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63-545: Outlaw: Gangster VIP is based on the writings of Goro Fujita, an ex-gangster who wrote the novel the film was based on. The film was the first in a six-part series of films based on Goro Fujita's character. The film was released in Japan on January 13, 1968. The film was released by Toho International in an English-subtitled version in the United States in May 1968. Outlaw: Gangster VIP

126-613: A 25th anniversary screening of The Crow . Best Asian Feature went to Fly Me to the Saitama , Best International Feature - to Lake Michigan Monster , Best Action! Feature became The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil . Cheval Noir Best Feature went to Idol , Best Director and Best Screenplay went to Carlo Mirabella-Davis for Swallow . In New Flesh section won Kirill Sokolov's Why Don't You Just Die! . Edward R. Pressman received

189-413: A full revival of the festival in 2023. The free screening series in 2022 attracted only a few dozen people; filmmaker André Forcier , whose 1994 film The Wind from Wyoming (Le Vent du Wyoming) was one of the titles being screened, criticized the event as having been poorly advertised. The 2023 revival did not materialize, and there has been no subsequent news about the festival's return. The festival

252-578: A greater focus on Canadian and other North American films, the Montreal World Film Festival had a larger diversity of films from all over the world. Throughout its life, the festival saw various controversies around Losique's leadership, including uneven programming, a marketing strategy that sometimes seemed more concerned with throwing barbs at TIFF than with actually building the MWFF's brand, and increasing financial irregularities. The festival

315-594: A growing local interest in Asian films and the desire to watch them on the big screen. The 1996 edition of the festival lasted for a whole month and featured six months worth of entirely Asian fantasy and action movies with a significant prevalence of Chow Yun-fat and Jet Li retrospectives. FantAsia 1997 was held from July 11 to August 10. The lineup included Perfect Blue , Drunken Master II , Stagefright , El Dia de la Bestia , Henry , Tromeo and Juliet , Cutting Moments and others. A Gun for Jennifer won

378-466: A last-minute intervention by Pierre-Karl Péladeau and Québecor . In 2018 the festival was accused by Revenu Québec of owing almost $ 500,000 in unpaid taxes, but the festival was allowed to proceed that year after Losique made an initial payment of $ 33,000. By this time, Brendan Kelly of the Montreal Gazette was explicitly calling for the festival to be shut down, writing that "Way back in

441-574: A new international film festival, called the New Montreal FilmFest (FIFM), to be managed by Spectra Entertainment and headed by Daniel Langlois . Despite the competing festival and the loss of government funding, however, Losique continued to organize the World Film Festival, and filed lawsuits against both Telefilm and Spectra, further suing Moritz de Hadeln personally after he was announced as FIFM's artistic director. The 2005 FIFM

504-501: A permanent blog was introduced to communicate with fans year-round. Opening film: The Sorcerer's Apprentice , presented by Jay Baruchel . Among Canadian premieres were Scott Pilgrim vs. the World , The Last Exorcism , The Violent Kind , Van Von Hunter , Black Lightning . World premieres included I Spit on Your Grave , The Shrine , etc. The lineup included A Serbian Film , Air Doll , Best Worst Movie , The House of

567-658: A special screening of a new 4K restoration on July 30, 2024. 45°29′49″N 73°34′41″W  /  45.497°N 73.578°W  / 45.497; -73.578 Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival ( French : Festival des films du monde de Montréal ), commonly abbreviated MWFF in English or FFM in French, was an annual film festival in Montreal , Quebec , Canada from 1977 to 2019. Founded and run throughout its lifetime by Serge Losique , it

630-457: A young woman who was convicted of manslaughter and who served twelve years in prison for her part in the kidnapping, sex enslavement, rapes and murders of teenage girls, including her own sister, in a case said to involve ephebophilia  — was controversial in Canada, with many calling for its boycott throughout the country. In 2015 a group of employees claimed they were not paid. In 2016 many of

693-546: Is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. It focuses on niche, low budget movies in various genres, from horror to sci-fi. Regularly held in July/August, by 2016 its annual audience had already surpassed 100,000 viewers and outgrown even the Montreal World Film Festival . By virtue of the reputation developed over the last two decades, Fantasia has been called

