58th Sitges Film Festival

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58th Sitges Film Festival
58th Sitges Film Festival poster.jpg
Official poster
Opening film Alpha
Closing film The Long Walk
Location Sitges, Catalonia, Spain
Founded1968
AwardsThe Kong
Hosted byThe Foundation Board
Artistic director Ángel Sala
Festival dateOpening: 9 October 2025 (2025-10-09)
Closing: 19 October 2025 (2025-10-19)
Website sitgesfilmfestival.com/en
Sitges Film Festival

The 58th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia will take place from 9 to 19 October 2025, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. Julia Ducournau's body horror drama film Alpha will open the festival, while Francis Lawrence's American dystopian survival thriller film The Long Walk will close the festival. [1] [2] This edition of the festival will honour American film director, producer, and writer Sean S. Cunningham, the creator of Friday the 13th horror franchise. [3]

Contents

Overview

Josefina Molina Award

The festival with the support of the SGAE Foundation announced 1st Josefina Molina Award for Best Fantastic Feature Film Screenplay by a Woman 2025. The award comprises of cash prize of €10,000 and named in honour of Spanish feature film director, screenwriter, TV producer and scene director Josefina Molina. [4]

Juries

The juries consists of the following members: [5]

Main competition

Noves Visions

Blood Window / Òrbita

Méliès d'Argent

Anima't

Brigadoon

Crítica / Méliès d'Or

SGAE Nova Autoria

Carnet Jove

Official sections

The official programme for the 58th edition of the festival is as follows: [6]

Secció Oficial Fantàstic a Competició

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country(ies)
Balearic Ion de SosaSpain, France
Bulk  [ de ] Ben Wheatley United Kingdom
Chien 51 Cédric Jimenez France
Death of a Unicorn Alex ScharfmanUnited States
Decorado Alberto Vázquez Spain, Portugal
Dracula Radu Jude Romania, Austria, Luxembourg, Brazil
El susurro Gustavo Hernández Ibáñez Uruguay, Argentina
The Thing with Feathers Dylan SouthernUnited Kingdom
Exit 8 8番出口 Genki Kawamura  [ ja ]Japan
Eye for an Eye Colin Tilley United States
Gaua Paul Urkijo  [ eu ]Spain
Good Boy Ben LeonbergUnited States
Her Will Be Done Que ma volonté soit faite Julia Kowalski  [ fr ]France, Poland
Honey Bunch Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli Canada
The Ugly Stepsister Den Stygge Stesøsteren Emilie Blichfeldt  [ no ]Norway, Poland, Sweden, Denmark
The Legend of Ochi Isaiah Saxon United States
The Life of Chuck Mike Flanagan United States
The Virgin of the Quarry Lake La virgen de la tosqueraLaura CasabéArgentina, Mexico, Spain
Mother's Baby Johanna Moder  [ de ]Austria, Switzerland, Germany
New GroupYûta ShimotsuJapan
No Other Choice 어쩔수가없다 Park Chan-wook South Korea
Obsession Curry BarkerUnited States
Opus Mark Anthony Green United States
Redux Redux Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus United States
Reflection in a Dead Diamond Reflet dans un diamant mort Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, France
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein United States
Silence Silencio Eduardo Casanova Spain
SingularAlberto GastesiSpain
The Furious 火遮眼 Kenji Tanigaki Hong Kong
The Plague Charlie PolingerUnited States, Romania
The Evil that Binds UsTodos los malesNicolás PostiglioneChile, Mexico
Together Michael Shanks Australia, United States
A Useful Ghost ผีใช้ได้ค่ะRatchapom BoombunchachokeThailand, France, Singapore, Germany
We Bury the Dead Zak Hilditch Australia, United States

Sitges Collection 

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country(ies)
All You Need Is Kill 集英社刊Kenichiro AkimotoJapan
Arco Ugo Bienvenu  [ fr ]United States, France
Black Phone 2 Scott Derrickson
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
Dracula: A Love Tale Dracula Luc Besson
Frankenstein Guillermo del Toro
Night PatrolRyan Prows
Scarlet 果てしなきスカーレット Mamoru Hosoda
Sisu: Road to Revenge Sisu 2 Jalmari Helander
Sons of the Neon Night 風林火山 Juno Mak
The Home James DeMonaco
The Ice Tower La Tour de glace Lucile Hadžihalilović
The Incredible Shrinking Man  [ fr ]L'Homme qui rétrécit Jan Kounen
V/H/S/Halloween Various directors
Crazy Old Lady Vieja locaMartín Mauregui

