28th Fantasia International Film Festival

Compétition Cheval Noir

• Matt Johnson, Canadian filmmaker – Jury President^[3]
• Steve Dollar, American film critic
• Rob Jabbaz, Canadian filmmaker
• Kristina Klebe, American actress and filmmaker
• Ariane Louis-Seize, French-Canadian filmmaker

New Flesh Competition for Best First Feature

• Rain Rannu, Estonian filmmaker – Jury President^[3]
• Sapna Moti Bhavnani, Indian filmmaker
• Éric S. Boisvert, Canadian filmmaker
• Amelia Moses, Canadian filmmaker

International Short Film Competition

• Heidi Honeycutt, American film critic – Jury President^[3]
• Jean Anne Lauer, American professor and festival programmer
• Emily Lerer, Canadian filmmaker
• Gary Pullin, American illustrator
• Alex Williams, American film acquisitions executive

Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation

• Johane Matte, Canadian story artist – Jury President^[3]
• Jonathan Alvarez, American film acquisitions executive
• Elizabeth E. Schuch, American filmmaker

DGC Audience Award for Best Canadian Film

• Philip Kalin-Hajdu, Canadian filmmaker – Jury President^[3]
• Caroline Labrèche, Canadian filmmaker
• Francesco Giannini, Canadian filmmaker
• Serena Whitney, Canadian film programmer and filmmaker
• Trevor Anderson, Canadian filmmaker

Poulain Noir

• Luca Jalbert, French-Canadian filmmaker – Jury President^[3]
• Livia Gilbert, French-Canadian comedian
• Vincent Feller, French-Canadian comedian

Jury AQCC – Camera Lucida

• Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau, French-Canadian film critic – Jury President^[3]
• Prune Paycha, French-Canadian film critic and photographer
• Guillaume Potvin, French-Canadian film critic

L'écran Fantastique Jury

• Yves Rivard, French-Canadian film critic

Selection 2024

Compétition Cheval Noir

New Flesh Competition

Animation Plus

Documentaries From The Edge

Fantasia Retro

The Fantasia Retro section honors feature works that shaped the history of genre filmmaking.^[7]

Genre Du Pays

Anime no bento 2024

The Anime no bento program features highlights from new anime releases.^[9]

Circo Animato 2024

The Circo Animato section of the festival showcases new animated short films from around the world.

Sepentrion Shadows

The Sepentrion Shadows program features works from the northern regions of Canada.^[11]

Underground

The Underground program features works from international regions of the world.^[12]

Special Prizes

• Prix Denis-Héroux Award — André Forcier^[1]
• Trailblazer Award — Vincenzo Natali^[1]
• Cheval Noir Award — Mike Flanagan^[1]

Cheval Noir competition

• Best Film — The Count of Monte Cristo — Alexandre de la Patelière, Matthieu Delaporte^[13]
  • Special Jury Mention — Electrophilia — Lucía Puenzo^[13]
• Best Director — Mash Ville — Hwang Wook^[13]
• Best Screenplay — Electrophilia — Lucía Puenzo, Lorena Ventimiglia^[13]
• Best Cinematography — Inti Briones, Rita (dir. Jayro Bustamante)^[13]
• Best Editing — Penalty Loop (dir. Shinji Araki)^[13]
• Best Motion Picture Score — Penalty Loop (dir. Shinji Araki)^[13]
• Outstanding Performance Award — Mariana di Girolamo, Electrophilia; Anna Starchenko, Steppenwolf; Berik Aitzhanov, Steppenwolf^[13]

New Flesh competition

• Best First Feature — Self Driver — Michael Pierro^[13]
• Special Jury Mentions — Chainsaws Were Singing — Sander Maran); Kidnapping Inc. — Bruno Mourral^[13]

