Industry open calls for Sitges2024

15 Apr 2024

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It’s that wonderful time of the year in which Industry Department opens its floodgates and embraces with renewed enthusiasm all the projects and artists who come to Sitges with ideas that at some point will become some of our new favourite fantastic films.

Today Sitges FanLab opens the call for 3 of its initiatives that allow SITGES to glimpse, before anyone else, the talent of the future. Starting today, you can register for both the Sitges FanPitch and the two WomanInFan calls (that is, the Fantastic Residence and the Fanlab Teaser-Short Film Creation Competition).

II call WomanInFan – Sitges Fanlab Fantastic Residence

The Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia presents the 2nd WomanInFan - Sitges FanLab training grant call for entries, as part of the WomanInFan program.

This Sitges Film Festival initiative for the visibility and incorporation of female creators in fantastic genre filmmaking proposes a new platform for female fantastic genre creators. It consists of a proposal for training in the form of a residency, which will take place during the 57th Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.

The prize includes:

Accommodation, travel and per diems during the entire 56th Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.
Access to all Industry sessions at the 56th Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.
The selected applicants will receive intensive mentoring from leading experts in the film industry so that they can develop their projects in different facets. The mentoring and workshops will take place in Sitges during this year’s Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.
Training via screenings, Master Classes and workshops.
The possibility of presenting the project as part of the corresponding edition of the Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia in the Industry section and/or at those venues that the Festival deems most convenient.

Key Dates:

Call for entries begins: April 15th, 2024.
Call for entries ends: July 1rst, 2024.
Announcement of the selected filmmakers: September 2nd, 2024.

Submission via Festhome, FilmFreeWay and Incoproduction.

Contact industry.hub@sitgesfilmfestival.com

Check the Guidelines here

Girls just wanna have FAN – 3rd WomanInFan - Sitges Fanlab Teaser-Short Film Creation Competition

The Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia presents a third call for entries to make a short film-teaser as part of the WomanInFan program.

With this competition, this Sitges Film Festival initiative for the visibility and incorporation of female creators in fantastic genre filmmaking proposes the creation of a piece destined to be shown around the audiovisual market circuit. And as such, the teaser short film should serve as a sample of an idea for a fantastic genre feature film.

WomanInFan expands its field of action to include film production in order to support the work done by female filmmakers within the fantastic genre industry.

The evaluation committee will select 10 projects from among all those submitted, from which there will be one winner. The 9 runners-up and the winning project will have the right to participate in the Industry sessions at the 57th Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia via industry accreditation (except for private events).

WomanInFan - Sitges Fanlab Teaser-Short Film Prize

1 Industry pass.
A 10,000 euro budget (VAT included), which will be allocated entirely to producing the winning teaser short film.
Support from the Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia in the project's production functions.
Presentation of the project as part of the corresponding edition of the Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia in the Industry section and/or at those venues that the Festival considers most advisable. For example: Sitges FanPitch.
2 nights of accommodation for the winner in order to attend the mentoring sessions (Travel, transportation and per diem costs will be the responsibility of the representatives).

Key Dates:

Call for entries begins: April 15th, 2024.
Call for entries ends: July 1rst, 2024.
Announcement of the selected filmmakers: September 2nd, 2024.

Submission via Festhome, FilmFreeWay and Incoproduction.

Contact: industry.hub@sitgesfilmfestival.com

Check the Guidelines here

Sitges FanPitch 2024

The Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia organizes Sitges FanPitch (Sitges FanLab), its pitch competition for feature film and serialized production projects, for the tenth consecutive year.

Sitges FanPitch is an international pitching competition focused on feature films and serialized production in development with themes of horror, science fiction, and/or fantasy. The event will take place in a hybrid format on October 6 and 7, 2024, as part of the Sitges Festival.

A maximum of five series and a maximum of seven feature films from around the world will be selected. Additionally, projects selected by the Festival at collaborating film markets of Sitges FanPitch will also be included.

The creators of the selected projects will have the opportunity to pitch their projects and meet with participating companies. Moreover, the five winning feature film projects will have the chance to receive travel grants for international circulation.

This year, the Feratum, Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástico, located in Mexico, joins the Sitges FanPitch market circuit and will select one project to be part of the next Feratum Residenc

At the same time, we create an extra section dedicated to projects in Catalan entitled Catalunya Imaginària.

In the series category, one winning project will be selected and awarded a cash prize for its development.

For the fourth consecutive year, this edition will be complemented by the Showrunners LAB, a seminar providing introduction and advice on the figure of the showrunner. Selected series projects will have the opportunity for individual mentoring sessions with participating showrunners.