sitges film festival

Mad Max is this year’s theme for the 11-day fantasy & horror genre celebration

The 52nd year of the festival is giving the Catalan town a slightly “Insidious” edge...

Packed schedule revealed for 52nd edition of event devoted to fantasy and horror genre movies

Panos Cosmatos recognized as Best director while 'Lazzaro Felice' gets the Special Jury Award

The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival welcomes awardees Swinton and Pam Grier on the red carpet

The annual horror and fantasy silver screen event begins with the reimagined 1977 classic with Tilda Swinton

The event kicks off next Thursday with Luca Guadagnino's 'Suspiria'

The 2018 edition of the October event will also pay tribute to the careers of actresses Grier, Liné, and Lords

Jupiter’s Moon, a refugee-drama mixed with science fiction, took home the Best Picture award

The renowned fantasy and horror film festival continues with various films and activities

This year’s event is about “culture” and “dialogue,” featuring Guillermo Del Toro and director of The Exorcist William Friedkin

Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia will give the American actress the Grand Honorary Award in its 50th anniversary celebration

Almost 200 fantastic and terror genre films will be projected, from the 9^th to the 18^th of October, in the 48th edition of Catalonia’s International Fantastic Film Festival, in Sitges. The opening film this Friday will be the lauded “The Witch”, whose director Robert Eggers won the best director award in Sundance Festival. Sitges 2015 will also commemorate the 20th anniversary of David Fincher’s ‘Seven’ and tribute north-American director Oliver Stone, who will be awarded the Honorific Prize. The Festival, in partnership with Mobile World Capital Barcelona, have launched ‘Phonetastic’ a novelty of this year which aims to power all the potential of new generation mobile devices as movie-making tools.  According to his director, Àngel Sala the pace of tickets sales is similar to last years but a new venue has been added to the seven existing, Cinema Tramuntana. 

Film buffs and festival fans will be flocking to Sitges these next 10 days, as the 47^th Sitges International Film Festival opens this Friday, a long-awaited event after the success of previous years. Catalan filmmaker Jaume Balagueró will open the festival, with the latest in his popular REC series, ‘REC 4: Apocalypse’. The festival, which already sold nearly 32,000 tickets early this week, has a budget of €1.7 million, 2.5% more than last year. The event is anticipated to have a “wider programme than ever” according to the Festival’s Director, Ángel Sala. While under the umbrella of all things sinister and fantastic, the line-up will include everything from the latest gems to classics of the genre and a wide selection of fictional feature films, shorts and documentaries.

The 46^th edition of the International Festival of Fantastic Film of Catalonia ended on 20^th of October in Sitges (Greater Barcelona) on a very successful note. Ticket sales and public interest reached new highs while supernatural thriller Borgman was awarded ‘Best Film’. Fan favourite Charles Dance received ‘Time Machine Award’, Israeli directors Aharon and Navot Papushado Keshales won ‘Best Director’ and British actress Juno Temple and Chinese actor Andy Lau were also distinguished.