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2019 Summary 4 Introducing The Festival 6 2019 Award Winners 3 -13 OCTUBRE 2019 OCTUBRE 3 -13 2 10 Personalities Talent Honorary Awards 14 Venues 16 Facts & Figures 18 Industry 22 Festival Targets 24 Strategic Partners & Sponsorss 28 Sitges Cocoon 30 Official Exhibition 31 Official Publication 32 Parallel Events Organitza Patrocinador Partner social Patrocinadors principal 36 Publicity Amb el suport Amb el finançament de TV oficial Hi col·labora Diari oficial Patrocinadori seu oficial Vehicle oficial 2 SITGES 2019 | 52ND INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA SITGES 2019 | 52ND INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA 3 Introducing The Festival The Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia closed its 52nd edition with the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the movie Mad Max (George Miller, 1979) and its wild universe full of big hit sequels. In fact, one of the subjects under analysis was the ineffable infl uence of Miller’s fi lms in Italian post-apocalyptic cinema, which also received a tribute in Sitges thanks to a retrospective and the publication of the offi cial book entitled Apocalipse Domani. La década dorada de la explotaition italiana de ciencia fi cción (1977-1990) / Apocalypse Domani. The Golden Decade of Italian Science Fiction Exploitation (1977-1990), coordinated by the Festival’s artistic director, Ángel Sala, and published by the Hermenaute publishing house. The 52nd edition boasted an exciting lineup including the most signifi cant fantastic genre fi lms of the year. From 3 to 13 October 2019, almost 250 fi lms were screened, receiving an enthusiastic response from audiences and the unanimous recognition of the industry and media outlets. True to its tradition, Sitges presented works by talented new directors along with renowned fi lmmakers and great fi rst-class talents. In addition, approximately forty side events were programmed including round table discussions, master classes, specifi c industry activities, virtual reality demonstrations, two exhibitions and the world famous Zombie Walk, with close to 3,000 zombies fl ooding the town’s streets. 4 SITGES 2019 | 52ND INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA SITGES 2019 | 52ND INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA 5 2019 Award Winners Offi cial Fantàstic Sitges 52 Offi cial Fantàstic Sitges 52 BEST SCREENPLAY BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS BEST PHOTOGRAPHY Mirrah Foulkes Iñaki Madariaga Manu Dacosse for Judy & Punch for El hoyo for Adoration BEST FEATURE LENGHT FILM El Hoyo by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia BEST MUSIC SPECIAL JURY PRIZE AUDIENCE AWARD BEST Dan Levy Adoration MOTION PICTURE for J’ai perdu mon corps by Fabrice du Welz El hoyo by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia Mention to the kids of Adoration Thomas Gioria & Fantine Harduin BEST DIRECTION BEST ACTOR BEST ACTRESS Kleber Mendonça Filho Miles Robbins Imogen Poots Mention to the Film Achoura & Juliano Dornelles for Daniel Isn’t Real for Vivarium BEST FANTASTIC Achoura, de Talal Selhami for Bacurau GENRE SHORT FILM Polter by Álvaro Vicario 6 SITGES 2019 | 52ND INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA SITGES 2019 | 52ND INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA 7 2019 Award Winners Noves Visions Blood Window Jurat de la crítica BEST FEATURE FILM BEST DIRECTION BEST NOVES VISIONS PETIT BLOOD WINDOW BEST FILM JOSÉ LUIS GUARNER CITIZEN KANE AWARD FOR Dogs Don’t Wear Pants Mattie Do FORMAT SHORT Breve historia del planeta verde CRITIC’S AWARD BEST NEW DIRECTOR by J-P Valkeapäa for The Long Walk Lucienne mange une auto by Santiago Loza Bacurau Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia by Geordy Couturiau by Kleber Mendonça Filho for El hoyo MENTIONS: & Juliano Dornelles Nina Wu, by Midi Z Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway, by Miguel Llansó Hail Satan?, by Penny Lane Panorama Fantàstic Midnight X-treme Focus Àsia Òrbita Brigadoon Sitges Cocoon AUDIENCE AWARD AUDIENCE AWARD AUDIENCE AWARD BEST ÒRBITA FILM PAUL NASCHY BEST SITGES COCOON FILM BEST MOTION PICTURE BEST MOTION PICTURE BEST MOTION PICTURE Huachicolero BRIGADOON AWARD Gloomy Eyes Extra Ordinary The Devil Fish The Gangster, the Cop, by Edgar Nito Marc Martínez Jordán by Jorge Tereso by Aike Ahern by David Chuang the Devil for Tu último día en la Tierra & Fernando Maldonado & Enda Loughman by Lee Won-Tae Sitges Documenta Méliès Awards Carnet JOVE AUDIENCE AWARD BEST MÉLIÈS D’ARGENT TO MÉLIÈS D’ARGENT TO CARNET JOVE AWARD AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE A FEATURE FILM A SHORT FILM FOR BEST FANTASY GENRE FEATURE FILM SHORT FILM La venganza de jairo Adoration Children of Satan FEATURE FILM Ride Your Wave The Lonely Orbit by Simón Hernández by Fabrice du Welz by Thea Hvistendahl Bacurau by Masaaki Yuasa by Frederic Siegel by Kleber Mendonça Filho & Benjamin Morard & Juliano Dornelles 8 SITGES 2019 | 52ND INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA SITGES 2019 | 52ND INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA 9 PERSONALITIES, TALENT, HONORARY AWARDS Personalities, Patrick Wilson Time Machine Award Actor, singer and producer, he has Talent, worked as a performer in musical theater and fi lm, and has participated in various television projects. He debuted on Broadway with The Full Monty (2000), in fi lm withThe Alamo Honorary Awards (2004), and in Sitges we got to know him through his controversial role in Hard Candy (2005). His work in the fantastic genre has led him to participate in Watchmen (2009), Prometheus (2009) or Space Station 76 (2014), and to be a regular face in contemporary horror hand in hand with James Wan, thanks to three of the best-known sagas in this Sam Neill genre: Insidious, The Conjuring and Annabelle. In 2015, he surprised us with Grand Honorary Award his performance as Arthur O’Dwyer in Bone Tomahawk, and this year he His career as a fi lm actor returns to horror directed by Vincenzo began with the Australian Natali in In the Tall Grass. productions Sleeping Dogs (1977) by Roger Donaldson and My Brilliant Career (1979) by Gillian Armstrong. These movies opened the doors for him to the international scene, working in fi lms such asPossession (1981), Evil Angels (1988) and Charles Band Dead Calm (1989). In 1993, he Time Machine Award experienced two milestones in his career, starring in Jane American director and producer of Campion’s The Piano, winner of hundreds of horror, science fi ction, the Golden Palm in Cannes, and fantasy and comedy movies, he Steven Spielberg’s revolutionary will receive a Time Machine Award and iconic Jurassic Park. His for his contribution to the fantastic fi lmography also includes titles genre, and will be in charge of like Robert Redford’s The Horse kicking off the traditional Sitges Whisperer (1998), Sally Potter’s Zombie Walk. One of the most Yes (2004), Taika Waititi’s Hunt prolifi c producers of Hollywood for the Wilderpeople (2016), B Movies during the 80s and 90s, and the series Reilly: Ace of Brigadoon 2019 will be screening Spies, The Tudors and Peaky some of the most important titles Blinders. In addition to his work from his fi lmography, both as as an actor, he owns an organic producer and director, thanks to winery and is an activist for the the Festival’s collaboration with environmental cause. Planet Horror, the only horror movie platform in Spain, produced by AMC Networks and Redum. 10 SITGES 2019 | 52ND INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA SITGES 2019 | 52ND INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA 11 PERSONALITIES, TALENT, HONORARY AWARDS PERSONALITIES, TALENT, HONORARY AWARDS Javier Botet Pupi Avati Time Machine Award Nosferatu Award A fi lm and television actor, director Born in Bologna, he got his start in show and short fi lm screenwriter, his business as a clarinetist in the Rheno fi lm career is closely linked to Jazz Band. In 1968 he directed his fi rst the fantastic genre. His particular feature fi lm, Balsamus, l’uomo di Satana, physical build got Brian Yuzna’s initiating a career in cinema that led attention for a small role in him to direct, produce and write more Beneath Still Waters (2005), and than fi fty movies. He collaborated with shortly afterwards he terrorized Pier Paolo Pasolini on the screenplay for the horror movie scene with his Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), interpretation of the Medeiros girl and has touched a wide variety of in the [Rec] saga. His collaborations genres, from musical biopic -Bix (1991) with Álex de la Iglesia and Carlos to romantic comedy -Incantato (2003) Vermut in Spanish cinema were -, and he has bequeathed us with great followed by some of the most works in Italian fantastic genre such as important international fantastic La casa dalle fi nestre che ridono (1976), fi lms. A triple role in Guillermo del Zeder (1983) and L’Arcano incantatore Toro’s Crimson Peak (2015), the (1996). He has been a member of juries frightening humanoid he gives life in Venice and Cannes, and his career has to in The Conjuring 2 (2016) and his earned him a plethora of awards both in contribution to both parts of It. Italy and abroad. Asia Argento Maribel Verdú Méliès Career Award Time Machine Award Born into one of the most important families A fi lm, theater and television actress, her in Italian cinema, she performed her fi rst thirty plus years of professional career in roles in front of the camera in fi lms like Zoo the Spanish fi lm industry are witness to (Cristina Comencini, 1988), Red Wood Pidgeon the recent history of national cinema. She (Nanni Moretti, 1989) and The Church (Michele debuted hand in hand with Vicente Aranda Soavi, 1989). The third was produced by her in the series La huella del crimen, who father, Dario Argento, who has directed her in she coincided with again in Lovers: A True movies such as Trauma (1993), The Stendhal Story (1991), which earned her a fi rst Goya Syndrome (1996) or Mother of Tears (2007).