Montreal’s Fantasia Festival has announced their award winners and there are a LOT of great films on the list, along with a couple surprises …
The big winners on the critics’ list were Last Life in The Universe, Shaun of the Dead, and The Uninvited. I’ve not seen The Uninvited yet, but it just vaulted up to the top of my ‘to buy’ list. I’ve seen both Shaun and Last Life and, though wildly different, they’re both incredible films that really must be seen.
The big public voted awards went to A Tale of Two Sisters, Ex-Aequo, Shaun of the Dead, Haute Tension, and Cutie Honey. A Tale of Two Sisters is a really incredible piece of atmospheric, psychological horror that is in the current wave of Asian films that have been bought up by US companies for distribution and remake, and it is absolutely as good as the hype.
Check out the complete list of winners here – there are a lot more – and if you’re the sort who’s got money burning a hole in your pocket all of those links above will take you to various international versions of these films available on DVD. Make sure to double check region coding, though, to be sure that your system can handle them …
