2023-09-17 19:56:40
For lovers of fantastic cinema, there is a mecca and an annual space where the most anticipated and promising horror, science fiction and subgenre films come together, with an endless program of international screenings where all tastes are satisfied. Its about International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Sitges, which this year celebrates its 56th edition from October 5 to 15. This week, all the titles were announced, more than 200, that will be screened in its different spaces and the program is now available with all the schedules to make it easier for the general public and film professionals to organize and make the most of their visit.
The latest works of Hayao Miyazaki (The boy and the heron), Yorgos Lanthimos (poor creatures), Takeshi Kitano (It’s bad), Brad Anderson (Blood) o Hideo Nakata (The Forbidden play), who will also collect the Màquina del Temps Award, and many others will join hands with first works and classics recovered to enjoy again on the big screen.
Special Sessions
Thus, they highlight the special sessionswho will participate in the Fantastic Official Sectionbut out of competition, with titles like poor creatureslast film Lanthimos, brand new Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. An extraordinary Emma Stone stars in a story about female empowerment with fantastic touches and the particular humor that characterizes the work of the Greek filmmaker who already in 2009 won the Un Certain Regard award at the Cannes Festival and the Citizen Kane and Young Jury awards in Sitges, with Canine. Emma Stone returns to the command of Yorgos Lanthimos in ‘Poor Creatures’.
Another of the great protagonists of this edition is the Spanish director JA Bayonawho will present The Snow Society, which just a few days ago closed the Venice Festival. His adaptation for Netflix of the book of the same name by Pablo Vierci Based on the true story of the survivors of the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 that occurred in 1972, it arrives with the best reviews before its next release, which is expected at the end of the year.
It will also be projected The boy and the heronthe latest film from an animation legend like Hayao Miyazakithe admired founder of Studio Ghibli and author of titles such as Spirited Away, the first anime to win an Oscar. In July it landed in Japanese cinemas and was a complete success, despite being released without any type of promotion at the express request of its own author: no trailers, no images, no synopsis. After passing through the Toronto Festival, it will be the opening film of the 71st edition of the San Sebastián Festival and will hit Spanish theaters on October 27.
The Boy and the Heron, by Hayao Miyazaki
It will also be the turn of a more classic title that will delight horror fans: Blood de Brad Andersonthe work of the person in charge of Session 9 (with which he won the best director award in Sitges 2001), a shocking film about vampirism that, despite its supernatural elements, stands out for the realism that surrounds the horror plot. The film will also be part of the Canary Islands Fantastic Film Festival City of La Laguna Calavera Island, which will take place in November. Blood by Brad Anderson
These special sessions include another Spanish name, that of Daniel Benmayorwhich presents, for the first time, the scientific fiction thriller Awarenesscon Pedro Alonso y Maria Pedraza. Other proposals of this genre will arrive with UFO Swedena feature film directed by the Swedish filmmaking collective Crazy Pictures, as well as the long-titled American comedy Aliens abducted my parents and now I feel kinda left outdirected by Jake Van Wagoner.
Furthermore, the Portuguese Gabriel Abrantes will present the horror thriller, Amelia’s children; while the American director Macon Blair business The Toxic Avengerthe long-awaited remake of the 1984 cult classic.
Midnight Special
And for the most extreme fans, two options come to the Mitjanit Special of the Official Section: God’s bulletaction thriller from the American filmmaker Nick Cassaveteswith a luxury cast headed by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau y Maika Monroey The Deep Dark (Miners), a spooky sample of monster movies directed by Matthew Turiwho was at the Festival three years ago presenting the surprising The tube.
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