Sitges 2023 lineup revealed

The lineup for the 56th edition of Sitges International Film Festival has been revealed.

The popular Spanish film festival returns from 5-15 October 2023, and here is the full lineup –

Official Selection (SOFC)

‘ACIDE’ – Just Philippot (France)

‘BEST WISHES TO ALL’ – Yûta Shimotsu (Japan)

‘CLUB ZERO’ – Jessica Hausner (Austria/United Kingdom)

‘CONANN’ – Bertrand Mandico (France/Luxembourg/Belgium)

‘CUANDO ACECHA LA MALDAD (WHEN EVIL LURKS)’ – Demian Rugna (Argentina)

‘DIVINITY’ – Eddie Alcazar (USA)

‘THE ANIMAL KINGDOM’ – Thomas Cailley (France)

‘IN FLAMES’ – Zarrar Khan (Canada/Pakistan)

‘IT LIVES INSIDE’ – Bishal Dutta (USA)

‘KUBI’ – Takeshi Kitano (Japan)

‘LA ESPERA’ – F. Javier Gutierrez (Spain)

‘LA MORSURE’ – Romain de Saint-Blanquat (France)

‘LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL’ – Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes (Australia)

‘RED ROOM’ – Pascal Plante (Canada)

‘MOSCAS’ – Aritz Moreno (Spain/Argentina)

‘OMEN’ – Baloji Tshiani (Congo/Netherlands/France/Belgium/Germany/South Africa)

‘RIDDLE OF FIRE’ – Weston Razooli (USA)

‘ROBOT DREAMS’ – Pablo Berger (Spain/France)

‘KILLING ROMANCE’ – Lee Wonsuk (South Korea)

‘SALEM’ – Jean-Bernard Marlin (France)

‘SLEEP’ – Jason Yu (South Korea)

‘SORCERY’ – Christopher Murray (Chile/Mexico/Germany)

‘STOPMOTION’ – Robert Morgan (USA)

‘THE SEEDING’ – Barnaby Clay (USA)

‘THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING’ – Timm Kröger (Germany)

‘THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE BARN’ – Magnus Martens (Norway)

‘TIGER STRIPES’ – Amanda Nell Eu (Malaysia/Taiwan/France/Germany/Netherlands/Indonesia)

‘VERMIN’ – Sébastien Vanicek (France)

‘VINCENT DEBE MORIR’ – Stéphan Castang (France)

‘WAKE UP’ – François Simard, Annouk Whissel, Yoann-Karl Whissel (France)

‘WHITE PLASTIC SKY’ – Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó (Hungary/Slovakia)

Sección Oficial – Special Screenings

‘ALIENS ABDUCTED MY PARENTS AND NOW I FEEL KINDA LEFT OUT’ – Jake Van Wagoner (USA)

‘AMELIA’S CHILDREN’ – Gabriel Abrantes (Portugal)

‘AWARENESS’ – Daniel Benmayor (USA/Spain)

‘BLOOD’ – Brad Anderson (USA)

‘THE BOY AND THE HERON’ – Hayao Miyazaki (Japan)

‘LA ERMITA’ – Carlota Pereda (Spain)

‘SOCIETY OF THE SNOW’ – J.A. Bayona (Spain)

‘POOR THINGS’ – Yorgos Lanthimos (United Kingdom)

‘THE TOXIC AVENGER’ – Macon Blair (USA)

‘UFO SWEDEN’ – Crazy Pictures (Sweden)

Official Fantastic – Midnight Special

‘GOD IS A BULLET – Nick Cassavetes (USA)

‘THE DEEP DARK’ – Mathieu Turi (France)

Òrbita

‘BLACK FLIES’ – Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (USA)

‘CONCRETE UTOPIA’ – Um Tae-Hwa (South Korea)

‘DIABOLIK: GINKO ALL’ATTACCO’ – Marco Manetti, Antonio Manetti (Italy)

‘THE ROUNDUP: NO WAY OUT’ – Lee Sang-yong (South Korea)

‘JACKDAW’ – Jamie Childs (United Kingdom)

‘JERICHO RIDGE – Will Gilbey (Kosovo/United Kingdom/Northern Ireland)

‘LA EXTORSIÓN’ – Martino Zaidelis (Argentina)

‘LOS OJOS DE LA NOCHE’ – Ahn Tae-jin (South Korea)

‘LUMBERJACK THE MONSTER’ – Takashi Miike (Japan)

‘MAD FATE’ – Soi Cheang (Hong Kong)

