2008 (12th) Fantasia Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Fantasia Film Festival
• Edition: 12th
• Period: July 3-21, 2008
• Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Awards

• Best Film: "Let The Right One In" - Tomas Alfredson
• Best Director: Tomas Alfredson - "Let The Right One In"
• Best Script: Satoshi Miki - "Adrift in Tokyo"
• Best Photography: Hoyte Van Hoytema - "Let The Right One In"
• Best Actor: Ben Siegler - "Rule of Three"
• Best Actress: Park Jin-Hee - "Shadows in the Palace"
• Special Mention of the Jury: Joe Odagiri & Tomokazu Miura - "Adrift in Tokyo"

Film Listings

China

• "Assembly" - Xiaogang Feng (China) * Canadian Premiere

Hong Kong

• "An Empress and the Warriors" - Siu-Tung Ching (Hong Kong) * Canadian Premiere
• "The Detective" - Oxide Pang Chun (Hong Kong) * North American Premiere
• "Disciples of the 36th Chamber" - Lau Kar Leung (Hong Kong) * Montreal Premiere
• "Mad Detective" - various (Hong Kong) * Montreal Premiere
• "The Moss" - Chi-kin Kwok (Hong Kong) * International Premiere
• "The Pye-Dog" - Chi-kin Kwok (Hong Kong) * Canadian Premiere
• "Sasori" - Joe Ma (Hong Kong) * Canadian Premiere
• "Shamo" Pou-Soi Cheang (Hong Kong) * North American Premiere
• "Sparrow" - Johnnie To (Hong Kong) * Canadian Premiere
• "Triangle" - various (Hong Kong) * Montreal Premiere

Japan

• "A Colt Is My Passport" - Takashi Nomura (Japan) * Canadian Premiere
• "Adrift in Tokyo" - Satoshi Miki (Japan) * Canadian Premiere
• "Always: Sunset on Third Street 2" - Takashi Yamazaki (Japan) * Canadian Premiere
• "Be a Man! Samurai School" - Tak Sakaguchi (Japan) * North American Premiere
• "Chanbara Beauty: The Movie" - Yohei Fukuda (Japan) * Canadian Premiere
• "The Chasing World" - Issei Shibata (Japan) * Canadian Premiere
• "Black Belt - Shunichi Nagasaki (Japan)
• "Gachi Boy" - Norihiro Koizumi (Japan) * Canadian Premiere
• "Gangster VIP" - Toshio Masuda (Japan) * Canadian Premiere
• "Genius Party" - various (Japan) * Montreal Premiere
• "L: Change the World" - Hideo Nakata (Japan) * Canadian Premiere
• "The Machine Girl - Noboru Iguchi (Japan)
• "The Most Beautiful Night in the World" - Daisuke Tengan (Japan) * North American Premiere
• "Negative Happy Chain Saw Edge" - Takuji Kitamura (Japan) * Canadian Premiere
• "The Shadow Spirit" - Masato Harada (Japan) * North American Premiere
• "Sukiyaki Western Django" - Takashi Miike (Japan) * Montreal Premiere
• "Robo Rock" - Taikan Suga (Japan) * North American Premiere
• "Sweet Rain" (Accuracy of Death) - Masaya Kakei (Japan) * Canadian Premiere
• "Tamami: The Baby's Curse" - Yudai Yamaguchi (Japan) * Canadian Premiere
• "Velvet Hustler" - Toshio Masuda (Japan) * Canadian Premiere
• "Tokyo Gore Police" - Yoshihiro Nishimura (Japan) * Canadian Premiere
• "XX (X-Cross)" - Kenta Fukasaku (Japan) * Canadian Premiere

South Korea

• "Love" - Kyung-Taek Kwak (Korea) * Canadian Premiere
• "A Tale of Legendary Libido" - Han-sol Shin (Korea) * International Premiere
• "Beautiful Sunday" - Kwang-kyo Jin (Korea) * Canadian Premiere
• "The Butcher" - Jin-won Kim (Korea) * Canadian Premiere
• "The Epitaph" - various (Korea) * Canadian Premiere
• "Going by the Book" - Hee-chan Ra (Korea) * North American Premiere
• "Le Grand Chef" - Yun-su Jeon (Korea) * North American Premiere
• "May 18" - Ji-hun Kim (Korea) * Canadian Premiere
• "No Mercy for the Rude" - Cheol-hie Park (Korea) * Montreal Premiere
• "Our Town" - Gil-young Jeong (Korea) * North American Premiere
• "Paradise Murdered" - Han-min Kim (Korea) * Canadian Premiere
• "Punch Lady" - Hyo-jin Kang (Korea) * North American Premiere
• "Return" (Wide Awake) - Kyoo-man Lee (Korea) * North American Premiere
• "Seven Days" - Shin-yeon Won (Korea) * North American Premiere
• "Shadows in the Palace" - Mee-jeung Kim (Korea) * Canadian Premiere
• "Voice of a Murderer" - Jin-pyo Park (Korea) * North American Premiere
• "Who's That Knocking at My Door? - Hae-hun Yang (Korea) * North American Premiere

