Takashi Miike visited Sitges for the first time and received the Time Machine Award. Other award winners included Tobe Hooper, Stan Winston, Stuart Gordon, Brian Yuzna, and Narciso Ibáñez Serrador. The Festival celebrated the life and work of Curtis Harrington, and Orient Express paid tribute to the late Chang Cheh, a Shaw Brothers Studio legend. And with the Festival already in full swing, all the stars aligned: Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Vol. 1 made its Spanish premiere in Sitges.
