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
| Year
|
Title of film
|
Director
|
Nationality
|
| 1994
|
Jiang-Hu, Between Love And Glory
|
Ronny Yu
|
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
|
| 1995
|
Heavenly Creatures
|
Peter Jackson
|
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
|
| 1996
|
El Dia de la Bestia
|
Alex de la Iglesia
|
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
|
| 1997
|
Scream
|
Wes Craven
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
| 1998
|
An American Werewolf in Paris
|
Anthony Waller
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States, File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom, File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg, File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands, File:Flag of France.svg France
|
| 1999
|
Cube
|
Vincenzo Natali
|
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
|
| 2000
|
Stir of Echoes
|
David Koepp
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
| 2001
|
Thomas est amoureux
|
Pierre-Paul Renders
|
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium, File:Flag of France.svg France
|
| 2002
|
Fausto 5.0
|
Isidro Ortiz, Alex Ollé et Carlos Padrissa
|
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
|
| 2003
|
Honogurai mizu no soko kara
|
Hideo Nakata
|
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
|
| 2004
|
Janghwa, Hongryeon
|
Kim Jee-woon
|
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
|
| 2005
|
Duplicity (Trouble)
|
Harry Cleven
|
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
|
| 2006
|
Isolation
|
Billy O'Brien
|
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland, File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
|
| 2007
|
Norway of Life (Den brysomme mannen)
|
Jens Lien
|
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
|
| 2008
|
The Orphanage (El Orfanato)
|
Juan Antonio Bayona
|
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain, File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
|
| 2009
|
Let The Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
|
Tomas Alfredson
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
| 2010
|
The Door (Die Tür)
|
Anno Saul
|
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
|
| 2011
|
Bedevilled (Kim Bok-nam salinsageonui jeonmal)
|
Jang Cheol-soo
|
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
|
| 2012
|
Babycall
|
Pal Sletaune
|
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
|
| 2013
|
Mama
|
Andrés Muschietti
|
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
|
| 2014
|
Miss Zombie
|
SABU
|
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
|
| 2015
|
It Follows
|
David Robert Mitchell
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
| 2016
|
Bone Tomahawk
|
S. Craig Zahler
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
| 2017
|
Raw
|
Julia Ducournau
|
File:Flag of France.svg France, File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
|
| 2018
|
Incident in a Ghost Land
|
Pascal Laugier
|
File:Flag of France.svg France, File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
|
| 2019
|
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
|
Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
| 2020
|
Saint Maud
|
Rose Glass
|
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
|
| 2021
|
Possessor
|
Brandon Cronenberg
|
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom,File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
|
| 2022
|
Hatching
|
Hanna Bergholm
|
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland,File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
| 2023
|
Piety
|
Eduardo Casanova
|
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain,File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
|
| 2024
|
Sleep
|
Jason Yu
|
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
|
Special Prize (or Panel Prize)
| Year
|
Title
|
Director
|
Nationality
|
| 1994
|
La ardilla roja
|
Julio Medem
|
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
|
| 1995
|
Dellamorte Dellamore
|
Michele Soavi
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy, File:Flag of France.svg France
|
| 1996
|
Mute Witness
|
Anthony Waller
|
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany, File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia, File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
|
| 1997
|
Nur über meine Leiche
|
Rainer Matsutani
|
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
|
| 1998
|
Gattaca
|
Andrew Niccol
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
| 1998
|
Photographing Fairies
|
Nick Willing
|
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
|
| 1999
|
The Wisdom of Crocodiles
|
Po-Chih Leong
|
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
|
| 1999
|
Bride Of Chucky
|
Ronny Yu
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
| 2000
|
Los sin nombre
|
Jaume Balagueró
|
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
|
| 2001
|
Chasing Sleep
|
Michael Walker
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
| 2002
|
El Espinazo del Diablo
|
Guillermo del Toro
|
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
|
| 2003
|
Maléfique
|
Éric Valette
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
| 2003
|
The Gathering
|
Brian Gilbert
|
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
|
| 2004
|
The Happiness of the Katakuris
|
Takashi Miike
|
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
|
| 2005
|
Saw
|
James Wan
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
|
| 2005
|
The Ordeal (Calvaire)
|
Fabrice Du Welz
|
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
|
| 2006
|
Fragile
|
Jaume Balagueró
|
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
|
| 2007
|
Black Sheep
|
Jonathan King
|
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
|
| 2007
|
Fido
|
Andrew Currie
|
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
|
| 2008
|
REC
|
Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza
|
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
|
| 2009
|
Grace
|
Paul Solet
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States, File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
|
| 2010
|
Moon
|
Duncan Jones
|
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
|
| 2011
|
We Are What We Are (Somos los que hay)
|
Jorge Michel Gra
|
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
|
| 2011
|
The Loved Ones
|
Sean Byrne
|
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
|
| 2012
|
Beast
|
Christoffer Boe
|
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
|
| 2012
|
The Awakening
|
Nick Murphy
|
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
|
| 2013
|
The End
|
Jorge Torregrossa
|
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
|
| 2013
|
Mama
|
Andres Muschietti
|
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain, File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
|
| 2014
|
The Babadook
|
Jennifer Kent
|
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
|
| 2015
|
The Voices
|
Marjane Satrapi
|
File:Flag of the United States.svg USA File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
|
| 2015
|
Ex Machina
|
Alex Garland
|
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
|
| 2016
|
Évolution
|
Lucile Hadzihalilovic
|
File:Flag of France.svg France, File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain, File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
|
| 2016
|
JeruZalem
|
Doron Paz, Yoav Paz
|
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
|
| 2017
|
Under the Shadow
|
Babak Anvari
|
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom, File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar, File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan, File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
|
| 2017
|
They Call Me Jeeg Robot
|
Gabriele Mainetti
|
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italia
|
| 2018
|
As Boas Maneiras
|
Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas
|
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brasil
|
| 2018
|
Les Affamés
|
Robin Aubert
|
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
|
| 2019
|
The Unthinkable
|
Victor Danell / Crazy Pictures[1]
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
| 2019
|
Aniara
|
Pella Kagerman
|
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
|
| 2020
|
Howling Village
|
Takashi Shimizu
|
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
|
| 2021
|
Sleep
|
Michael Venus
|
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
|
| 2021
|
Teddy
|
Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
| 2022
|
The Grandmother
|
Paco Plaza
|
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain, File:Flag of France.svg France
|
| 2022
|
You Are Not My Mother
|
Kate Dolan
|
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
|
| 2023
|
The Mountain
|
Thomas Salvador
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
| 2023
|
Piaffe
|
Ann Oren
|
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
|
| 2024
|
Amelia's Children
|
Gabriel Abrantes
|
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
|
| 2024
|
For Night Will Come
|
Céline Rouzet
|
File:Flag of France.svg France
|
Public Prize
Fantastic Novel Prize
References
External links
.svg){kind=link}
.svg){kind=link}
.svg){kind=link}
