Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival

Spain
Features, animation, shorts - fantasy, horror

Sitges is a specialist film festival for horror and fantastic film. Started in 1968 it has become a highly respected festival and showcase for these specialist films. It has significant representation from dedicated fans of fantastic plus the industry and the media.
It screens about 186 films from around the world to more than 110,000 movie-goers.
It has also has a significant industry contingent of around 2,000 accredited professionals each year.
Its short film competitions in fiction and animation are Academy Accredited.


Sitges has an official competitive section, plus other sections for fantasy like thrillers, for fantasy and for horror.
ATTENDEES’ TIPS

“The Sitges publicity office was extremely helpful with arranging scheduled interviews and photo shoots, especially on the night of the premiere.”

“Sitges hosted fantastic nightly soirees that not only encouraged networking amongst the festival filmmakers and guests, but in my case yielded some fantastic results and
excellent connections for future projects.”

“..have at least one other project under your arm – preferably already written, but at the very least presented as a visual pitching document.”

Awards

2023 - Won - Late Night with the Devil - Best screenplay in the SOFC - Colin & Cameron Cairnes

2023 - Won - Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism - Panorama Fantastic People’s Choice Award

2022 - Won - Sissy - People's Choice Awards - Midnight X-Treme

2022 - Won - You Won't Be Alone - Carnet Jove Jury Award for best feature film in the SOFC - Oficial Fantastic Competition

2021 - Won - Nitram - Best Director - Justin Kurzel

2021 - Won - Nitram - Best Actor - Caleb Landry Jones

2020 - Special Mention (Mention to the Direction) - Natalie Erika James - Relic - Best Direction

2019 - Won - Judy & Punch - Best Screenplay - Mirrah Foulkes

2018 - Won - Upgrade - Grand Audience Award

2018 - Won - Post Mortem Mary - Best Short Film

2016 - Won - Curve - Award for Best Short Film in the Official Fantàstic Selection

2014 - Won - Babadook, The - Special Jury Award - Official Fantàstic 47 Category

2014 - Won - These Final Hours - Best Actor Award - Nathan Phillips

2014 - Won - Babadook, The - Best Actress Award - Essie Davis

2013 - Won - Landing, The - Award for best short film in the Official In Competition Fantàstic Selection

2013 - Won - 100 Bloody Acres - Award for best feature film from the Midnight X-Treme Category

2009 - Won - Van Diemen's Land - New Visions - special mention - Official New Vision - Fiction

2003 - Won - Harvie Krumpet - Audience Award for Best Short Animation

Screenings

2024 - Anim’t - Memoir of a Snail

2024 - Seven Chances - Stone

2024 - Panorama - Within the Pines

2023 - Panorama - Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism

2023 - Oficial Fantastic Competition - Late Night with the Devil

2023 - Noves Visions - Monolith

2023 - Sitges Family - Kids - Scarygirl

2023 - Sitges Family - Kids - Last Elephant on Earth, The

2023 - Panorama - You'll Never Find Me

2022 - Sitges Documentary - Beyond the Wasteland

2022 - Noves Visions - Blaze

2022 - Sitges Classics - Focus Macros Ocultas - Picnic at Hanging Rock

2022 - Oficial Fantastic Competition - Shorts - Reptile

2022 - Orbita - Stranger, The

2021 - Noves Vision - Small Format - Nest

2021 - Official Fantastic Competition - Nitram

2021 - Special Session Shorts - Evie

2021 - Special Session Shorts - Mask of the Evil Apparition

2021 - Midnight X-Treme - Wyrmwood: Apocalypse

2020 - Official Fantàstic Competition - Relic

2020 - Panorama Fantàstic - Black Water: Abyss

2019 - Official Fantastic Competition - Judy & Punch

2019 - Official Fantastic Competition - Little Monsters

2019 - Official Fantastic Competition Shorts - Stray

2019 - Panorama - Special Sessions - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

2019 - Sitges Cocoon - Heart of Darkness

2018 - New Visions - Sitges Documenta - Ghosthunter

2018 - New Visions - Small Format - Here There Be Monsters

2018 - Official Fantastic Out of Competition - Nekrotronic

2018 - Official Fantastic Short Competition - Post Mortem Mary

2018 - Seven Chances - Spirits of the Air - Gremlins of the Clouds

2018 - Brigadoon - Top Knot Detective

2018 - Official Fantastic Competition - Upgrade

2018 - Special Session Shorts - Proposal, The

2017 - Official Fantastic Competition Shorts - DaemonRunner

2017 - Official Fantàstic Competition - Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child

