57th Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
CALL FOR ENTRIES
(Feature and short films)
The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival is currently accepting entries for its 2024 edition.
DETAILS
- Competitive: Yes
- Submission fees: Yes
- Please note that all films must be submitted directly to the festival via Festhome.com or FilmFreeway.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- Please consult the festival website.
ABOUT
SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is the number one fantasy film festival in the world offering encounters, exhibitions, presentations and screenings of fantasy films from all over the world. It has also been declared “Qualified Festival” by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences®. That makes Sitges able to present its award-winning shorts from its Official and Animation sections as candidates for the Oscars®.
Founded in 1968 as the 1st International Week of Fantasy and Horror Movies, today the Festival is an essential rendez-vous for movie lovers and audiences attracting 130,000 spectators, 757 journalists, 700 industry guests, and reaching 55,000 Facebook followers and 42,500 on Twitter.
Several categories of the festival are competitive and offer awards including the Official Fantàstic In-Competition, Noves Visions, Panorama Fantàstic Section, Midnight X-Treme and Anima’t. The Citizen Kane Award (“Premi Citizen Kane al millor director novell” ) is granted to the best sensational new director.
In Flames (Z. Kahn), Red Rooms (P. Plante), Naked Lunch (D. Cronenberg), Satan Wants You (S. Horlor & S. J. Adams), Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (A. Louis-Seize) and We are Zombies (F. Simard, A. Whissell & Y-K Whissell) were among the films selected for the 2023 edition of the festival.
Telefilm Canada recognizes the selection of a feature film in the Festival for applications to its International Promotion Program.
Promotion and Communications
Telefilm Canada, Montreal
dl-festivals@telefilm.ca
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