Sitges Film Festival honorary prize awarded to Nick Frost, Corey Feldman, and Fred Dekker
Catalan filmmaker Carles Torrens to present 'Apocalipsis Z: El principio del fin'
The 57th Sitges Film Festival is back to celebrate fantasy and horror movies from October 3 to 13 in the seaside town of Sitges, south of Barcelona.
Two actors and two directors will receive honorary prices during the festival, as announced on Wednesday on a press conference.
The actors who will be visiting the Catalan city are British actor Nick Frost, known for 'Spaced' and 'Zombies Party', and the 80s American star Corey Feldman, known for films like 'Gremlins' and 'The Goonies'.
Director, screenwriter, and film producer Fred Dekker ('House', 'Night of the creeps', RoboCop') and the Italian film director Ovidio G. Assonitis ('Beyond the Door', 'Tentacles', 'The visitor') will be the two film directors who will receive an honorary prize by Sitges Film Festival.
In addition, the International Federation of Festival de Méliès has awarded the Méliès Career prize to French filmmaker Christophe Gans ('Brotherhood of the Wold', 'Silent Hill').
Screenings
On a press conference, the festival has announced some of the films that will be screened this year, such as ‘Terrifier 3’, ‘Exhuma’, ‘Azrael’ or ‘A Different Man’.
'Terrifier 3', directed by Damien Leone is the third part of this saga starring David Howard Thornton and Lauren LaVera about the 'terrifying' Art the Clown.
Catalan film director Carles Torrens will present his latest film 'Apocalipsis Z: El principio del fin’ (whic translates to 'the beginning of the end'). It is the adaptation of a book by Manuel Loureiro about zombies, but also a personal journey about emotional and physical survival, all of this located in Galicia.
Another of the films that will be presented is 'Una ballena' by Pablo Hernando, where Ingrid Garcia Jonsson plays a murderer that can infiltrate anywhere and disappear without leaving any trace.
Sitges Film Festival will also be a place for animated movies to premiere such as ‘Spermageddon’ by Tommy Wirkola and Rasmus A. Sivertsen, ' Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust’ by Indian director Ishan Shukla, and ‘Ghost Cat Anzu’ by Japanese filmmakers Nobuhiro Yamahita and Yôko Kuno.
In addition, the festival will pay homage to the 1932 film 'Freaks' directed by Tod Browning, which will also be the center of some panels and the theme for other films that will be screened in October.