AWARDS
Honorary Vicious Cat: Robert Englund, Jack Sholder
Vicious Cat: The Sadness (Ku bei; Taiwan; 2021; Rob Jabbaz)
Special mention: Hatching (Pahanhautoja; Finland; 2022; Hanna Bergholm)
Melies d’Argent: Skinned (Écorchée; France; 2020; Joachim Hérissé)
Slak's Vicious Cat: Part Forever (Taiwan; 2021; Alan Chung-An Ou)
Special mention: Au pair (Spain; 2021; David Pérez Sañudo)
Noisy Cat: Underground Inc: The Rise & Fall of Alternative Rock (Australia; 2020; Shaun Katz)
Special mention: The Beast from Soča River (Slovenia; 2021; Jaka Čurlič)
Audience Award for Best Feature Film: Follow Her (USA; 2021; Sylvia Caminer)
Vicious Cat Wine Champion: Sauvignon 2021 (Vina Herga)
Little Workshop of Horrors Winner: Malevolent (Prikrito zlo; Slovenia; 2022; Tomaž Fras, David Dibelčar)
JURIES
Vicious Cat: Jack Sholder, Loris Curci, Igor Zupe
Slak's Vicious Cat and Melies d’Argent: Marina Richter, Ana Jurc, Nenad Bekvalac
Noisy Cat: Igor Vidmar, Petra Seliškar, Simon Kardum
Little Workshop of Horrors: special Grossmann commission
VICIOUS CAT COMPETITION
The Sadness (Ku bei; Taiwan; 2021; Rob Jabbaz)
Special mention: Hatching (Pahanhautoja; Finland; 2022; Hanna Bergholm)
Follow Her (USA; 2021; Sylvia Caminer)
Let the Wrong One In (Ireland; 2021; Conor McMahon)
Malencholia (Malencolía; Spain; 2021; Alfonso Zarauza)
MELIES D'ARGENT COMPETITION
Skinned (Écorchée; France; 2020; Joachim Hérissé)
Loop (Spain; 2021; Pablo Polledri)
Dispensary of Death (Ireland; 2022; Simon O'Neill)
Rise & Shine (Switzerland; 2022; Arnaud Baur)
Seniors 3000 (France; 2022; Julien Deparis)
Sabbat (France; 2022; Alexandra Mignien)
The Moon of the Kurent: Ritual: (Kurentova luna: Ritual; Slovenija; 2022; Tomaž Gorkič)
The Sleep of the Dogs (El sueño de los perros; Spain; 2021; Dídac Gimeno)
Nož (Nôž; Slovakia; 2021; Timotej Lukovič)
Sins of the Werewolf (Irska; 2020; David Prendeville)
Cut It Out (Denmark; 2021; Inez Kristina)
The Evil, The Dead, The Just (Zlobni, mrtvi, pravični; Slovenija; 2022; Sanel Ametovski)
The Light (La luz; Spain; 2021; Iago de Soto)
SLAK'S VICIOUS CAT COMPETITION
Part Forever (Taiwan; 2021; Alan Chung-An Ou)
Au pair (Spain; 2021; David Pérez Sañudo)
Good Girl (New Zealand; 2021; Dean Hewison)
East of the West (Istočno od zapada; Croatia; 2021; Ivan Bulić)
Robbery Cassette Vol. 2 Play Again (Slovenia; 2021;
Matías Zemljič, Pedro Zemljič)
How to Disappear (UK; 2021; Jack Carrivick)
Visitors (往訪; Japan; 2021; Kenichi Ugana)
Square (Slovenia; 2021; Klemen Kekec)
The Eighth Commandment (Osma zapovijed; Croatia; 2022; Dario Lonjak)
Click (Spain; 2020; Luis Reneo)
Hungre (Hambre; Mexico; 2021; Carlos Meléndez)
Smile (Canada 2021; Joanna Tsanis)
NOISY CAT COMPETITION
Underground Inc: The Rise & Fall of Alternative Rock; (Australia; 2020; Shaun Katz)
The Beast from Soča River (Slovenia; 2021; Jaka Čurlič)
Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande )UK; 2022; Tim MacKenzie-Smith)
They Are Here (One su tu; Croatia; 2021; Andrijana Mirna Marin)
Bite of Paradise (Croatia; 2022; Magda Mas)
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over (USA; 2019; Beth B.)
