All Fantafestival’s Archives
1981 – 1° Mostra internazionale di film di fantascienza e del fantastico
Best film: Somewhere in Time by Jeannot Szwarc
Best actor: Christopher Reeve (Somewhere in Time)
Best actress: Lily Tomlin (The Incredible Shrinking Woman)
Best cinematography: Edward Scaife (The Water Babies)
Best special effects: Scared to Death
Best thriller: Lady Stay Dead by Terry Bourke
Audience award: The Monster Club by Roy Ward Baker
1982 – 2° Mostra internazionale di film di fantascienza e del fantastico
Best film: Malevil by Christian de Chalonge; Schlock by John Landis
Best director: Olle Hellbom (The Brothers Lionheart)
Best actor: George C. Scott (The Changeling)
Best actress: Bella Tanay (The Fortress)
Best special effects: Inseminoid
Best Children’s Film: Chronopolis by Piotr Kamler; Les Maîtres du temps by René Laloux, Jean Giraud
1983 – 3° Fantafestival
Best film: Panik by Sándor Reisenbüchler
Best director: King Hu (Da lunhui)
Best actor: Oliver Reed (Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype)
Best screenplay: William Dear and Michael Nesmith (Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann)
Best cinematography: Louis Horvath (Strange Invaders)
1984 – 4° Fantafestival
Best film: The Dead Zone by David Cronenberg
Best screenplay: Nico Mastorakis e Fred Perry (Blind Date); Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow – The Power
Best special effects: Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn by Charles Band
Audience award: The Dead Zone by David Cronenberg
Special award: Quest by Elaine and Saul Bass
1985 – 5° Fantafestival
Best film: Philadelphia Experiment by Stewart Raffill
Best short film: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki
Special mention: The Company of Wolves by Neil Jordan
Seleco award: Giovanotti Mondani Meccanici
Special award “FantaItaly”: Dario Argento; Lamberto Bava; Pupi Avati
1986 – 6° Fantafestival
Best film: Re-Animator by Stuart Gordon
Best director: Geoff Murphy (The Quiet Earth)
Best actor: Bruno Lawrence (The Quiet Earth)
Best actress: Alexandra Stewart (Peau d’ange)
Best special effects: Re-Animator
Best short film: L’ultimo regalo del XX secolo by Massimo Russo
Best video: Biancaneve by Francesco Abbondati
Special award: Miguel Bosé (The Knight of the Dragon)
Career award: Val Guest e Michael Carreras
1987 – 7° Fantafestival
Best film: Mannequin by Michael Gottlieb
Best director: Michael Gottlieb (Mannequin)
Best actor: Andrew McCarthy (Mannequin)
Best actress: Yvonne De Carlo (American Gothic)
Best special effects: Dolls by Stuart Gordon
Best first work: La Casa del Buon Ritorno by Beppe Cino
1988 – 8° Fantafestival
Best film: The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey by Vincent Ward
Best director: Ching Siu-tung (A Chinese Ghost Story)
Best actor: Nique Needles (As Time Goes By)
Best actress: Mária Varga (A Hungarian Fairy Tale)
Best special effects: Il giorno della crisalide by Nico Mastorakis
1989 – 9° Fantafestival
Best film: Tetsuo: The Iron Man by Shinya Tsukamoto
Best director: Ryu Kaneda (Mangetsu no Kuchizuke)
Best actor: Randy Quaid e Bryan Madorsky (Parents)
Best actress: Eri Fukatsu (Mangetsu no kuchizuke)
Best special effects: The Lair of the White Worm by Ken Russell
Special mention: The Dreaming by Mario Andreacchio
Audience award: Bad Taste by Peter Jackson
Career award: Alejandro Jodorowsky
1990 – 10° Fantafestival
Best film: Un minuto a mezzanotte by René Manzor
Best director: René Manzor (Un minuto a mezzanotte)
Best actor: Klaus Maria Brandauer (L’orologiaio)
Best actress: Elena Lokvleva (Lestniza)
1991 – 11° Fantafestival
Best film: Adrenaline by Renée and Marc Caro
Best director: Peter Jackson (Meet the Feebles)
Best actor: Lance Henriksen (The Pit and the Pendulum)
Best actress: Heidi (The hippopotamus of the film) (Meet the Feebles)
Best special effects: Meet the Feebles by Peter Jackson
Special award: Il gioco delle ombre by Stefano Gabrini; Notte profonda by Fabio Salerno
