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The Sitges Film Festival 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.

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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

Year Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress
1971 Janusz Majewski (Lokis) and Michael Skaife (Necrophagus) Vincent Price (The Abominable Dr. Phibes) Yoon Yeo-jeong (Fire Woman)
1972 The Cremator Robert Mulligan (The Other) Rudolf Hrusinsky (The Cremator) Geraldine Chaplin (Zero Population Growth)
1973 Juan Luis Buñuel (Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse) Eugene Levy (Cannibal Girls) Andrea Martin (Cannibal Girls)
1974 Robert Fuest (Dr. Phibes Rises Again) Mark Burns (House of the Living Dead) Cristina Galbó (No profanar el sueño de los muertos)
1975 David Cronenberg (Shivers) Paul Naschy (La Maldicion de la Bestia) Lana Turner (Persecution)
1976 Dario Argento (Profondo Rosso) Peter Cushing (The Ghoul) Brenda Vaccaro (Death Weekend)
1977 Dan Curtis (Burnt Offerings) Burgess Meredith (Burnt Offerings) Karen Black (Burnt Offerings)
1978 Richard Franklin (Patrick) John Hargreaves (Long Weekend) Camille Keaton (Day of the Woman)
1979 Juraj Herz (Panna a netvor) Gerhard Olschewski (Der Mörder) Lisa Pelikan (Jennifer)
1980 Veljko Bulajic (The Man to Destroy) Nicholas Worth (Don't Answer the Phone!) Cyd Hayman (The Godsend)
1981 Walerian Borowczyk (Docteur Jekyll et les femmes) Mircea Bogdan (Povestea dragostei) Linda Haynes (Human Experiments)
1982 Tony Williams (Next of Kin) Richard Chamberlain (The Last Wave) Annie McEnroe (Warlords of the 21st Century
1983 Luc Besson (Le Dernier Combat) Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, John Carradine (House of the Long Shadows) Elizabeth Ward (Alone in the Dark)
1984 The Company of Wolves Carl Schenkel (Abwärts) Joe Morton (The Brother from Outer Space) Amy Madigan (Streets of Fire)
1985 Re-Animator Shuji Terayama (Saraba Hakobune) John Walcutt (Return) Lori Cardille (Day of the Dead)
1986 Blue Velvet Sergei Parajanov, Dodo Abashidze (The Legend of the Suram Fortress) Juanjo Puigcorvé (Més enllà de la passió) Caroline Williams (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2)
1987 Hol Volt, Hol Nem Volt
1988 The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
1989 Heart of Midnight
1990 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
1991 Europa
1992 C'est arrivé près de chez vous
1993 Orlando
1994 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls
1995 Citizen X
1996 The Pillow Book
1997 Gattaca
1998 Cube
1999 Ringu
2000 Ed Gein Geoffrey Wright (Cherry Falls) Steve Railsback (Ed Gein)
2001 Vidocq Brad Anderson (Session 9) Eduard Fernández (Fausto 5.0) Yuki Amami (Inugami)
2002 Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary David Cronenberg (Spider) Jeremy Northam (Cypher) Angela Bettis (May)
2003 Zatōichi Alexandre Aja (High Tension) Robert Downey Jr. (The Singing Detective) Cécile de France (High Tension)
2004 Oldboy Johnnie To (Breaking News) Christian Bale (The Maquinist) Mónica López (El Habitante Incierto)
2005 Hard Candy
2006 Requiem Martin Weisz (Grimm Love) Thomas Kretschmann, Thomas Huber (Grimm Love) Sandra Hüller (Requiem)
2007 The Fall
2008 Surveillance
2009 Moon
2010 Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
2011 Red State
2012 Holy Motors Léos Carax (Holy Motors) Vincent D’Onofrio (Chained) Alice Lowe (Sightseers)
2013 Borgman Navot Papushado, Aharon Keshales (Big Bad Wolves) Andy Lau (Blind Detective) Juno Temple (Magic Magic)

Notable attendees

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See also

Other genre film festivals





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