• Source: Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (Estonian: Haapsalu Õudus- ja Fantaasiafilmide Festival, abbreviated HÕFF) is an international film festival which takes place annually in Haapsalu, Estonia. HÕFF focuses on horror and fantasy films. HÕFF is organized by the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, the Haapsalu Culture Center, and the town of Haapsalu.
The first HÕFF took place in 2005, after being created by Marek Reinaas.
Since 2012, HÕFF is a member of Méliès International Festivals Federation (MIFF).




Notable premieres


2016 Babak Anvari "Under the Shadow"
2016 Simon Rumley "Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word"




Film awards






= Audience Award

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The Audience Award has been given out every year since 2012.




= Short Film Méliès d'Argent

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The winners of the award will later be nominated for the Méliès d'Or:
2024 - Wander to Wonder directed by Nina Gantz
2023 - Shut directed by Niels Bourgonje
2022 - Eyes on You directed by Raoul Kirsima
2021 - Hospital Dumpster Divers directed by Anders Elsrud Hultgreen
2020 - Downs of the Dead directed by Even Husby Grødahl
2019 - Bad Hair directed by Oskar Lehemaa
2018 - The Dark Room directed by Morgane Segaert
2017 - Fucking Bunnies directed by Teemu Niukkanen
2016 - The Black Bear directed by Mèryl Fortunat-Rossi and Xavier Seron
2015 - The Salf of the Earth directed by Jonathan Desoindre
2014 - Canis directed by Marc Riba and Anna Solanas
2013 - The Trap directed by Alberto Lopez




= Best Estonian Genre Film

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= Navigator Pirx Award for Best Sci-Fi Film

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Named after the 1979 Polish-Soviet film Inquest of Pilot Pirx:




Career Achievement Awards






= HÕFF Lifetime Achievement Award

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2013 - Hideo Nakata
2014 - Tobe Hooper
2015 - Sven Grünberg
2016 - Karel Zeman (posthumous)
2018 - The television show Jupiter
2019 - Vladimir Tarasov and Priit Vaher




= Award of Recognition

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2020 - Mari Lill - For her work on the Estonian children series The Little Witch
2022 - Gülnar Murumägi - For her work as director of the Haapsalu Cultural Centre, the homebase of HÕFF
2023 - Eve Kivi - For her work on the Soviet-Finnish Fantasyfilm Sampo
2024 - Peeter Volkonski - For his work on the televisionfilm How the King Leaned on the Moon




References






External links


Official website

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Festival Film Black Nights Tallinn
• Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival
• Haapsalu
• Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
• Aggressive (directors)
• In Search of the Ultra-Sex
• Death Bell
• Méliès International Festivals Federation
• Marek Reinaas
• Index of Estonia-related articles
• List of Estonian musicals