Méliès d'Or

Méliès d'Or
Méliès d'Or
Awarded for	Best works of speculative fiction
Presented by	Méliès International Festivals Federation
First awarded	1996
Currently held by	Handling the Undead (2024)
Website	melies.org

The Méliès d'Or (French pronunciation: [meljɛs dɔʁ]; English: Golden Méliès) is an award presented annually by the Méliès International Festivals Federation (MIFF), an international network of genre film festivals from Europe.^[1] The Méliès d'Or was introduced in 1996 for science fiction, fantasy, and horror films. The award is named after film director Georges Méliès.^[2]

Spanish filmmaker Álex de la Iglesia and Danish filmmaker Anders Thomas Jensen are the only directors to have won the award twice. The most awarded country overall is Spain with seven awards, followed by Denmark and the United Kingdom with four awards each. As of 2024, Handling the Undead is the most recent winner.^[3]

Winners

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
1990s
1996	The Day of the Beast	El día de la bestia	Álex de la Iglesia	Spain
1997	Train of Shadows	Tren de sombras	José Luis Guerín	Spain
1998	Photographing Fairies		Nick Willing	United Kingdom
1999	The Nameless	Los sin nombre	Jaume Balagueró	Spain
2000s
2000	Possessed	Besat	Anders Rønnow Klarlund	Denmark
2001	Thomas in Love	Thomas est amoureux	Pierre-Paul Renders	Belgium
2002	Fausto 5.0		Àlex Ollé, Isidro Ortiz, Carlos Padrisa	Spain
2003	The Green Butchers	De grønne slagtere	Anders Thomas Jensen	Denmark
2004	Code 46		Michael Winterbottom	United Kingdom
2006	Adam's Apples	Adams Æbler	Anders Thomas Jensen	Denmark
2007	Princess		Anders Morgenthaler	Denmark
2008	Let the Right One In	Låt den rätte komma in	Tomas Alfredson	Sweden
2009	Martyrs		Pascal Laugier	France
2010s
2010	Buried		Rodrigo Cortés	Spain
2011	The Last Circus	Balada triste de trompeta	Álex de la Iglesia	Spain
2012	Vanishing Waves	Aurora	Kristina Buožytė	Lithuania
2013	In the Name of the Son	Au nom du fils	Vincent Lannoo	Belgium
2014	Alleluia		Fabrice Du Welz	Belgium
2015	Goodnight Mommy	Ich seh, Ich seh	Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala	Austria
2016	Raw	Grave	Julia Ducournau	France
2017	Thelma		Joachim Trier	Norway
2018	Climax		Gaspar Noé	France
2019	In Fabric		Peter Strickland	United Kingdom
2020s
2020	Pelican Blood	Pelikanblut	Katrin Gebbe	Germany
2021	Censor		Prano Bailey-Bond	United Kingdom
2022	Piggy	Cerdita	Carlota Pereda	Spain
2023	LOLA		Andrew Legge	Ireland
2024	Handling the Undead	Håndtering av udøde	Thea Hvistendahl	Norway

References

^ Sandwell, Ian (12 July 2012). "Screaming Room". Screen Daily. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ Mathijs, Ernest; Sexton, Jamie (30 March 2012). Cult Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781444396430.
^ "Handling the Undead and Christophe Gans, Protagonists of the Méliès d'Or Awards Gala". Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

External links

Official website
Méliès d'Or Winners. Méliès International Festivals Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[1] Sandwell, Ian (12 July 2012). "Screaming Room". Screen Daily. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[2] Mathijs, Ernest; Sexton, Jamie (30 March 2012). Cult Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781444396430.

[3] "Handling the Undead and Christophe Gans, Protagonists of the Méliès d'Or Awards Gala". Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

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