The Silver Méliès for Best European Fantastic Feature Film went to "Man Divided" by Max Kestner (Denmark/Sweden/Finland, 2017) at the latest edition of Trieste Science+Fiction Festival. 

It is with great concern that the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation (EFFFF) has learnt that our member festival Maskoon in Beirut has been hit by censorship during its current edition. The Federation strongly opposes censorship of any kind and supports the Maskoon Festival in screening the full diversity of fantastic films from across the globe.

In partnership with the Portuguese Cultural Center in Luxembourg, MOTELX will present a special screening of 7 Portuguese short films that have been in competition for the MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Short Film / Méliès d'Argent throughout the years.

For the first time, MOTELX will cross the Atlantic for two Portuguese short films screenings at the Brazilian Cinematheque in São Paulo, Brazil. All 13 shorts have been in competition for the MOTELX Award - Best Portuguese Horror Short Film / Méliès d'Argent throughout the various editions of the Festival.

The European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation (EFFFF), within which MOTELX is an affiliated member, has the great pleasure of welcoming two festivals as new members. During the General Assembly in Sitges, the EFFFF unanimously decided to welcome the Maskoon Festival in Beirut, Lebanon as a supporting member and the Hard:Line Festival in Regensburg, Germany as an adherent member.