Finnish-German-Australia science fiction action spoof Iron Sky was awarded at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival with Silver Méliès award, and with the Audience Award. Silver Méliès award is a highly appreciated Europen genre film award, and the winners of the award end up competing each other for the Golden Méliès award, later this year in October in Sitges Film Festival.
Director Timo Vuorensola was surprised of the reactions of the crowd at Brussels:
“I didn't kn...
The 2011 Méliès d'Or Award Ceremony will take place on the evening of October 13th at Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. The following films have been awarded a Méliès d'Argent and are competing for the 2011 Méliès d'Or:SitgesRUBBER by Quentin Dupieux (Méliès d'Argent winner Sitges)LeedsTHE LAST EMPLOYEE by Alexander Adolph (Méliès d'Argent winner Leeds)TriesteRARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE by Jalmari Helander (Méliès d'Argent winner Trieste)BrusselsTRANSFER by Damir Luka...
NIFFF 2011 AWARD WINNERS
• H.R. Giger Award Narcisse for the best fantastic feature film
• RTS Audience Award
• Silver Méliès for the best European fantastic feature film
TROLLHUNTER André Øvredal, Norway
Distribution: Universal Pictures International Switzerland GMBH, CH
• Special Mention from the International Jury
STAKE LAND
Jim Mickle, USA
Distribution:
Aventi Distribution, FR
• Award for the best Asian film
HELLO GHOST
Kim You...
by Romain Raynaldy A classic early film known for its iconic black-and-white images has been "resurrected" from the dead -- and spruced up in full color -- to be screened at the Cannes film festival. "Le Voyage dans la Lune" ("A Trip to the Moon") by Georges Melies was to be presented at the start of the French riviera festival on Wednesday, thanks to state-of-the-art restoration technology from Hollywood (http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/mediaPlayer/11028.html). "We can refer to this not a...
Attention fantastic filmmakers! From this day on and until the 1st of July you are welcome to submit your cinematic masterpieces to this year's Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival which will take place from the 25th to the 30th of July in Ljutomer, Slovenia. Our prestigious awards await you!
This year, as new members of the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation we introduce the Melies d'Or nomination as a part of our Slak's Vicious Cat competition (best short film). The nominee ...
French Collector, Archivist and
Showman Extraordinaire Will Present
Retour de Flamme: Rare and Restored Films in 3-D at the Castro Theatre
San Francisco, CA – The 54th San Francisco International Film
Festival (April 21–May 5) will present the 2011 Mel Novikoff Award to the extraordinary showman Serge Bromberg for his invaluable work as a collector, preservationist, exhibitor, programmer and enthusiast of cinematic treasures, Sunday, May 1 at 5:00 pm at the Castro Th...
The Méliès d'Argent winner for 2010:
The Last Employee (Der Letzte Angestellte)
Dir. Alexander Adolph
Germany
2009
85 mins
The jury also gives a special mention to:
Savage
Dir. Brendan Muldowney
Ireland
2009
83 mins
The short film Méliès d'Or nomination:
Yuri Lennon's Landing on Alpha 46
Dir. Anthony Vouardoux
Germany / Switzerland
2010
14 mins
The jury also gi...
The Méliès d'Argent winner for 2010:
Rare export: a christmas tale
Dir. Jalmari Helander
Finland/Norway/France/Sweden
2010
78 mins
The jury also gives a special mention to:
Technotise- Edit and I
Dir. Aleksa Gajic
Serbia
2009
100 mins
T...
Moon, Best Feature Film of Sitges 09 11-10-2009 OFICIAL FANTÀSTICJURYNeil Marshall, Amanda Plummer, Tuomas Riskala, John Saxon and Jordi Battle CaminalBest Short FilmOne of those days by Hattie DaltonSpecial MentionThe boy who wouldn’t kill by Linus de PaoliBest Production Design - Sponsored by Parc Audiovisual de CatalunyaTony Noble for MoonBest Make Up FXKaatje Van Damme for Mr. NobodyBest Special EffectsC.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, Mac Guff, BUF for SpliceBest Original SoundtrackTeresa Barro...
Closing Event: UKULELESCOPE
Closing Event: UKULELESCOPE
10.10.2009 [20:45]
UKULELESCOPE
Film accompagnati dal vivo da / Films accompanied live by The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (Dave Suich, Richie Williams, Hester Goodman, George Hinchcliffe, Kitty Lux, Will Grove White, Jonty Bankes)
Ideazione e produzione / Created and produced by: Hester G...
1 - The TWENTIETH NINE edition of the OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - FANTASPORTO 2009 will take place from 20th February till 1st of March
2 - The Festival main purpose is the screening and promotion films of quality, both aesthetically and thematically, and to seek new forms and methods of filmmaking.
3 - The Festival has eight sections
3.1 - Official Section - Competition for Fantasy Films - feature and short films (maximum 15 minutes length) including the Méliè...
8th edition of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) – July 1-6Varied program, notorious guests and digital creation: the lineup of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival has revealed its outline to the public.Along with Gremlins director Joe Dante, president of the International Jury, the NIFFF will welcome Japanese director Hideo Nakata, who will present his latest movie, L Change the World. Designer Syd Mead (TRON, Aliens) will participate in the Imaging...
