- The 27th edition of the Gérardmer Fantastic Film Festival (Vosges) took place from January 29 to February 2, 2020.
- Ten feature films were in competition.
- Fans of genre cinema will have the opportunity to discover these films in a room near their home.
Are you a fan of fantastic cinema but couldn't make the trip to the Vosges for the Gérardmer Festival? Take comfort: a good part of the ten films in competition during the 2020 edition will be released in theaters. Take out your calendars!
- The recovery at the Cinémathèque française
Those who will be in Paris between February 5 and 10 will be particularly lucky since they will have the opportunity to catch all of the films in the competition in the temple of cinephilia that is the Cinémathèque française (51 rue de Bercy , Paris 12e). Tickets are already on sale. If you have to make choices, we recommend that you prioritize screenings of feature films whose theatrical releases have not been announced, at least for the moment: 1BR: The Apartment , Blood Quantum , Directory of cities missing , Snatchers , Sea Fever and Howling Village .
- "Vivarium", indoors March 11
An Irish-Luxembourg-Danish co-production, Vivarium is in a way the “absolute nightmare of a heterosexual middle-class couple”, according to a formula approved by the director Lorcan Finnegan with 20 Minutes . Or the story of two thirty-something lovers (Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots) dreaming of buying their home sweet home and finding themselves in a suburban residence that gives the impression of having been designed by René Magritte. Surrealism at the service of the metaphor of the marital routine and social pressure.
- "The Room", in theaters on March 25
A couple moves into a dilapidated house and discovers that one of the rooms literally offers them everything they want as long as it is formulated. This French film by Christian Volckman, with Olga Kurylenko in one of the main roles, starts from an original premise. The result is rather applied and will be perfect for those who are not fond of bloody horrific excesses.
- "The Vigil"
In Brooklyn, Yakov, who has left his Orthodox Jewish community, however, agrees to watch over a body during a funeral vigil. This film by Keith Thomas takes its originality from the religious rite, a pretext for intrigue. Impressionable souls abstain. The Vigil's theatrical release date has not yet been set, but it is expected to arrive in dark theaters later this year.
- "Saint Maud", June 24
In Gérardmer, this is the film in competition that everyone was talking about. British Rose Rose's first film features a young home nurse who believes she is receiving messages from God. This tale of a mystical crisis will come at the right time at the beginning of the summer to refresh the dark rooms with its chilling sequences.
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