Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
For 20 years from 1973 until 1993 Avoriaz was the host of "Festival international du film fantastique d'Avoriaz" - a film festival mainly devoted to science fiction and horror movies. Steven Spielberg debut, Duel, was the first prizewinner of the festival. Other winners include Peter Jackson, David Cronenberg and David Lynch (twice). There is a quite interesting series of posters covering the 20 festivals. The posters were originally for sale in different sizes - including postcards but are hard to find today. The posters are on permanent display at the restaurant "Le Bistro" in the resort-centre although not in a particularly charming way since one has to go to the toilet to find a couple of the posters.
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