AWARDS SITGES 07 - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya OFICIAL FANTÀSTIC JURY Zoë Bell, Ruggero Deodato, Mark Palansky, Casimiro Torreiro, Eloy Azorín Best Motion Picture The Fall by Tarsem Singh Best Director Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza for REC Best Actress Manuela Velasco for RecBest Actor Sam Rockwell for Joshua (El Hijo del Mal)Best Script Chung Seo - Kyung , Park Chan-Wook for I'm a Cyborg but that's OkBest Cinematography Toyomichi Kurita for Sukiyaki Western DjangoBest Produ...
With 17,000 spectators, the 7th edition of the NIFFF achieves unprecedented success After six days and nights of intense cinematographic emotions shared by 17,000 spectators—4000 more than in 2006—the 7th Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival is about to award its eight prizes as it comes to a close tonight. Presided by French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic and composed of Mo Hayder, Franziska Weisz, Douglas Buck and Jaume Balaguero, the International Jury has chosen to reward Roy...
It happens every year. In February, the month of St Valentine and Carnival, the second most important city in Portugal receives thousands of film enthusiasts for another edition of Fantasporto. A fortnight of the best cinema in the world. And, as usual, new discoveries and new creators together with old talents and retrospectives. The 27th edition of the biggest film festival in Portugal is supported by the Ministry of Culture, through the ICAM, the Portuguese Film Institute, as well as the Opor...
The 2006 Méliès d’Or Ceremony was dominated by a strong Nordic presence that paid off for the Danish film Adam’s Apples. The tenth Méliès d’Or award, which is presented to the best European fantastic film 2006, has been awarded to the Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen’s film Adam’s Apples at the Espoo Ciné International Film Festival. The story depicts a battle of minds between a clergyman and a neo-Nazi, the film made its way through to the Méliès d’Or competition, held at...
The 2006 Méliès d’Or Ceremony was dominated by a strong Nordic presence that paid off for the Danish film Adam’s Apples. The tenth Méliès d’Or award, which is presented to the best European fantastic film 2006, has been awarded to the Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen’s film Adam’s Apples at the Espoo Ciné International Film Festival. The story depicts a battle of minds between a clergyman and a neo-Nazi, the film made its way through to the Méliès d’Or competition, held at...
Méliès d’Argent winner in FantasportoThe 26th edition of Fantasporto proved to be a successful one - A great program, fantastic guests, and a wonderful setting provided by Porto itself. And the winners were…Méliès d’ArgentANIMAL, Roselyne Bosch, (Portugal, UK, France), 2005Short Film Nomination for a Méliès d’OrTHE LEGEND OF THE SCARECROW, Marcos Besas, (Spain), 2005For a full list of all Fantasporto winners in all the different categories visit our press section at melies.org or v...
The vikings took over the 26th edition of the Oporto International Film Festival - Fantasporto.Great winners in a year that showed the vitality of European cinemaSwedish Film Frostbitten by Anders Banke won the Grand Prix Fantasporto 2006 Best Film Award in the Official Fantasy Section, with Adam¹s Apples by Anders Thomas Jensen came out also a winner as the Best Film and the Best Actor Award in the 16th Directors Week.Also a winner was Animal by Roselyne Bosch. This film, co-produced by Antón...
The 11th edition of Lund International Fantastic Film Festival in Sweden closed on Sunday the 25th with an award ceremony at Filmstaden in Lund. The following prizes were awarded: The Silver Méliès for best feature film was awarded to: The Descent (Neil Marshall, UK 2005)“The film works on many levels, both primal and psychological. In the hands of a lesser director, this could have been just another forgettable horror film - but as it is The Descent manages to be realistic, emotional, and a...
The 11th edition of Lund International Fantastic Film Festival takes place between the 16th and the 25th of September. During ten days almost 100 films from 19 countries are screened, which means that the festival is bigger than ever. Opening filmThis year's opening film is Hayao Miyazaki's animated masterpiece Howl's Moving Castle. The Japanese director, who won an Academy Award for his last film Spirited Away, will receive an honorary Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival at September 9.Film...
The tenth edition of Fantastisk Filmfestival in Lund, Sweden, closed during Sunday with an award ceremony at Filmstaden movie theatre. The following awards were presented: The winner of the Silver Méliès for best European feature 2004 was Tempus Fugit by Enric Folch, Spain, who was also present to receive his award. In the words of the jury: "The 2004 Silver Méliès goes to a film in which all strings in the logic somersaults of time travel are neatly tied together. Complex chains of events l...
« The Green Butchers » and « El tren de la bruja » win the Méliès d’Or for Best European Fantastic Film.The 8th Méliès d’Or Ceremony for Best European Fantastic Film took place this Saturday, April 17th 2004 at the occasion of the 20th Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival. The Jury, presided by Dutch filmmaker Rudolf van den Berg, has awarded the Méliès d’Or for Best Fantastic Feature to « The Green Butchers » directed by Anders Thomas Jensen and the Méliès d’Or for Best Fanta...
