The most curious history repeats itself. Twelve years after succeeding in Sitges, the Finnish director quite surprised him with the twisted Christmas tale ‘Rare exports’. Jalmari Helander repeated a success with ‘Sisu’, war action tape that doesn’t appear in too many pools. Moreover, as twelve years ago, the awards are multiple (this time for a quartet instead of a trio): best feature film, best male performance (Jorma Tommila), best photography (Kjell Lagerroos) and best music (Juri Seppä and Tuomas Wainölä).
The jury, consisting of William Lustig (director of “Maniac”), writer Mariana Enríquez, Christophe Mercier (former vice president of Fox Searchlight Europe), actress Susanne Wuest, and programmer Heidy Honeycutt, had reasons to reward this story with echoes of “Cornered.” ‘ and ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ is a World War II gold digger’s confrontation with the Nazi army. Also for Finnish ‘Ego’The film, the work of director Hanna Bergholm, was awarded only for best special effects. ‘Irati’Paul Urkijo from Alava is also an audience award.
South Korea ‘Wolf hunting project’The demonstration of action and monsters by Kim Hong-sun won the special jury award and a special mention for the best sound editing, editing and choreography of the stuntmen. The director of ‘Nightsiren’ is also specially commemorated. Tereza Nvotova, “for its elegance that represents the witch hunt today”; special memorial also includes actresses natalia german Y Eva Mores. ‘Nightsiren’ also won Méliès d’Argent for best picture.
Another movie loved by the jury ‘pearl’, by the almost veteran of ‘indie’ horror Ti West, owns a Màquina del Temps this year. West received the award for best director and mia gothic, co-writer and main character, best female performance. In addition, the Official Fantàstic Jury wanted to highlight the last two works of the master of the absurd Quentin Dupieux (with himself best screenplay ex aequo) ‘Incredible but true’ and ‘Cigarette causes coughing’. Also two awards michelle garza For ‘Huesera’s maternal terror: Window of Blood for best Ibero-American film and Citizen Kane for new direction. Critical jury on its behalf ‘Something dirty’of the justin benson Y Aaron MooreheadThe best title in the official division’s competition.
Already in parallel episodes, ‘Jerk’ (Noves Visions best feature film), ‘La Otra Forma’ (Anima’t’s best feature film), ‘H4Z4RD’ (Òrbita’s best feature), ‘ There are titles like ‘Jurassic punk’. (best Sitges Documenta film) or ‘You won’t be alone (Carnet Jove award for best feature film in the official division).
Mònica Garcia (general manager of Fundació Sitges) recalled that they were experiencing record pressure: “Without restrictions, we are 10.5% above the usual turnout for a pre-pandemic festival,” he proudly explained. “This record represents 6.3% more collections than average.” Another record: 610 guests.