)

Yuasa Masaaki – Mind Game (Japan)




Best script:
Yuasa Masaaki – Mind Game (Japan)


Best cinematography:
Kosuke Matushima -The Taste of Tea (Japan)

Best actor: Choi Min-sik – Crying Fist (South Korea)

Best actress:
Kate Greenhouse – Dark Hours (Canada)

Special Award – Visual Accomplishment:
Yuasa Masaaki – Mind Game (Japan)

Séquences Award – 50th anniversary

Best Asian Film:
Shutter

Special Mention:
One Nite in Monkong


Special Mention – Guilty Pleasure:
Godzilla: Final Wars

Fantasia People’s Choice Awards 2005


Best Asian Film:

Gold Fantasia: Ex æquo

Survive Style 5 + (Gen Sekiguchi, Japan, 2004)

Taste of Tea (Katsuhito Ishii, Japan, 2004)

Silver Fantasia:

Crying Fist (Ryoo Seung-wan, South Korea, 2005)

Bronze Fantasia: Ex æquo

Arahan (Ryoo Seung-wan, South Ko, 2004)

Godzilla – Final Wars (Ryuhei Kitamura, Japan 2005)

Best European / North-South American Film

Gold Fantasia: Ex aequo

El Lobo (Miguel Courtois, Spain, 2005)

Trouble (Harry Cleven, Belgium/France, 2004)

Silver Fantasia:

Devil’s Rejects (Rob Zombie, U.S., 2005)

Bronze Fantasia:

Night of the Living Dorks (Matthias Dinter, Germany, 2004)

Best Animation Film

Gold Fantasia:

Mind Game (Yuasa Masaaki, Japan, 2004)

Silver Fantasia:

A Place Promised in Our Early Days (Makoto Shinkai, Japan, 2005)

Bronze Fantasia:

Live Freaky! Die Freaky! (John Roecker, U.S., 2004)

Most Groundbreaking Film

Gold Fantasia:

Survive Style 5 + (Gen Sekiguchi, Japan, 2004)

Silver Fantasia:

Mind Game (Yuasa Masaaki, Japan, 2004)

Bronze Fantasia:

Taste of Tea (Katsuhito Ishii, Japan, 2004)



Best Short Film

Gold Fantasia:

Kakurenbo (Shuhei Morita, Japan, 2005)

Silver Fantasia:

Flat Life (Jonas Geirnaert, Belgium, 2004)

Bronze Fantasia:

Redrat: La Rata Retobada (Guillermo Kloetzer, Uruguay, 2004 )


If only we ALL could have been there! But don’t fret too hard, you can always click HERE to take on The Arrow’s experience!