For the eleventh year in a row, the Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is organizing Sitges FanPitch, its feature film and series production project pitch competition.
Sitges FanPitch is the international pitch competition event focusing on feature films and series productions in development with horror, science fiction and/or fantastic genre themes. The initiative maintains its objective of discovering the very best genre projects and facilitating connections with leading industry companies. The event will take place in hybrid format on October 12 and 13, 2025 at the Sitges Film Festival.
Altogether, a maximum of five series and seven feature films from all around the world will be selected. These will be joined by the projects selected by the Festival at the collaborating Sitges FanPitch film markets and the project selected at Sitges FanPitch Catalunya Imaginària.
The people responsible for each of the selected projects will have the opportunity to make a sales pitch and meet with each of the participating companies. In addition, the five winning feature film projects will be eligible for travel grants for their international circulation and to be part of the next Feratum Residency.
In the series category, one winning project will be selected, which will be awarded a cash prize for its ongoing development.
Once again this year, we will be supporting local talent with the Catalunya Imaginària label, guaranteeing a place in the final selection for a project in Catalan.
For the fifth consecutive year, this edition will be complemented by the Showrunners LAB, an introductory and mentoring seminar on the role of the showrunner. The selected series projects will be able to benefit from individual mentoring sessions with the showrunners participating in this year's edition.
All selected projects will receive free Industry accreditation for this year’s Festival to be able to attend all industry activities (except private ones), be part of the Sitges Industry Online-Catalan Films platform, and the film screenings included with their accreditation.
The projects selected at Sitges FanPitch will be eligible for the following prizes:
FEATURE FILM CATEGORY
Four travel grants for 1 representative of each project (includes the accreditation, travel and hotel at the destination):
Four travel grants for 1 representative of each project (includes the accreditation, travel and hotel at the destination):
SERIES CATEGORY
Cash prize of 2,500 euros (VAT included) for the project’s development*
** The representative of the winning series project must submit a proposal for expenses as part of the production development plan, which will be approved and paid for directly by the Sitges Film Festival of Catalonia Foundation.
COLLABORATORS
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
Candidate projects will need to present:
1. Script (in original language).
2. Dossier with a synopsis of the project, cast, brief treatment, benchmark films and a description of the target audience, director's bio-filmography and anything else considered of interest to the jury, producers and distributors participating in the competition. The dossier must be in English.
3. Video pitch with a maximum running time of 3 minutes (in English or with English subtitles).
4. Poster proposal for the film/series.
5. Commitment to participate and acknowledgment of the sole representative on behalf of the project. This can be a PDF document signed by the representative.
6. Commitment to add the Sitges FanPitch and Sitges FanLab logo to the production credits if it is finally carried out.
The project selected in the Sitges FanPitch-Sitges FanLab will receive the logo accrediting it as a finalist and winner of the call. The organization will recognize the signatory of these rules as the only interlocutor to negotiate all aspects related to the participation of their project and as the only person responsible to other companies or people that may participate in the production of their project. In the event that the corresponding feature or series is carried out, the winning projects undertake to add the Sitges FanPitch and Sitges FanLab logo to the production credits.
- Call for entries opens: March 10, 2025
- Submission period:
- Standard: March 10, 2025 – May 31, 2025 (Submission fee: 50 euros)
- Extended: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025 (Registration fee: 60 euros)
- Call for entries closes: June 30, 2025
- Announcement of the selected project: September 9, 2025
Call for entries via Festhome and FilmFreeWay.
Doubts regarding requirements: industry.hub@sitgesfilmfestival.com