Órbita

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Órbita section, for films that "stand out for their unique approach and their audience appeal":

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Blazing Fists～蒼き若者たちのブレイキングダウン～ Takashi Miike Japan
Cesium Fallout 焚城 Anthony Pun Hong Kong
CrushedSimon RumleyUnited Kingdom, Thailand
Find Your FriendsIzabel PakzadUnited States, Italy
LugerBruno MartínSpain
No One Will KnowLe Roi SoleilVincent Maël CardonaFrance
OdysseyGerard JohnsonUnited Kingdom
Sham捏造：史上最惡殺人教師Takashi MiikeJapan
She's Got No Name 酱园弄·悬案 Peter Chan China, Hong Kong
Forbidden City La città proibita Gabriele Mainetti Italy
The Old Woman with the Knife 파과 Min Kyu-dong South Korea
Tornado John Maclean United Kingdom
Trapped大风杀SagaraChina
Tristes Tropiques Park Hoon-jung South Korea
Verano TrippinMorena Fernández QuinterosArgentina

Panorama

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Panorama section, for films previously screened at non-Spanish film festivals:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Abraham's Boys Natasha Kermani United States
13 Days Till Summer13 dni do wakacjiBartosz M. KowalskiPoland
BagwormOliver BernsenUnited States
Blood ShineEmily Bennett, Justin BrooksUnited States
BokshiBhargav SaikiaIndia
Delivery RunJoey PalmroosFinland
DescendentPeter CilellaUnited States
DollhouseShinobu YaguchiJapan
HalabalaEakasit ThairaatThailand
HellcatBrock BodellUnited States
It EndsAlex UllomUnited States
Love KillsLuiza Shelling TubaldiniBrazil
Mag MagYuriyan RetrieverJapan
Man Finds TapePaul Gandersman and Peter S. HallUnited States
Marama Taratoa StappardNew Zealand
MermaidTyler CornackUnited States
Monster IslandOrang IkanMike WiluanIndonesia, Singapore, Japan, United Kingdom
Mother of FliesJohn Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby PoserUnited States
My Daughter Is a Zombie 좀비딸Pil Gam-sungSouth Korea
No dejes a los niños solosEmilio PortesMexico
Osiris William Kaufman United States
Rabbit TrapBryn ChaineyUnited Kingdom, United States
Shelby Oaks Chris Stuckmann United States
Slanted Amy WangUnited States
The CurseKen’ichi UganaJapan, Taiwan
The SurrenderJulia MaxCanada, United States
The VileMajid Al AnsariUnited Arab Emirates, United States
Hi Five 하이파이브 Kang Hyeong-cheol South Korea
Taroman Expo Explosion大長編 タローマン 万博大爆発Ryo FujiiJapan

Sitges Documenta

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Sitges Documenta section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
1000 Women in HorrorDonna DaviesUnited States
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann’s The KeepStewart Buck, Stéphane PiterUnited Kingdom, France
Aquel Último TiburónVíctor Matellano, Ángel SalaSpain
BizarrofiliaAyi TurziArgentina
Eloy De La Iglesia, Film AddictEloy de la Iglesia, adicto al cineGaizka UrrestiSpain
Endless Cookie Peter Scriver, Seth Scriver Canada
Hammer: Heroes, Legends And MonstersBenjamin FieldUnited Kingdom
Horror And LoveJoaquín OristrellSpain
Kim Novak’s VertigoAlexandre O. PhilippeUnited States
Occupy CannesLily Hayes KaufmanUnited States
Sangre Del ToroYves MontmayeurFrance, United Kingdom
StarmanRobert StoneUnited States
Strange Journey: The Story Of Rocky HorrorLinus O’BrienUnited States
The Python HuntXander RobinUnited States
The Vincent Price LegacyLaurent OhmansiekGermany
Theatre Of Horrors: The Sordid Story Of Paris’ Grand GuignolDavid GregoryFrance
The Degenerate: The Life And Films Of Andy MilliganGrayson Tyler Johnson, Josh JohnsonUnited States
Tura!Cody JarrettUnited States
Zodiac Killer ProjectCharlie ShackletonUnited Kingdom, United States

