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 Location Gérardmer , FranceFounded 1994; 30 years ago (1994 ) Festival date last week of January Website festival-gerardmer
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.
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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
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
Public Prize
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Fantastic Novel Prize
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References
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Belgium
France