Festival de Cine de Sitges
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The Festival de Cine de Sitges (also known as Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya) is one of the most recognizable film festivals held in Europe and considered the world's best festival specializing in genre films. Founded in 1967, the festival normally takes place every year in early October in the Spanish coastal villa of Sitges, located about 40 kilometers (24.9 miles) south of Barcelona.
Among the most relevant attendees of recent Festival de Sitges are Anthony Hopkins, Quentin Tarantino, Dino De Laurentiis, Ralph Fiennes, David Lynch, Sam Raimi, Terry Gilliam, Vin Diesel, Tobe Hooper, Tony Curtis, David Cronenberg, Ray Liotta, Jason Patric, Peter Greenaway, Guillermo del Toro, Martin Sheen, Stan Winston, Rob Cohen, Ray Harryhausen, Takashi Miike, Douglas Trumbull, Fay Wray, Jeroen Krabbe, Tadanobu Asano, Dario Argento, Rob Bowman, Guy Maddin, Ben Gazzara, Eli Roth, Johnnie To and Hideo Nakata .
Some of the most notable films shown at Sitges include:
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[edit] Genre film festivals
- European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation
- Dead by Dawn
- Toronto After Dark Film Festival
- Fantasia Festival
- TromaDance
- New York City Horror Film Festival
- Eerie Horror Film Festival