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The Sitges Film Festival (Catalan: Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya) is a Spanish film festival that is one of the most recognizable held in Europe and considered the world's first and best international festival specializing in fantasy and horror movies. Founded in 1967, the festival normally takes place every year in early October in the Catalonian coastal town of Sitges, located about 40 kilometers (24.9 miles) south of Barcelona, Catalonia's Capital.

The Eclipse won the Melies D'Argent Award for Best European Motion Picture at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in 2009.^[1]

[edit] Awards

Since 1971 the festival has given awards to the best films, actors, and film-makers.

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).
and others

[edit] Winners

Year	Best Film	Best Director	Best Actor	Best Actress
1971		Janusz Majewski (Lokis) and Michael Skaife (Necrophagus)	Vincent Price (The Abominable Dr. Phibes)	Yun-Yeo-Jung (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)	Gerhad Olschewki (Der morder)	Lisa Pelikan (Jennifer)

[edit] Notable attendees

Among the most relevant attendees of recent Festival de Sitges are

Some of the most notable films shown at Sitges include:

Films
Year	Film name
2006	Election 2 (aka Triad Election ) Grimm Love The Host Requiem
2005	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Election
2003	Kill Bill Zatoichi
2002	Red Dragon Spider The Bourne Identity Spirited Away Vidocq
2001	Mulholland Drive Ghosts of Mars
1999	Ringu
1993	Europa
1991	Wild at Heart The Fisher King
1989	Dead Ringers
1988	The Abyss Flatliners
1987	Hellraiser The Company of Wolves
1986	The Fly Blue Velvet Aliens
1985	Navigator Willow
1984	Akira
1979	The Brood
1978	Rabid
1971	Twitch of the Death Nerve

[edit] References

^ Irish film The Eclipse wins in Spain Tuesday, 20 October 2009

[edit] External links

[edit] See also

[0] Irish film The Eclipse wins in Spain Tuesday, 20 October 2009

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