Vampire Mockumentary ‘I Love Paris’ Takes Top Honors at 2026 Fantasia Film Festival Audience Awards

The people have spoken at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.

Nicky Murphy’s vampire mockumentary “I Love Paris” took home best international feature honors at the audience awards, while Masanao Kawajiri’s “Cherry and Virgin” was honored with best animated feature.

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This year’s Fantasia International Film Festival took place from July 16 to Aug. 2 in Montreal. The audience award winners were named after this year’s juried winners were announced.

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See the full winners list below.

► BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

Gold: I Love Paris (dir. Nicky Murphy, France/Australia)

Silver: No Rest for the Wicked (dir. Kasper Kalle, Denmark/Faroe Islands/Iceland)

Bronze: Bagworm (dir. Oliver Bernsen, USA)

► BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT

Gold: Bruised Sky (dir. Gary Kent, U.K.)

Silver: Reset (dirs. Jerry Hsu and Celine Tien, USA)

Bronze: Pimple (dir. Fernando Alle, Portugal)

► BEST ASIAN FEATURE

Gold: Anymart (dir. Yusuke Iwasaki, Japan)

Silver: The Specials (dir. Eiji Uchida, Japan)

Bronze: TOKYO BURST: Crime City (dir. Eiji Uchida, Japan/South Korea)

► BEST ASIAN SHORT

Gold: The Last Jiangshi (dir. Yu Chih Chieh, China/Hong Kong/Taiwan)

Silver: Tongue (dir. Lim Da-seul, South Korea)

Bronze (tie): Chaar Diwaari (dir. Syed Shadan, India) and Wish You Were Dead (dir. Lee Min-hyuk, South Korea)

► BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Gold: Cherry and Virgin (dir. Masanao Kawajiri, Japan)

Silver: Jim Queen (dirs. Nicolas Athane and Marco Nguyen, France)

Bronze: Zsazsa Zaturnnah (dir. Avid Liongoren, Philippines / France)

► BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Gold: The Lovers (dirs. Alice Mao and Sophia Paez, USA)

Silver: Echo (dir. Asuka Dokai, Japan)

Bronze: Trading Cards (dir. Radheya Jang, Australia/U.K.)

► BEST CANADIAN FEATURE

Gold: Unholy Night (dir. Michael Gabriele, Canada)

Silver: Castration Movie Chapter iii. Junior Ghosts — Premorphic Drift; A Fragmentary Passage (dir. Louise Weard, Canada)

Bronze (tie): Insectasy (dir. Angus Silver, Canada) and A Safe Distance (dir. Gloria Mercer, Canada)

► BEST CANADIAN SHORT

Gold: Something Borrowed (dir. Findlay Ironside, Canada)

Silver (tie): Bagman (dirs. Connor Gaston and Vaughn Gaston, Canada) and Man Eating Pussy (dir. Emily Lawson, Canada)

Bronze: Sleep Through Summer (dir. Erin Mick, Canada)

► BEST QUÉBEC FEATURE

Gold: Tight Lettuce (dir. Harrison Houde, Canada)

Silver: Romin (dirs. Jassen Charron and Anthony Dionne, Canada)

Bronze: Someone’s Daughter (dir. Wiebke von Carolsfeld, Canada)

► BEST QUÉBEC SHORT

Gold: Neighbors (dir. Andre Bendahan, Canada)

Silver: Serenity (dir. Frank Tremblay, Canada)

Bronze: Sol Vivant (dir. Émile Lavoie, Canada)

► BEST DOCUMENTARY

Best Documentary:The Seoul Guardians (dirs. Cho Chul-young, Kim Jong-woo, and Kim Shin-wan, South Korea)

► ÉCRAN FANTASTIQUE

Écran Fantastique: Suzuki=Bakudan (dir. Akira Nagai, Japan)

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