The 9th edition of Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival starts on Monday, July 15 in Ljutomer, Slovenia.
The opening film will be Neil Jordan's Byzantium. Prior to the screening there will be a presentation of wines in competition, accompanied by the opening of exhibition Red Bodies by illustrator Blaž Porenta and photographer Matjaž Tančič.
This year's Guests of Honour are Italian film legends Franco Nero and Enzo G. Castellari. The main guest of the wine program is renowned wine writer Darrel Joseph. Other guests include directors Stuart Urban, Richard Raaphorst, Ricky Wood and Julian Richards and actress Jurga Jutaitė.
The feature film jury is headed by director Goran Marković, short film jury by director Milan Todorović and the music documentary jury by journalist and concert promoter Igor Vidmar.
The festival will last until Saturday, July 20 when the awards will be given at the Closing Ceremony. Apart from the film program, the festival also offers numerous events of wine program, as well as filmmaking workshop, Make-Up FX workshop, acting workshops, live concerts, Queen of the Scream contest, performances and exhibitions and Zombie Walk.
The 2013 poster was designed by Laibach Kunst (Neue Kunsthandlung). Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival is an adherent member of the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation.
Films in competition for Best Feature Film:
SAWNEY: FLESH OF MAN (UK; 2012; Ricky Wood Jr.)
MAY I KILL U? (UK; 2013; Stuart Urban)
VANISHING WAVES (Lithuania, France, Belgium; 2012; Kristina Buožyte)
FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY (Netherlands, USA; 2013; Richard Raaphorst)
TULPA (Italy; 2012; Federico Zampaglione)
Films in competition for Best Short Film:
DEATH CHASE (Spain; 2011; Angel Gomez Hernandez)
ANTOINE AND THE HEROES (France; 2012; Patrick Bagot)
GRAVEYARD STORIES (Serbia; 2011; Damir Romanov)
VIANDE ROUGE (Spain; 2012; Fernando Gonzalez)
TERRITORY (Finland; 2013: Aki Makiaho)
POOL (Spain; 2013; Juan Del Río)
THE CASTE (Spain; 2013; Victor Tejera)
BABY-SITTING (France; 2012; Lucas Masson)
LUMINARIS (Argentina; 2011; Juan Pablo Zaramella)
WE WILL CALL HIM BOBBY (Spain; 2011; Paco Cavero Rubio)
NECROLOVERS (Chile; 2012; Victor Uribe)
THE CROSS (Spain; 2012, Alberto Evangelio)
NOSTALGIC Z (France; 2012; Carl Bouteiller)
FIST OF JESUS (Spain; 2012; Angel Gomez Hernandez)
BAD PENNY (Romania; 2013; Andrei Cretulescu)
THE REVOLUTION EATS ITS CHILDREN (Serbia; 2011; Ivan Pecikoža)
THE HOPPER (Denmark, Germany; 2012; Alex Brüel Flagstad)
ALASTOR (Spain; 2012; Rafa Dengra)
Short films in competition for Melies d'Argent:
WHITE DARKNESS (Spain; 2013; Rodolfo Herrero)
THE REVENANT (France; 2013; Norman Jangot, Victor Druillet)
ALEXIS (Spain; 2012; Alberto Evangelio)
CASTIDERMIA (Spain; 2012; Marc Carreté, Xavi Garriga)
HOTEL (Spain; 2012; José Luis Alemán)
PRESENCE REQUIRED (Spain; 2012; Maria Gordillo)
THE TALE OF THE WALL HABITANTS (Serbia; 2012; Andrej Boka)
Films in competition for Best Music Documentary:
INTIMN FRIZURN – THE FALL (Slovenia; 2013; Andraž Kajzer)
DRUM’N’BASS IN YOUR FACE (Slovenia; 2013; Tina Lagler)
CHILDREN OF SOCIALISM – REPLACE MY HEAD (Slovenia; 2012; Brane Bitenc)
HOW WE ENTERED EUROPE: SEXA CASE (Croatia; 2012; Ines Pletikos)
PUNČKE (Croatia; 2013; digital; Filip Meštrović, Marinko Marinkić)
THE SWING ( Serbia; 2012; Tamara Drakulić)
103 - A LOVE LETTER TO THE ALTERNATIVE CULTURE (Macedonia; 2012; Siniša Evtimov)
MONTE PARADISO 20 (Croatia; 2012; Vibor Juhas)
CITY OF SPLENDOUR (Croatia; 2013; Mladen Medić, Zlatko Gotovac)
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