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The number one fantasy film festival in the world is back for another year, as Sitges turns into a film lovers' paradise for a week of screenings, exhibitions and presentations of fantasy films from across the world. With a solid track record, the event offers a stimulating framework for meetings, exhibitions, presentations, and projections.

Born in 1968 as the 1st International Week of Fantasy and Horror Movies, today the festival is an essential rendezvous for movie lovers and audiences eager to come into contact with new tendencies and technologies applied to film and the audiovisual world.

Sitges 2022 will feature the latest releases from filmmakers who have already become genre cult figures. Canada's Jason Eisener (Hobo With a Shotgun) will be bringing the nostalgic spirit of the 1980's with Kids vs. Aliens; as well as Joe Begos' (Bliss) new gore extravaganza, Christmas Bloody Christmas, and Mexico's Isaac Ezban (The Incident) will be returning to Sitges with Mal de ojo, packed full of horror and witchcraft.

Arriving all the way from South Korea are three titles that are a true celebration of genre. Jeong Woo-seong's A Man of Reason, a polar-style thriller; Kim Hong-sun's Project Wolf Hunting, with generous portions of adrenaline and violence, and Choi Dong-hoon's Alienoid, blending science fiction and martial arts with androids.

As always, Japanese anime will play an important role at the Festival. Dozens of Norths, Koji Yamamura's visually fascinating production; Yasuhiro Yoshiura's animated musical, Sing a Bit of Harmony, and Masaki Tachibana’s Blue Thermal, about a university aviation club. And landing at the Festival direct from Indonesia will be the supernatural horror of Satan’s Slaves: Communion, the sequel to Satan’s Slaves presented by Joko Anwan, also the director of the terrifying Impetigore.

Every year, the town of Sitges prepares for its annual meeting with fans of fantastic, the industry and the press. The Festival combines the best genre cinema of the moment with a look at films that have traced the history of fantastic, as well as adding tributes to film personalities with a special connection to fantastic.

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