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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

www.melies.org

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.