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Sitges 2008 to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of 2001, a Space Odyssey
16/04/2008
In addition, King Kong and Guy Maddin will also featured.

Stanley Kubrick’s mythic film will be the central theme of the 41st edition of the SITGES International Film Festival of Catalonia, although this celebration will be somewhat special, since the fortieth anniversary of this visionary film will be used to conduct a visual debate revolving around science-fiction, with a selection of films preceding Kubrick’s work, as well as others that subsequently continued to explore the territories of fantascience.

The Fall, best film
14/10/2007
OFICIAL FANTÀSTIC
JURY
Zoë Bell, Ruggero Deodato, Mark Palansky, Casimiro Torreiro, Eloy Azorín

Best Motion Picture
The Fall by Tarsem Singh

Best Director
Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza for REC

Best Actress
Manuela Velasco for Rec

Best Actor
Sam Rockwell for Joshua (El Hijo del Mal)

Best Script
Chung Seo – Kyung , Park Chan-Wook for I’m a Cyborg but that’s Ok.

Best Cinematography
Toyomichi Kurita for Sukiyaki Western Django

Best Production Design
Takashi Sasaki for Sukiyaki Western Django

Best Make Up FX
À L'Intérieur

Best Special Effects
Mushishi

Best Original Soundtrack
Kuniaki Haishima for Mushishi

Best Short Film
Saliva by Esmir Filho

The City of Violence
13/10/2007
Ryoo Seung-wan: “While other cinemas devote themselves to observing it, Korean cinema experiments with violence”.

Grindhouse: Planet Terror + Death Proof, double screening in Sitges
12/10/2007
Sidney T. Poitier : “I grew up watching blacksplotation”

Halloween
12/10/2007
The revision of the John Carpenter classic to be presented today in Sitges. Directed by Rob Zombie.

I’m a cyborg but that’s O.K.
12/10/2007
South Korean director Park Chan-wok register, moves away from violence and stories of vengeance, and brings to Sitges a tale of loving, naive characters, a colorist display and a mise en scene that speaks the fantasy genre language.