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. )USA; 2021; Philipp Virus)
VICIOUS CAT WINE CHAMPION COMPETITION
Sauvignon 2021 (Vina Herga)
Chardonnay Prestige 2019 (Meum)
Sauvignon 2021 (Toplak)
Sauvignon Sensum 2019 (Kelenc)
Altum cuvee orange 2019
Traminer (Radgonske gorice)
OUT OF COMPETITION
Beyond the Wasteland (Australia; 2021; Eddie Beyrouthy)
Nosferatu (Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens; Germany; 1922; F. W. Murnau)
Werewolves Within (USA; 2021; Josh Ruben)
The Devil's Hideout (Lagunas, la guarida del diablo; Spain; 2022; Marc Carreté)
Daddy's Girl (USA; 2018; Julian Richards)Night Drive )USA; 2019; Brad Baruh, Meghan Leon)
Ogre (France; 2021; Arnaud Malherbe)
The Last Client (Klienten; Denmark; 2022; Anders Klarlund)
Oto 2 (Slovenia; 2022; Vasja Rovšnik)
Inexorable (Belgium, France; 2021; Fabrice du Welz)
The Maid (Sao-lab-chai; Thailand; 2020; Lee Thongkham)
Girl Next (USA; 2021; Larry Wade Carrell)
Holy Shit! (Ach du Scheisse!; Germany; 2022; Lukas Rinker)
Coming Home in the Dark (New Zealand; 2021; James Ashcroft)
Flux Gourmet (UK, USA; 2022; Peter Strickland)
Piggy (Cerdita; Spain; 2022; Carlota Pereda)
Inhumanum: The Inhumanity of Men (Inhumanum: Nečloveško ravnanje človeka; Slovenia; 2022; Igor Zupe)
Amateur Films from Prlekija (Slovenia)
-Blood Red Riding Hood (Krvava Kapica; Sara Vrbančič)
-Litle Factory of Panic (Mala tovarna panike; Tilen Škarjot, Eva Nemec, Domen Novak, Luka Ivančič, Sara Vrbančič)
-Bloody Equation (Krvava enačba; Maruša Kraljič)
-Friday the 13th (Petek trinajstega; Zoja Podgoršek)
-Jealous Spice (Ljubosumna začimba; Ana Pihlar, Max Stambolija, Stela Kozar)
-En Passant (Benjamin Kerčmar)
-Ljubezen? (Katjuša Peterka)
-Najini vrtovi (Vid Voršič)
RETROSPECTIVE: ROBERT ENGLUND
A Nightmare on Elm Street (USA; 1984; Wes Craven)
A NIghtmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (USA; 1987; Chuck Russell)
RETROSPECTIVE: JACK SHOLDER
Alone in the Dark (USA; 1982; Jack Sholder)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (USA; 1985; Jack Sholder)
The Hidden (USA; 1987; Jack Sholder)
Master Class - What Does A Director Really Do
RETROSPECTIVE: SOUTH KOREAN GENRE CINEMA
I Saw the Devil (Ang-ma-reul bo-at-da; South Korea; 2010; Jee-woon Kim)
Train to Busan (Busanhaeng; South Korea; 2016; Sang-ho Yeon)
ENCHANTED CINEMA
Even Mice Belong in Heaven (Mysi patri do nebe; Czech Republic, France, Poland, Slovakia; 2021; Denisa Grimmová, Jan Bubeníček)
Nelly Rapp: Monsteragent (Sweden; 2020; Amanda Adolfsson)
Cinda Real (Slovenia, Portugal, BiH, Croatia; 2022; Sara Božanić)
The Bad Guys )USA; 2022; Pierre Perifel)
The Addams Family 2 (USA, Canada; 2021; Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon)
The Croods: A New Age (USA; 2020; Joel Crawford)
The Wandering Kite
-Koyaa – Elusive Paper (Koyaa – izmuzljiv papir; Slovenia; 2019; Kolja Saksida)
-Mr. Night Has a Day Off (Pono Nakties laisvadienis;
Lithuiania; 2016; Ignas Meilunas)
-The Kite (Pouštět draka; Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland; 2019; Martin Smatana)
