Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer

The Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer, formerly known as Fantastica and then Fantastic'Arts, is an annual international film festival of horror and science fiction films.

Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer
LocationGérardmer, France
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Festival datelast week of January
Websitefestival-gerardmer.com

History

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The film festival has been held each year since 1994 in Gérardmer in the Vosges, France towards the end of January. It replaced an earlier film festival which was held in Avoriaz for 20 years, from 1973 until 1993.

Originally, the festival was called Fantastica, then Fantastic'Arts, to stress the artistic as well as the fantastique side of the festival. In 2008 the festival was renamed Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer.

Description

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Each year, several celebrities form a jury to judge the competing films. Some also present their own work, including the writer Bernard Werber, who comes each year to Place du Tilleul at the centre of the town.

Grand Prize

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Year Title of film Director Nationality
1994 Jiang-Hu, Between Love And Glory Ronny Yu   Hong Kong
1995 Heavenly Creatures Peter Jackson   New Zealand
1996 El Dia de la Bestia Alex de la Iglesia   Spain
1997 Scream Wes Craven   United States
1998 An American Werewolf in Paris Anthony Waller   United States,   United Kingdom,   Luxembourg,   Netherlands,   France
1999 Cube Vincenzo Natali   Canada
2000 Stir of Echoes David Koepp   United States
2001 Thomas est amoureux Pierre-Paul Renders   Belgium,   France
2002 Fausto 5.0 Isidro Ortiz, Alex Ollé et Carlos Padrissa   Spain
2003 Honogurai mizu no soko kara Hideo Nakata   Japan
2004 Janghwa, Hongryeon Kim Jee-woon   South Korea
2005 Duplicity (Trouble) Harry Cleven   Belgium
2006 Isolation Billy O'Brien   Republic of Ireland,   United Kingdom
2007 Norway of Life (Den brysomme mannen) Jens Lien   Norway
2008 The Orphanage (El Orfanato) Juan Antonio Bayona   Spain,   Mexico
2009 Let The Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) Tomas Alfredson   Sweden
2010 The Door (Die Tür) Anno Saul   Germany
2011 Bedevilled (Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal) Jang Cheol-soo   South Korea
2012 Babycall Pal Sletaune   Norway
2013 Mama Andrés Muschietti   Spain
2014 Miss Zombie SABU   Japan
2015 It Follows David Robert Mitchell   United States
2016 Bone Tomahawk S. Craig Zahler   United States
2017 Raw Julia Ducournau   France,   Belgium
2018 Incident in a Ghost Land Pascal Laugier   France,   Canada
2019 Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund   United States
2020 Saint Maud Rose Glass   United Kingdom
2021 Possessor Brandon Cronenberg   United Kingdom,  Canada
2022 Hatching Hanna Bergholm   Finland,  Sweden
2023 Piety Eduardo Casanova   Spain,  Argentina
2024 Sleep Jason Yu   South Korea

Special Prize (or Panel Prize)

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Year Title Director Nationality
1994 La ardilla roja Julio Medem   Spain
1995 Dellamorte Dellamore Michele Soavi   Italy,   France
1996 Mute Witness Anthony Waller   Germany,   Russia,   United Kingdom
1997 Nur über meine Leiche Rainer Matsutani   Germany
1998 Gattaca Andrew Niccol   United States
1998 Photographing Fairies Nick Willing   United Kingdom
1999 The Wisdom of Crocodiles Po-Chih Leong   United Kingdom
1999 Bride Of Chucky Ronny Yu   United States
2000 Los sin nombre Jaume Balagueró   Spain
2001 Chasing Sleep Michael Walker   United States
2002 El Espinazo del Diablo Guillermo del Toro   Spain
2003 Maléfique Éric Valette   France
2003 The Gathering Brian Gilbert   United Kingdom
2004 The Happiness of the Katakuris Takashi Miike   Japan
2005 Saw James Wan   United States
2005 The Ordeal (Calvaire) Fabrice Du Welz   Belgium
2006 Fragile Jaume Balagueró   Spain
2007 Black Sheep Jonathan King   New Zealand
2007 Fido Andrew Currie   Canada
2008 REC Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza   Spain
2009 Grace Paul Solet   United States,   Canada
2010 Moon Duncan Jones   United Kingdom
2011 We Are What We Are (Somos los que hay) Jorge Michel Gra   Mexico
2011 The Loved Ones Sean Byrne   Australia
2012 Beast Christoffer Boe   Denmark
2012 The Awakening Nick Murphy   United Kingdom
2013 The End Jorge Torregrossa   Spain
2013 Mama Andres Muschietti   Spain,   Canada
2014 The Babadook Jennifer Kent   Australia
2015 The Voices Marjane Satrapi   USA   Germany
2015 Ex Machina Alex Garland   United Kingdom
2016 Évolution Lucile Hadzihalilovic   France,   Spain,   Belgium
2016 JeruZalem Doron Paz, Yoav Paz   Israel
2017 Under the Shadow Babak Anvari   United Kingdom,   Qatar,   Jordan,   Iran
2017 They Call Me Jeeg Robot Gabriele Mainetti   Italia
2018 As Boas Maneiras Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas   Brasil
2018 Les Affamés Robin Aubert   Canada
2019 The Unthinkable Victor Danell / Crazy Pictures[1]   Sweden
2019 Aniara Pella Kagerman   Sweden
2020 Howling Village Takashi Shimizu   Japan
2021 Sleep Michael Venus   Germany
2021 Teddy Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma   France
2022 The Grandmother Paco Plaza   Spain,   France
2022 You Are Not My Mother Kate Dolan   Ireland
2023 The Mountain Thomas Salvador   France
2023 Piaffe Ann Oren   Germany
2024 Amelia's Children Gabriel Abrantes   Portugal
2024 For Night Will Come Céline Rouzet   France

Public Prize

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Year Title of film Director Nationality
2003 2009: Lost Memories Lee Si-myung   South Korea
2006 Fragile Jaume Balagueró   Spain
2007 Black Sheep Jonathan King   New Zealand
2008 REC Jaume Balagueró et Paco Plaza   Spain
2009 The Midnight Meat Train Ryuhei Kitamura   United States
2010 5150 Elm's Way Éric Tessier   Canada
2011 I Saw the Devil Kim Jee-woon   South Korea
2012 Eva Kike Maillo   Spain
2013 Mama Andres Muschietti   Spain,   Canada
2014 The Babadook Jennifer Kent   Australia
2015 The Voices Marjane Satrapi   USA   Germany
2016 The Devil's Candy Sean Byrne   USA
2017 The Girl with All the Gifts Colm McCarthy   United Kingdom
2018 Incident in a Ghost Land Pascal Laugier   France,   Canada
2019 Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund   United States

Fantastic Novel Prize

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Year Title Author Nationality
1995 Le Chien qui rit Anne Dugüel   Belgium
1996 La Mécanique des ombres Benjamin Legrand   France
1997 La Qualité du silence Max Dorra   France
1998 Les Mères Noires Pascal Françaix   France
1999 La Maison Usher ne chutera pas Pierre Stolze   France
2000 Les Mémoires de l'Homme-Éléphant Xavier Mauméjean   France
2001 Le Templier François Angelier   France
2002 Wonderlandz Jean-Luc Bizien   France
2003 Le Cinquième Règne Maxime Chattam   France

References

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