The 56th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia took place from 5 October to 15, 2023, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The supernatural horror film Sister Death, directed by Paco Plaza, opened the festival.[2] Argentine horror film When Evil Lurks by Demián Rugna won the Best Feature Film Award.[3]
The official artwork for the festival was unveiled on 24 May 2023. Photographed by Nacho Alegre, it was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film The Birds, conmemorating the 60th anniversary of the film.[4] On 12 September, the festival announced both the recipients for the special awards and the complete lineup.[5] German-American producer Jan Harlan and American director and visual effects supervisor Phil Tippett wil received the Honorary Grand Prize while Spanish director J. A. Bayona, Japanese director Hideo Nakata and American director Lee Unkrich, all will be honored with the Time Machine Award (Premi Màquina del Temps).[6]
The juries consists of the following members:[7]
- Jérôme Paillard, French producer
- Ana Torrent, Spanish actress
- David C. Fein, American producer
- Kim Newman, British critic and writer
- Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Australian critic and researcher
Noves Visions / Anima't
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- Katharina Kubrick, American art director
- Sergi Caballero, Spanish filmmaker
- Fred Tsui, Chinese consultant
Blood Window / Òrbita
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- Max Karli, French film producer
- Agnela Domínguez, Spanish cultural manager
- Júlia Olmo, Spanish journalist and critic
- Matthew Turner, British journalist and film critic
- Alexandra West, Canadian film critic
- Maura McHugh, Irish writer
- Raúl Cerezo, Spanish director
- Daniel Rodríguez Sánchez, Spanish writer and critic
- Aida Solé, Spanish blogger
Crítica / Méliès d'Or
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- Ylenia Cañadas, Spanish film critic
- Francesc Miró, Spanish film critic
- Antoni Peris, Spanish film critic
- Jaume Balagueró, Spanish director and screenwriter
- Marta Grau, Spanish screenwriter, writer and script editor
- Alfonso De Vilallonga, Spanish film composer, vocalist and singer-songwriter
The films selected for each section are as follows:[8]
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
| Acid |
Acide |
Just Philippot [fr] |
France
|
| Best Wishes to All |
みなに幸あれ |
Yuta Shimotsu |
Japan
|
| Club Zero |
Jessica Hausner |
Austria, United Kingdom
|
| Conann |
Bertrand Mandico |
France, Luxembourg, Belgium
|
| When Evil Lurks |
Cuando acecha la maldad |
Demián Rugna |
Argentina
|
| Divinity |
Eddie Alcazar |
United States
|
| The Animal Kingdom |
Le Règne animal |
Thomas Cailley |
France
|
| In Flames |
Zarrar Kahn |
Canada, Pakistan
|
| It Lives Inside |
Bishal Dutta |
United States
|
| Kubi |
首 |
Takeshi Kitano |
Japan
|
| The Wait |
La espera |
F. Javier Gutiérrez |
Spain
|
| Bitten |
La Morsure |
Romain de Saint-Blanquat |
France
|
| Late Night with the Devil |
Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes |
Australia
|
| Red Rooms |
Les chambres rouges |
Pascal Plante |
Canada
|
| Flies |
Moscas |
Aritz Moreno [es] |
Spain, Argentina
|
| Omen |
Baloji Tshiani |
Congo, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany, South Africa
|
| Riddle of Fire |
Weston Razooli |
United States
|
| Robot Dreams[a] |
Pablo Berger |
Spain, France
|
| Killing Romance |
킬링 로맨스 |
Lee Won-suk |
South Korea
|
| Salem |
Jean-Bernard Marlin [fr] |
France
|
| Sleep |
잠 |
Jason Yu |
South Korea
|
| Sorcery |
Brujería |
Christopher Murray |
Chile, Mexico, Germany
|
| Stopmotion |
Robert Morgan |
United Kingdom
|
| The Seeding |
Barnaby Clay |
United States
|
| The Universal Theory |
Die Theorie von Allem |
Timm Kröger |
Germany
|
| There's Something in the Barn |
Magnus Martens |
Norway
|
| Tiger Stripes |
Amanda Nell Eu |
Malaysia, Taiwan, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia
|
| Infested |
Vermines |
Sébastien Vaniček |
France
|
| Vincent Must Die |
Vincent doit mourir |
Stéphan Castaing |
France
|
| Wake Up |
François Simard, Annouk Whissel, Yoann-Karl Whissel |
France
|
| White Plastic Sky[a] |
Műanyag égbolt |
Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó |
Hungary, Slovakia
|
- Highlighted title indicates Best Feature Film winner.
