“ Mother of Flies ” wins the first Fantasia prize, “he finishes” the best first feature

“Mother of flies”, a little independent film by Fantasia Regulaals the Adams Family, won the Prix Horse Noir selected by the Jury for Best Film at the 29th Fantasia Film Festival.

Acquired by Frishder before the festival, “Mother of Flies” is written and directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby Posner and also features the family trio, as well as the girl Lulu Adams. One of the festival’s most buzzing films is also the first American film to win the fired black horse of Fantasia for the best film.

In the declaration of the black horse jury, the president of the jury, Pascal Plant, wrote: “It may not be the film with the most means or the most flashy camera work, but it is a film which, in a meta way, reminds us why we even take the trouble to make films in the first place. [It’s] A serious film; A real indie that seems authentic, vital and impeccably designed. »»

The black horse jury mentioned special for the best film in the second feature by Japanese director Yuta Shimotsu “New Group” and rewarded Indonesian director Hadrah Daeng Ratu for “The Book of Sijjin and Illiyyin”.

During a ceremony held this evening in the cinema of the Montreal museum, the artistic director of Fantasia and director of international programming, Mitch Davis, awarded more than 50 awards and special mentions to international and Canadian functionalities through the specter of the genre of narration.

“It ends” by Alexander Ullom, widely considered to be one of the breakthroughs of the major genre of 2025, won the best film in the competition of the new flesh for the best first feature film. Variety Said of the functionality “Jean-Paul Sartre with a Gen Z spin, a horror film of Hangout Rife with existential anxieties with which cinema and television have been fighting since their creation”.

In his declaration, the jury of the new flesh competition said that the film “manages to use budgetary conventions and tropes to their full measure in order to create a film that goes from a annoying thriller to a sincere and sweet contemplation in time, friendship and solitude;

The jury for the Northern Excellence for Best Canadian Filmmaker Award named Chloé Cinq-Mars de Québec, the best “skin to skin” director (“Nest”) and made a special mention of the jury to Simon Glassman for “Buffet Infinity”.

The Association du Québec des Critiques de cinema has chosen “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” by Laura Casabe for its AQCC Prize, praising its “judicious balance between the history of the transition to adulthood, for its strong symbolism linked to the crises of Argentina in the 21st century and for the excellent performances of all actresses.”

Here is the complete list of awards, winners and juries at the Fantasia 2025 International Film Festival.

Black Horse Competition 2025

Best film: “Mother of Mouches” (deceased John Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby Pose)

Special mention of the jury (best film): “New group” (d. Yuta Shimotsu)

Best director: Hadrah Deng Ratu for “Sijjin and Illyin’s book”

Best scenario: Connor Diedrich and Samuel Johnson for “Terresrial” (d. Steve Pink)

Best cinematography: Alex Metcalfe for “Cielo” (deceased Alberto Sciamma)

The Sandro Strong Prize for the best score of the film: H6LLB6nd6r for “Mother des Mouches”

Exceptional performance price: UI Mihara for “I fell in love with a Director of Grade Z in Brooklyn (D. Kenichi Ugana).

Black horse jury: Pascal Plante (President), Ethan Eng, Alison Foreman, Payton McCarty-Simas and George Schmaltz.

New flesh competition for the best first feature 2025

Best first feature: “it ends” (d. Alexander Ullom)

Mentions of the special jury: “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

International competition for short films 2025

Best film: “Barlebas” (D. Malu Janssen)

Best director: Jo Ba-Reun for “Floor”

Best scenario: Dylan Pun, for “Rice de shrimp frit” (deceased dylan pun)

Best cinematography: “Barlebas” (Sam du Pon)

The Sandro Forte Award for the best score of the film: “Proxy” (Christopher Lund)

Exceptional performance price: Ruby Zoom for “The Collector” and Agnieszka Rajda for “Weird to Be Human”

The special jury mentions “bizarre to being human” (died by Jan Grabowski) and “The Rebirth” (D. Connie Shi)

Jury of Fury Court International: Kaniehtii Mano Din (President), Friend Praghic, Exprice, Carrice and Wylie Rush.