2017 - Official Fantàstic Discovery - Killing Ground

2017 - Official Fantàstic Discovery - Rabbit

2017 - Noves Visions One - Hounds of Love

2017 - Noves Visions Plus - Boys in the Trees

2016 - Noves Visions One - Lost Soul

2016 - Official Fantàstic Competition - Better Watch Out

2016 - Saturday 8 - Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead

2016 - Official Fantàstic Competition Shorts - Wandering Soul

2016 - Official Fantàstic Competition Shorts - Curve

2016 - Midnight X-Treme - Open Water 3: Cage Dive

2015 - Official Fantàstic - Special Screenings - Life

2015 - Noves Visions One - Partisan

2015 - Noves Visions One - Strangerland

2015 - Animated Shorts - Story Of Percival Pilts, The

2015 - Official Fantàstic Competition Shorts - Witching Hour, The

2014 - Fantàstic Panorama Documenta - Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films

2014 - Official Fantàstic Panorama in Competition - Predestination

2014 - Oficial Noves Visions - Emergents - Ruin

2014 - Official Fantàstic Competition - Babadook, The

2014 - Noves Visions - No Ficció - Darkside, The

2014 - Noves Visions - Ficció - Infinite Man, The

2014 - Official Fantàstic Competition - Rover, The

2014 - Official Fantàstic Competition - These Final Hours

2014 - Seven Chances - Wake in Fright

2014 - Midnight X-Treme - Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead

2013 - Official Fantàstic Especials - Wolf Creek 2

2013 - Midnight X-Treme - 100 Bloody Acres

2013 - Official Fantàstic Competition Shorts - Landing, The

2013 - Official Fantàstic Competition - Patrick: Evil Awakens

2012 - Official Fantàstic Panorama in Competition - Crawlspace

2012 - Anima't Curts - Butterflies

2012 - Noves Visions - No Ficció - Despite The Gods

2011 - Anima’t Curts - Nullarbor

2011 - Official Fantastic Competition - Sleeping Beauty

2010 - Brigadoon: Slasher, Troma & Spanish Explotation - Schooner of Blood

2010 - Special Session - Machete Maidens Unleashed!

2010 - Official Fantastic Panorama in Competition - Red Hill

2010 - Official Fantastic Panorama in Competition - Reef, The

2010 - Oficial Fantàstic en competició - curts - Sacrifice

2010 - Oficial Fantàstic en competició - curts - Not Quite Tarantino

2010 - Midnight X-Treme - Damned by Dawn

2010 - Midnight X-Treme - Primal

2010 - Anima't - curts - Lost Thing, The

2010 - Sitges Clàssics - El temps al cinema - Triangle

2009 - Official Fantastic in Competition - Accidents Happen

2009 - Anima't - curts - INK

2009 - Seven Chances - Mary & Max

2009 - Anima't - curts - Cat Piano, The

2009 - Midnight X-Treme - Horseman, The

2009 - Midnight X-Treme - Loved Ones, The

2009 - Anima't - curts - Not-So-Great Eugene Green, The

2009 - Official New Visions - Fiction - Van Diemen's Land

2008 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Noise

2008 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Storm Warning

2008 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Survivor, The

2008 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Mutt

2007 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Black Water

2007 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Dr Plonk

2007 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Rogue

2007 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Girl Who Swallowed Bees, The

2003 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Harvie Krumpet

2002 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Lalla and the Forest

2002 - Australian Program - Last Wave, The

2002 - Australian Program - Picnic at Hanging Rock

2002 - Australian Program - Harlequin

2002 - Australian Program - Razorback

2002 - Australian Program - Incident at Raven's Gate

2002 - Australian Program - Long Weekend

2001 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Twitch

2000 - Shorts a la Fresca - Great Moments in Science: Arrow Up Yours

2000 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Book Keeper, The

2000 - Shorts a la Fresca - Leunig: Doom and Gloom

2000 - Shorts a la Fresca - Great Moments in Science: Manhole Cover First in Space

2000 - Shorts In Competition - Video - Brother

2000 - Gran Angular - In a Savage Land

2000 - Brigadoon Program - Bloodlust

2000 - Shorts a la Fresca - Leunig: Tricks

1999 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Love Song

1999 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Cousin

1999 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Darwin's Evolutionary Stakes

1999 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Local Dive

1999 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Ashputtle

1999 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - In The Winter Dark

1999 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Fledgling

1998 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Boys, The

1998 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Head On

1997 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Heaven's Burning

1997 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Kiss or Kill

1997 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - House Taken Over

1997 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Uncle

1996 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Film Noir

1996 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Cuckoo, The

1996 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Bits and Pieces

1995 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Great Moments in Science - Falling Cats

1994 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - That Eye, The Sky

1993 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Bedevil

1993 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Body Melt

1991 - Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival - Strangers

1989 - Official - Spirits of the Air - Gremlins of the Clouds

1989 - Comp - Celia