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Baloji wins best director award for ‘Omen’ in event where J.A. Bayona was recognized

'Pearl' takes two awards at 55th fantasy and horror film festival

French film director, Michel Hazanavicius, led the parade through the seaside town south of Barcelona on Saturday

Celebration of fantasy and horror takes place from October 6 to 16

The event kicks off next Thursday with Luca Guadagnino's 'Suspiria'

The upcoming event in October will also see a concert by cult composer, filmmaker, and screenwriter John Carpenter

Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia will give the American actress the Grand Honorary Award in its 50th anniversary celebration

Almost 200 fantastic and terror genre films will be projected, from the 9^th to the 18^th of October, in the 48th edition of Catalonia’s International Fantastic Film Festival, in Sitges. The opening film this Friday will be the lauded “The Witch”, whose director Robert Eggers won the best director award in Sundance Festival. Sitges 2015 will also commemorate the 20th anniversary of David Fincher’s ‘Seven’ and tribute north-American director Oliver Stone, who will be awarded the Honorific Prize. The Festival, in partnership with Mobile World Capital Barcelona, have launched ‘Phonetastic’ a novelty of this year which aims to power all the potential of new generation mobile devices as movie-making tools.  According to his director, Àngel Sala the pace of tickets sales is similar to last years but a new venue has been added to the seven existing, Cinema Tramuntana.