GÉRARDMER, France, Jan 29, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - South Korean filmmaker Jason 
Yu was on Sunday awarded the prestigious Gerardmer International Fantastic 
Film Festival Grand Prix for his first feature-length offering, "Sleep".

The 34-year-old's movie is a comedy horror about a young couple's lives being 
turned upside down after the husband's nightmarish sleepwalking habits 
terrorise his wife.

The Jury Prize was awarded to "Amelia's Children" by Portugese filmmaker 
Gabriel Abrantes and Frenchwoman Celine Rouzet's "En Attendant la Nuit" (For 
Night Will Come).

"Amelia's Children" is about a man who believes himself to be an orphan but 
then finds his family.

"En Attendant la Nuit" is about a teenager who needs human blood to survive 
and falls in love with his neighbour.

"When Evil Lurks" by Argentine Demian Rugna won both the Critics' Prize and 
Audience Award, while Briton Barnaby Clay's "The Seeding" picked up the Great 
East Region Youth Jury Award.

"Transylvanie" by Frenchman Rodrigue Huart was awarded the Short Film Grand 
Prize.

The Gerardmer festival specialises in films from the fantasy, science fiction 
and horror genres.