Brussels, Belgium
Apr 5 - 17 2012
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Apr 17 - 28 2012
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Jul 6 - 14 2012
Espoo, Finland
Aug 17 - 26 2012
Strasbourg, France
Sep 14 - 22 2012
Lund, Sweden
Sep 20 - 29 2012
Sitges, Spain
Oct 4 - 14 2012
Trieste, Italy
Nov 2012
Leeds, United Kingdom
Nov 1 - 18 2012
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Riga, Latvia
Ljutomer, Slovenia
Jul 2012
London, Uk
Aug 23 - 27 2012
Lisbon, Portugal
Sep 12 - 16 2012
Brugge, Belgium
Oct 25 - Nov 3 2012
San Sebastian, Spain
Oct 27 - Nov 2 2012
Malaga, Spain
Nov - Dec 2012
Nantes, France
Nov 2012
Aberystwyth, Wales
Nov 6 - 11 2012
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Montreal, Canada
Jul 19 - Aug 7 2012
Puchon, South Korea
Jul 19 - 29 2012
Austin, USA
Sep 20 - 27 2012
Los Angeles, USA
Oct 2012
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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. A jury is gathered, their task is to decide which of the 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 20 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 15th Méliès d'Or Ceremony will take place at Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya on October 13th 2011.
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