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756-503: Is irrelevant send films and filmmakers, and the poor auteurs turn up to discover they're screening films in front of near-empty rooms. It also causes enormous problems for the other much more relevant film festivals in our city, notably the Festival du nouveau cinéma and Fantasia . These festivals have not been given the chance to step up and become the city's première festival with Losique's event staggering from edition to edition." In 2019,

819-651: The 401 " to TIFF due to its much higher international profile before screening in Montreal at the FNC or the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois instead of the MWFF. The WFF lost the sponsorship of its previous government cultural funders, SODEC and Telefilm Canada as a result of disagreements with Losique in 2004, after Losique refused to cooperate with a review by those agencies of Canada's major film festivals. Subsequently, these two funding agencies announced that they would support

882-775: The Achievement Award . In 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the festival went online and was moved to late summer, starting on 20 August and ending on 2 September. The screenings at Festival Scope and Shift72 were accessible from Canadian IP addresses. Among more than 100 feature films, selected for the festival, were Neil Marshall 's The Reckoning , Shinichiro Ueda's Special Actors , Nobuhiko Obayashi 's Labyrinth of Cinema , Brea Grant 's 12 Hour Shift , Shakespeare's Shitstorm , A Costume for Nicholas , and many more. Best Asian Feature went to Special Actors by Shinichiro Ueda, Best European/North-South American Feature – to The Mortuary Collection . Come True

945-615: The Cannes 's Marché du Film : together they are to select and present promising projects to potential partners. Frontières was also offered to host its section of genre cinema at the Cannes Film Festival . In its more than two decades of history, Fantasia has made a significant contribution to Canadian film culture, built its audience and helped arthouse cinema emerge from the underground. In cinematic circles they talk about an outstanding Fantasia Generation of creators, who grew with

1008-630: The Concordia University . In addition to the Hall hall and DeSeve hall, a third screening room has been added at the D.B. Clarke Theatre . There were, however, no outdoor shows this year. Montreal film Flutter received the award for best Quebec short feature. Memories of Matsuko was selected as the best Asian feature film, in European program won the Hatchet . In animation the main prize went to We Are

1071-621: The New Flesh section won Hugh Sullivan's The Infinite Man . Mamoru Oshii and Tobe Hooper were honoured with the Achievements award. Giovanni's Island by Mizuho Nishikubo won the main prize for best animation. Fantasia-2015 had 22 world premieres, including Momentum . For the first time the festival introduced the VR-section. This year program featured Anguish , Wild City , Goodnight Mommy , and many more. Sion Sono received

1134-718: The "most outstanding and largest genre film festival in North America". Its mission is to promote genre, anti-Hollywood cinema and assist independent filmmakers. Fantasia has launched the careers of many modern auteurs . Since 2012, the festival has also held the Frontières cinema market that allows promising projects to find potential producers and distributors. In 2016, the Frontières announced collaboration with Marché du Film led by Cannes Film Festival . Fantasia focuses on niche, low-budget films of various genres, from horror to science fiction, most of them non-PG . It grew from

1197-512: The 1990s, however, the MWFF was clearly losing prestige as TIFF gained in international clout; even within Montreal, its prominence was being increasingly challenged by the Festival du nouveau cinéma , which although older than the MWFF had previously been much smaller until gaining momentum in the early 1990s. In 1991, for the first time, newspapers in Montreal began running front-page stories calling for Losique to step down and hand over leadership of

1260-460: The Asian Film scene in Montreal and still has a significant shift to Asian cinematograph. Fantasia flagship section is named Cheval Noir , the winners are awarded with the festival's mascot statuette, a mighty black pegasus . Apart from Cheval Noir , the festival includes New Flesh , Séquences , Camera Lucida , Satoshi Kon prize, and several other sections, while in the wrap of the event

1323-570: The Case of Mister Hollow , Electric Fence , Paradox Mary , Laura Panic , and Don't Worry . Gordon Liu attended the screening of Disciples of the 36th Chamber as a guest star. In 2009, Fantasia was held from July 9 to July 29, opened with Takashi Miike 's film Yatterman and ended on July 29, 2009 with the North American premiere of Quentin Tarantino 's film Inglourious Basterds . Among