1992 – 12° Fantafestival
Best film: Sleepwalkers by Mick Garris
Best director: Mick Garris (Sleepwalkers)
Best actor: Tim Balme (Braindead)
Best actress: Alice Krige (Sleepwalkers)
Best screenplay: Stephen King (Sleepwalkers)
Best special effects: Braindead by Peter Jackson
1993 – 13° Fantafestival
Best film: The Dark Half by George A. Romero
Best director: Brian Henson (The Muppet Christmas Carol)
Best actor: Timothy Hutton (The 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 by Ching Siu Tung
Special Jury prize: FernGully – The Last Rainforest by Bill Kroyer
Career award: George A. Romero; Christopher Lee
1994 – 14° Fantafestival
Best film: The Bride with White Hair 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 by Christophe Gans, Shūsuke Kaneko and Brian Yuzna
Special award: Dark Waters by Mariano Baino
Career award: Freddie Francis
1995 – 15° Fantafestival
Best film: Nightwatch by Ole Bornedal
Best director: Guillermo del Toro (Cronos)
Best actor: Robert Englund (The Mangler)
Best actress: Rikke Louise Andersson (Nightwatch)
Best special effects: Death Machine by Stephen Norrington
Best independent film: Shatter Dead by Scooter McCrae
Audience award: The Roly Poly Man by Bill Young
Career award: Ennio Morricone
1996 – 16° Fantafestival
Best film: Taxandria by Raoul Servais
Best director: Óscar Aibar (Atolladero)
Best actor: Doug Bradley (Hellraiser: Bloodline)
Best actress: Whoopi Goldberg (Theodore Rex)
Best special effects: Anthony C. Ferrante (The Dentist)
Lucio Fulci award: Fatal frames: Fotogrammi mortali by Al Festa
Career award: Riccardo Freda
1997 – 17° Fantafestival
Best film: Tromeo and Juliet by Lloyd Kaufman
Best director: Alberto Sciamma (La lengua asesina)
Best actor: Paolo Rotondo (The Ugly)
Best actress: Isabelle Cyr (Karmina)
Best special effects: Body Troopers by Vibeke Idsøe
1998 – 18° Fantafestival
Best film: Perdita Durango by Álex de la Iglesia
Best director: Stuart Gordon (The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit)
Best actor: Stuart Townsend (Resurrection Man)
Best actress: Rosie Perez (Perdita Durango)
Best special effects: Shadow Builder di Jamie Dixon
Best soundtrack: Stefano Mainetti (Tale 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 by Stephan Yip
Career award: William Lustig
1999 – 19° Fantafestival
Best film: Urban Ghost Story by Geneviève Jolliffe
Best director: Agustí Villaronga (99.9)
Best actor: Lars Bom (Skyggen)
Best actress: Heather Ann Foster (Urban Ghost Story)
Best special effects: Skyggen by Thomas Borch Nielsen
Special Jury prize: Kiss My Blood by David Jazay
2000 – 20° Fantafestival
Best film: Nameless by Jaume Balagueró
Best director: Anders Rønnow Klarlund (Besat)
Best actor: Lazar Ristovski (Zbogum na dvaesetiot vek)
Best actress: Jennifer Tilly (Bride of Chucky)
Best special effects: Bride of Chucky by Ronny Yu
Special Jury prize: Lighthouse by Simon Hunter
Audience award: The Convent by Mike Mendez
2001 – 21° Fantafestival
Best film: Faust: Love of the Damned by Brian Yuzna
Best director: Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus)
Best actor: Steve Railsback (In the Light of the Moon)
Best actress: Sally Champlin (In the Light of the Moon)
Best special effects: Faust: Love of the Damned by Brian Yuzna
Audience award: Faust: Love of the Damned by Brian Yuzna
Lucio Fulci Award: Pure Blood by Ken Kaplan
2002 – 22° Fantafestival
Best film: The Inside Story by Robert Sutherland
Best director: Robert Sutherland (The Inside Story)
Best actor: Vincent Gallo (Stranded: Náufragos)
Best actress: Maria De Medeiros (Stranded: Náufragos)
Best special effects: Ichi The Killer by Takashi Miike
2003 – 23° Fantafestival
Best film: FeardotCom by William Malone
Best short film: Space Off by Tino Franco
Migliori effetti speciali: Red Riding Hood by Giacomo Cimini
2004 – 24° Fantafestival
Best film: Evilenko by David Grieco
From 2005 to 2011 Fantafestival did not have a competition.
