# Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer

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 |

## Special Prize (or Panel Prize)

| 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 | 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 |

## 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

| Year | Title | Author | Nationality |
| 1995 | Le Chien qui rit | Anne Dugüel | Belgium |
| 1996 | La Mécanique des ombres | Benjamin Legrand | France |
| 1997 | La Qualité du silence | Max Dorra | France |
| 1998 | Les Mères Noires | Pascal Françaix | France |
| 1999 | La Maison Usher ne chutera pas | Pierre Stolze | France |
| 2000 | Les Mémoires de l'Homme-Éléphant | Xavier Mauméjean | France |
| 2001 | Le Templier | François Angelier | France |
| 2002 | Wonderlandz | Jean-Luc Bizien | France |
| 2003 | Le Cinquième Règne | Maxime Chattam | France |