The Méliès d’or Competition Nominees 2024
Announcing the Méliès d’Or Nominees for Best European Fantastic Feature Film and Short Film
The Méliès d’Or is a prestigious award that stands as a symbol of quality, creativity, and imagination in European fantastic cinema. Named in honor of Georges Méliès, the pioneer of fantastic film in the silent film era, this award celebrates the best in the genre across Europe.
Throughout the year, Méliès d’argent awards are given to the finest European fantastic films at our member festivals. These winners then compete for the ultimate prize—the Méliès d’Or—presented annually at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in Spain. Let’s take a look at this year’s contenders!
Méliès d’Or – Feature Film Nominees
The following films, which won the Méliès d’argent at their respective festivals, are now competing for the Méliès d’Or for Best European Fantastic Feature Film of 2024:
- Sitges – Bitten (La morsure)
- Trieste – The Last Spark of Hope
- Imagine – Vermin (Vermines)
- BIFFF – Franky Five Star
- NIFFF – Handling the Undead
- Strasbourg – U Are the Universe
- Motel X – Oddity
These exceptional films showcase the diversity and brilliance of European genre filmmaking, from horror and science fiction to fantasy and beyond. Each of them has already made waves at their home festivals, and now they’re vying for the ultimate prize.
Méliès d’Or – Short Movie Nominees
In addition to the feature films, Méliès d’argent short films winners from across Europe will also compete for the coveted Méliès d’Or for Best European Fantastic Short Film. Here are the nominees:
- Sitges – Cultes
- Lund – Feeder
- Trieste – What-If-I
- Imagine – A Kind of Testament
- BIFFF – I’m Not a Robot (Ik ben geen robot)
- NIFFF – The Watchman
- Strasbourg – Impossible Maladies
- Motel X – Meat Puppet
- Grimmfest – There Are No Ghosts (No hay fantasmas)
- Abertoir – Geronimo
- San Sebastian – Transylvanie
- Molins de Rei – Measure
- Fancine Malaga – The Last Bar
- Splat – Kiddo
- Razorreel – The Smile
- Hard– Pesudo
- Fantaspoa – Sincopat
- Haapsalu – Wander to Wonder
- Grossman – The Fence (La Valla)
- Slash – Weeds
- Court Métrange – Shé (Snake)
Each short film has already captivated audiences with its originality, technical brilliance, and bold storytelling. The Méliès d’or winner for short films will join the ranks of Europe’s finest cinematic achievements.
Stay tuned for the official announcement of the winners at Sitges 2024, where the Méliès d’Or for both Best Feature Film and Best Short Film will be awarded. This annual celebration of European fantastic cinema continues to reflect the rich diversity and imaginative power of genre filmmaking across the continent.