Grossmannov festival vina in filma
Prešernova 2, SI-9240 Ljutomer
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Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival
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A presentation of Slovene cinematography and the Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival at the South-East European Pavillion
at the Cannes International Film Festival
Festival policy and sections
Although the Grossmann Festival is a relatively young and small festival event it has quickly became one of the regular meeting points for professionals and fans of genre film production in the Balkan region and beyond. Its concept is fresh, original, and simply charming. Namely, the Grossmann Festival's focus on genre film production doesn't include blockbusters and mainstream films but rather the new digital guerrilla, independent, and low budget films, that destined to become cult. The official festival policy is guided by the wish to present those films that are trying to escape the "mediocrity, political correctness and pathetic desire for mass appeal" of the contemporary genre films and to bring some fresh blood and danger into the festival. The Grossmann Festival also regularly organises special events like the Zombie Walk – a procession of the undead (make-up is made by professionals attending the festival) through the streets of Ljutomer, concerts, and the traditional festival of wine (with wine road tours, exhibitions, lectures, wine tastings and presentations). Since the excellent wine of this region is the only official drink of the festival it is advised for one to bring some fresh water with.
Its programme is divided into 9 sections and 3 of those are competitive: the Vicious Cats section of feature length films, the Slak's Vicious Cats section (named in honour of film director Franci Slak (1953–2007)) of short films and the Noisy Cats section of music documentaries. Retrospectives are one of the strongest sections since in past years they have managed to invite many cult and legendary directors like Roger Corman, Jörg Buttgereitt and Ruggero Deodato. Music documentaries are screened also out of competition in the Off Noisy Cats section. The Digital Mayhem section is dedicated to films on digital support, while the Mondo Macabro Special section includes restored forgotten classics from the wild side of world cinema published on DVD by the Mondo Macabro label. The Torture Garden is meant only for the most persistent since it offers 9 hours of furious blasts of weird, rare, strange and mad films, while the Vicious Festival Harvest sections brings selected films from partner festivals: the Australian A Night of Horror, the Festival of Serbian Fantasy Films, the Croatian Trash Film Festival.
Awards
The Grossmann Festival has 6 official festival awards. Each of the three main festival sections has its own award: the Vicious Cat Award goes to the best feature length film of the Vicious Cats section, the Slak's Vicious Cat Award is meant for the best short film and the Noisy Cat for the best music documentary. To honour someone's lifetime achievements, the festival introduced the Vicious Old Cat Award, while the Necro Cat Award is meant for outstanding achievements in the fantastic or horror genre. Since the Grossmann Festival is also a festival of wine, the Vicious Cat Wine Champion award is conferred. Sometimes the number of awards can change as the Grossmann festival is also unorthodox in that regard and so new awards are introduced (like the Special Slovenian Award at the 2009 edition).
Workshops
As mentioned, the Grossmann festival also has many parallel events to the main film programme, from book presentations and exhibitions to concerts. Although they are not traditional a great deal of attention goes to the workshops as they are usually led by visiting artists or professionals. For example the Make Your Own Damn Movie! workshop in 2007, an intensive master-class on the shooting and promotion of low-budget films, was led by Lloyd Kaufman.
See also
External links
- Grossmann Film and Wine Festival website
- A Night of Horror Festival website (partner festival)
- Festival of Serbian Fantasy Film website (partner festival, in Serbian)
- Trash Film Festival (partner festival)
- Dr. Karel Grossmann on Wikipedia
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