-Knock Knock (Kuc kuc; Croatia; 2018; Ivana Guljašević)
-Mitch-Match (Hungary; 2020; Géza M. Tóth)
-Cloudy (Pod mrakem; Czech Republic; 2018; Filip Diviak, Zuzana Čupová)
-Prince Ki-Ki-Do: On the Run(Princ Ki-Ki-Do: Begunec; Slovenia; 2018; Grega Mastnak)
The Most Beautiful Slovenian Animated Films
-How It Grows: Rooster (Tako zraste… Petelin; 2020; Miha Kalan, Jernej Žmitek)
-Weasel (Podlasica; 2016; Timon Leder)
-Prince Ki-Ki-do, Superdo (Princ Ki-Ki-do, Superdo; 2018; Grega Mastnak)
-Water Man (Povodni mož; 2020; Katarina Nikolov)
-Koyaa – Jumpy Eraser (Koyaa – Poskočna radirka; 2019; Kolja Saksida)
-Muri the Cat – The Big Game (Maček Muri – Tekma; 2010; Jernej Žmitek)
LITTLE WORKSHOP OF HORRORS
Malevolent (Prikrito zlo; Slovenia; 2022; Tomaž Fras, David Dibelčar)
Mad Scientist (Nor znanstvenik; Slovenia; 2022; Vanja Lea Kocen)
Alternative (Alternativno; Slovenia; 2022; Bernard Rebernik)
BOOK PRESENTATIONS
Velimir Grgić: K-film and K-pop: How Korea Conquered the World
Dejan Ognjanović: Wild Chapel and Other Stories
Peter Mlakar: Different World
WORKSHOPS
Tomaž Gorkič Master Class
Little Workshop of Horrors - making of short genre fims during the festival (Vasja Rovšnik)
Little workshop of SFX Makeup (Mateja Naberšnik)
Film Criticism Workshop - The Sharpening of the View (Robert Kuret)
Grossmann's Zombierama - workshop for children
MUSIC PROGRAM
Yellow Spots (Madžarska)
Ka te trga
WALK OF FAME
Grand opening of Ljutomer's Walk of Fame, where we honour the famous guests who have visited the festival.
A NIGHTMARE ON VINE STREET
1st Grossmann's Fantastic Duel – Winemakers vs. Craft Beer Makers
Culinary delicacies from Prlekija region
DJ sets
ZOMBIE MARCH
Zombie Walk was led by Ljutomer's Marching Band in celebration of their 100th anniversary.
SUBCULTURE FAIR
On both weekends the festival featured the Subculture Fair at the Main Square, offering DVDs, books,comics, movie posters, new and second-hand records, CDs, and unique artistic products.
WINE PROGRAM
Presentation of wine makers and competing wines in Ormož and Ljutomer.
Public wine tasting of all the samples in competition with Ivana Rendulić Jelušić, the main Guest of the Wine Program.
GUESTS
Robert Englund (USA), Jack Sholder (USA), Gojmir Lešnjak (Slovenia), Alfonso Zarauza (Spain), Ledicia Sola (Spain), Sophia Heikkilä (Finland/Sweden), Sylvia Caminer (USZDA), Julian Richards (UK), Julia Peguet (France), Tomaž Gorkič (Slovenia), Lukas Rinker (Germany), Simon O'Neill (Ireland), Velimir Grgić (Croatia), Vasja Rovšnik (Slovenia), Timon Šturbej (Slovenia), Igor Zupe (Slovenia), Mitja Reichenberg (Slovenia), Klemen Kekec (Slovenia), Matias Zemljič (Slovenia), Pedro Zemljič (Slovenia), Sanel Ametovski (Slovenia), Igor Vidmar (Slovenia), Marina Richter (Serbia), Ana Jurc (Slovenia), Nenad Bekvalac (Serbia), Petra Seliškar (Slovenia), Simon Kardum (Slovenia), Dejan Ognjanović (Serbia), Mateja Naberšnik (Slovenia), Peter Mlakar (Slovenia), Ana Protner (Slovenia), Ivana Rendulić Jelušić (Croatia), Robert Kuret (Slovenia)