Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival is calling all fantastic filmmakers to submit their feature films, short films and music documentaries to the 19th edition of the festival. Deadline is the 7th of April, 2023.
Selected feature films will compete for Grossmann’s most prestigious award, the Vicious Cat.
Selected short films will compete for the Slak's Vicious Cat award for Best Short Film or the Melies d’Argent a...
Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival is calling all fantastic filmmakers to submit their feature films, short films and music documentaries to the 18th edition of the festival. Deadline is the 2nd of May, 2022.
Selected feature films will compete for Grossmann’s most prestigious award, the Vicious Cat.
Selected short films will compete for the Slak's Vicious Cat award for Best Short Film or the Melies d’Argent awa...
The best feature film of the 17th Grossmann Festival is YUMMY. The Honorary Vicious Cats were received by the festival's guests of honour, American directors Gary Sherman and William Lustig.
On Saturday, the 24th of July, the 17th edition of Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival came to a magnificent conclusion. This year, there were screenings of no less than 36 feature films, 9 documentaries and 34 short films from 30 countries, with 6 features, 7 music documentaries and 31 short fil...
It's been a long, long wait, but now it's time for fantastic film and wine!
The 17th Grossmann Festival will first conquer the city of Ormož, all the way to Sunday. The grand opening will take place at 20.30h in front of the Castle Manor House.
At 21h at the same location, the audience will be graced by the presence of our guest of honour, American director Gary Sherman, who will introduce his cult cannibal classic Death Line, celebrated as one of ...
At this year’s Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival, 37 feature films, 34 short films and 9 documentaries from 30 countries will be screened for your viewing pleasure. The festival will take place on July 16-18 in Ormož and July 20-24 in Ljutomer, Slovenia.
Unfortunately, Lloyd Kaufman’s visit is cancelled, but we will be joined by genre film legend William Lustig, director of timeless cult classics such as Maniac and Maniac Cop. Along with Ga...
Grossmann 2021 will take place in July in Ljutomer and Ormož (Ormož, July 16-18 / Ljutomer, July 20-24).
Once again, a selection of exquisite genre films from all around the world awaits you at 6 venues in Ljutomer and Ormož. 35 feature films and about the same number of short films will be screened. Six feature films will compete for the Vicious Cat award for best feature. Short films will compete for Slak’s Vicious Cat award for best short film and Me...
Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival is calling all fantastic filmmakers to submit their feature films, shorts and music documentaries to the 17th edition of the festival. Deadline is the 2nd of May.
Selected feature films will compete for Grossmann’s most prestigious award, the Vicious Cat.
Selected short films will compete for the Slak's Vicious Cat award for Best Short Film or the Melies d’Argent award wh...
On Saturday, the 18th of July, the 16th edition of Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival came to a magnificent conclusion. This year, there were screenings of 28 feature films, 7 music documentaries and 30 short films from 27 countries. with 5 features, 7 music documentaries and 25 short films being shown in the competition program.
At the closing ceremony, the following awards were given:
VICIOUS CAT for best feature fi...
All the fans of fantastic films and divine wine are invited to the 16th edition of Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival, Slovenia's first and largest fantastic film festival. In the idyllic landscape of the region of Prlekija, eight days of festival events will take place from the 10th to the 12th July in Ormož and from the 14th to the 18th of July in Ljutomer.
Once again the audience will be able to enjoy the best current fantastic films and music documentaries in our competition ...
This year's 16th edition of the Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival will offer even more cinematic delicacies and divine wine as usual, for it will take place from the 10th to the 12th of July in Ormož and from the 14th to the 18th July in Ljutomer.
After last year's successful expansion of the festival events to the nearby town of Ormož, this year's edition will begin with three days of film and wine celebration in Ormož, followed by five ...
This year's Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival, taking place from the 16th to the 20th of July in Ljutomer and Ormož, Slovenia, will treat genre cinema lovers with no less than 36 feature films, 12 documentaries and 43 short films from 38 countries.
This year's guests of honour are director Sam Firstenberg, the absolute legend of 80s action cinema, and actress Christina Lindberg, one of the most remarkable icons of 70s exploitation cinema. At th...
We are very happy to announce that this year's guest of honour and president of the Vicious Cat jury is legendary action director Sam Firstenberg. At the closimg ceremony on Saturday, he will receive the Honorary Vicious Cat, award for outstanding contribution to genre cinema. Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival will take place from the 16th to the 20th of July in Ljutomer, Slovenia.
It is impossible to imagine the 80s action cinema without Sam Firstenberg’s and...
Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival is calling all fantastic filmmakers to submit their feature films, shorts and music documentaries to the 15th edition of the festival which will take place from the 16th to the 20th of July in Ljutomer, Slovenia. Deadline is the 6th of May.
Selected feature films will compete for Grossmann’s most prestigious award, the Vicious Cat.