Satoshi Kon for excellence in the animation competition 2025

Best animated feature: “The girl who stole the time” (d. Yu ao and zhou tienan)

Special mention of the jury (best animated characteristic): “I am Frankelda” (died by Arturo Ambriz and Roy Ambriz)

Best animated short film, or: “My organs lying on the ground” (d. Shinobu Soejima)

Best animated short film, money: “éiru” (d. Giovanna Ferrari)

Best animated short film, bronze: “off-time” (deceased Nata Metlukh)

Jury Satoshi Kon: Rachel Samson (President), Sam Chou, Happy Miller

Northern excellence of the best Canadian filmmaker 2025

Best Director (Film Feature): Chloé Cinq-Mars for “Skin to skin” (“Nesting”)

Mention of the special jury: Simon Glassman for “Buffet Infinity”

Jury of excellence from the North: Elza Kephart (President), Olivia Norquay, Joe Lipsett, Cam Maitland and Alanna Thain.

Quebec Association of Cinema Critics, AQCC Award 2025

Best film: “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” (Died Laura Casabe)

Mention of the special jury: “burning” (D. Radik Eshimov)

AQCC jury: Miguel de Plante, Louis-Paul Roux and Elijah Baron.

My black foal Competition 2025

Best film, Gold: “The Sound of Raindrops” (D. Max Banse, Julie Blanc, Alvaro Deolio, Elena Forlini, Estelle Jourdan, Gabriel Riera, and Lila found)

Best film, Silver: “Soap box” (soap box) (d. Jimmy pettigrew)

Best film, bronze: “Christopher & The Bug” (died by Vanessa Lynn Esteves)

The special jury mentions: “Le Petit et le Géant” (d. Isabela Costa) and “a small garden by the window” (D. Lee Jong-Hoon)

My black jury foal: Ginette Petit (President), Luc Chamberland, Bryan Perro, and Alex Parkinson.

The fantastic Quebec cinema weekends Competition 2025

MELS Prix for the best short film: 1st place “Molosse” (died by Marc-Antoine Lemire); 2nd place “butter knife” (d. Théophile wall); 3rd place “Itty Bitty Betty” (deceased Laura Buchanan); Special mention “Girasol” (D. Dominic Couturier and Pierre Inglebert)

AQPM Award for the best emerging production in a short film: “Iconic” (Adelaide Sokolov, died of April Daneau); Special mention “Do not judge a unicorn by his horn” (Ellie Charette and Arian Emphasan, died Ellie Charette)

Arrq Arrq for the best direction in a short film: Guillaume Boivin and Steve Villeneuve, for “The Screaming”; Special mention: Théophile Mur, for “Butter Knife”

EVS Award for Best Emerging Direction in a short film: Andrew Cyr-Marcoux, for “L’Echo lost”

Royal Photo Award for Best Cinematography in A Short Film: 1st place to liane Paré for “Dumster Duchess” (D. Raphë, Liana Paré); 2nd to Pierre Inglebert, for “Girasol” (d. Dominic Couturier and Pierre Inglebert); 3rd to Martin Reisch, for “Island of Forgetfulness” (D. Erin Ross); Special mention to Guillaume Langlois and Raphaël Ouellet, for “Greluche” (d. Daphnée side-hallé)

Fantasia Award for Best Performance in A Short Film to Stéfanelle Auger, for “Flight” (D. Renaud Ouimet); Special mention to Marguerite Bouchard, for “The explosion, and then calm” (D. William Tétreault) and Maximilian Isaacs, for “Here Comes Kermit Williams” (D. Ryan Terk)

Prize for Canadian Cinema publishers (CCE) for the best editing in a short film at John-Daniel Arauz, for “Kitty the Viper” (deceased John-Daniel Arauz); Special mention to Marc-Olivier Huard, for “Interurbain” (deceased Marc-Olivier Huard)

Spira Award for Best Regional Short Film: “Brothers of Arms” (D. François Lalonde)

Special mention: “Nothing but wind” (d. Ph debiès)

Bam Music Award for Best Sound in Short Film: “Loud” (D. Adam Azimov)

Toon Boom Award for the best 2D short film: “Grain” (deceased Ilana Zackon)

Dragonframe Award for Best Stop Motion Short Film: “Dreams and strangeness in the garden” (D. Kimm D. and Caroline Hayeur)

Special mention: “Leave the red room | A tribute to David Lynch ”(D. Corey Nikolaus)

SLA FAVORITE SLA Location Price for a short film: “A Better Day” (deceased Scott Cowan)