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
| Abominations |
Mike Fontaine |
United States
|
| Ahora vuelvo |
Lucas Paulino, Gabe Ibáñez |
Spain
|
| Bloody Fury |
Jordan Inconstant |
France
|
| Callus |
Ciarán Hickey |
Ireland
|
| Escape Attempt |
Alex Topaller, Daniel Shapiro |
United States, Portugal
|
| Eyestring |
Javier Devitt |
United States, Argentina
|
| Fishmonger |
Neil Ferron |
United States
|
| Hito |
Stephen Lopez |
Philippines
|
| Honk |
Charles de Lauzirika |
United States
|
| I'm Not a Robot |
Victoria Warmerdam |
Netherlands, Belgium
|
| Intercanvi |
Alberto Evangelio |
Spain
|
| Paragon |
Colin Treneff |
United States
|
| Pesudo |
Miquel Díaz Pont |
Spain
|
| Stop Dead |
Emily Greenwood |
United Kingdom
|
| Storm |
Lena Tsodykovskaya |
United States
|
| Sugar Rag |
Jai Love |
United States, Australia
|
| The Many Worlds of George Goodman |
Gregg Bishop |
United States
|
| The Shore |
Eron Sheean |
Netherlands, Australia
|
| Anima't
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| A Night with Moosina |
Wang Shen Zhi Ye |
Shiu-Cheng Tsai |
Taiwan
|
| Astoria |
Franch Dion |
France
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| Bye Bear |
Jan Bitzer |
Germany
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| De Imperio |
Alessandro Novelli |
Portugal, Spain
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| Drijf |
Levi Stoops |
Belgium
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| Eeva |
Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak |
Estonia, Croatia
|
| Flite |
Tim Webber |
United Kingdom
|
| Garden of Remembrance |
Naoko Yamada |
Japan
|
| Ghost of the Dark Path |
Fish Wang |
Taiwan
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| La última historia |
Vicente Molina |
Spain
|
| Nezumikozō Jirokichi |
Rintaro |
Japan, France
|
| No Room at the Inn |
R. O. Blechman |
United States
|
| Radio-Pilotis |
Sonia Gerbeaud |
France, Portugal
|
| Sweet Like Lemons |
Jenny Jokela |
United Kingdom, Finland
|
| The Great Arc |
Camille Authouart |
France
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| The Smile |
Erik van Schaaik |
Netherlands, Belgium
|
| To Bird or Not to Bird |
Martín Romero |
Spain
|
| Special Sessions
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| ALEXX196 & la plage de sable rose |
Loïc Hobi |
France, Switzerland
|
| Dark Cell |
Jean-Michel Tari |
France
|
| La ley del más fuerte |
Raul Monge |
Spain
|
| Los cómplices |
Alberto Evangelio |
Spain
|
| Milk & Cookies |
Giancarlo Fernandez |
United Kingdom
|
| Paradero 893 |
Marc Martínez Pijoan |
Spain
|
| Tooth |
Jillian Corsie |
United States
|
| Venus |
Jolan Nihilo, Mickaël Dusa |
France
|
- Highlighted title indicates Òrbita winner.
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
| Deep Sea |
深海 |
Tian Xiaopeng |
China
|
| Four Souls of Coyote |
Kojot négy lelke |
Áron Gauder |
Hungary
|
| Tender Metalheads |
Heavies tendres |
Joan Tomàs, Carlos Pérez-Reche, Juanjo Sáez |
Spain
|
| Komada – A Whisky Family |
駒田蒸留所へようこそ |
Masayuki Yoshihara |
Japan
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| Lonely Castle in the Mirror |
かがみの孤城 |
Keiichi Hara, Takakazu Nagamoto |
Japan
|
| Mars Express |
Jérémie Périn |
France
|
| Sand Land |
Toshihisa Yokoshima |
Japan
|
| Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light |
Tonda, Slávka a kouzelné světlo |
Filip Pošivač |
Hungary, Solavkia
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| Special Screenings
|
| Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower |
火の鳥 #エデンの花 |
Shōjirō Nishimi |
Japan
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| The Feast of Anrita |
アムリタの饗宴 |
Saku Sakamoto |
Japan
|
- Highlighted title indicates Best Animated Feature Film winner.
