Fantasia 2020: Audience Awards Announced!
The Fantasia International Film Festival wrapped its 24th edition earlier this week on Wednesday, September 2nd, presented as a cutting-edge virtual event that showcased 104 features – including 25 World Premieres – and over 200 shorts.
Following the juried winners that were announced on the festival’s closing night, Fantasia can now reveal the results of its audience awards polling.
And the winners are:
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 (USA, Dir: Ryan Spindell)
Silver – The Columnist (Netherlands, Dir: Ivo Van Aart)
Bronze – The Dark and the Wicked [Featured Image] (USA, Dir: Bryan Bertino)
Related Article: Trailer: Bryan Bertino’s THE DARK AND THE WICKED Looks Amazing!
BEST CANADIAN FEATURE
Gold – Tie – The Oak Room (Dir: Cody Calahan) and Slaxx (Dir: Elza Kephart)
Silver – Come True (Dir: Anthony Scott Burns)
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BEST DOCUMENTARY
Gold – Feels Good Man (USA, Dir: Arthur Jones)
Silver – Class Action Park (USA, Dirs: Seth Porges, Chris Charles Scott)
Bronze – Hail to the Deadites (Canada, Dir: Steve Villeneuve)
Related Article: Trailer: EVIL DEAD Documentary HAIL TO THE DEADITES Will Premiere at Fantasia International Film Fest
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)
Related Article: Trailer: Dark Sci-Fi/Thriller COME TRUE to Screen at Fantasia 2020
Congratulations to all of Fantasia 2020’s Audience Award winners! Let us know what you think in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also carry on the convo with me personally on Twitter @josh_millican.
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