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SciFi WorldPhoto Hommage to Chimera Check our curated Section Ones to Watch by filmfestivals.com offering SciFi and genre film for the festival circcuit. Enjoy our coverage from the best fest in the genre. French short wins the Méliès d'Or 2017: Expire by Magali Magistry.The European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation (EFFFF) is pleased to announce the winners of the 21st Méliès d'Or competition for European fantastic film. The Méliès d'Or for feature film was awarded to Thelma by Joachim Trier (Norway).
The Méliès d'Or for short film went to Expire by Magali Magistry (France).
This year's Méliès jury was composed of Jean-François Rauger (president), Beatrice Fiorentino and Fabrizio Liberti.
The Méliès d'Or ceremony took place on 3 November in Trieste, and was hosted by the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival. It marked the culmination of a unique cycle of ongoing competitions held by 16 members of the EFFFF in 11 European countries, during 2016/17. The winning films (see below) were awarded a Méliès d'Argent and a nomination for the21st Méliès d'Or competition.
Founded in 1987, the EFFFF has become the world’s largest festival network with 22 film festivals from 17 countries and a global reach of more than half a million of visitors, making it a vital player in the promotion of European genre cinema, both in Europe and abroad.
The goal of the EFFFF is to promote European fantastic film productions by enhancing their visibility and standing with both the public and industry. The Méliès competition was launched in 1996 to help achieve these goals and has been one of the principal activities of the Federation since that date.
The 8 nominees for the feature Méliès d'Or were:
Cold Hell / Die Hölle Germany/Austria Stefan Ruzowitzky Awarded at MOTELX – Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, 2017
Sum of histories /Terug Naar Morgen Belgium Lukas Bossuyt Awarded at Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, 2016
The Bar/El bar Spain/Argentina Álex de la Iglesia Awarded at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, 2017
Small Town Killers/Dræberne fra Nibe Denmark Ole Bornedal Awarded at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, 2017
Pieles/Skins Spain Eduardo Casanova Awarded at the Imagine Film Festival, 2017
Let the corpses tan/Laissez bronzer les cadavres France/Belgium Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani Awarded at the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival, 2017
Snowflake/Schneeflöckchen Germany Adolfo Kolmerer Awarded at the Lund Fantastik Film Festival, 2017
Thelma Norway/France/Denmark/Sweden Joachim Trier Awarded at Sitges – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya, 2017
The 17 nominees for the short Méliès d'Or were:
Thursday Night Portugal Gonçalo Almeida Awarded at MOTELX – the Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, 2017
Getting Fat in a Healty Way Bulgaria/Germany Kevork Aslanyan Awarded at ScienceplusFiction – Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, 2016
Die Brücke über den Fluss Switzerland Jadwiga Kowalska Awarded at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, 2017
Black Ring/Siyah cember Turkey Hasan Can Dagli Awarded at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, 2017
Neck and Neck United Kingdom Shaun Clark Awarded at the Imagine Film Festival, 2017
The Absence of Eddy Table Norway Rune Spaans Awarded at the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival, 2017
Dreamlife Sweden Anna Mercedes Bergion Awarded at the Lund Fantastik Film Festival, 2017
Fucking Bunnies/Saatanan kani Finland Teemu Niukkanen Awarded at the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, 2017
Under the Apple Tree Belgium/Netherlands Erik van Schaaik Awarded at the Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival, 2017
The Reflection of Power France Mihai Grecu Awarded at the Court Metrange Festival, 2016
The Problemless Anonimous United Kingdom Gary Roberts Awarded at the Razor Reel Flanders Film Festival, 2016
Decorado Spain/France Alberto Vázquez. Awarded at the San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, 2016
Of Shadows and Wings France Jelice Meng Elenora Marinoni Awarded at FanCine Málaga – Festival de Cine Fantástico, 2016
Semper Fidelis Poland Maciej Gajewsky Awarded at the Molins de Rei Horror Film Festival, 2016
Bricks United Kingdom Neville Pierce, Awarded at Abertoir Horror Festival, 2016
Expire France Magali Magistry Awarded at Sitges – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya, 2017
The 22nd Méliès d’Or ceremony will take place in 2018 at Sitges – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya.
For more information about the EFFFF and the Méliès competitions, please go to For more on the ScienceplusFiction, please go to www.sciencefictionfestival.org
For pictures and other requests regarding the ceremony and the winners, please contact Gianluca Guerra: comunicazione@scienceplusfiction.org
Trieste Science+Fiction Festival is organised by the Centre for Cinema and Audiovisual Experimentation La Cappella Underground with the collaboration and the support of: MiBACT – Direzione Generale Cinema, Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia – Assessorato alla Cultura, Sport e Solidarietà, PromoTurismo FVG, Comune di Trieste – Assessorato alla Cultura, Fondazione CRTrieste, Teatro Stabile del Friuli Venezia Giulia, Fondazione Teatro Lirico "Giuseppe Verdi", Fondazione Benefica Kathleen Foreman Casali, Università degli Studi di Trieste, ARPA FVG - LaREA.
The event has the patronage of the main scientific institutes of the territory: AREA Science Park, ICGEB, ICTP, INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, IS Immaginario Scientifico – Science Centre, SISSA, Università Popolare di Trieste. 28.11.2017 | SciFi World's blog Cat. : FILM
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