Festival de Cine de Sitges

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The Festival de Cine de Sitges (also known as Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya) is one of the most recognizable film festivals held in Europe and considered the world's best festival specializing in genre films. Founded in 1967, the festival normally takes place every year in early October in the Catalan coastal town of Sitges, located about 40 kilometers (24.9 miles) south of Barcelona and specializes in fantasy films.

Awards

Since 1971 the festival has given awards to the best films, actors and film-makers.

The "Maria" award winners are the main awards of the festival and are chosen by an international jury. Currently, they are:

• Best Motion Picture
• Best Director
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Screenplay
• Best Cinematography
• Best Original Score
• Best Short Film
• Best Makeup Effects
• Best Production Design

The festival also presents:

• The Infinia Award for Best Special Effects
• The Noves Visions Award
• The Carnet Jove Jury Award
• An Award for the Best New Director
• The "Gertie" Awards for Best Animated Short and Feature Film.
• The Grand Audience Award (Gran Premi del Públic), which is awarded according to the votes of the festival's spectators.
• The Midnight X-Treme Award, which is given to the best motion picture from the special screenings (and is chosen by the Carnet Jove Jury).
• and others

Notable attendees

Among the most relevant attendees of recent Festival de Sitges are

• Anthony Hopkins
• Quentin Tarantino
• Dino De Laurentiis
• Ralph Fiennes
• David Lynch
• Sam Raimi
• Terry Gilliam
• Vin Diesel
• Tobe Hooper
• Tony Curtis
• David Cronenberg
• Ray Liotta
• Jason Patric
• Peter Greenaway
• Guillermo del Toro
• Martin Sheen
• Stan Winston
• Rob Cohen
• Ray Harryhausen
• Rutger Hauer
• Takashi Miike
• Douglas Trumbull
• Fay Wray
• Jeroen Krabbe
• Tadanobu Asano
• Dario Argento
• Rob Bowman
• Guy Maddin
• Ben Gazzara
• Eli Roth
• Johnnie To
• Hideo Nakata

Some of the most notable films shown at Sitges include:

Films

Year	Film name
2006	Election 2 (aka Triad Election ) Grimm Love The Host Requiem
2005	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Election
2003	Kill Bill Zatoichi
2002	Red Dragon Spider The Bourne Identity Spirited Away Vidocq
2001	Mulholland Drive Ghosts of Mars
1999	Ringu
1993	Europa
1991	Wild at Heart The Fisher King
1989	Dead Ringers
1988	Abyss Flatliners
1987	Hellraiser The Company of Wolves
1986	The Fly Blue Velvet Aliens
1985	Navigator Willow
1984	Akira
1979	The Brood
1978	Rabid
1971	Twitch of the Death Nerve

External links

• Sitges Festival official website in English
• The festival at imdb.com

See also

Genre film festivals

• European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation
• Dead by Dawn
• Toronto After Dark Film Festival
• Fantasia Festival
• TromaDance
• New York City Horror Film Festival
• Eerie Horror Film Festival

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