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1386-650: The City of a Thousand Planets to Nabwana I.G.G. 's $ 65 Bad Black . The Villainess opened the fest and the A Taxi Driver closed. Atomic Blonde , Agnieszka Holland 's Spoor and You Only Live Once premiered. Robert Pattinson presented Good Time . Violetta Schurawlow won the Best Actress for her role in Cold Hell , Nattawut Poonpiriya became the Best Director for his Bad Genius . Fantasia-2018

1449-532: The Devil , Smash Cut , and many more. The special screening of Combat Shock was attended by Buddy Giovinazzo . Pater Sparrow's 1 received the Cheval Noir as best feature film of the year. Fantasia 2011 held 19 world premieres and a lineup of 134 movies from 25 countries. The festival opened with the Canadian Premiere of Red State , other premieres included Final Destination 5 . Also notable

1512-506: The FIAPF accreditation, which was secured in early 1978. The 1978 event, however, saw the first instance of Losique using his position to take a public swipe at the Toronto festival, when he sent four films that had been booked to appear at both festivals back to their distributors instead of forwarding the prints to Toronto as directed. As early as 1980, the festival was marketing itself as one that

1575-464: The Gas Station . The indoor shows use the same Concordia University facilities as since the move to Concordia. The outdoor shows are several kilometres away from the indoor shows. The main prize was won by Blood Curse . With its 10th anniversary, Fantasia helped to launch an associated but separate Toronto festival Toronto After Dark Film Festival . This edition was held from July 5 to July 23 at

1638-752: The Infinite Two Minutes won the Audience prize. The 26th edition of the festival was held from 14 July to 3 August 2022. In the festival over 130 features and 200 shorts were screened. The highlight of the festival was honouring John Woo , the Hong Kong-based filmmaker, with the Career Achievement Award. The 27th edition of Fantasia was held July 20 – August 9. Juried award winners were announced on July 30, and Audience Award winners were announced on August 14. The 28th edition of Fantasia

1701-526: The Strange . A total of more than 81,000 tickets were sold for Fantasia 2007. Mitch Davis signed a first-look production deal with Paramount 's Blumhouse Prods. to scout for new projects and foreign movies for potential remakes. In 2008, Fantasia was held from July 3 to July 21. It featured the world premieres of Pig Hunt , Home Movie , Repo! The Genetic Opera , Midnight Meat Train , Eric Shapiro's Rule of Three , Truffe , Treevenge , The Facts in

1764-617: The WFF announced that it was cancelling the 43rd edition of the event. The stated reason was that Losique was suffering from extreme fatigue, with the festival intended at that time to return in 2020; however, with the COVID-19 pandemic emerging over the winter, the festival's return in 2020 was not possible, and the festival subsequently failed to see a revival in 2021. Robert Everett-Green of The Globe and Mail noted that while an event like TIFF, with its strong programming team, could easily work around

1827-604: The Woods (original version) , Seediq Bale , and Quentin Dupieux 's Wrong . In 2013, Fantasia was held from 18 July to 7 August, its program included 120 films. Among premieres were Antosocial and Curse of Chucky . The lineup featured Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 , Raze , Bad Milo! , Willow Creek (film) , After School Midnighters , I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow , The Complex , Gatchaman , The World's End , and many more. Big Bad Wolves took

1890-444: The audience, and give them deserved attention. Guillermo del Toro calls Fantasia a shrine to all geeks and a feast for those who love things completely unlovable to the most. Bill Plympton treasures its anti-Hollywood atmosphere. The audience at Fantasia is considered to be open-minded people with a good sense of humor and good, albeit somewhat unconventional, taste. Festival regulars say that audiences always meow loudly before

1953-487: The audience. Every year, the program offers master-classes and special screenings, as well as world and American premieres, press-conferences and meetings with actors and directors. In 2016, a new section Documentaries From the Edge was established. Since 1997, Mitch Davis has been the festival's creative director. According to Davis, Fantasia's mission is to open niche, genre, noncommercial movies from independent auteurs to

