The Sitges Film Festival, the biggest genre film event in Europe, has unveiled its Sitges Fanpitch and WomanInFan winners as the Catalan fest, one hour’s drive south of Barcelona, rapidly ramp…
, the biggest genre film event in Europe, has unveiled its Sitges Fanpitch and WomanInFan winners as the Catalan fest, one hour’s drive south of Barcelona, rapidly ramps up its industry program.
Spanish director Joseph Díaz “Bloody Mary” nabbed the Blood Window – Spanish Screamings plaudit for a tale of female empowerment as heroine Mary is beaten to death by a cult leader, only to be possessed by the vengeful spirit of ancestor Helena, burnt at the stake for witchcraft.U.K. director Michele Fiascaris scored the Bifan-Naff Award with “Rain Catcher,” produced by Filippo Polesel at Yellow Pill. In it, a voyeur ends up getting stalked himself, a modern social-stalker story.
“It feels like in the last couple of years, the definition of genre has gotten much wider, which of course, is always interesting for filmmakers,” explained Hengl. “There’s no real straight-arrow genre film any more, because genre gets mixed up and films become becomes like genre crossovers,” added producer Basara.
One is an open call for creatives with no genre background to be selected for mentorship at the Sitges Festival. This year’s mentor was Paco Plaza, co-director of Spanish cult-classic “[Rec]”.
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