Presidents of the jury of the next international fantastic film festival in Gérardmer, actor Pio Marmaï (for short films) and director Bertrand Bonello (for feature films) will have a lot to do to decide between this 2021 vintage. -eighth edition, the organizers of the event have just unveiled the eleven films competing to win the Grand Prix.
Victim, one more, of the coronavirus, the festival will take place entirely online, from January 27 to 31.
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In the official competition part, as heterogeneous as it is usual, we first find
Possessor
, a thriller against a backdrop of body exchange directed by Brandon Cronenberg, agitated it seems by the same obsessions as his illustrious father.
France is not to be outdone with
Teddy
, a rather picturesque werewolf film signed by the duo Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma and
Les Animaux Anonyme
by Baptiste Rouvreux.
In this period punctuated by confinements,
Host
, by Rob Savage, and his sessions of spiritualism by interposed screens should give spectators a few cold sweats.
The Cursed Lesson
, by South Koreans Kim Ji-han and Juhn Jai-hong, is also worth watching, as well as
Boys From County Hell
by Brit Chris Baugh.
Tickets to attend the event from their computer are available on the festival site.
A 50 euro pass is offered to access all of the selected films, otherwise you will have to pay 5 euros per screening.
Competition
Anything for Jackson
by Justin Dyck (Canada)
Boys From County Hell
by Chris Baugh (United Kingdom & Ireland)
Host
by Rob Savage (United Kingdom)
Moquisto State
by Filip Jan Rymsza (Poland & United States)
Possesso
r by Brandon Cronenberg (Canada & United Kingdom)
Sleep
by Michael Venus (Germany)
Sweet River
by Justin McMillan (Australia)
Teddy
by Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma (France)
The Cursed Lesson
by Kim Ji-han and Juhn Jai-hong (South Korea)
The Other Sid
e by Tord Danielsson and Oskar Mellander (Sweden)
The Stylist
by Jill Gevargizian (United States)
Out of competition
Achive
by Gavin Rothery (UK)
Beauty Water
by Cho Kyung-hun (South Korea)
Butcher
by Adrian Langley (Canada)
Come True
by Anthony Scott Burns (Canada)
Ghosts of War
by Eric Bress (UK) )
Impetigore
by Joko Anwar (Indonesia, United States & South Korea)
Anonymous Animals
by Baptiste Rouveure (France)
Sputnik
by Egor Abramenko (Russia)
Superdeep
by Arseniy Sukhin (Russia)
The Dark & the Wicked
by Bryan Bertino ( United States)
The Mortuary Collection
by Ryan Spindell (United States)
The Shifted Night
Cyst
by Tyler Russel (United States)
Psycho Goreman
by Steven Kostanski (Canada)
Slaxx
by Elza Kephart (Canada)
