'I Love Paris' Wins Best International Feature at Fantasia
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- 'I Love Paris' (dir. Nicky Murphy, France/Australia), a vampire mockumentary, took Gold for Best International Feature, with Silver going to Kasper Kalle's 'No Rest for the Wicked' and Bronze to Oliver Bernsen's 'Bagworm'
- Masanao Kawajiri's animated feature 'Cherry and Virgin' (Japan) won Gold for Best Animated Feature, beating out France's 'Jim Queen' and the Philippines/France co-production 'Zsazsa Zaturnnah'
- Yusuke Iwasaki's 'Anymart' (Japan) claimed Gold for Best Asian Feature, while Yu Chih Chieh's 'The Last Jiangshi' (China/Hong Kong/Taiwan) won Best Asian Short Gold
- The Seoul Guardians (dirs. Cho Chul-young, Kim Jong-woo, and Kim Shin-wan, South Korea) was named Best Documentary, and Akira Nagai's 'Suzuki=Bakudan' (Japan) won the Écran Fantastique prize
- Gary Kent's 'Bruised Sky' (U.K.) won Gold for Best International Short, and 'The Lovers' (dirs. Alice Mao and Sophia Paez, USA) took Best Animated Short Gold
- Canadian films swept the domestic categories: Michael Gabriele's 'Unholy Night' won Best Canadian Feature Gold, Harrison Houde's 'Tight Lettuce' won Best Québec Feature Gold, and Andre Bendahan's 'Neighbors' won Best Québec Short Gold
- The 2026 festival ran July 16 to Aug. 2 in Montreal, with the audience awards announced after this year's juried winners were named
Why it matters: Fantasia's audience-voted winners span 11 categories and at least 12 countries of production, with France/Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Canada each claiming multiple golds. The audience awards were announced after the juried winners, giving the Montreal-based genre festival a separate populist track distinct from jury selections.
