‘Mother of Flies’ Becomes First U.S. Feature to Win the Top Prize at Fantasia Film Festival

‘Mother of Flies’ Wins the Cheval Noir at Fantasia Festival 2025 — Read the Complete List of Winners

The 29th Fantasia Fest isn’t over yet, but we already know the big winners in Montreal. On Saturday night, filmmakers and jurors gathered in a theater at Cinéma du Musée to award seven of the competition’s eight categories. (Les Fantastiques Week-Ends Du Cinéma Québécois, a regional category, was announced last week.) “Mother of Flies” took home the Cheval Noir for Best Film — the first film from the U.S. to achieve this feat — as well as Best S…

‘Mother of Flies’ Becomes First U.S. Feature to Win the Top Prize at Fantasia Film Festival

“Mother of Flies,” a small independent film from Fantasia regulars the Adams family, has won the jury-selected Cheval Noir award for best film at the 29th Fantasia Film Festival. Acquired by Shudder in advance of the festival, “Mother of Flies” is written and directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Toby Posner and also stars […]