2008 (12th) Fantasia Film Festival
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- 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)


