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Best Feature of the 21th Grossmann Festival is Mr. K by Tallulah H. Schwab, the best wines are Šipon Premium 2021 (Kos) and Italian Riesling 2024 (Škrget).

Panel and workshop Slovenia - Film Location at 15h, opening of the festival and the celebration of 120 years of Slovenian cinema at 17.30h, Fabrice du Welz at 19h, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse at 21h...

We will be visited Fabrice du Welz, Zoran Predin, Dražen Žarković, Sander Maran, Tallulah H. Schwab, Gregor Bauman…

The grand book of Grossmann interviews is available for order, just in time for the holiday season!

We are calling all fantastic filmmakers to submit their feature films, short films and music documentaries to the 21st edition of the festival. Deadline is the 23rd of March.

The MIFF award for Best European Fantastic Film went to Handling the Undead (feature film) and Weeds (short film). Director Christophe Gans received the Méliès Career Award.

Best Feature of the 20th Grossmann Festival is The Funeral by Orçun Behram, the best wine is Traminer 2023 by Vino Plemenič.

From 18h on, you're invited to the Main Square for the grand opening, wine tasting and the Walk of Fame!

We will be visited by Slobodan Šijan, Julien Maury, Mladen Djordjević, Marisa Crespo & Moisés Romera, Orçun Behram, Loïc Tanson...

The king of independent cinema Roger Corman, our dear guest from 2008, has passed away.

The jubilee edition will take place from the 11th to the 15th of June in Ljutomer. Guest of honour will be director Slobodan Šijan. We also announce 2 warm up events and a book!

We are calling all fantastic filmmakers to submit their feature films, short films and music documentaries to the jubilee 20th edition of the Grossmann festival. Deadline is the 15th of March.

Grossmann Fantastic Film & Wine Festival has been named one of MovieMaker’s 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World of 2023!

The best feature is Megalomaniac by Karim Ouelhaj, the honorary award was received by John McTiernan.

Due to bad weather, some of today's events are postponed / moved

This year’s guest of honour will be legendary American director John McTiernan, known for action hits such as Predator, Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October.

After returning from Berlin, Vicious Cat announces that this year's edition of the festival will take place in Ormož and Ljutomer from the 19th to the 24th of June.

We have sadly lost another giant of cinema, director and writer Mako Sajko, legendary author of documentaries.

It is with great sadness that we share the news that Ruggero Deodato, Italian genre film grandmaster and our dear guest from Grossmann 2009, has passed away.

We are calling all fantastic filmmakers to submit their feature films, short films and music documentaries to the 19th edition of the festival. Deadline is the 7th of April.

The MIFF award for Best European Fantastic Film went to Piggy (feature film) and From Beyond (short film). Composer Claudio Simonetti received the Méliès Career Award.

The best feature film of the 18th Grossmann Festival is THE SADNESS. The Honorary Vicious Cats were received by the festival's guests of honour, actor Robert Englund and director Jack Sholder.

Opening of festival and Walk of Fame at 19.00h, first screening at 16.00h.

First screening at 15h, opening at 18h, Nosferatu at 19h, guest of honour Jack Sholder at 21h!

We present master classes by Jack Sholder and Tomaž Gorkič. There will also be workshops for short films, special make-up FX, film criticism & fanzine and children’s workshop.

Grossmann festival is once again looking for an enthusiastic and reliable team of volunteers!

Guests of honour of the 18th edition are Robert Englund and Jack Sholder. Festival will take place July 9-16 in Ormož and Ljutomer.

We are calling all fantastic filmmakers to submit their feature films, short films and music documentaries to the 18th edition of the festival. Deadline is the 2nd of May.

The best feature film of the 17th Grossmann Festival is YUMMY. The Honorary Vicious Cats were received by the festival's guests of honour, American directors Gary Sherman and William Lustig.