Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer

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

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.

History[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Special Prize (or Panel Prize)[edit]

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

Public Prize[edit]

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[edit]

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

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