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Fantasia Film Festival

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    Best Asian Film

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      Winner

      Love Exposure

      8.0 (17K)
      Sion Sono
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      Ip Man

      8.0 (240K)
      Wilson Yip
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      Thirst

      7.1 (53K)
      Park Chan-wook

    Best International Film

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      8th Wonderland

      6.1 (519)
      Nicolas Alberny
      Jean Mach
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      Embodiment of Evil

      5.9 (1.9K)
      José Mojica Marins
      Tied with Must Love Death (2009).
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      Must Love Death

      4.4 (443)
      Andreas Schaap
      Tied with Embodiment of Evil (2008).
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      Black

      5.2 (406)
      Pierre Laffargue

    Best Animation Film

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      Hells

      6.3 (512)
      Yoshinobu Yamakawa

    Best Documentary

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      Best Worst Movie

      7.2 (8.7K)
      Michael Paul Stephenson

    Best Short Film

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      Winner

      The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon

      7.6 (6.8K)
      Richard Gale
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      The Soul Detective

      5.6 (51)
      Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro(Producer)
      Letícia de Cássia(Producer)
      V2 Cinema

    Guru Prize for Most Energetic Film

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      Yattâman

      5.9 (2.1K)
      Takashi Miike
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      Ip Man

      8.0 (240K)
      Wilson Yip
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      Kyûketsu Shôjo tai Shôjo Furanken

      5.7 (4K)
      Naoyuki Tomomatsu
      Yoshihiro Nishimura
      Tied with Fireball (2009).
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      Fireball

      5.0 (1.1K)
      Thanakorn Pongsuwan
      Tied with Kyûketsu Shôjo tai Shôjo Furanken (2009).

    Most Innovative Film (Short or Feature)

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      Winner

      Love Exposure

      8.0 (17K)
      Sion Sono
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      8th Wonderland

      6.1 (519)
      Nicolas Alberny
      Jean Mach
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      Must Love Death

      4.4 (443)
      Andreas Schaap
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      Genius Party Beyond

      7.0 (1.2K)
      Mahiro Maeda
      Kôji Morimoto
      Kazuto Nakazawa
      Shin'ya Ôhira
      Tatsuyuki Tanaka

    Jury Prize

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    Best Cinematography

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      The Clone Returns Home

      6.6 (681)
      Hideho Urata

    Best Director

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      • David Russo
      • The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle

    Best Female Performance

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      Love Exposure

      8.0 (17K)
      Hikari Mitsushima

    Best Film

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      Breathless

      7.5 (5.7K)
      Yang Ik-joon

    Best First Film

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      White Lightnin'

      7.0 (1.9K)
      Dominic Murphy

    Best Male Performance

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      Breathless

      7.5 (5.7K)
      Yang Ik-joon

    Best Screenplay

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      8th Wonderland

      6.1 (519)
      Nicolas Alberny
      Jean Mach

    Technical Achievement

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      Ip Man

      8.0 (240K)

    Special Jury Prize

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    Feature Films

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      Love Exposure

      8.0 (17K)
      Sion Sono

    Special Mention

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      The Children

      5.9 (19K)
      Tom Shankland
      For the direction of child actors.
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      Linkeroever

      5.9 (3K)
      Eline Kuppens
      For a debut performance.

    Séquences Award

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      Rough Cut

      7.0 (3.1K)
      Hun Jang

    L'Écran Fantastique Award

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      Paco and the Magical Book

      6.9 (531)
      Tetsuya Nakashima

    International Short Film Competition

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      Utkant

      5.7 (29)
      Patrik Syversen

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    • Fantasia - The International Festival of Fantasy, Action and Genre Cinema

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    Event date

    July 9, 2009 - July 27, 2009

    Event location

    Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Event links

    • http://www.fantasiafest.com/

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