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The Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival is a Slovenian film festival specialized in genre movies, with emphasis on horror and fantasy. [1] The festival takes place every summer in the town of Ljutomer, in the Prlekija region of northeastern Slovenia. More recently, the festival has also taken place in Ormož.
Typically, a film star, such as an actor, director or writer will make a guest appearance at the festival, such as Christopher Lee, John McTiernan and others.
The 19th edition of festival took place from the 19th to the 24th of June in Ormož and Ljutomer.
Since 2006, the festival features a wine program. The accompanying program features live concerts, exhibitions, book presentations, and Zombie Walk. About Us, 2019 Since 2020, the festival takes place in Ljutomer and Ormož.
Each year, the festival presents the following awards:
Award winners are selected by international juries. The Festival also features a competitive film workshop (since 2008, it is the Roger Corman-inspired The Little Workshop of Horrors, where guerrilla movie crews have to shoot their films in two days and a night).
Year | Vicious Cat | Melies d'Argent | Slak's Vicious Cat | Noisy Cat | Special Cat | Honorary Vicious Cat | Vicious Cat Wine Champion |
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2023 | Megalomaniac (Karim Ouelhaj) | Sandwich Cat (David Fidalgo) | Perfect City: The Mother (Shengwei Zhou) | What You Could Not Visualise: Rema-Rema (Marco Porsia) | John McTiernan | Sauvignon Selection 2021, Plateis | |
2022 | The Sadness (Ku bei, Rob Jabbaz) | Skinned (Ecorchée, Joachim Hérissé) | Part Forever (Alan Chung-An Ou) | Underground Inc. (Shaun Katz) | Robert Englund, Jack Sholder | Sauvignon 2021, Vina Herga | |
2021 | Yummy (Lars Damoiseaux) | The Shepherd (Ilya Plyusnin) | Squish (Sprötch, Xavier Seron) | The Farewell (Odpotovanje, Petra Seliškar) | Gary Sherman, William Lustig | Revolution, Tourist Farm Hlebec | |
2020 | The Lodge (Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz) | Slice of Life (Luka Hrgović, Dino Julius) | The Haunted Swordsman (Kevin McTurk) | Where Does a Body End? (Marco Porsia) | LeBlanc des Templiers, Tourist Farm Hlebec | ||
2019 | Tumbbad (Rahi Anil Barve, Adesh Prasad) | Hopes (Raúl Monge) | My First Time (Asaf Livni) | The Allins (Sami Saif) | Christina Lindberg, Sam Firstenberg | Muscat Otonel, Kaučič | |
2018 | Errementari (Paul Urkijo Alijo) | The Box (Dušan Kastelic) | Wyrmwood: Chronicles of the Dead (Kiah Roache-Turner) | Bunch of Kunst - A Film about Sleaford Mods (Christine Franz) | Yellow Muscat, Kovačič | ||
2017 | Night of the Virgin (Roberto San Sebastián) | Under the Apple Tree (Erik van Schaaik) | Bon Appetit (Erenik Beqiri) | Spit'n'Split (Jérôme Vandewattyne) | Pinot Gris 2015, Vino Graben | ||
2016 | Scherzo Diabolico (Adrián García Bogliano) | Pearlies (Pascal Thiebaux, Gil Pinheiro) | The Disappearance of Willie Bingham (Matt Richards) | Rejects of the Second Generation – Following the Traces of Punk (Dunja Danial) | Jan Harlan | Ranfol, Kos Winery | |
2015 | Ghoul (Petr Jákl) | Loose Ends (Stéphane Everaert) | Dead Hearts (Stephen W. Martin) | Morphine: Journey of Dreams (Mark Shuman) | Udo Kier | Revolution, Tourist Farm Hlebec | |
2014 | Heavenly Shift (Márk Bodzsár) | 24 Hours With Lucia (Miguel A. Carmona) | Underground (Marcos Cabotá) | The Right Man For Capitalism (Dušan Moravec) | Djordje Kadijević | Šipon 2012, Kos Winery | |
2013 | Vanishing Waves (Kristina Buožyte) | The Tale of the Wall Habitants (Andrej Boka) | Antoine and the Heroes (Patrick Bagot) | How We Entered Europe: SexA Case (Ines Pletikos) | Franco Nero, Enzo G. Castellari | Yellow Muscat Illuminati 2012, Tourist Farm Hlebec | |
2012 | Sleep Tight (Jaume Balagueró), Inbred (Alex Chandon) | Legend (Pau Teixidor) | The Captured Bird (Jovanka Vuckovic) | Fanzines from Mars (Siniša Dugonjić) | Goran Marković | Rhine Riesling selection 2009, PRA-VinO Čurin-Prapotnik | |
2011 | The Last Circus (Alex de la Iglesia) | A Day in the Country (Lucas Vossoughi) | Attack of the Giant Brain Sucker Monster from Outer Space (Guillaume Rieu) | 6 ft Hick: Notes from the Underground (Marty Moynihan) | Carlos Areces (Vicious Best Actor) | Christopher Lee, Menahem Golan | Chardonnay Brand selection 2009, KZ Metlika |
2010 | The Life and Death of a Porno Gang (Mladen Djordjević) | Fearful John (Daniel Romero) | Until the Light Takes Us (Aaron Aites, Audrey Ewell) | Jose Mojica Marins | Šipon 2009, Jeruzalem Ormož | ||
2009 | Eden Lake (James Watkins) | Deadspiel (Jay Molloy) | Vlada (Rudi Uran) | Jörg Buttgereit (Necro Cat) | Ruggero Deodato | Pinot Gris 2008, Jeruzalem Ormož | |
2008 | The Living and the Dead (Kristijan Milić) | Kiss of Death (Kristijan Vrtačnik) | LP film Pankrti: Dolgcajt (Igor Zupe) | Brian Yuzna (Re-AnimaCat) | Roger Corman | Rhine Riesling 2007, Dveri Pax | |
2007 | Cold Prey (Roar Uthaug) | Rockets (Vladimir Mančić) | Lloyd Kaufman (Troma's Cat) | Slobodan Šijan | Šipon 2007, Tourist Farm Hlebec | ||
2006 | Sheitan's Warrior (Stevan Filipović) | Sandwich (Tomaž Gorkič) | Krsto Papić | Sauvignon 2005, Vino Kupljen - Jeruzalem | |||
2005 | Bad Mother (Blaž Slana) |
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