this Catalonia International Fantastic Film Festival Announced new titles for this year’s programming, including Korean thrillers, Japanese animation, the latest films by Joe Begos and Jason Eisener, or a documentary about the saga”[REC]”.
The presence of Asian cinema is increasingly prominent at the Sitges Festival, and in this number the public will be able to see ‘thriller films’.A Man of Reason”, by Jeong Woo-seong; “Wolf Hunt Project”, by Kim Hong-sun, according to the organizers, more violent and frenzied; “alien“By Choi Dong-hoon, who combines science fiction and martial arts with androids”.
The festival, which will be screened this year, also regularly features Japanese animation.”dozens of north“, a “visually captivating” proposal by Koji Yamamura; musical by Yasuhiro Yoshiura, “Say Some Harmony”Y “Blue Thermal”By Masaki Tachibana, it’s about a college aviation club.
Indonesian director Joko Anwan (“impetigore“) will present the gothic terror “Devil’s Slaves: Communion”more “Devil’s Slaves” (2017).
Recent films by cult director Jason Einer (“Hobo with a Shotgun“) and Joe Begos (“Happiness“) will also be featured in this issue of the festival: Canadian Eisener reflects nostalgia for the end of the last century. “Children Against Aliens”; While the American Begos bring a more ‘bloody’ proposition, “Christmas Bloody Christmas”.
Also from the Americas, Mexican Isaac Ezban (“Event”) returns to Sitges with a mixture of terror and sorcery, “Devil’s eye”.
World premiere of Diego López-Fernández’s documentary among Spanish cinema “[REC] On the creation and impact of this horror epic, as well as the second season of Chico Ibáñez Serrador, directed by new episodes of “Terror without Pause” and TVE’s Chico Ibáñez Serrador series that aired in the 1960s. Alice Waddington, Jaume Balagueró, Nacho Vigalondo and Salvador Calvo.
Likewise, the festival announced some of its “most fan-anticipated” headlines today:dead stream“a nerdy horror satire directed by Joseph and Vanessa Winter;”unsuccessful“, by Scott Mann, about a hopeless survival and”observer“, the psychological thriller of Chloe Okun.
Moreover, “we ceremonies“, the feature film debut of French director Simon Rieth and Jim Archer’s comedy “Brian and Charles” about the creation of artificial life.
In addition to Spanish “[REC] Terror that doesn’t pause”, highlights in the field of documentaries “1982: The Biggest Geek Year Ever“, by Roger Lay Jr., a journey through this year’s geek milestones and Víctor Matellano’s “El valle del Concavenator” about this dinosaur species found in Cuenca.
Catalonia’s 55th International Fantastic Film Festival will take place in the municipality of Barcelona. sites From 6 to 16 October.