The winners of SITGES 2022

And the winners of the 55th edition of the ​Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia are…

Méliès d’argent Award Winner – Feature Films @ SITGES 2022

The competition is organized in collaboration with the Méliès International Festivals Federation (MIFF).
The award goes to the best European feature film:

NIGHTSIREN

by Tereza Nvotová
Slavakia, Czech Republic, 2022
109 min.

A woman returns to her native village in search of answers regarding her troubled childhood. As she investigates her past, the ancient local legends come rushing into their reality. The villagers will begin to accuse her of witchcraft. An award-winner at the past Locarno festival, Nightsiren plunges into the survival of myths, and how they have gone on to construct an idea of femininity.

Méliès d’argent Award Winner – Short Films @ SITGES 2022

The competition is organized in collaboration with the Méliès International Festivals Federation (MIFF). The winner of the competition also wins the nomination to the Méliès d’or annual competition. The award goes to the best European short film.

LA MACHINE D’ALEX (ALEX’S MACHINE)

by Mael Le Mée
France, 2022
25 min.

Alex is the only girl in her “automotive biomechanics” class. For her degree, she has chosen to build an engine made of artificial flesh. One night, Chloé, who shares her boarding school room, discovers that Alex takes a singular pleasure in working on her living machine…

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