Selected short films will compete for the Slak's Vi...
by Jared Feldschreiber
A bit brutal, a bit familiar and also even sly in the various twists and turns it takes, Slovenian Girl find itself in its own genre. It's something renowned Polish director Krzystof Kieslowski would be proud of it, since it incorporates female interiority to a protagonist who is both a liar and an empathic rustic student trying to get by in a big city.
The story of a call girl by night and sweet and demure country-girl by day suggests that first glances ...
On Saturday, the 15th of July, the 13th edition of Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival came to a conclusion with a magnificent closing ceremony.
In our competition programs, the following awards were given:
-VICIOUS CAT for best feature film: THE NIGHT OF THE VIRGIN (La noche del virgen; Spain; 2016; directed by: Roberto San Sebastián)
Special mention: RON GOOSSENS, LOW BUDGET STUNTMAN (Netherlands; 2017; directed by: Steffen Haars, Flip Van der Kuil)
-NOISY CAT ...
The 13th edition of Grossmann Festival, taking place in Ljutomer, Slovenia, will begin today at 18.00h with the Creatures of Fashion performance and the the presentation of winemakers that take part in this year’s Wine Champion Vicious Cat competition.
The film program begins at 19.00h with Fritz Lang’s science fiction masterpiece Metropolis, accompanied by live music by Mitja Reichenberg.
At 22.00h, Harry Kümel will address the Grossmann audienc...
The opening of the 13th Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival on Tuesday, July 11th will feature a special screening of Fritz Lang's sci-fi masterpiece Metropolis, accompanied by live music by Mitja Reichenberg.
There are several reasons for presenting Metropolis at this year's edition of the Grossmann festival. The first, and most obvious, is that Metropolis is a classical science-fiction film and as such needs no special excuse to be screened at a festival dedica...
With much joy we announce the arrival of the eminent Belgian director Harry Kümel to this year's Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival, taking place from the 11th to the 15th of July at Ljutomer, Slovenia.
To the fans of horror and fantasy, Harry Kümel is best known for his unforgettable masterpieces Daughters of Darkness and Malpertuis, which will be screened in a special retrospective section. We will also screen the fascinating documentary Forgotten ...
Much to our regret we must inform you that George A. Romero unfortunately had to cancel his visit to this year's Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival. The reason for that is health-related, supposedly nothing too serious, but it still prevents him from trans-Atlantic flights for the time being. The whole crew of Grossmann Festival, as well as George, is sorry for this cancellation. We send George our best wishes to get well soon, and he already promised to come to Ljutomer next year...
We proudly announce that the greatest and most important contemporary horror director George A. Romero is coming to the 13th edition of Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival that will take place between the 11th and the 15th of July in Ljutomer, Slovenia.
His influence on contemporary cinema cannot be overestimated. He made history already with his first feature Night of the Living Dead (1968) which has caused a revolution within genre cinema. With thi...
From today and until the 15th of May, Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival is calling all fantastic filmmakers to submit their feature films, shorts and music documentaries to the 13th edition of the festival which will take place from the 11th to the 15th of July in Ljutomer, Slovenia.
Selected feature films will compete for Grossmann’s most prestigious award, the Vicious Cat.
Selected short films will compete for the Slak'...
On Saturday, the 16th of July, the 12th edition of Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival came to a conclusion with a magnificent closing ceremony.
Honorary Vicious Cat award for lifetime achievement was given to the legendary producer Jan Harlan.
In our competition programs, the following awards were given:
-VICIOUS CAT for best feature film: Scherzo Diabolico (Mexico, USA; 2015; Adrian Garcia Bogliano)
Special mention: Attack of the Lederhosenzombie...
Grossmann Festival starts today at 18.00h at the Culture House with the opening of the photographic exhibition by Tone Stojko entitled Yellowed Photographs. Marija Skočir, senior curator at the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, will share some words about the exhibition and its author prior to the opening.
After the presentation of the winemakers competing for this year's Wine Champion Vicious Cat award this year's film program will begin with our opening film, Sloven...
We are very happy to announce that producer Jan Harlan, long-time collaborator of Stanley Kubrick, is this year's guest of honour and receiver of the Lifetime Achievement award at Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival, taking place from the 12th to the 16th of July in Ljutomer, Slovenia.
Lasting for 30 years, Harlan's collaboration with Kubrick started with a project about Napoleon that would never be realized. It continued with A Clockwork Orange, where Harlan was...
On Saturday, the 18th of July, the 11th edition of Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival came to a conclusion with a magnificent closing ceremony.
Honorary Vicious Cat award for lifetime achievement was received by the legendary German actor Udo Kier.
In our competition programs, the following awards were given:
-VICIOUS CAT for best feature film: Ghoul (Czech Republic, 2015, Petr Jákl)
Special Mention: Idyll (Idila, Slovenia, 2015, Tomaž Gorkič)
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