Thailand

• "4bia" - various (Thailand) * International Premiere
• "Alone" - various (Thailand) * Montreal Premiere
• "Art of the Devil 3 - Ronin Team (Thailand) * Canadian Premiere
• "Handle Me with Care" - Kongdej Jaturanrasamee (Thailand) * North American Premiere
• "Muay Thai Chaiya" - Kongkiat Khomsiri (Thailand) * Canadian Premiere

Vietnam

• "The Rebel" - Truc 'Charlie' Nguyen (Vietnam) * Montreal Premiere

Other

• "All The Boys Love Mandy Lane" - Jonathan Levine (USA)
• "Babysitter Wanted" - Jonas Barnes, Michael Manasseri (USA)
• "Baby’s Room" - Álex de la Iglesia (Spain)
• "Bad Biology" - Frank Henenlotter (USA)
• "Batman: Gotham Knight" - various (USA)
• "Before the Fall" - F. Javier Gutiérrez (Spain)
• "Bound for Pleasure" - David Blyth (New zealand)
• "Dance of the Dead" - Gregg Bishop (USA)
• "Dark Floors" - Pete Riski (Finland)
• "Dying Breed" - Jody Dwyer (Australia)
• "Ex Drummer" - Koen Mortier (Belgium)
• "Flick" - David Howard (England)
• "From Inside" - John Bergin (USA)
• "From Within" - Phedon Papamichael (USA)
• "Home Movie" - Christopher Denham (USA)
• "Hunting Grounds" - Eric Bilodeau (Canada)
• "I Think We’re Alone Now" - Sean Donnelly (USA )
• "Idiots and Angels" - Bill Plympton (USA)
• "Island of Lost Souls" - Nikolaj Arcel (Denmark)
• "Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer" - Jon Knautz (Canada)
• "La Antena" - Esteban Sapir (Argentina)
• "La Bête du Lac" - Nicolas Renaud (Quebec)
• "La Crème" - Reynald Bertrand (France)
• "Lady Blood" - Jean-Marc Vincent (France)
• "Le Tueur" - Cédric Anger (France)
• "Let the Right One In" - Tomas Alfredson (Sweden)
• "Midnight Meat Train" - Ryuhei Kitamura (USA)
• "Mother of Tears" - Dario Argento (Italy)
• "Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie" - Jay Delaney (USA)
• "Peur(s) du noir" - various (France)
• "Pig Hunt" - James Isaac (USA)
• "REC" - Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza (Spain)
• "Red" - Trygve Allister Diesen, Lucky McKee (USA)
• "Repo! The Genetic Opera" - Darren Lynn Bousman (USA)
• "Rule of Three" - Eric Shapiro (USA)
• "Second Skin" - Juan Carlos Pineiro-Escoriaza (USA)
• "Special Magnum" - Alberto DeMartino (Italy)
• "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story" - Jeffrey Schwarz (USA)
• "Stuck" - Stuart Gordon (Canada)
• "The Echo" - Yam Laranas (USA)
• "The End" - Jeremy Thomas (Canada)
• "The Objective" - Daniel Myrick (USA)
• "The Substitute" - Ole Bornedal (Denmark)
• "Timecrimes" - Nacho Vigalondo (Spain)
• "To Let" - Jaume Balaguero (Spain)
• "Trailer Park of Terror" - Steven Goldmann (USA)
• "Transfigured Nights" - David Blyth (New Zealand)
• "Truffe" - Kim Nguyen (Canada)
• "Tunnel Rats" - Uwe Boll
• "What We Do Is Secret" - Rodger Grossman (USA)
• "Who Is KK Downey?" - Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely (Canada)
• "Wicked Lake" - Zach Passero (USA)