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
| All You Need is Death |
Paul Duane |
Ireland
|
| Embryo Larva Butterfly |
Kyros Papavassiliou |
Greece, Cyprus
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| For Night Will Come |
En Attendant la Nuit (opening film) |
Céline Rouzet |
France
|
| Halfway Home |
Madarász Isti |
Hungary
|
| Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person |
Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant |
Ariane Louis-Seize |
Canada
|
| Hundreds of Beavers |
Mike Cheslik |
United States
|
| In My Mother's Skin |
Kenneth Dagatan |
Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan
|
| La última noche de Sandra M. |
Borja de la Vega |
Spain
|
| Luka |
Jessica Woodworth |
Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Armenia
|
| Mimì: Prince of Darkness |
Mimì - Il principe delle tenebre |
Brando De Sica |
Italy
|
| Mondays: See You "This" Week! |
Ryo Takebayashi |
Japan
|
| Monolith |
Matt Vesely |
Australia
|
| Moon Garden |
Ryan Stevens Harris |
United States
|
| Motel Melati |
Mike Wiluan, Billy Christian |
Indonesia, Singapore
|
| My Animal |
Jacqueline Castel |
Canada
|
| Pandemonium |
Quarxx |
France
|
| Raging Grace |
Paris Zarcilla |
United Kingdom
|
| River |
Junta Yamaguchi |
Japan
|
| Cobweb (closing film) |
거미집 |
Kim Jee-woon |
South Korea
|
| The Funeral |
Orçun Behram |
Turkey
|
| The Invisible Fight |
Rainer Sarnet |
Estonia, Lithuania, Greece, Finland
|
| The Last Ashes |
Läif a Séil |
Loïc Tanson [lb] |
Luxembourg, Belgium
|
| The Uncle |
David Kapac, Andrija Mardesic |
Serbia, Croatia
|
| The Vourdalak |
Le Vourdalak |
Adrien Beau |
France
|
| Where the Devil Roams |
Zelda Adams, John Adams, Toby Poser |
United States
|
| Petit Format
|
| A Kind of Girl Who Knows Blanche |
Seyoung Lee |
South Korea
|
| Collection of Extremely Short Stories |
Pedro Villaça |
Brazil
|
| Cultes |
David Padilla |
France
|
| Days of Spring |
Arianne Hinz |
Netherlands
|
| Gable |
Theo Taplitz |
United States
|
| Half-Dream |
Jan Grabowski |
Poland
|
| Mothers and Monsters |
Édith Jorisch |
Canada
|
| Pruning |
Lola Blanc |
United States
|
| Retrodreaming |
Alisa Berger |
Germany, Japan
|
| Spoor |
Statten Roeg, Sunita Soliar |
United Kingdom, Mexico
|
| The Old Young Crow |
Liam Lopinto |
Japan, United States
|
| Zero at the Bone |
Erin Grant |
United States
|
| Petit Format - Special Sessions
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| Mamántula |
Ion de Sosa |
Germany, Spain
|
| Print the Legend |
Victor Matellano |
Spain
|
| We Are Animals |
Thijs Bouman |
Netherlands
|
- Highlighted title indicates Noves Visions winner.
