Sitges Fanpitch, WomanInFan Unveil  2022′ Winners

The Sitges Movie Competition, the largest style movie occasion in Europe, has unveiled its Sitges Fanpitch and WomanInFan winners because the Catalan fest, one hour’s drive south of Barcelona, quickly ramps up its business program.

Sitges Fanpitch function movie winners have been “Bloody Mary,” “Rain Catcher” and “Krampusnacht.”  “Tremendous-Over” (“Superada”) scooped the Sitges Fanpitch Scripted Collection award.

Spanish director Joseph Díaz “Bloody Mary” nabbed the Blood Window – Spanish Screamings plaudit for a story of feminine empowerment as heroine Mary is overwhelmed to demise by a cult chief, solely to be possessed by the vengeful spirit of ancestor Helena, burnt on the stake for witchcraft.

Ventana Sur’s style platform Blood Window unspools Nov. 28-Dec. 2 in Buenos Aires. 

U.Ok. director Michele Fiascaris scored the Bifan-Naff Award with “Rain Catcher,” produced by Filippo Polesel at Yellow Tablet. In it, a voyeur finally ends up getting stalked himself, a contemporary social-stalker story. The challenge was one of many finalists at Netflix’ “Breakout” style growth program, and now will journey to subsequent July’s version if Asia’s Bifan market

Produced by Capra Movies’ Lola Basara and Marc Schlegel, “Krampusnacht,” from Austrian director-producer Peter Hengl  (“Household Dinner”), walked off with this version’s Fantasia-Frontières Award, an invite to 2023’s Frontières Worldwide Co-Manufacturing Market in a part of the Fantasia Movie Competition and one in all NorthAmerica’s greatest style challenge launching pads. 

“It appears like within the final couple of years, the definition of style has gotten a lot wider, which in fact, is at all times fascinating for filmmakers,” defined Hengl. “There’s no actual straight-arrow style movie any extra, as a result of style will get combined up and movies develop into turns into like style crossovers,” added producer Basara.

“Tremendous-Over,” created by Ainhoa Menéndez and produced by Roberto Butragueño and Nuria Landete at Spain’s Elamedia, scored Fanpitch’s Scripted Collection Award, a €2.500 ($). The collection activates Clara, who hides from accomplice Luis her identification as Electrical Girl, the world’s solely girls super-heroin. When she will get pregnant, she confronts bodily and emotional adjustments whereas nonetheless having to avoid wasting the world.

Elamedia is producing “Within the Flesh,” Menéndez’ function movie debut.

Sitges Fanpitch Awards:

Blood Window – Spanish Screamings

“Bloody Mary,” (Joseph Díaz)

Bifan-NAFF

“Rain Catcher,” (Michele Fiascaris)

Fantasia-Frontières

“Krampusnacht,” (Peter Hengl)

Frontières Spécial Point out

“Upiro” (Oscar Martín)

Scripted Collection

“Superada,” (“Tremendous-Over,” Ainhoa Menéndez)

Scripted Collection Particular Point out

“Newfall,” (Stefano Nurra)

WomanInFan Award

“El chino,” (Estíbaliz Burgaleta)