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• Oficial Fantàstic
• Oficial Noves Visions
• Anima't
• Sitges Family
• Midnight X-Treme
• Seven Chances
• Sitges Clàssics
• Brigadoon
• Catalan Focus
• Casa Asia
Oficial Fantàstic
This is the Festival’s official selection and its raison d’être. This style’s heterogeneity opens the doors to films that traverse various genres, including science-fiction, fantasy innovation, horror and thrillers among other sensations inviting the spectator to see cinema as an unlimited language. Along these lines, the Fantàstic selection includes commercial movies as well as auteur films. It also includes, out-of-competition, the Spanish premiere of the best international fantasy genre productions.
The Official Fantàstic Selection includes:
- In-competition films with the SITGES hallmark from the current year.
- In-competition films with the Órbita hallmark.
- Official Panorama Section.
- Official Panorama – Casa Asia Section. In addition there is the Casa Asia hallmark with films distributed between other categories, al candidates for the award for best Asian motion picture.
- Méliès hallmark with European films that are not candidates for prizes in the Official Selection, but that are for the Silver Méliès award.
- The subsection dedicated to a in-competition fantastic shorts.
Oficial Noves Visions
  
The Official Fantàstic section is carried over into this area, dedicated to the most innovative and transgressive proposals on the movie scene. This section is divided into the following E 5 subcategories:
- Ficción (Fiction)
- No Ficción (Non-fiction)
- Dark Ficció (Dark Fiction)
- Discovery
- Especiales (Specials)
This section also includes Nova Autoria, resulting from the cooperation among SGAE, Fundación Autor, Buñuel Institute, SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia and the Catalan film schools. Its objective is discovering new talents and promoting new filmmakers, as well as screening the best works by film school students in Catalonia.
Anima’t
Offering the most recent animated film productions, feature and short films.
Sitges Family
Selection of movies oriented for the enjoyment of the whole family, in matinée showtimes on holidays.
Midnight X-Treme
The section of horror movies from all around the world par excellence. This section consists of:
- Midnight X-Treme in-competition: This section’s best movies compete for the “Maria Midnight X-Treme” Award, given by the Carnet Jove Jury.
- Mondo Macabro: The best horror and B-Movies from exotic countries (India, Turkey, Argentina, Indonesia, Chine, Mexico and Vietnam, among others).
- Marathons
Seven Chances
Seven auteur films chosen by well-known critics.
Sitges Clàssics
A tribute to classic names and trends in movie history. This section consists of:
- Tributes
- Europa Imaginaria
- Retrospectives
Brigadoon
The SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia's Brigadoon section continues with its commitment to the most diverse movie options - in DVD and Blu-Ray formats - and especially short films, with its very own award: the Brigadoon Paul Naschy Award.
Tributes that include the honorary Nosferatu Award-giving, cycles, series, talks, presentations and the Zombie Walk all merge with the rest to make up one of Sitges' most varied, participative and amazing sections: the Brigadoon Zone, with free admission for all genre lovers.
Catalan Focus
Catalan Focus is programmed in all categories, becoming the seal of quality for Catalan-produced fantasy genre films or films with Catalan participation screened in the Festival’s official program, both in-competition movies as well as retrospective sessions dedicated to Catalan classics or genre figures.
Casa Asia
Casa Asia is programmed in all sections, appearing as a hallmark of the Asian films that aren’t in the Casa Asia section itself, but that are also candidates for the Casa Asia award for best Asian motion picture.
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