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
| 30 Coins (episodes "El pueblo fantasma" and "Las tierras del sueño") |
30 monedas |
Álex de la Iglesia |
Spain
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| El otro lado (episodes 1-3) |
Javier Ruiz Caldera, Alberto de Toro |
Spain
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| Luz en la oscuridad: Daniela, dulce y bella (episodes 1-2) |
— |
Spain
|
| Romancero (episodes 1-2) |
Tomás Peña |
Spain, United States
|
| Title
|
Director(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
University/School
|
| California |
Albert Mariné |
Spain |
Escola de Cinema de Reus
|
| El último recuerdo |
Javier Sáez |
Spain |
International University of Catalonia
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| Fuego amigo |
Asha Ruiz |
Spain |
Catalonia Film School
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| Lifetime |
Ariadna Puigdemasa |
Spain |
Escola de Disseny i Arts Visuals LCI Barcelona
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| Los Frustrado |
Martí Rovira Cortada |
Spain |
Tecnocampus, Escola Superior Politècnica
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| Not Yet |
Pau Ballesté Aguirre, Maria Bros Carreras, Jorge Librero Cano |
Spain |
Autonomous University of Barcelona
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| O que me parta un rayo |
Karen Joaquín |
Spain |
Escola de Cinema de Barcelona
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| Tenemos patria |
Mikel Garrido Linares |
Spain |
Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya
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| The Sun Thief |
Joan Cerdà Monterio, Maria Agustina Montaña |
Spain |
L'IDEM Barcelona, Creative Arts School
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| Tiet |
Iris Dalmau |
Spain |
FX ANIMATION Barcelona 3D & Film School
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| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
| A Disturbance in the Force |
Jeremy Coon, Steve Kozak |
United States
|
| Dario Argento Panico |
Simone Scafidi |
United Kingdom
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| Dream Time |
Claudio Lattanzi |
Italy
|
| Enter the Clones of Bruce |
David Gregory |
United States
|
| Kaidan: Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts |
Yves Montmayeur |
France
|
| Kim's Video |
David Redmon, Ashley Sabin |
United States
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| Living with Chucky |
Kyra Elise Gardner |
United States
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| Loch Ness: They Created a Monster |
John MacLaverty |
United Kingdom
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| Mujeres sin censura |
Eva Vizcarra |
Spain
|
| Otra película maldita |
Alberto Fasce, Mario Varela |
Argentina
|
| The History of Metal and Horror |
Mike Schiff |
United States
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| Satan Wants You |
Sean Horlor, Steve J. Adams |
Canada
|
| Sharksploitation |
Stephen Scarlata |
United States
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| Spooktacular! |
Quinn Monahan |
United States
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| The Darkside of Society |
Larry Wade Carrell |
United States
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| The J-Horror Virus |
Sarah Appleton, Jasper Sharp |
Japan, United Kingdom
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| 1 Million Zombies: The Story of Plaga Zombie |
Un millón de zombies: La historia de Plaga Zombie |
Nicanor Loreti, Camilo de Cabo |
Argentina
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| You Can Call Me Bill |
Alexandre O. Philippe |
United States
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| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
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Production countrie(s)
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| Acción mutante (1993) |
Álex de la Iglesia |
Spain
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| Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) |
Non si sevizia un paperino |
Lucio Fulci |
Italy
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| Caligula - The Ultimate Cut (1979) |
Tinto Brass |
United States, Italy
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| Contempt (1963) |
Le Mépris |
Jean-Luc Godard |
France
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| Enter the Game of Death (1978) |
十字手拳 |
Lee Tso-nam |
Hong Kong
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| The Raid (2011) |
Gareth Evans |
Indonesia
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| Extra Terrestrial Visitors (1983) |
Los nuevos extraterrestres |
Juan Piquer Simón |
Spain
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| The Shining (1980) |
Stanley Kubrick |
United States
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| The Exorcist (1973) |
William Friedkin |
United States
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| Lake Michigan Monster (2018) |
Ryland Brickson Cole Tews |
United States