International Short Film Competition

• Best Film — Empty Jars — Guillermo Ribbeck^[13]
• Best Director — Björn Schagerström, Headache^[13]
• Best Screenplay — Iván Maureira and Guillermo Ribbeck, Empty Jars (dir. Guillermo Ribbeck)^[13]
• Best Cinematography — Be Right Back (dirs. Gabe Ibañez and Lucas Paulino)^[13]
• Best Editing — Night Fishing (dir. Moon Byoung-gon)^[13]
• Best Score — Blitzmusik (dir. Martin Amiot)^[13]
• Outstanding Performance — Ana Burgos, Empty Jars; Amed Bozan, Jenny Gustavsson, and Torkel Petersson, Headache^[13]
• Special Jury Mention (Best Film) — The Streetlight — Sophia Parella^[13]

Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation

• Best Animated Feature — Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain — Kenji Nakamura^[13]
• Special Jury Mention (Best Animated Feature) — The Missing — Carl Joseph Papa^[13]
• Best Animated Short
  • Gold — Wild Animal — Tianyun Lyu^[13]
  • Silver – Itch — Maggie Zeng^[13]
  • Bronze — Trumpet Voice — David Monarte Serna. Pilar Smoje Gueico^[13]

Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Director

• Best Director (Feature Film) — Naomi Jaye, Darkest Miriam^[13]
• Special Jury Mention — Karl R. Hearne, The G^[13]

Quebec Critics Choice Association Award

• Best Film – Me and My Victim — Maurane, Billy Pedlow^[13]
• Special Jury Mention – Vulcanizadora — Joel Potrykus^[13]

Poulain Noir - My First Fantasia Award

• Best Film
  • Gold – Eyes — Yoojae Choi, Hyokyoung Nam^[13]
  • Silver – Two One Two — Shira Avni^[13]
  • Bronze – The Girl with the Occupied Eyes — Andre Carrilho^[13]

L’Écran Fantastique Award

• The Beast Within — Alexander J. Farrell

Audience Awards

• Best International Feature
  • Gold: Bookworm — Ant Timpson^[14]
  • Silver: The Count of Monte Cristo — Alexandre de la Patelière, Matthieu Delaporte^[14]
  • Bronze: RATS! — Maxwell Nalevansky, Carl Fry^[14]
• Best International Short
  • Gold: Faces^[14]
  • Silver: Streetlight^[14]
  • Bronze: Les yeux d’Olga^[14]
• Best Asian Feature
  • Gold: A Samurai in Time — Junichi Yasuda^[14]
  • Silver: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In — Soi Cheang^[14]
  • Bronze: Penalty Loop — Shinji Araki^[14]
• Best Asian Short
  • Gold: Memory^[14]
  • Silver: Wanna Die Wanna Kill^[14]
  • Bronze: Night Fishing^[14]
• Best Documentary Feature: Voïvod: We Are Connected — Felipe Belalcazar^[14]
• Best Animated Feature
  • Gold: Ghost Cat Anzu — Yōko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita^[14]
  • Silver: The Missing — Carl Joseph Papa^[14]
  • Bronze: Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain — Kenji Nakamura^[14]
• Best Animated Short
  • Gold: Ruthless Blade^[14]
  • Silver: Lantern Blade, Episode Three^[14]
  • Bronze: Les Bêtes; Number 32. Giant Fish (tie)^[14]
• Best Canadian Feature
  • Gold: Self Driver — Michael Pierro^[14]
  • Silver: The Silent Planet — Jeffrey St. Jules^[14]
  • Bronze: Scared Shitless — Vivieno Caldinelli^[14]
• Best Canadian Short
  • Gold: The Shitty Ride — Cole Doran^[14]
  • Silver: Dirty Bad Wrong — Erica Orofino^[14]
  • Bronze: Bath Bomb — Colin G. Cooper^[14]
• Best Quebec Feature
  • Gold: Kidnapping Inc. — Bruno Mourral^[14]
  • Silver: Hunting Daze (Jour de chasse) — Annick Blanc^[14]
  • Bronze: Ababooned (Ababouiné) — André Forcier^[14]
• Best Quebec Short
  • Gold: The Image Seller^[14]
  • Silver: Mourir en silence^[14]
  • Bronze: Réinsertion; Bring Back Guillaume (tie)^[14]