Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Jul 1 - 6 2008
Espoo, Finland
Aug 19 - 24 2008
Lund, Sweden
Sep 2008
Sitges, Spain
Oct 2008
Leeds, United Kingdom
Nov 4 - 16 2008
Porto, Portugal
Feb 20 - 28 2009
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Apr 2009
Brussels, Belgium
Apr 2 - 15 2009
Rome/Latina, Italy
Jun 2009
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London, Uk
Aug 21 - 25 2008
Dublin, Ireland
Oct 2008
Ravenna, Italy
Oct - Nov 2008
Nantes, France
Oct - Nov 2008
San Sebastian, Spain
Oct 31 - Nov 8 2008
Trieste, Italy
Nov 2008
Malaga, Spain
Nov 2008
Riga, Latvia
Feb 28 - Mar 8 2009
Copenhagen, Denmark
Mar - Apr 2009
Edinburgh, Scotland
Apr 2009
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Montreal, Canada
Jul 3 - 21 2008
Puchon, South Korea
Jul 18 - 27 2008
Austin, USA
Sep 18 - 25 2008
Los Angeles, USA
Oct 10 - 19 2008
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In existence since 1996, the Méliès d’Or Award is a unique competition: it is the only competition organised between collaborating festivals in Europe. The competition is open to both features and short films.
The Méliès d’Or Competition for features is organised by all the affiliated members of the Federation. Each Competition cycle takes approximately one year and is organised in two stages.
In the first stage, each participating festival organises a Competition during its event, at the end of which a European film is awarded with a Méliès d’Argent. This film is automatically nominated to take part in the Méliès d’Or Competition.
Once all the affiliated members have awarded their own Méliès d’Argent, the next festival on the calendar organises the Méliès d’Or Competition and Ceremony. For that competition, an international jury (with five members from five of the affiliated festivals) is gathered, their task is to decide which of the 10 Méliès d’Argent will be awarded with the Méliès d’Or.
The Méliès d’Or Competition for shorts is organised in the same way as the Competition for features, but is open to all the European members of the Federation. The films selected by each festival are called “Méliès d’Or Nominees”. The Méliès d’Or for shorts is awarded by the same jury as for the features.
With the organisation of a Méliès d'Or competition, the Federation intends to highlight the quality and originality of European cinema and to guide the renewal of the genre film on the entire continent, whether in Spain, France, the Scandinavian countries, England,…
The European Federation of Fantastic Film Festivals also sees itself as a solid network of festivals, facilitating the circulation of films between its members. Today counting 21 members from 16 countries, each member functioning as a national antenna, the Federation aims to become an important, even essential, pole in the cultural and economic circuit of European fantastic film.
The 12th Méliès d'Or Ceremony will take place at Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya in October 2008
The Méliès Competition is held with support from EU's MEDIA-Program
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