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2016-453: The best feature film, Kiyoshi Kurosawa became the best director (for Creepy ). Award for the best screenplay went to E J-yong for The Bacchus Lady . Guillermo del Toro was honoured with Achievement award. Agnieszka Smoczyńska received the special mention of the jury for The Lure . Fantasia-2017 went from July 13 to August 2 with a lineup of more than 150 feature films and 300 shorts, from Luc Besson 's $ 200 mln Valerian and

2079-458: The early days of the festival in the late '70s and early '80s, the FFM was a happening event that could be said to be seriously rival the Toronto fest, then called the Festival of Festivals. But that hasn't been true for 30 years, and it's almost entirely Losique's fault. As long as the FFM exists, it drags down the city's film scene. Agencies and producers in other countries who don't realize Losique's fest

2142-431: The employees resigned, citing poor leadership and financial uncertainty amongst other issues. In an interview with CTV News, Montreal Gazette entertainment columnist Bill Brownstein referred to Losique as having a "Napoleonic complex" and not "playing well with the other children" resulting in government and sponsors withdrawing their funding support. In the same year Cineplex Entertainment withdrew its support from

2205-518: The festival to a successor due to poor programming decisions and declining attendance. In 1998, the festival faced heavy criticism when it opted to present a lifetime achievement award to Sandra Bullock , despite her still having been known only for a few hit films over the past couple of years at that point, rather than the sort of sustained career typically required to earn lifetime achievement honours. By 2000, even filmmakers from Quebec were frequently bypassing MWFF, instead opting to "stampede down

2268-458: The festival was available for purchase with the festival guide book. Fantasia's 10th anniversary and 10th edition, the 2006 edition, is the first to feature free outdoor shows. The outdoors shows are at Parc de la Paix and are free. Outdoor projections included films from the previous editions: Kamikaze Girls , the last four episodes of Goldorak , Night of the Living Dorks and Attack

2331-701: The festival, causing it to lose the Forum Theatre as a venue. Left with only the Imperial Cinema for a venue, the festival had to cancel some of its planned screenings and proceed with a reduced lineup, although several of the city's independent theatres stepped in to help screen films at the last minute. In 2017, power was cut at the Imperial Theatre in July, just a few weeks before the festival, due to unpaid electricity bills, with that year's festival being saved by

2394-536: The festival. For example, Roadkill Superstars were among the very first visitors. They even confess to forging documents to attend non-PG movies. Their Turbo Kid was funded and produced thanks to the Frontières . Similarly, Fantasia and the Frontières helped Astron-6 and financed The Void , Radius , The Ranger , and many more. Fant-Asia 1996 was launched by "three Hong Kong new wave fanboys" Martin Sauvageau, André Dubois and Pierre Corbeil, who felt

2457-538: The films screened at Fantasia 2009 were Thirst , Love Exposure , Dream , Embodiment of Evil , Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl , Smash Cut , Trick 'r Treat , Neighbor , Must Love Death , Cencoroll , Dread . The films for Fantasia 2010 were announced on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Tickets went on sale on July 6, 2010 at 1 pm. The Festival started on July 8, 2010 running until July 28, 2010 with 6 indoor screening venues and one outdoor location. For 2010,

2520-475: The general public. Through the 1980s, the Montreal and Toronto film festivals were typically seen as different but complementary events, although Losique continued to lash out at any media suggestion that the events were comparable in prestige or quality, and his most consistent public relations strategy in this era was to release public statements criticizing TIFF's public relations statements for being insufficiently deferential to his festival's superiority. By

2583-511: The health difficulties of a single programmer, the stated reason for the MWFF's cancellation effectively confirmed the longstanding charges that Losique ran the festival as a personal fiefdom rather than cultivating a team. In 2022, Losique announced plans to revive the festival as the Global Montreal Film Festival, with a 2022 edition featuring free screenings of a selection of films that had previously screened at FFM, leading to

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2646-471: The main prize and was met by a standing ovation of the audience. In 1998, Fantasia's Toronto edition premiered at the Bloor Cinema . That year, Tony Timpone joined the management team. 2002 became the missed year for Fantasia due to problems with the main venue, Imperial Cinema. Only four months before the event, the theater announced cancellation because of the broken air conditioning system. Indeed,

