About
The Lund International Fantastic Film Festival takes place between October 20th and October 29th. The festival will also be the host of this years Melies d’Or competition and gala.
Lund International Fantastic Film Festival, Sweden was founded in 1995 with the overall aim to help stretch the limits of the imagination, and to reinforce the intrinsic value of imagination in films. International competitions are held for both feature films and short films, and the festival also offers retrospectives, seminars and exhibitions related to fantastic film.
Since 2002 the festival awards the Méliès d'Argent to the best European fantastic feature film as well as a nomination for Méliès d'Or for best European fantastic short film. Since 2005 the festival also hands out the Finn the Giant award for outstanding contribution by a filmmaker in the fantastic genre.
Among the guests who have visited the festival are; Jack Hill, Brian Yuzna, Shinya Tsukamoto, Forrest J. Ackerman, Veit Helmer, Xavier Mendik, Richard Stanley, Marc Evans, Terry Gilliam, Eva Röse Peter Greenaway, Marc Caro, Corey Feldman, Niel Gaiman, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Juraj Jakubisko, Alexandre Aja. Lucky McKee, Danielle Harris, Jennifer Ulrich and John Howe.
Lund International Fantastic Film Festival is a non-profit organization and its financing comes mainly from membership fees and box-office receipts. Additional funding comes from local and national corporate sponsors, the City of Lund, and the European Commission Media Plus Programme.
In 2007 Lund International Fantastic Film Festival hosted the Méliès d'Or Award Ceremony.
Contacts
Lund International Fantastic Film Festival
Box 1626, 221 01 Lund, Sweden
Festival Director: Johan Barrander
Federation Contact: Magnus Paulsson
Tel: +46 46 132135
E-mail: info (at) fff.se
Award Winners
| Films | Director | Country | Type | Year | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sinner | Gerlando Infuso | Belgium | Short | 2015 | Short Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Nina Forever | Blaine Brothers | United Kingdom | Feature | 2015 | Feature Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Alleluia | Fabrice Du Welz | France, Belgium | Feature | 2014 | Feature Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Tin & Tina | Rubin Stein | Spain | Short | 2014 | Short Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Stalled | Christian James | England | Feature | 2013 | Feature Film Méliès d'Argent |
| M.O. | Jakub Kouřil | Czech Republic | Short | 2013 | Short Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Vanishing Waves | Kristina Buozyte | Lithuania | Feature | 2012 | Feature Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Noise | Przemyslaw Adamski | Poland | Short | 2012 | Short Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Attack the Block | Joe Cornish | France, England | Feature | 2011 | Feature Film Méliès d'Argent |
| To Swallow a Toad | Jurgis Karsons | Latvia | Short | 2011 | Short Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Red, White & Blue | Simon Rumley | England | Feature | 2010 | Feature Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Out of a Forest | Tobias Gundorff Boesen | Denmark | Short | 2010 | Short Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Because there are things you never forget | Lucas M Figueroa | Spain | Short | 2009 | Short Film Méliès d'Argent |
| A Town Called Panic | Stéphane Aubier / Vincent Patar | France, Belgium, Luxembourg | Feature | 2009 | Feature Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Left | Froukje Tan | The Netherlands | Feature | 2008 | Feature Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Raymond | Fabrice Le Nezet, Francois Roisin, Jules Janaud | France, South Africa | Short | 2008 | Short Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Mebana | Daniel Wallentin | Sweden | Short | 2007 | Short Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Sniffer | Bobbie Peers | Norway | Short | 2007 | Short Film Méliès d'Or |
| Princess | Anders Morgenthaler | Germany, Denmark | Feature | 2007 | Feature Film Méliès d'Or |
| A Quiet Love | Till Franzen | Germany | Feature | 2007 | Feature Film Méliès d'Argent |
| The Descent | Neil Marshall | Feature | 2006 | Feature Film Méliès d'Argent | |
| The Old Pro | Rasmus Borowski, Arne Jysch | Germany | Short | 2006 | Short Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Daddy's Boy | Toni Harman | United Kingdom | Short | 2004 | Short Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Tempus Fugit | Enric Folch | Spain | Feature | 2004 | Feature Film Méliès d'Argent |
| My Bearded Mother | Maria Hedman | Sweden | Short | 2003 | Short Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Beyond Re-Animator | Brian Yuzna | Spain | Feature | 2003 | Feature Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Hypnotic | Nick Willing | United Kingdom | Feature | 2002 | Feature Film Méliès d'Argent |
| Forbidden Eyes | Elbert van Strien | The Netherlands | Short | 2002 | Short Film Méliès d'Argent |