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The kick-off of the 58th SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is fast approaching. In addition to all the films that we have been announcing up to now, there are also new developments presented by the Industry Department, which once again this year is committed to promoting genre films through initiatives such as WomanInFan, Sitges FanPitch, and Coming Soon. 

Sitges FanPitch Presents a World-Class Lineup 

For the eleventh consecutive year, the Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is organizing Sitges FanPitch, its feature film and series production project pitch competition. For this year’s edition, seven feature films and five series have been selected, which will also be joined by the project selected at Sitges FanPitch Catalunya Imaginària and those coming from Sitges FanPitch’s collaborating audiovisual markets. 

In the feature film format, we will have Neo Forest by Japanese director Keishi Kondo, a horror film that draws inspiration from movies such as Saint Maud, Ring, and Possessor, starring the iconic Eihi Shiina; Black Samphire by British director Catherine Joy White, an example of contemporary folk horror with an all-female leading cast; The Still Man by British director Emily Greenwood, who was among the finalists of the II WomanInFan Fantastic Residency and who presents a supernatural thriller with echoes of It Follows; 10 Mickeys by Miguel Llansó, a tragicomedy that combines 2D animation, live-action, stock footage, and found footage; Umbra by William Miller, a classic horror film shot in Catalonia that borrows from the archaeological and mythological history of its locations; Grandmonster by Norwegian director Vegard Dahle, a horror comedy about dignity and the inconvenient reality of being eaten by your grandmother; The Escape by Paul Urkijo Alijo, a visceral story about survival in its most extreme sense, and La forma animal by Spanish directors Sofia Esteve and Isa Luengo (also selected to participate in the III WomanInFan Fantastic Residency), an approach to historical memory from the fantastic genre that has been selected as the standard-bearer for the Catalunya Imaginària label. 

Among the honorable mentions in the feature film format were: Starfish by Canadian director Éric Falardeau, Sun Offspring by Romanian director Octavian Saramet, Moonfish, an American project by Daniel Zvereff, Tina by Iván Serra, directed by Joseph Díaz, Salvaje by Spanish director Manuel Carballo, and Child Uninvited by Japanese director Mai Nakanishi. Under the “Catalunya Imaginària” label, the honorable mentions were El gran casino by Daniel Noblom, Intrusa by Damià Serra, and Collaret de perles by Inés Acuña de Piero and Júlia Puig.