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Japanese Sci-Fi Movie ‘From the End of the World’ Takes Premier Prize at Genre Festival Fantasporto


Japanese sci-fi fantasy film 'From the End of the World,' directed by Kaz I Kiriya, took the top prize at genre festival Fantasporto.

The prize for best direction was nabbed by Spanish filmmaker Gonzalo López-Gallego for horror movie “The Shadow of the Shark” (La Sombra del Tiburon). Eve Ringuette took the actress honor for comedy horror film “Jour de Merde,” the debut feature by Canada’s Kevin T. Landry. A single mother on the verge of a nervous breakdown takes her teenage son on a work trip to interview a strange lottery winner in an isolated house in the woods.

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