This Friday is going to be the kick-off of the 2013 Sitges Film festival. Each year we are there; it is a great opportunity to watch new films, have the chance to hear talks and movie presentations by their directors and actors, and (certainly not the least) walk around Sitges and its fabulous all-white-houses streets and seaside.
Sitges is a fantastic/thriller/horror/sci-fi oriented festival; some of the films that have won the best movie award there are Brick, with a young (and cute!) Joseph Gordon Levitt, the classic sci-fi approach of Moon or a vampire new cult movie Let the right one in (there was a wonderful remake with Chloe Moretz!).
It also includes some of the best Asian and animation films. We had the chance a few years ago to watch Summer wars, or for instance this year, the last Miyazaki’s movie ever will be presented. We also love the Korean movies that are always featured in Sitges, like the last movies of Jon Bong Hoo, Park Chan Wok (he was so very nice in person! we were excited to meet him) or Kim-ki duk to name our favorites :)
We will certainly be in Sitges again this weekend, spending a great time talking about movies with our friends and enjoying the Mediterranean breeze!
Sitges in film; we usually take analogue pictures during the festival.
The boys hanging out between movies.
This is the way from one theater to the main festival building, not complaining right? :)
Anna is wearing a Sitges film festival backpack; King Kong is the festival’s icon.
Just like paparazzis ready for the red carpet.
Viggo Mortensen was there on 2009 to present The Road.
These are the movies that we are going to watch this year (clockwise): Grand Piano – Elijah Wood as a professional pianist, The Zero Theorem – The new Terry Gilliam with Tarantino’s favorite Christoph Waltz, The world’s end – British comedy, yei!, A glimpse inside the mind of Charles Swan III – Bill Murray, no need to say more about why we are going to this one, Much ado about nothing – Joss Whedon doing a Shakespeare, ohmy!, The returned – Zombies, a classic theme in Sitges, The lesson of the evil – The new Takashi Miike, he is going to be there for our enjoyment, and the Surprise session – We have a little hunch that is going to be the one fading behind, can you tell our guessing?Have you already seen any of this? What do you think about them?
i was so bummed when news broke of miyazaki’s retirement. this film festival sounds neat and so great to hear that animation and korean movies are also represented!
Unfortunately this year our schedule does not allow any Korean movie (we love them!) but let’s cross fingers that our guessing for the surprise session is correct and changes that! :) Have you already seen Miyazaki’s the Wind rises?
I would love to attend Sitges one day. We have a similar festival here in Montreal called Fantasia which has given me many happy memories.
Oh how great that you have a similar in Montreal and Fantasia is a great name indeed! :)
Yuhu! 3 days to go! Serà interessant veure la inauguració, al menys per mi és la primera vegada, a veure que fan! Haig d’imprimir les entrades!!!
Tic tac, tic tac…
Sí, també serà la nostra primera inauguaració, quina emoció! Ja teniu preparada la coixinera? ;)
How fun, I love discovering new movies and your analogue photos are to die for too!
Be sure to share which films you loved :)
Thanks!!! We will share our favorite ones after the festival (and the winners which may not be the same :P)
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