“Mom of Flies,” a small impartial movie from Fantasia regulars the Adams household, has received the jury-selected Cheval Noir award for finest movie on the twenty ninth Fantasia Movie Competition.
Acquired by Shudder prematurely of the pageant, “Mom of Flies” is written and directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Toby Posner and in addition stars the household trio, in addition to daughter Lulu Adams. One of many buzziest movies on the pageant, it is usually the primary U.S. movie to win Fantasia’s coveted Cheval Noir for Finest Movie.
Within the Cheval Noir jury assertion, jury president Pascal Plante wrote, “This won’t be the movie with essentially the most means or the flashiest camerawork, but it surely’s a movie that, in a meta approach, reminds us why we even trouble to make movies within the first place. [It’s] an earnest movie; a real indie that feels genuine, important, and impeccably crafted.”
The Cheval Noir jury gave a Particular Point out for finest movie to Japanese director Yuta Shimotsu’s second characteristic “New Group,” and awarded Indonesian director Hadrah Daeng Ratu finest director for “The Guide of Sijjin And Illiyyin.”
In a ceremony held tonight in Montreal’s packed Cinéma du Musée, Fantasia’s inventive director and director of worldwide programming Mitch Davis handed out greater than 50 awards and particular mentions to worldwide and Canadian options and shorts throughout the style spectrum of storytelling.
It Ends
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Alexander Ullom’s “It Ends,” extensively considered one of many main style breakthroughs of 2025, received finest movie within the New Flesh Competitors for finest first characteristic. Selection stated of the characteristic “Jean-Paul Sartre with a Gen Z spin, a hangout horror film rife with existential anxieties that cinema and tv have been wrestling with since their inception.”
In its assertion, the New Flesh Competitors jury stated that the movie “manages to make use of funds conventions and tropes to their fullest extent with a view to create a movie that runs from being an unnerving thriller to a honest and bittersweet contemplation on time, friendship, and solitude; this might be a troublesome activity for even essentially the most seasoned filmmaker, however Alexander Ullom succeeds with an unusual degree of grace and delicacy that rewards the viewers in methods they wouldn’t initially count on.”
The jury for the Northern Excellence for finest Canadian filmmaker award named Quebec’s Chloé Cinq-Mars finest director for “Peau À Peau” (“Nesting”) and gave a Particular Jury Point out to Simon Glassman for “Buffet Infinity.”
The Quebec Affiliation of Movie Critics selected Laura Casabe’s “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” for its AQCC award, praising its “even handed steadiness between the coming-of-age story and on a regular basis horror, for its robust symbolism linked to the crises of Twenty first-century Argentina and for the superb performances of all of the actresses.”
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Right here is the complete record of awards, winners, and juries on the 2025 Fantasia Worldwide Movie Competition.
Cheval Noir Competitors 2025
Finest Movie: “Mom of Flies” (d. John Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby Poser)
Particular Jury Point out (Finest Movie): “New Group” (d. Yuta Shimotsu)
Finest Director: Hadrah Daeng Ratu for “The Guide of Sijjin And Illiyyin”
Finest Screenplay: Connor Diedrich and Samuel Johnson for “Terrestrial,” (d. Steve Pink)
Finest Cinematography: Alex Metcalfe for “Cielo,” (d. Alberto Sciamma)
The Sandro Forte Award for Finest Movement Image Rating: H6LLB6ND6R for “Mom of Flies”
Excellent Efficiency Award: Ui Mihara for “I Fell in Love with a Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn (d. Kenichi Ugana).
Cheval Noir jury: Pascal Plante (President), Ethan Eng, Alison Foreman, Payton McCarty-Simas and George Schmaltz.
New Flesh Competitors for Finest First Function 2025
Finest First Function: “It Ends” (d. Alexander Ullom)
Particular Jury Mentions: “Fucktoys” (d. Annapurna Sriram) and “Hellcat” (d. Brock Bodell)
New Flesh jury: Chris Nash (President), Jim Brunzell, Louise Buckler, Deirdre Crimmins, Anelle Dehghani and Jean-François Leblanc
Worldwide Brief Movie Competitors 2025
Finest Movie: “Barlebas” (d. Malu Janssen)
Finest Director: Jo Ba-reun for “ Ground”
Finest Screenplay: Dylan Pun, for “Shrimp Fried Rice” (d. Dylan Pun)
Finest Cinematography: “Barlebas” (Sam Du Pon)
The Sandro Forte Award for Finest Movement Image Rating: “Proxy” (Christopher Lund)
Excellent Efficiency Award: Ruby Zoom for “The Collector” and Agnieszka Rajda for “Bizarre to Be Human”
Particular Jury Mentions “Bizarre to Be Human” (d. Jan Grabowski) and “The Rebirth” (d. Connie Shi)
Worldwide Brief Movie Jury: Kaniehtiio Horn (President), Rémi Fréchette, Evan O’Brien, Carol Nguyen, and Wylie Rush.
