Spanish filmmaker Jaume Balagueró will be the main attraction of the 30th Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival, which is unspooling 25-29 January. A tribute is set to be paid to the director on Saturday 28th via the screening of Venus [+leggi anche:
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Nine feature film are battling it out in competition, all of which are European: Memory of the Water [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ann Oren
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intervista: Thomas Salvador
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12 titles are set to screen out of competition, three of which are Spanish (Irati [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Raúl Cerezo, Fernando Gonz…
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intervista: Simon Rieth
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Worth a final mention is the masterclass due to be delivered by South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon, alongside a retrospective revolving around twins and a conference entitled Genre Save the Screen!, which will analyse the current place occupied by and the future prospects of genre films in French cinemas, with Manuel Chiche (The Jokers Films) among the event’s invited speakers.