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" - 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)

2008 (12th) Fantasia Film Festival

Contents

Profile

Awards

Film Listings

China

Hong Kong

Japan

South Korea

Thailand

Vietnam

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