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The Mostra internazionale del film di fantascienza e del fantastico, commonly known as Fantafestival, is a film festival devoted to science fiction, fantasy and horror film that has been held annually in Italy since 1981.

Awards
1981 • Best film: Somewhere in Time, directed by Jeannot Szwarc • Best actor: Christopher ReeveSomewhere in Time • Best actress: Lily TomlinThe Incredible Shrinking Woman • Best cinematography: Edward ScaifeThe Water Babies • Best special effects: Scared to Death • Best thriller: Lady Stay Dead, directed by Terry Bourke • Audience award: The Monster Club, directed by Roy Ward Baker 1982 • Best film: Malevil, directed by Christian de Chalonge; Schlock, directed by John Landis • Best director: Olle HellbomThe Brothers Lionheart • Best actor: George C. ScottThe Changeling • Best actress: Bella Tanay – The Fortress • Best special effects: Inseminoid • Best Children's Film: Chronopolis, directed by Piotr Kamler; Les Maîtres du temps, directed by René Laloux, Jean Giraud 1983 • Best film: Panik, directed by Sándor Reisenbüchler • Best director: King HuDa lunhui • Best actor: Oliver ReedDr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype • Best screenplay: William Dear and Michael NesmithTimerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann • Best cinematography: Louis Horvath – Strange Invaders 1984 • Best film: The Dead Zone, directed by David Cronenberg • Best screenplay: Nico Mastorakis e Fred Perry – Blind Date; Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow – The Power • Best special effects: Tempesta metallica • Audience award: The Dead Zone, directed by David Cronenberg • Special award: Quest, directed by Elaine and Saul Bass 1985 • Best film: Philadelphia Experiment, directed by Stewart Raffill • Best short film: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, directed by Hayao Miyazaki • Special mention: The Company of Wolves, directed by Neil Jordan • Seleco award: Giovanotti Mondani Meccanici • Special award "FantaItaly": Dario ArgentoLamberto BavaPupi Avati 1986 • Best film: Re-Animator, directed Stuart Gordon • Best director: Geoff MurphyThe Quiet Earth • Best actor: Bruno LawrenceThe Quiet Earth • Best actress: Alexandra StewartPeau dange • Best special effects: Re-Animator • Best short film: ''L'ultimo regalo del XX secolo'', directed by Massimo Russo • Best video: Biancaneve, directed by Francesco Abbondati • Special award: Miguel BoséThe Knight of the Dragon • Career award: Val Guest e Michael Carreras 1987 • Best film: Mannequin, directed by Michael Gottlieb • Best director: Michael GottliebMannequin • Best actor: Andrew McCarthyMannequin • Best actress: Yvonne De CarloAmerican Gothic • Best special effects: Dolls • Best first work: La Casa del Buon Ritorno, directed by Beppe Cino 1988 • Best film: The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey, directed by Vincent Ward • Best director: Ching Siu-tungA Chinese Ghost Story • Best actor: Nique NeedlesAs Time Goes By • Best actress: Mária Varga – A Hungarian Fairy Tale • Best special effects: Il giorno della crisalide 1989 • Best film: Tetsuo: The Iron Man, directed by Shinya Tsukamoto • Best director: Ryu Kaneda – Mangetsu no Kuchizuke • Best actor: Randy Quaid, Bryan MadorskyParents • Best actress: Eri FukatsuMangetsu no kuchizuke • Best special effects: The Lair of the White Worm • Special mention: The Dreaming, directed by Mario Andreacchio • Audience award: Bad Taste, directed by Peter Jackson • Career award: Alejandro Jodorowsky 1990 • Best film: Un minuto a mezzanotte, directed by René Manzor • Best director: René Manzor – Un minuto a mezzanotte • Best actor: Klaus Maria Brandauer – ''L'orologiaio'' • Best actress: Elena Lokvleva – Lestniza 1991 • Best film: Adrenaline, directed by Renée and Marc Caro • Best director: Peter JacksonMeet the Feebles • Best actor: Lance HenriksenThe Pit and the Pendulum • Best actress: Heidi (The hippopotamus of the film) – Meet the Feebles • Best special effects: Meet the Feebles • Special award: Il gioco delle ombre, directed by Stefano Gabrini – Notte profonda, directed by Fabio Salerno 1992 • Best film: Sleepwalkers, directed by Mick Garris • Best director: Mick GarrisSleepwalkers • Best actor: Tim BalmeBraindead • Best actress: Alice KrigeSleepwalkers • Best screenplay: Stephen KingSleepwalkers • Best special effects: Braindead 