2010 – 30° Fantafestival
Special Award: The Museum of Wonders by Domiziano Cristopharo
The competition was reinstated in 2012 with the introduction of the “Golden Bat”.
2012 – 32° Fantafestival
Golden Bat for Best Film: The Hounds by Roberto and Maurizio Del Piccolo
Golden Bat for Best Short Film: The Story of a Mother by Alessandro de Vivo and Ivano Di Natale
2013 – 33° Fantafestival
Golden Bat for Best Film: Errors of the Human Body by Eron Sheean
Golden Bat for Best Short Film: Fist of Jesus by Adrián Cardona e David Muñoz
Golden Bat for Best Italian Film: P.O.E. (Project Of Evil 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 by Grazia Tricarico
2014 – 34° Fantafestival
Golden Bat for Best Film: Timelapse by Bradley King
Golden Bat for Best Short Film: Happy Together by Iossif Melamed
Golden Bat for Best Italian Film: Oltre il Guado by Lorenzo Bianchini
Golden Bat for Best Italian Short Film: Lievito Madre by Fulvio Risuleo
Mario Bava Award: The Perfect Husband by Lucas Pavetto
Mary Shelley Award: Soulmate by Axelle Carolyn
2015 – 35° Fantafestival
Golden Bat for Best Film: Landmine Goes Click by Levan Bakhia
Golden Bat for Best Short Film: The Mill at Calder’s End by Kevin McTurk
Golden Bat for Best Italian Film: Index Zero by Lorenzo Sportiello
Golden Bat for Best Italian Short Film: Memories by Vincenzo Alfieri
Mario Bava Award: Fantasticherie di un passeggiatore solitario by Paolo Gaudio
2016 – 36° Fantafestival
Golden Bat for Best Film: Testigo Íntimo by Santiago Fernández Calvete
Golden Bat for Best Short Film: First Like by Alexander Rönnberg
Golden Bat for Best Italian Film: My Little Sister by Maurizio and Roberto Del Piccolo
Golden Bat for Best Italian Short Film: Varicella by Fulvio Risuleo
Mario Bava Award: not given
2017 – 37° Fantafestival
Golden Bat for Best Film: Matar A Dios by Caye Casas and Albert Pintó
Golden Bat for Best Short film: Cuerno Oe Hueso by Adrián López
Golden Bat for Best Italian Film: Almost Dead by Giorgio Bruno
Golden Bat for Best Italian Short Film: I vampiri sognano le fate d’inverno? by Claudio Chiaverotti
Mario Bava Award: The Antithesis by Francesco Mirabelli
Career award: Luigi Cozzi
Career award: Biagio Proietti
2018 – 38° Fantafestival
Golden Bat for Best Film: Framed by Marc Martínez Jordán
Golden Bat for Best Short film: The Essence of Everything by Daniele Barbiero
Mario Bava Award Film: Go home – A casa loro by Luna Gualano
Mario Bava Award Short Film: Insetti by Gianluca Manzetti
Audience Award: Nevermind by Eros Puglielli
2019 – 39° Fantafestival
Golden Bat for Best Film: Werewolf by Adrian Panek
Silver Bat for Best Short film: The Nix by Nicolai G.H. Johansen
Silver Bat for Italian Best Short film: Aria 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 – 40° Fantafestival
Golden Bat for Best Film: Tezuka’s Barbara by Macoto Tezka
Silver Bat for Best Short film: The Appointment by Alexandre Singh
2021 – 41° Fantafestival
Golden Bat for Best Film: Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes by Junta Yamaguchi
Silver Bat for Best Short film: They’re Here by Sid Zanforlin
Silver Bat for Italian Best Short film: The Recycling Man by Carlo Ballauri
Career Award: Gianni Romoli
2022 – 42° Fantafestival
Golden Bat for Best Film: The Day I Found A Girl In The Trash by Michal Krzywicki
Silver Bat for Best Short film: The Tenant by Lucas Paulino and Ángel Torre
Silver Bat for Italian Best Short film: Pluto by Ivan Saudelli
2023 – 43° Fantafestival
Golden Bat for Best Film: Viking by Stéphane Lafleur
Special Mention: Eight Eyes by Austin Jennings
Silver Bat for Best Short film: Flashback Before Death by Hiroyuki Onogawa and Rii Ishihara
Silver Bat for Italian Best Short film: L’isola dei resuscitati morti by Domenico Montixi
Career Award: Stefania Casini