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| Pet Sematary (1989) |
Mary Lambert |
United States
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| Psychic Vision: Jaganrei (1988) |
Teruyoshi Ishii |
Japan
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| King Kong (1933) |
Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack |
United States
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| The Wicker Man (1973) |
Robin Hardy |
United Kingdom
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| Black Sunday (1960) |
La maschera del demonio |
Mario Bava |
Italy
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| The Dragon Lives Again (1977) |
李三腳威震地獄門 |
Law Kei |
Hong Kong
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| Cannibal Holocaust (1980) |
Ruggero Deodato |
Italy
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| Siesta (1987) |
Mary Lambert |
United States
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| Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition |
Robert Wise |
United States
|
| Anima't
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| The Masters of Time (1982) |
Les Maîtres du temps |
René Laloux |
France, Hungary, Switzerland
|
| The Soldier's Tale (1984) |
R. O. Blechman |
United States
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| 100 Years of Walt Disney Animation Studios: An Hommage to Its Short Films (2023) |
Various authors |
United States
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| Panic City
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| Don't Look Now (1973) |
A Venezia... un Dicembre rosso shocking |
Nicolas Roeg |
United Kingdom
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| Hollywood 90028 (1973) |
Christina Hornisher |
United States
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| Pájaros de ciudad (1983) |
José María Sánchez Álvaro |
Spain, Italy
|
| Naked Lunch (1991) |
David Cronenberg |
Canada, United Kingdom
|
| A House Without Boundaries (1972) |
La casa sin fronteras |
Pedro Olea |
Spain
|
| God Told Me To (1976) |
Larry Cohen |
United States
|
| The Last Days (2013) |
Los últimos días |
Álex Pastor, David Pastor |
Spain
|
| Seven Chances
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| The Fourth Victim (1971) |
In fondo alla piscina |
Eugenio Martín |
Spain, Italy
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| La Venere d'Ille (1979) |
Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava |
Italy
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| Los leprosos y el sexo (1970) |
René Cardona |
Mexico
|
| O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985) |
O-bi, o-ba: Koniec cywilizacji |
Piotr Szulkin |
Poland
|
| The Appointment (1980) |
Lindsey C. Vickers |
United Kingdom
|
| The McPherson Tape (1989) |
Dean Alioto |
United States
|
| Twilight (1990) |
Szürkület |
György Fehér |
Hungary
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- ^ a b Nominated for the Anima't Best Animated Film Award
The following awards were presented at the 56th Edition:[9]
Official competition
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- Best Feature Film: When Evil Lurks by Damián Rugna
- Special Jury Award: Stopmotion by Robert Morgan & Infested by Sébastien Vaniček
- Best Direction: Baloji Tshiani for Omen
- Best Actress: Kate Lyn Sheil for The Seeding
- Special Mention for Best Actress: Zafreen Zairizal for Tiger Stripes
- Best Actor: Karim Leklou for Vincent Must Die
- Best Screenplay: Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes for Late Night with the Devil
- Best Special, Visual or Makeup Effects: Frédéric Lainé, Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Pascal Molina, Cyrille Bonjean-Jean, Bruno Sommier and Jean-Louis Autret for The Animal Kingdom
- Best Music: Markus Binder for Club Zero
- Best Cinematography: Martin Roux for Bitten
- Special Mentions: Moscas by Aritz Moreno & Riddle of Fire by Weston Razooli
- Best Film: Moon Garden by Ryan Stevens Harris
- Best Direction: David Kapac and Andrija Mardesic for The Uncle
- Best Short Film: The Old Young Crow by Liam Lopinto
- Special Mentions
- Méliès d'Argent Award for the Best Fantastic Genre Feature Film: Bitten by Romain de Saint-Blanquat
- Méliès d'Argent Award for the Best European Fantastic Genre Short Film: Cultes by David Padilla
- Best Feature Film: The Last Stop in Yuma County by Francis Galluppi
- José Luis Guarner Critics' Award for Best Film in the SOFC: The Universal Theory by Timm Kröger
- Citizen Kane Award for Best New Director: Stéphan Castaing for Vincent Must Die
- Best Short Film in the SOFC: I'm Not a Robot by Victoria Warmerdam
- Brigadoon Paul Naschy Award for the Best Short Film: Ellos by Néstor López, Óscar Romero
- Best Direction-Production: Mikel Garrido for Tenemos patria
- Best Screenplay: Karen Joaquín for O que me parta un rayo
- Best Original Music: Márcio Echeverria for The Sun Thief
- Best Feature Film in the SOFC: Bitten by Romain de Saint-Blanquat
- Best Sitges Documenta Film: Kim's Video by David Redmon, Ashley Sabin
People' Choice Award
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