Sitges Awards!

Last Updated on July 27, 2021

Well the Sitges Awards have been given out
tonight and to me it means only one thing; Sitges 2007 is almost already over (one
last day to go); big f*cking bummer for me man! I wanna stay here and call it a
life! Okay I’ll stop whining now; here are the WINNERS of this year’s Sitges and keep checking the site for more
movie reviews (I bagged 10 in
all…yeehaw!) and of course my full fledge Sitges 2007 report. Dos cervesa por
favore senor! Gracias!

OFFICIAL FANTÀSTIC
JURY: Zoë Bell, Ruggero Deodato, Mark Palansky, Casimiro Torreiro, Eloy Azorín

Best Motion Picture
The Fall by Tarsem Singh

Best Director
Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza for REC

Best Actress
Manuela Velasco for Rec

Best Actor
Sam Rockwell for Joshua (El Hijo del Mal)

Best Script
Chung Seo – Kyung , Park Chan-Wook for I’m a Cyborg but that’s Ok.

Best Cinematography
Toyomichi Kurita for Sukiyaki Western Django

Best Production Design
Takashi Sasaki for Sukiyaki Western Django

Best Make Up FX
À L’Intérieur

Best Special Effects
Mushishi

Best Original Soundtrack
Kuniaki Haishima for Mushishi

Best Short Film
Saliva by Esmir Filho

JURY AWARDS
JURY: Carles Matamoros, Néstor Fernández, Aleix Ortuño, Toni Junyent, Mar Canet

Best Motion Picture FANTÀSTIC
À L’Intérieur by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo

Best Motion Picture MIDNIGHT X-TREME
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer by Jon Knautz

NEW VISION AWARDS
JURY: Paz Gómez, Roland Reber, José Tito Martínez

Best Motion Picture
Zoo by Robinson Devor

Special Mention
It’s fine, everything it’s fine by Crispin Hellion Glover & David Brothers

NOVA AUTORIA SGAE AWARD

Best Director
Lizania, presented by the Universitat Ramón Llull- Marta Palacín and Elisabet Sort

Best Screenplay
OP. 1207-x, presented by the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB), Juliâo Luciana

Best Original Score
Vestido Nuevo, presented by the ESCAC-Escàndalo Films, Roger Padilla

ORIENT EXPRESS – CASA ÀSIA
JURY: Lorenzo Bertucci, Mario Dominski, Jesús Antonio López

Best Motion Picture
Dororo by Akihiko Shiota

Special Mention
Mad Detective by Johnie To

ANIMATION – Gertie Award
JURY: Manuel Bartual, Gaelle Denis, Rosa Pera

Best Animated Film
Aachi & Ssipak by Joe Bum-jin

Special Mention
Tekkonkinkreet by Michael Arias

Best Animated Short film
The Pearce Sisters by Luis Cook

BRIGADOON Paul Naschy
JURY: Josefina Blaya, Marc Benabé, Héctor García

Best short film
Brico Killer by Adrián Cardona

SILVER MÉLIÈS
JURY: Rodrigo Cortés, Marta Figueras, David Pizarro

Silver Méliès for Best European Motion Picture
Á l’intérieur by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo

Special Mention, for making possible our fantasy, by letting us watch dying live an upsetting TV presenter, to Rec by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza

Silver Méliès Award for Best Europea Short Film
Die Grosse Wekstatt (The Big Garage) Alemania by Uwe NagelOTHER AWARDS

Audience Award El Periódico de Catalunya 
Best Motion Picture-Rec, by Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza

CRITIC AWARD
JURY: Stephan Ivancic, Imma Merino, Marcus Kenschnigg, Desiree de Fez, Ferran Auberni

Jose Luis Guarner Critic Award
Rec, by Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza, unanimously

Special Mention
George Ratliff for Joshua (El hijo del mal)
For its subtile way of expressing the fear to today’s everyday life.

Citizen Kane Award to an up-and-coming director
Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo for Á l’intérieur

Hola! Com estsa Fred? Mui bien?

Source: AITH

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