Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer explained

Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer
Date:last week of January
Location:Gérardmer, France

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

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

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

YearTitle of filmDirectorNationality
1994Jiang-Hu, Between Love And GloryRonny Yu Hong Kong
1995Heavenly CreaturesPeter Jackson New Zealand
1996El Dia de la BestiaAlex de la Iglesia Spain
1997ScreamWes Craven United States
1998An American Werewolf in ParisAnthony Waller United States, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Netherlands, France
1999CubeVincenzo Natali Canada
2000Stir of EchoesDavid Koepp United States
2001Thomas est amoureuxPierre-Paul Renders Belgium, France
2002Fausto 5.0Isidro Ortiz, Alex Ollé et Carlos Padrissa Spain
2003Honogurai mizu no soko karaHideo Nakata Japan
2004Janghwa, HongryeonKim Jee-woon
2005Duplicity (Trouble)Harry Cleven Belgium
2006IsolationBilly O'Brien, United Kingdom
2007Norway of Life (Den brysomme mannen)Jens Lien Norway
2008The Orphanage (El Orfanato)Juan Antonio Bayona Spain, Mexico
2009Let The Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)Tomas Alfredson Sweden
2010The Door (Die Tür)Anno Saul Germany
2011Bedevilled (Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal)Jang Cheol-soo
2012BabycallPal Sletaune Norway
2013MamaAndrés Muschietti Spain
2014Miss ZombieSABU Japan
2015It FollowsDavid Robert Mitchell United States
2016Bone Tomahawk United States
2017Raw France, Belgium
2018Incident in a Ghost Land France, Canada
2019 United States
2020Saint Maud United Kingdom
2021Possessor United Kingdom, Canada

Special Prize (or Panel Prize)

YearTitleDirectorNationality
1994La ardilla rojaJulio Medem Spain
1995Dellamorte DellamoreMichele Soavi Italy, France
1996Mute WitnessAnthony Waller Germany,, United Kingdom
1997Nur über meine LeicheRainer Matsutani Germany
1998GattacaAndrew Niccol United States
1998Photographing FairiesNick Willing United Kingdom
1999The Wisdom of CrocodilesPo-Chih Leong United Kingdom
1999Bride Of ChuckyRonny Yu United States
2000Los sin nombreJaume Balagueró Spain
2001Chasing SleepMichael Walker United States
2002El Espinazo del DiabloGuillermo del Toro Spain
2003MaléfiqueÉric Valette France
2003The GatheringBrian Gilbert United Kingdom
2004The Happiness of the KatakurisTakashi Miike Japan
2005SawJames Wan United States
2005The Ordeal (Calvaire)Fabrice Du Welz Belgium
2006FragileJaume Balagueró Spain
2007Black SheepJonathan King New Zealand
2007FidoAndrew Currie Canada
2008RECJaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza Spain
2009GracePaul Solet United States, Canada
2010MoonDuncan Jones United Kingdom
2011We Are What We Are (Somos los que hay)Jorge Michel Gra Mexico
2011The Loved OnesSean Byrne Australia
2012BeastChristoffer Boe Denmark
2012The AwakeningNick Murphy United Kingdom
2013The EndJorge Torregrossa Spain
2013MamaAndres Muschietti Spain, Canada
2014The Babadook Jennifer Kent Australia
2015The VoicesMarjane Satrapi United States Germany
2015Ex Machina United Kingdom
2016Évolution France, Spain, Belgium
2016JeruZalem Israel
2017Under the Shadow United Kingdom, Qatar, Jordan,
2017They Call Me Jeeg Robot
2018As Boas Maneiras
2018Les Affamés Canada
2019The UnthinkableVictor Danell / Crazy Pictures[1] Sweden
2019AniaraPella Kagerman Sweden

Public Prize

YearTitle of filmDirectorNationality
2003Lee Si-myung
2006FragileJaume Balagueró Spain
2007Black SheepJonathan King New Zealand
2008RECJaume Balagueró et Paco Plaza Spain
2009The Midnight Meat TrainRyuhei Kitamura United States
20105150 Elm's Way Éric Tessier Canada
2011I Saw the DevilKim Jee-woon
2012Eva Spain
2013MamaAndres Muschietti Spain, Canada
2014The Babadook Jennifer Kent Australia
2015The Voices Marjane Satrapi United States Germany
2016The Devil's Candy United States
2017The Girl with All the Gifts United Kingdom
2018Incident in a Ghost Land France, Canada
2019 United States

Fantastic Novel Prize

YearTitleAuthorNationality
1995Le Chien qui ritAnne Dugüel Belgium
1996La Mécanique des ombresBenjamin Legrand France
1997La Qualité du silenceMax Dorra France
1998Les Mères NoiresPascal Françaix France
1999La Maison Usher ne chutera pasPierre Stolze France
2000Les Mémoires de l'Homme-ÉléphantXavier Mauméjean France
2001Le TemplierFrançois Angelier France
2002WonderlandzJean-Luc Bizien France
2003Le Cinquième RègneMaxime Chattam France

Notes and References

  1. https://amp.lepoint.fr/2291268 Le Point > Article "Gérardmer 2019 : Grand Prix peu glorieux pour compétition dépressive" (February 4, 2019)

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