Fantasy Film Festival 2018

The 31st Fantasy Filmfest took place from September 5th to September 30th for one week each in the cities of Berlin , Nuremberg , Frankfurt , Hamburg , Cologne , Stuttgart and Munich .

As part of the Fantasy Film Fest White Nights 2017, the films A Beautiful Day , Les Affamés - Die Ausgehungerten , Cold Skin - Insel der Kreaturen , The Endless , Ghost Stories , Hostile , Corpses under the Burning Sun , The Little Hours , The Lodgers and Shape of Water will be shown.

The 16th Fantasy FilmFest Nights took place between April 21st and May 6th. These included the films Brawl in Cell Block 99 by S. Craig Zahler and The Last Victim by Jan Verheyen .

The Fresh Blood Award went to Juuso Laatio and Jukka Vidgren for the film Heavy Trip .

List of films shown

Fantasy Filmfest Nights

The following films were shown as part of the Fantasy Filmfest Nights in spring 2017:

Brawl in Cell Block 99 - Craig S. Zahler
The Cured: Infected. Cured. Violated. (The Cured) - David Freyne
Downrange - You are the target (Downrange) - Ryūhei Kitamura
Hagazussa - The Witches Curse - Lukas Feigelfeld
Isle of Dogs - Atari's Journey (Isle of Dogs) - Wes Anderson
The last victim (Het Tweede Gelaat) - Jan Verheyen
Pyewacket - Deadly Curse (Pyewacket) - Adam MacDonald

Official program

These films have already been shown at the Fantasy Filmfest White Nights in January 2018:

A Beautiful Day - Lynne Ramsay
Les Affamés - The Famished (Les Affamés) - Robin Aubert
Cold Skin - Isle of Creatures (Cold Skin) - Xavier Gens
The Endless - Justin Benson
Ghost Stories - Jeremy Dyson
Hostile - Mathieu Turi
Corpses under the scorching sun (Laissez Bronzer les Cadavres) - Hélène Catted
The Little Hours - Jeff Baena
The Lodgers - Brian O'Malley
Shape of Water - The Whisper of Water (Shape of Water) - Guillermo del Toro

Opening film

Mandy - Panos Cosmatos (in the original version)

Main film

Border

Director's Spotlight

Under the Silver Lake

Short films

The following short films were shown:

Fresh Blood Films

The audience prize Fresh Blood Award is given to a newcomer or debut director at the Fantasy Filmfest and went to Juuso Laatio and Jukka Vidgren for the film Heavy Trip . In the competition for the Fresh Blood Award in 2018:

Bomb City - Jameson Brooks
The Dark - Justin P. Lange , Klemens Hufnagl
The Secret of Marrowbone (El secreto de Marrowbone , ran as Marrowbone) - Sergio G. Sánchez
Heavy Trip (Hevi reissu) - Juuso Laatio , Jukka Vidgren
Piercing - Nicolas Pesce
Prospect - Chris Caldwell , Zeek Earl
Valley of Shadows (Skyggenes dal) - Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen

Official selection

As far as known, these are the official German or international film titles. Differing original titles or English titles that were used at the Fantasy Filmfest are given in brackets.

Ajin: Demi-Human (Ajin) - Katsuyuki Motohiro
American Animals - Bart Layton
An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn - Jim Hosking
Bad Samaritian - In the sights of the killer (Bad Smaritan) - Dean Devlin
Boarding School - Boaz Yakin
BuyBust - Erik Matti
The Cannibal Club (O Clube dos Canibais) - Guto Parente
The Cleaning Lady - Jon Knautz
Climax - Gaspar Noé
Controlled - Keep Calm (Await Further Instructions) - Johnny Kevorkian
Cutterhead - Rasmus Monastery Bro
Dead in a Week : Or Your Money Back - Tom Edmunds
Dementia Part II - Matt Mercer , Mike Testin
Desolation - Sam Patton
Elizabeth Harvest - Sebastian Gutierrez
The Woman in the Ice (Vultures) - Börkur Sigþórsson
Future World - James Franco
Golem - Rebirth (The Golem) - Doron Paz , Yoav Paz
Hell Is Where the Home Is - Orson Oblowitz
Human, Space, Time and Human (Ingan, gonggan, sigan geurigo ingan) - Kim Ki-duk
In Darkness - Anthony Byrne
The Inhabitant (El Habitante) - Guillermo Amoedo
Luz - Tilman Singer
Mega Time Squad - Tim van Dammen
Murder Me, Monster (Muere, monstruo, muere) - Alejandro Fadel
One Cut of the Dead (カメラを止めるな!) - Shin'ichirô Ueda
Our House - Anthony Scott Burns
Paradox - Kill Zone Bangkok (Saat Po Long: Taam Long) - Wilson Yip
Puppet Master: The Deadliest Realm (Puppet Master: The Littlest Realm) - Sonny Laguna , Tommy Wiklund
The Purple Rivers (ran as The Crimson Rivers ) - Ivan Fegyveres , Olivier Barma , Julius Berg
Ride - Jeremy Ungar
Satan's Slaves (Pengabdi Setan) - Joko Anwar
Solis - Carl Strathie
St. Agatha - Darren Lynn Bousman
Terrified (Aterrados) - Demián Rugna
The guard (Au Poste , ran as Keep an Eye out) - Quentin Dupieux
What Keeps You Alive - Colin Minihan
Wildling - Fritz Boehm

Closing night

Anna and the Apocalypse (Anna and the Apocalypse) - John McPhail

Web links

Fantasy Filmfest 2018 on f3a.net

Individual evidence

↑ Fantasy Fuilmfest (ed.): Fantasy Filmfest White Nights (program) . Munich 2018 ( fantasyfilmfest.com ).
↑ Fantasy Fuilmfest (ed.): Fantasy Filmfest Nights (program) . Munich 2018 ( fantasyfilmfest.com ).
^ Finnish film having a good run in the Americas. In: Good News from Finland. October 8, 2018, accessed April 23, 2020 (American English).
↑ Metal Knaller: HEAVY TRIP. In: MOVIE STORIES. January 24, 2019, accessed on April 21, 2020 (German).

[1] Fantasy Fuilmfest (ed.): Fantasy Filmfest White Nights (program) . Munich 2018 ( fantasyfilmfest.com ).

[2] Fantasy Fuilmfest (ed.): Fantasy Filmfest Nights (program) . Munich 2018 ( fantasyfilmfest.com ).

[3] Finnish film having a good run in the Americas. In: Good News from Finland. October 8, 2018, accessed April 23, 2020 (American English).

[4] Metal Knaller: HEAVY TRIP. In: MOVIE STORIES. January 24, 2019, accessed on April 21, 2020 (German).