The winners of the 27th annual Fantasia International Film Festival were recently revealed with Red Rooms and Femme each taking home a highly sought award. The Best Feature winner at the 27th annual Fantasia International Film Festival was Red Rooms, winning three awards. Additionally, the director Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping of Femme won Best Director. The genre fest’s jury said,

The ultimate effect a film can achieve is to implant a significant and lasting emotional memory… The jury was unanimously convinced that [Red Rooms] masterfully accomplished that goal.

Red Rooms is about a case of a serial killer who streamed his kills on the dark web through the ‘red rooms.’ As the case goes to trial, Kelly-Anne (Laurie Babin) is obsessed and goes down a dark journey to find the missing puzzle piece.

Femme is about a drag artist Jules (Stewart-Jarrett), running into his closeted assailant (George Mackey) at a gay sauna. Jules begins dating him and planning his revenge.

Other winners in the Chevalier Noir Competition are Pascal Plante (Best Screenplay), Dominique Plante (Best Score), Zelda Adams and John Adams (Best Cinematography), and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Juliette Gariépy (Outstanding Performance Award).

The New Flesh Competition winner is Stay Online (Best First Feature), and a special mention for Tiger Stripes and The Abandoned. The winners of the International Short Film Competition are Bold Eagle (Best Short Film), Jacob Chase (Best Director), David Winstone (Best Screenplay), Silvana Mihai and Lim Hyojin (Outstanding Performance), Matthias Dewilde (Best Score), and Julien Ramirez Hernan (Best Cinematography). With a special mention of Sweet Juices for Outstanding Performance.

The Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation winners are The First Slam Dunk (Best Feature Film), A Kind of Testament (Best Short Film-Gold), Architect A (Best Short Film-Silver), and Record. Play. Stop. (Best Short Film-Bronze). With a special mention for Best Feature Film, Sand Land. The winner for the AQCC-Camera Lucinda is Islanders Cahier Bleu, with a special mention of Home Invasion.

Here is the full list provided by Deadline:

Cheval Noir Competition – Feature Films

Best Feature
RED ROOMS (Québec, d. Pascal Plante)

Best Director
Sam H. Freeman & Ng Choon Ping (FEMME, United Kingdom)

Best Screenplay
Pascal Plante (RED ROOMS, Québec, d. Pascal Plante)

Best Score (The Sandro Forte Award)
Dominique Plante (RED ROOMS, Québec, d. Pascal Plante)

Best Cinematography
Zelda Adams & John Adams (WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS, United States, d. Zelda Adams, John Adams and Toby Poser)

Outstanding Performance Award
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (FEMME, United Kingdom, d. Sam H. Freeman & Ng Choon Ping)
Juliette Gariépy (RED ROOMS, Québec, d. Pascal Plante)

Special Mention
Vincent Doit Mourir (France, d. Stéphan Castang)

New Flesh Competition for Best First Feature – Debut Films

Best First Feature
STAY ONLINE (Ukraine, d. Yeva Strelnikova)

Special Jury Mention
TIGER STRIPES (Malaysia,Taiwan, France, Germany, d. Amanda Nell Eu)
THE ABANDONED (Taiwan, d. Tseng Ying-Ting)

International Short Film Competition

Best Short Film
BOLD EAGLE (Philippines, dir. Whammy Alcazaren)

Best Director
Jacob Chase (MR. BLUR, USA)

Best Screenplay
David Winstone (THE NOLBELTO METHOD, UK, dir. David Winstone)

Outstanding Performance
Silvana Mihai (THE TASTER, Germany, dir. Sophia Bierend)
Lim Hyojin (SHOULDER, South Korea, dir. Kim Jaehyung)

Special Mention
SWEET JUICES (Australia, dir. Im Sejon, Will Suen)

Best Score
Matthias Dewilde (POPPY’S SATURN, Belgium, dir. Nicole Tegelaar)

Best Cinematography
Julien Ramirez Hernan (TRANSLYVANIE, France, dir. Rodrigue Huart)

Axis: Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation

Best Feature Film
THE FIRST SLAM DUNK (Japan, d. Takehiko Inoue)

Special Jury Mention
SAND LAND (Japan, d. Toshihisa Yokoshima)

Best Short Film – Gold
A KIND OF TESTAMENT (France, d. Stephen Vuillemin)

Best Short Film – Silver
ARCHITECT A (South Korea, d. Lee Jonghoon)

Best Short Film – Bronze
RECORD. PLAY. STOP. (India, d. Neeraj Bhattacharjee)