Sitges Film Festival
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| Location | Sitges, Catalonia, Spain |
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| Language | International |
| Website | sitgesfilmfestival |
The Sitges Film Festival (Template:Lang-ca) is a Spanish film festival that is one of the most recognizable ones held in Europe, considered the world's foremost international festival specializing in fantasy and horror movies. Established in 1967, the festival normally takes place every year in early October in the Catalonian coastal town of Sitges, located about 34 kilometers West-southwest from Barcelona.
Awards
Since 1971 the festival has given awards to the best films, actors, and filmmakers.
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).
Winners
Notable attendees
Among the most relevant attendees of recent Festival de Sitges are
- Anthony Hopkins
- Quentin Tarantino
- Dino De Laurentiis
- Isabelle Fuhrman
- Ralph Fiennes
- David Lynch
- Sam Raimi
- Terry Gilliam
- Vin Diesel
- Tobe Hooper
- Tony Curtis
- Malcolm McDowell
- David Cronenberg
- Ray Liotta
- Jason Patric
- Peter Greenaway
- Chan-wook Park
- Guillermo del Toro
- Martin Sheen
- Stan Winston
- Rob Cohen
- Ray Harryhausen
- Rutger Hauer
- Takashi Miike
- Douglas Trumbull
- Fay Wray
- Jeroen Krabbé
- Tadanobu Asano
- Dario Argento
- Rob Bowman
- Guy Maddin
- Ben Gazzara
- Eli Roth
- Johnnie To
- Hideo Nakata
- Charles Parello
See also
Other genre film festivals
- Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film
- Dead by Dawn
- European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation
- Fantafestival
- Fantasia Festival
- Fantastic Fest
- International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival
- New York City Horror Film Festival
- Toronto After Dark Film Festival
- TromaDance
References
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