Fantasia winners!

The official jury of the 2007 Fantasia Festival – presided over by director,
screenwriter and actor Yves P. Pelletier and composed of Benoît Guichard
(screenwriter), Patrice Robitaille (actor and screenwriter), Patrice Sauvé
(director) and Roland Smith (programmer) – have presented their list of
laureates to the public.

BEST FILM
MEMORIES OF MATSUKO – Tetsuya Nakashima (Japan)

BEST DIRECTOR
Feng Xiaogang – THE BANQUET (China)

BEST SCRIPT
Han Jae-rim – THE SHOW MUST GO ON (South Korea)

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
Li Zhang – THE BANQUET (China)

BEST ACTOR
Ex æquo : Song Kang-ho – THE SHOW MUST GO ON (South Korea) / Ryu Deok-hwan –
LIKE A VIRGIN (South Korea)

BEST ACTRESS
Mary McCormack – RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR (USA)

Fantasia International Film Festival Short film competition

The prestigious jury of the official short features shown at Fantasia, presided
over by actress Suzanne Clément and composed of Stéphane Crête (actor,
screenwriter and filmmaker), René-Homier Roy (television host, anchorman and
journalist), Claude Auchu (vice-president and general director of the LG 2
agency) and Nancy Pavan (creative director, Tequila Communication) also
presented their list of laureates to the public.

BEST QUEBEC SHORT FEATURE
(Award includes a $2500 grant)
FLUTTER – Howie Shia (Quebec)

Special Jury Mention
MOI – Yan England (Quebec)

Special Jury Mention
The photography of Claudine Sauvé (François Blouin’s HOTEL and Yan England’s MOI)

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FEATURE
Ex æquo: THE LAST 15 – Antonio Campos (USA) / MAQUINA – Gabe Ibanez (Spain)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FEATURE
EVERYTHING WILL BE OK – Don Hertzfeldt (USA)

Special Jury Mention
THE RUNT – Andreas Hykade (Germany)

BEST DIY SHORT – QUEBEC
(Award includes a $1000 grant and a professional DVD duplication from Magra
Multi Média)
L’ÉCERVELÉ – Benoît Desjardins (Quebec)

SPECIAL MENTIONS:
20 SECONDES – Patrick Rozon (Quebec)
FLUSH! – JeF. Grenier (Quebec)
JIHAD JOE II – Simon Bouchard (Quebec)

The noted French-Canadian magazine Séquences associated itself with Fantasia to
present their Séquences Award. Mr. Élie Castiel, editor-in-chief of Séquences,
was the president of the jury for this prize. For its refreshing audacity
displayed through brilliant, anime-like mise en scene that breathes life into a
surreal, personal universe, the Séquence Jury composed of Yasmina Daha, Dominic
Bouchard et Luc Chaput selected, for their award…

WOOL 100% – Mai Tominaga (Japan)

Best Documentary

The jury accepted sleepless nights of debate and deliberation to choose this
year’s winner of a very competitive selection. Even if the films seen were very
different in their approach, they all shared commons qualities – the pertinence
and originality of their subjects, as well as the power to have the moviegoers
think and ask themselves questions. The best way to describe the selected
documentaries is that they represent real food for thought.

The jury, composed of Hector Salieri (president), Alison Leigh, Benjamin
Desautels, Irene Johnson and Yves Beaupré, awarded THE GHOSTS OF CITÉ SOLEIL,
directed by Asgen Leth and produced by Wyclef Jean, as Best Documentary.

L’Écran Fantastique Award

The L’Écran Fantastique Award is awarded to the American film RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR
from writer/director Chris Gorak.

Rory Cochrane and Mary McCormack

The L’Écran Fantastique Award acknowledges fantasy, horror or science-fiction
feature films produced in 2006 or 2007 and presented during the Fantasia
Festival. The prize is comprised of an article of five to six colour pages in an
upcoming edition of the magazine, along with a free full-page advertisement when
the film is released in theatres or on video in France. L’Écran Fantastique,
which has existed for more than 37 years, has a monthly print run of 98,000
copies and is distributed in the following territories: France, Spain, Portugal,
Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Canada (Quebec), Morocco and Germany.
Its head office is in Paris, the editor-in-chief is Alain Schlockoff and its
Canada correspondent is Yves Rivard. L’Écran Fantastique differentiates itself
with its high standards in editing and its high-quality visual presentation.

PUBLIC’S PRIZE
FANTASIA 2007

As per tradition, Fantasia’s audiences were asked to express their choices for
their favorite flashpoints of Fantasia 2007.

BEST ASIAN FILM

GOLDEN PRIZE:
13 BELOVED – Chookiat Sakweerakul (Thailand)

SILVER PRIZE:
EXILED – Johnnie To (Hong Kong)

BRONZE PRIZE:
Ex æquo : CITY OF VIOLENCE – Ryoo Seung-wan (South Korea)/MEMORIES OF MATSUKO –
Tetsuya Nakashima (Japan)

GOLDEN PRIZE:
HATCHET – Adam Green (USA)

SILVER PRIZE:
END OF THE LINE – Maurice Deveraux (Canada)

BRONZE PRIZE:
Ex æquo : MULBERRY STREET – Jim Mickle (USA) / THE SIGNAL – David Bruckner, Dan
Bush and Jacob Gentry (USA)

GOLDEN PRIZE:
TEKKON KINKREET – Michael Arias (Japan)

SILVER PRIZE:
WE ARE THE STRANGE – M dot Strange (USA)

BRONZE PRIZE:
AACHI & SSIPAK – Joe Bum-jin (South Korea)

GOLDEN PRIZE:
WE ARE THE STRANGE – M dot Strange (USA)

SILVER PRIZE:
EXTE: HAIR EXTENSIONS – Sion Sono (Japan)

BRONZE PRIZE:
MEMORIES OF MATSUKO – Tetsuya Nakashima (Japan)

GOLDEN PRIZE:
KING OF KONG – Seth Gordon (USA)

SILVER PRIZE:
YOUR MOMMY KILLS ANIMALS – Curt Johnson (USA)

BRONZE PRIZE:
Ex æquo : GHOSTS OF CITY SOLEIL – Asger Leth (Denmark/ ÉUA) / ZOO – Robinson
Devor (USA)

GOLDEN PRIZE:
THE FITH – Ryan Levin (USA)

SILVER PRIZE:
ANGEL – Paul Hough (USA)

BRONZE PRIZE:
Ex æquo: CRITICIZED – Richard Gale (USA) / THE MORNING AFTER – Daniel Knight
(Australia)

BEST PUTAIN D’COURT!