2709-480: The main prize as the best feature film, Hou Chi-jan became the best director for his movie When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep . Andrzej Żuławski received the achievement award, while at the New Flesh section Evan Louis Katz won with his debut Cheap Thrills . Fantasia 2014 lasted from July 17 to August 5, it featured 160 movies and had 216 screenings, while the audience grew to 129,000. That year's poster

2772-578: The main prize for Tag , Reina Triendl became the best actress. Miss Hokusai won in Animation, La La La at Rock Bottom won in the Best Screenplay. For the first time in its history, Fantasia's audience exceeded 100,000. That year the festival had 209 screenings and 19 world premieres, including King Dave by Daniel Grou , Goran by Nevio Marasović , Realive by Mateo Gil , Some Freaks , etc. Yeon Sang-ho 's Train to Busan won as

2835-421: The most important cinema fests in North America. Founded by cinephiles and initially based on sheer enthusiasm, it was supported only with private money for more than a decade. Only when its audience surpassed that of WWF and FNC , it attracted governmental attention and further funding. Since the mid-2010s, Fantasia has sold more than 100,000 tickets annually. New Flesh section is now considered "one of

2898-434: The presentation to John Landis of a lifetime Achievement award, while Landis presented his new film Burke and Hare . In 2012, Fantasia was held from 19 July to 7 August. Its 90,000 audience exceeded WFF 's, the festival was extensively covered in the world media. Fantasia 2012 featured the screenings of the films Toad Road , Doomsday Book (won the main prize), the horror anthology film V/H/S , Hidden in

2961-419: The screening of feature films, a tradition that is still alive today. The fest has only two indoor locations, lots of events are held in usual cafes, restaurants, and karaoke-bars. The atmosphere is famous for its informal vibe, the screenings are open, no VIP zones are secluded and even the world famous directors and actors freely blend in the crowd. By 2020, Fantasia had already been recognized as one of

3024-435: The theater was not repaired until 2004. Alternate bookings were not available. The lack of assurance for the 2003 festival meant a change in venue and so, Fantasia 2003 moved Concordia University . Fantasia 2003 was held for the first time on the Concordia University campus, using the de Sève Cinema and Henry F. Hall Alumni Auditorium . This was also the first year that a DVD filled with movie trailers of movies shown at

3087-493: The viewer on their toes. Gangster VIP is a far more mature and serious film than most of Nikkatsu's akushun films from the 60s, benefiting from some great acting, especially from its lead Watari (Tokyo Drifter), and the poignant final scenes will stick in one's mind for a long time after the film is over." Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: Fantasia Film Festival Fantasia International Film Festival (also known as Fantasia-fest , FanTasia , and Fant-Asia )

3150-530: The world's premier launching pads for new voices in genre cinema". In 2012, Fantasia founded Frontières platform to promote genre films and help promising projects. For its first season, 12 projects were selected and then presented to producers and distributors. In 2013, Frontières was invited to host a European section at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival . In 2016, Frontières announced joint program with

3213-400: Was abruptly cancelled in 2019, just a few weeks before that year's event had been scheduled to launch. Losique launched the festival in part as a response to the inaugural 1976 Festival of Festivals , as he reportedly believed that Montreal was a more appropriate location than Toronto to be the host of a prestige film festival. After screening an inaugural program in summer 1977, he pursued

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3276-712: Was awarded with Cheval Noir Best Screenplay . Kim Da-mi became the Best Actress for her role in The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion . Microhabitat won in Camera Lucida section. Fantasia 2019 lasted from July 11 to August 1. That year's poster was created by Donald Caron and depicted new favourites of the audience – a luchador pug and enormous flying cat. The lineup of more than 100 feature films and numerous shorts included Ready or Not , Sadako , The Lodge , Vivarium , Killerman , Master Z: Ip Man Legacy , Satanic Panic , and many more. The festival held