Satoshi Kon for Excellence in Animation Competitors 2025
Finest Animated Function: “The Woman Who Stole Time” (d. Yu Ao and Zhou Tienan)
Particular Jury Point out (Finest Animated Function): “I Am Frankelda” (d. Arturo Ambriz and Roy Ambriz)
Finest Animated Brief, Gold: “My Organs Mendacity on The Floor” (d. Shinobu Soejima)
Finest Animated Brief, Silver: “Éiru” (d. Giovanna Ferrari)
Finest Animated Brief, Bronze: “Off-Time” (d. Nata Metlukh)
Satoshi Kon Jury: Rachel Samson (President), Sam Chou, Chimwemwe Miller
Northern Excellence for Finest Canadian Filmmaker 2025
Finest Director (Function Movie): Chloé Cinq-Mars for “Peau À Peau” (“Nesting”)
Particular Jury Point out: Simon Glassman for “Buffet Infinity”
Northern Excellence Jury: Elza Kephart (President), Olivia Norquay, Joe Lipsett, Cam Maitland, and Alanna Thain.
Quebec Affiliation of Movie Critics, AQCC Award 2025
Finest Movie: “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” (d. Laura Casabe)
Particular Jury Point out: “Burning” (d. Radik Eshimov)
AQCC Jury: Miguel de Plante, Louis-Paul Rioux, and Elijah Baron.
Mon Poulain Noir Competitors 2025
Finest Movie, Gold: “The Sound of Raindrops” (d. Max Banse, Julie Blanc, Alvaro Deolio, Elena Forlini, Estelle Jourdan, Gabriel Riera, and Lila Trouvé)
Finest Movie, Silver: “Cleaning soap Field” (Boîte À Savon) (d. Jimmy Pettigrew)
Finest Movie, Bronze: “Christopher & The Bug” (d. Vanessa Lynn Esteves)
Particular Jury Mentions: “The Little One and The Big” (d. Isabela Costa) and “A Small Backyard by The Window” (d. Lee Jong-hoon)
Mon Poulain Noir Jury: Ginette Petit (President), Luc Chamberland, Bryan Perro, and Alex Parkinson.
Les Fantastiques Week-Ends Du Cinéma Québécois Competitors 2025
MELS Award for Finest Brief Movie: 1st Place “Molosse” (d. Marc-Antoine Lemire); 2nd Place “Butter Knife” (d. Théophile Mur); third Place “Itty Bitty Betty” (d. Laura Buchanan); Particular Point out “Girasol” (d. Dominic Couturier and Pierre Inglebert)
AQPM Award for Finest Rising Manufacturing in a Brief Movie: “Iconic” (Adelaide Sokolov, d. April Daneau); Particular Point out “Don’t Choose a Unicorn by Its Horn” (Ellie Charette and Arian Salarian, d. Ellie Charette)
ARRQ Award for Finest Path in a Brief Movie: Guillaume Boivin and Steve Villeneuve, for “The Screaming”; Particular Point out: Théophile Mur, for “Butter Knife”
EVS Award for Finest Rising Path in a Brief Movie: Andrew Cyr-Marcoux, for “L’écho Perdu”
Royal Picture Award for Finest Cinematography in a Brief Movie: 1st place to Liane Paré for “Dumpster Duchess” (d. Raphë, Liana Paré); 2nd to Pierre Inglebert, for “Girasol” (d. Dominic Couturier and Pierre Inglebert); third to Martin Reisch, for “Island of Forgetfulness” (d. Erin Ross); Particular Point out to Guillaume Langlois and Raphaël Ouellet, for “Greluche” (d. Daphnée Côté-Hallé)
Fantasia Award for Finest Efficiency in a Brief Movie to Stéfanelle Auger, for “Envolée” (d. Renaud Ouimet); Particular Point out to Marguerite Bouchard, for “L’explosion, et puis le calme” (d. William Tétreault) and Maximilian Isaacs, for “Right here Comes Kermit Williams” (d. Ryan Terk)
Canadian Cinema Editors (CCE) Award for Finest Enhancing in a Brief Movie to John-Daniel Arauz, for “Kitty the Viper” (d. John-Daniel Arauz); Particular Point out to Marc-Olivier Huard, for “Interurbain” (d. Marc-Olivier Huard)
Spira Award for Finest Regional Brief Movie: “Frères D’armes” (d. François Lalonde)
Particular Point out: “Rien Que Du Vent” (d. PH Debiès)
Bam Music Award for Finest Sound in a Brief Movie: “Loud” (d. Adam Azimov)
Toon Growth Award for Finest 2D Brief Movie: “Grain” (d. Ilana Zackon)
Dragonframe Award for Finest Cease Movement Brief Movie: “Songes et étrangetés au jardin” (d. Kimm D. and Caroline Hayeur)
Particular Point out: “Exit the Purple Room | A David Lynch Tribute” (d. Corey Nikolaus)
Coup de Coeur SLA Location Award for a Brief Movie: “A Higher Day” (d. Scott Cowan)
