Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer Location Gérardmer , FranceFounded 1994 (1994 ) Festival date last week of January Website festival-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 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 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 France , Luxembourg , Netherlands , United Kingdom , United States 1999 Cube Vincenzo Natali Canada 2000 Stir of Echoes David Koepp United States 2001 Thomas est amoureux Pierre-Paul Renders France , Belgium 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 Ireland , United Kingdom 2007 Norway of Life Den brysomme mannen ) Jens Lien Norway 2008 The Orphanage El Orfanato ) Juan Antonio Bayona Mexico , Spain 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 Canada , United Kingdom 2022 Hatching Hanna Bergholm Finland , Sweden 2023 Piety Eduardo Casanova Argentina , Spain 2024 Sleep Jason Yu South Korea 2025 In a Violent Nature Chris Nash Canada
Year Title Director Nationality 1994 La ardilla roja Julio Medem Spain 1995 Dellamorte Dellamore Michele Soavi France , Italy 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 Canada , United States 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 Canada , Spain 2014 The Babadook Jennifer Kent Australia 2015 The Voices Marjane Satrapi Germany , United States 2015 Ex Machina Alex Garland United Kingdom 2016 Évolution Lucile Hadzihalilovic Belgium , France , Spain 2016 JeruZalem Doron Paz, Yoav Paz Israel 2017 Under the Shadow Babak Anvari Iran , Jordan , Qatar , United Kingdom 2017 They Call Me Jeeg Robot Gabriele Mainetti Italy 2018 As Boas Maneiras Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas Brazil 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 France , Spain 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 2025 Exhuma Jang Jae-hyeon South Korea 2025 Rumours Guy Maddin , Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson Canada , Germany , Hungary , United States
Year Title Director Nationality 1994 The Red Squirrel (La ardilla roja Julio Medem Spain 1995 Accumulator 1 (Akumulátor 1 Jan Svěrák Czech Republic 1996 The Secret of Roan Inish John Sayles United States ,Ireland 1997 Over My Dead Body (Nur über meine Leiche Rainer Matsutani Germany 1998 Photographing Fairies (Photographing Fairies Nick Willing United Kingdom 1999 Cube Vincenzo Natali Canada 2000 The Nameless (Los sin nombre Jaume Balagueró Spain 2001 Tales of the Unusual (世にも奇妙な物語 映画の特別編 Yonimo kimyō na monogatari: Eiga no tokubetsu hen Mamoru Hosi, Masayuki Ochiai , Hisao Ogura, Masayuki Suzuki Japan 2002 The Devil's Backbone (El espinazo del diablo Guillermo del Toro Spain ,Mexico 2003 Dark Water (仄暗い水の底から Honogurai mizu no soko kara Hideo Nakata Japan 2004 Love Object Robert Parigi United States 2005 Calvaire Fabrice Du Welz Belgium ,France ,Luxembourg 2006 Isolation Billy O'Brien United Kingdom ,Ireland ,United States 2007 The Bothersome Man (Den brysomme mannen Jens Lien Norway 2008 Diary of the Dead George A. Romero United States 2009 Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in Tomas Alfredson Sweden 2010 Moon Duncan Jones United Kingdom 2011 I Saw the Devil (악마를 보았다 Akmareul boatda Kim Jee-woon South Korea 2012 Babycall Pål Sletaune Norway ,Germany ,Sweden 2013 Berberian Sound Studio Peter Strickland United Kingdom 2014 The Babadook Jennifer Kent Australia 2015 It Follows David Robert Mitchell United States 2016 Evolution Lucile Hadzihalilovic France ,Spain ,Belgium 2017 Raw Julia Ducournau France ,Belgium 2018 Good Manners (As Boas Maneiras Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas Brazil ,France 2019 The Unthinkable (Den blomstertid nu kommer Victor Danell / Crazy Pictures Sweden 2020 Prize not awarded - - 2021 The Swarm Just Philippot France 2022 The Innocents (De uskyldige Eskil Vogt Norway ,Sweden ,Denmark ,Finland ,France ,United Kingdom 2023 The Mountain Thomas Salvador France 2024 When Evil Lurks Demián Rugna Argentina 2025 The Wailing Pedro Martín-Calero Spain ,Argentina ,France
Public Prize 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 Canada , Spain 2014 The Babadook Jennifer Kent Australia 2015 The Voices Marjane Satrapi Germany , United States 2016 The Devil's Candy Sean Byrne United States 2017 The Girl with All the Gifts Colm McCarthy United Kingdom 2018 Incident in a Ghost Land Pascal Laugier Canada , France 2019 Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund United States 2020 1BR David Marmor United States 2021 La Nuée Just Philippot France 2022 The Innocents (De uskyldige) Eskil Vogt Norway , Sweden , Denmark , Finland , France , United Kingdom 2023 La Pietà Eduardo Casanova Spain , Argentina 2024 When Evil Lurks Demián Rugna Argentina 2025 Oddity Damian Mc Carthy Ireland , United States
Fantastic Novel Prize
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