Midnight X-Treme

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Midnight X-Treme section, for indie and extreme horror films:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Deathgasm II: GoremageddonJason HowdenNew Zealand
Deathstalker Steven KostanskiCanada, United States
DollyRod BlackhurstUnited States
FlushGrégory MorinFrance
Fuck My Son! Todd Rohal United States
Hold The FortWilliam BagleyUnited States
KarmadonnaAleksandar RadivojevicSerbia
Meat KillsVleesdagMartijn SmitsNetherlands
Queens of the Dead Tina RomeroUnited States
The Book Of Sijjin And Illiyyin Kitab Sijjin & IlliyyinHadrah Daeng RatuIndonesia
The Creeps Marko Mäkilaakso Finland
Touch MeAddison HeimannUnited States
Ut Lan The Guardian DemonDan Trong TranVietnam

Noves Visions

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country(ies)
About a HeroAcerca de un héroePiotr Winiewicz Denmark,United States, Germany
Anything That MovesAlex PhillipsUnited States
Astrid’s SaintsMariano BainoItaly
Be A Good GirlLouiza ZouziasCanada
Buffet InfinitySimon GlassmanCanada
CampAvalon FastCanada
Crocodile TearsTumpal TampubolonIndonesia
Dead Lover Grace Glowicki Canada
DawningPatrik SyversenNorway
A Grand MockeryAdam C. Briggs, Sam DixonCanada
The Last RaptureEl último arrebato Enrique López Lavigne, Marta MedinaSpain
Every Heavy ThingMickey ReeceUnited States
Feels Like HomeItt Érzem Magam OtthonGábor HoltaiHungary
ForteKimbo KimSouth Korea
Fucktoys Annapurna SriramUnited States
LucidRamsey Fendall, Deanna MilliganCanada
ObexAlbert BirneyUnited States
RoqiaYanis KoussimAlgeria, France
Tengosei～Shaman Star天號星 (Tengosei)Hidenori InoueJapan
The FinSyeyoung ParkSouth Korea, Germany, Qatar
The Holy Boy La Valle Dei SorrisiPaolo StrippoliItaly, Slovenia
The HomeHemmetMattias J. SkoglundSweden
The Infinite HuskAaron SilversteinUnited States
The Things You KillAlireza KhatamiTurkey, France, Poland, Canada
The True Beauty Of Being Bitten By A TickPete OhsUnited States
Transcending Dimensions次元を超えるToshiaki ToyodaJapan

Anima't

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Anima't section, for animated films:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
All You Need Is Kill 集英社刊Kenichiro AkimotoJapan
Arco Ugo Bienvenu  [ fr ]United States, France
Another World世外Tommy Kai Chung NgHong Kong
ChaO Yasuhiro AokiJapan
Decorado Alberto Vázquez Spain, Portugal
Dog of God Dieva SunsLauris Abele & Raitis AbeleLatvia, United States
Endless Cookie Peter Scriver, Seth Scriver Canada
Memory HotelHeinrich SablGermany, France
Nightmare BugsOsamu Fukutani, Saku SakamotoJapan
I Am Frankelda Soy FrankeldaArturo Ambriz & Roy AmbrizMexico
Tamala 2030: A Punk Cat In Darkt.o.L.Japan
The Girl Who Stole Time时间之子Ao Yu & Zhou TienanChina
The SquareKim Bo-solSouth Korea

Awards

Special awards

Sean S. Cunningham, recipient of the Time Machine Award Sean Cunningham People Fan Fest People Convention Los Angeles 2024 Portrait.jpg
Sean S. Cunningham, recipient of the Time Machine Award
Mary Harron, recipient of the WomanInFan Award Mary Harron Portrait Photo by John C. Walsh.jpg
Mary Harron, recipient of the WomanInFan Award

References

  1. ↑ "We Complete the 2025 line-up: Guillermo del Toro, Yorgos Lanthimos, Park Chan-wook, Carmen Maura, and Other Big Names in Contemporary Fantastic Genre". Sitges Film Festival . 10 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Popp, Olivia (11 September 2025). "Sitges gets ready to thrill and chill with its 2025 line-up". Cineuropa . Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Welcome 2025 Sitges Film Festival Poster and First Award Winners and Special Guests". Sitges Film Festival . 17 May 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "The SGAE Foundation and the Sitges Film Festival Announce the 1st Josefina Molina Award". Sitges Film Festival . 11 June 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Jury 2025". Sitges Film Festival . Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  6. ↑ León, Por Karla (11 September 2025). "Conoce la programación del Festival de Sitges 2025" [Discover the Sitges Festival 2025 program]. The Hollywood Reporter (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2025.
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