1993 • Best film: The Dark Half, directed by George A. Romero • Best director: Brian HensonThe Muppet Christmas Carol • Best actor: Timothy HuttonThe Dark Half • Best actress: Nadia Cameron-Blakey – Merlin • Best screenplay: Paul Hunt and Nick McCarthy – The Dark Half • Best special effects: Xiao ao jiang hu: Dong Fang Bu Bai • Special Jury prize: FernGully: The Last Rainforest, directed by Bill Kroyer • Career award: George A. Romero and Christopher Lee 1994 • Best film: The Bride with White Hair, directed by Ronny Yu • Best director: Jaroslav Brabec – Krvavý román • Best actor: The creatures of the film – Freaked • Best special effects: ''H.P. Lovecraft's: Necronomicon'' • Special award: Dark Waters, directed by Mariano Baino • Career award: Freddie Francis 1995 • Best film: Nightwatch, directed by Ole Bornedal • Best director: Guillermo del ToroCronos • Best actor: Robert EnglundThe Mangler • Best actress: Rikke Louise Andersson – Nightwatch • Best special effects: Death Machine • Best independent film: Shatter Dead, directed by Scooter McCrae • Audience award: The Roly Poly Man, directed by Bill Young • Career award: Ennio Morricone 1996 • Best film: Taxandria, directed by Raoul Servais • Best director: Óscar Aibar – Atolladero • Best actor: Doug BradleyHellraiser: Bloodline • Best actress: Whoopi GoldbergTheodore Rex • Best special effects: Anthony C. Ferrante – The Dentist • Lucio Fulci award: Fatal frames: Fotogrammi mortali, directed by Al Festa • Career award: Riccardo Freda • Special mention for the Poetic Technology: Mécanomagie, directed by Bady Minck 1997 • Best film: Tromeo and Juliet, directed by Lloyd Kaufman • Best director: La lengua asesina, directed by Alberto Sciamma • Best actor: Paolo RotondoThe Ugly • Best actress: Isabelle Cyr – Karmina • Best special effects: Body Troopers 1998 • Best film: Perdita Durango, directed by Álex de la Iglesia • Best director: Stuart GordonThe Wonderful Ice Cream Suit • Best actor: Stuart TownsendResurrection Man • Best actress: Rosie PerezPerdita Durango • Best special effects: Shadow Builder • Best soundtrack: Stefano MainettiTale of the Mummy • Special Jury prize: to the best production: Daniel Sladek and Silvio Muraglia – Tale of the Mummy • Special award: Zhi ji sha ren fan, directed by Stephan Yip • Career award: William Lustig 1999 • Best film: Urban Ghost Story, directed by Geneviève Jolliffe • Best director: Agustí Villaronga99.9 • Best actor: Lars BomSkyggen • Best actress: Heather Ann Foster – Urban Ghost Story • Best special effects: Skyggen • Special Jury prize: Kiss My Blood, regia di David Jazay 2000 • Best film: Nameless, directed by Jaume Balagueró • Best director: Anders Rønnow KlarlundBesat • Best actor: Lazar RistovskiZbogum na dvaesetiot vek • Best actress: Jennifer TillyBride of Chucky • Best special effects: Bride of Chucky • Special Jury prize: Lighthouse, directed by Simon Hunter • Audience award: The Convent, directed by Mike Mendez 2001 • Best film: Faust: Love of the Damned, directed by Brian Yuzna • Best director: Ryuhei KitamuraVersus • Best actor: Steve RailsbackIn the Light of the Moon • Best actress: Sally ChamplinIn the Light of the Moon • Best special effects: Faust: Love of the Damned • Audience award: Faust: Love of the Damned, directed by Brian Yuzna • Lucio Fulci Award: Pure Blood, directed by Ken Kaplan 2002 • Best film: The Inside Story, directed by Robert Sutherland • Best director: Robert Sutherland – The Inside Story • Best actor: Vincent GalloStranded: Náufragos • Best actress: Maria De MedeirosStranded: Náufragos • Best special effects: Ichi The Killer 2003 • Best film: FeardotCom, directed by William Malone • Best short film: Space Off, directed by Tino Franco • Migliori effetti speciali: Red Riding Hood 2004 • Best film: Evilenko, directed by David Grieco 2010 • Special Award: The Museum of Wonders, directed by Domiziano Cristopharo 2012 • Golden Bat for Best Film: The Hounds, directed by Roberto and Maurizio Del Piccolo • Golden Bat for Best Short Film: The Story of a Mother, directed by Alessandro de Vivo and Ivano Di Natale 2013 • Golden Bat for Best Film: Errors of the Human Body, directed by Eron Sheean • Golden Bat for Best Short Film: Fist of Jesus, directed by Adrián Cardona e David Muñoz • Golden Bat for Best Italian Film: P.O.E. – Project Of Evil, directed by Angelo Capasso, Giuseppe Capasso, Domiziano Cristopharo, Donatello