3339-569: Was created by Donald Caron, it paid tribute to Ray Harryhausen , Ray Bradbury , Forrest J Ackerman who flew across the sky in the Bewitched Canoe (a piece of Québec folklore, La Chasse Galerie piloted by the Devil). Jacky in Women's Kingdom became the opening film. Premieres included Unfriended by Levan Gabriadze , The Midnight Swim by Sarah Adina Smith , The Creeping Garden . At

3402-436: Was focused more on the films than their stars, with Losique regularly trumpeting that motto through the years as the thing that made his festival better than Toronto's. By 1985, Losique was already beginning to attract criticism for running the festival in an "authoritarian" and " Napoleonic " manner, with programming driven disproportionately by his own personal taste in film rather than consideration for what would appeal to

3465-447: Was held July 18 – August 4. The festival's opening film was Bookworm , by Ant Timpson , and the festival closed with André Forcier 's film Ababooned (Ababouiné) . Forcier received the festival's Prix Denis-Héroux in honour of his overall career achievements. A special Trailblazer Award was presented to Canadian filmmaker Vincenzo Natali , the director of the influential science fiction thriller film Cube , which also received

3528-464: Was held from 12 July to 2 August and included 125 feature films and 220 shorts. That year poster featured a flying cat and a space pug. The festival was opened by Santiago Menghini's short Milk and Daniel Roby 's Just a Breath Away . The list of premieres included The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot , Mandy , Kenji Tanigaki Big Brother , LaPlace's Witch , Black Tide . Joe Dante

3591-649: Was honoured as the Most Groundbreaking film of the festival. Closing film: The Great Yokai War: Guardians . The 25th anniversary edition featured 25 feature film world premieres, 12 international and 34 North American premieres. Opening film: Brain Freeze . Cheval Noir Competition-Best Film Award was given to Voice of Silence by Hong Eui-jeong , Cheval Noir Competition-Best Actor Award took Yoo Ah-in , Best Actress – Zelda Adams (for Hellbender ). Best Screenplay award went to The Righteous . Beyond

3654-532: Was honoured with the Achievement award. Just a Breath Away won the main prize, however, some criticized that decision and mentioned that many other movies that year were better made, while in Just a Breath Away the leading cast lacked genuine emotions and delivered poorly. Nosipho Dumisa was awarded the Best Director prize for his Number 37 . Cam won in the New Flesh section, its creator Isa Mazzei also

3717-432: Was not successful, and the event was discontinued; as of July 2007, Losique's lawsuits were dropped, paving the way for a restoration of government funding. In 2005, Losique first announced and later withdrew the film Karla from the festival after the principal sponsor of the festival, Air Canada , threatened to withdraw its sponsorship of the festival if that film were included. The film — about Karla Homolka ,

3780-511: Was organised in various sections, including the World Competition (features and shorts) and First Films World Competition (features), and non-competitive streams for Canadian and world cinema, documentaries, student films and repertory programming of classic films. Prior to the beginning of each event, the festival's board of directors appointed the juries who held sole responsibility for choosing award winners. Juried awards were presented for

3843-599: Was shown at the Udine Far East Festival in 2005. The film had its Canadian premier at the Fantasia Film Festival on July 14, 2008. Outlaw: Gangster VIP was released by Arrow Video on Blu-ray and DVD in 2016 as part of a box set of the entire series. Jasper Sharp of Midnight Eye stated that "Toshio Masuda didn't make the flashiest of works at Nikkatsu, but he did make solid, reliable movies with great characters and well-crafted plots that always keep

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3906-544: Was the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF . (The Toronto International Film Festival is also FIAPF-accredited, but is run as a non-competitive event). The public festival, which was founded in 1977 as a replacement for the defunct Montreal International Film Festival (1960–68), was held annually in late August. Unlike the Toronto International Film Festival, which has

3969-564: Was the world premiere of the Swedish horror film Marianne . Yoshimasa Ishibashi was awarded with the Best Director prize (for Milocrorze: A love story ). Best Screenplay award was given to Park Hoon-jung (for The Unjust ). I Love You short from The Theatre Bizarre was specially noted by the jury. Best Animation prize went to Surviving Life . Amiel Courtin-Wilson 's Hail won in The Séquences . The festival also featured

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