2008 (12th) Fantasia Film Festival Contents 1 Profile 2 Awards 3 Film Listings 3.1 China 3.2 Hong Kong 3.3 Japan 3.4 South Korea 3.5 Thailand 3.6 Vietnam 3.7 Other 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" - Feng Xiaogang (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" - Derek Kwok (Hong Kong) * International Premiere "The Pye-Dog" - Derek Kwok (Hong Kong) * Canadian Premiere "Sasori" - Joe Ma (Hong Kong) * Canadian Premiere "Shamo" Cheang Pou-Soi (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" - Kwak Kyung-Taek (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) Page Discussion View View source History