Della Pepa, Giuliano Giacomelli, Remy Ginestet, Nathan Nicholovitch, Edo Tagliavini and Alberto Viavattene • Golden Bat for Best Italian Short Film: Bios, directed by Grazia Tricarico 2014 • Golden Bat for Best Film: Timelapse, directed by Bradley King • Golden Bat for Best Short Film: Happy Together, directed by Iossif Melamed • Golden Bat for Best Italian Film: Oltre il Guado, directed by Lorenzo Bianchini • Golden Bat for Best Italian Short Film: Lievito Madre, directed by Fulvio Risuleo • Mario Bava Award: The Perfect Husband, directed by Lucas Pavetto • Mary Shelley Award: Soulmate, directed by Axelle Carolyn 2015 • Golden Bat for Best Film: Landmine Goes Click, directed by Levan Bakhia • Golden Bat for Best Short Film: ''The Mill at Calder's End'', directed by Kevin McTurk • Golden Bat for Best Italian Film: Index Zero, directed by Lorenzo Sportiello • Golden Bat for Best Italian Short Film: Memories, directed by Vincenzo Alfieri • Mario Bava Award: Fantasticherie di un passeggiatore solitario, directed by Paolo Gaudio 2016 • Golden Bat for Best Film: Testigo Íntimo, directed by Santiago Fernández Calvete • Golden Bat for Best Short Film: First Like, directed by Alexander Rönnberg • Golden Bat for Best Italian Film: My Little Sister, directed by Maurizio and Roberto Del Piccolo • Golden Bat for Best Italian Short Film: Varicella, directed by Fulvio Risuleo • Mario Bava Award: not given 2017 • Golden Bat for Best Film: Matar A Dios, directed by Caye Casas and Albert Pintó • Golden Bat for Best Short film: Cuerno Oe Hueso, directed by Adrián López • Golden Bat for Best Italian Film: Almost Dead, directed by Giorgio Bruno • Golden Bat for Best Italian Short Film: I vampiri sognano le fate d’inverno?, directed by Claudio Chiaverotti • Mario Bava Award: The Antithesis, directed by Francesco Mirabelli • Career award: Luigi Cozzi • Career award: Biagio Proietti 2018 • Golden Bat for Best Film: Framed, directed by Marc Martínez Jordán • Golden Bat for Best Short film: The Essence of Everything, directed by Daniele Barbiero • Mario Bava Award Film: Go home – A casa loro, directed by Luna Gualano • Mario Bava Award Short Film: Insetti, directed by Gianluca Manzetti • Audience Award: Nevermind, directed by Eros Puglielli 2019 • Golden Bat for Best Film: Werewolf, directed by Adrian Panek • Silver Bat for Best Short film: The Nix, directed by Nicolai G.H. Johansen • Silver Bat for Italian Best Short film: Aria, directed by Brando De Sica • Career Award: Pupi Avati • Career Award: Jack Sholder • Career Award: Christina Lindberg • Career Award: Eckhart Schmidt • Career Award: Robert Sigl • Career Award: Mariano Baino • Career Award: Coralina Cataldi Tassoni 2020 • Golden Bat for Best Film: ''Tezuka's Barbara'', directed by Macoto Tezka • Silver Bat for Best Short film: The Appointment, directed by Alexandre Singh 2021 • Golden Bat for Best Film: Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, directed by Junta Yamaguchi • Silver Bat for Best Short film: ''They're Here'', directed by Sid Zanforlin • Silver Bat for Italian Best Short film: The Recycling Man, directed by Carlo Ballauri • Career Award: Gianni Romoli 2022 • Golden Bat for Best Film: The Day I Found A Girl In The Trash, directed by Michal Krzywicki • Silver Bat for Best Short film: The Tenant, directed by Lucas Paulino and Ángel Torre • Silver Bat for Italian Best Short film: Pluto, directed by Ivan Saudelli 2023 • Golden Bat for Best Film: Viking, directed by Stéphane Lafleur • Special Mention: Eight Eyes, directed by Austin Jennings • Silver Bat for Best Short film: Flashback Before Death, directed by Hiroyuki Onogawa and Rii Ishihara • Silver Bat for Italian Best Short film: ''L'isola dei resuscitati morti'', directed by Domenico Montixi • Career Award: Stefania Casini 2024 • Golden Bat for Best Film: Animale by Emma Benestane • Golden Bat for Best Short film: Playing God by Matteo Burani • Golden Bat Career Award: Massimo Antonello Geleng • Special Mention Silver Bullet: Zeph E. Daniel 2025 • Golden Bat for Best Film: Chain Reactions by Alexandre O. Philippe • Golden Bat for Best Short film: The Girl Who Cried Pearls by Chris Lavis e Maciek Szczerbowski • Golden Bat Career Award: Lamberto Bava • Special Mention Silver Bullet: Richard Stanley • Special Mention for Special Effects: The Krampus Rises by Andrea Dalfino == See also ==
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