‘NIGHT OF THE HUNTED’ – Franck Khalfoun (France)

‘PROPERTY’ – Daniel Bandeira (Brazil)

‘SMUGGLERS’ – Ryoo Seung-wang (South Korea)

‘THE CHILDE’ – Park Hoon-jung (South Korea)

‘THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY’ – Francis Galluppi (USA)

‘WHERE THE WIND BLOWS’ – Philip Yung (China/Hong Kong)

Panorama

‘#MANHOLE’ – Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (Japan)

‘APPENDAGE’ – Anna Zlokovic, Alex Familia (USA)

‘BLACKOUT’ – Larry Fessenden (USA)

‘BROOKLYN 45’ – Ted Geoghegan (USA)

‘GODLESS: THE EASTFLIED EXORCISM’ – Nick Kozakis (Australia)

‘HOOD WITCH’ – Saïd Belktibia (France)

‘LAST STRAW’ – Alan Scott Neal (USA)

‘LET IT GHOST’ – Hoi Wong (Hong Kong)

‘NINA DEI LUPI’ – Antonio Pisu (Italy)

‘ONYX THE FORTUITOUS AND THE LALISMAN OF SOULS’ – Andrew Bowser (USA)

‘PROJECT SILENCE’ – Kim Tae-gon (South Korea)

‘RABIA’ – Jorge Michel Grau (Mexico)

‘RESTORE POINT’ – Robert Hloz (República Checa)

‘SUPERPOSITION’ – Karoline Lyngbye (Denmark)

‘THE FORBIDDEN PLAY’ – Hideo Nakata (Japan)

‘THE SACRIFICE GAME’ – Jenn Wexler (Canada/USA)

‘YOU’LL NEVER FIND ME’ – Josiah Allen, Indianna Bell, Josiah Allen (Australia)

Panorama – Out of Competition

‘CUANDO LOS AMOS DUERMEN’ – Santiago Alvarado (Spain)

‘IMMERSION’ – Takashi Shimizu (Japan)

‘THE PRIMEVALS’ – David Allen (USA)

‘TOKYO REVENGERS 2: PART I’ – Tsutomu Hanabusa (Japan)

‘TOKYO REVENGERS 2: PART II’ – Tsutomu Hanabusa (Japan)

Anima’t

‘DEEP SEA’ – Tianxiao Peng (China)

‘FOUR SOULS OF COYOTE’ – Áron Gauder (Hungary)

‘HEAVIES TENDRES’ – Joan Tomàs, Carlos Pérez-Reche, Juanjo Sáez (Spain)

‘KOMADA – A WHISKY FAMILY’ – Masayuki Yoshihara (Japan)

‘LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR’ – Keiichi Hara, Takakazu Nagamoto, Keiichi Hara (Japan)

‘MARS EXPRESS’ – Jéremie Perin (France)

‘ROBOT DREAMS’ – Pablo Berger (Spain/France)

‘SAND LAND’ – Toshihisha Yokoshima (Japan)

‘TONY, SHELLY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT’ – Filip Posivac (República Checa/Hungary/Slovakia)

‘WHITE PLASTIC SKY’ – Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó (Hungary/Slovakia)

Anima’t – Special Screenings

‘PHOENIX: REMINISCENCE OF FLOWER’ – Shojiro Nishimi (Japan)

‘THE FEAST OF AMRITA’ – Saku Sakamoto (Japan)

Anima’t – Sitges Classics

‘LES MAÎTRES DU TEMPS’ (4K) – René Laloux (France/Hungary/Suiza)

‘THE SOLDIER’S TALE’ – R. O. Blechman (USA)

‘100 YEARS OF WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS: AN HOMMAGE TO ITS SHORT FILMS’ – Various authors (USA)

Sitges Classics

‘ACCIÓN MUTANTE’ – Álex de la Iglesia (Spain)

‘ANGUSTIA DEL SILENCIO’ – Lucio Fulci (Italy)

‘CALÍGULA – THE ULTIMATE CUT’ (4K) – Tinto Brass (United States/Italy)

‘ENTER THE GAME OF DEATH’ – Tso Nam Lee (Hong Kong)

‘THE RAID’ – Gareth Evans (Indonesia)

‘LOS NUEVOS EXTRATERRESTRES’ (4K) – Juan Piquer Simón (Spain)

‘THE SHINING’ (4K) – Stanley Kubrick (USA)

‘THE EXORCIST’ (4K) – William Friedkin (USA)

‘LAKE MICHIGAN MONSTER’ – Ryland Brickson Cole Tews (USA)

‘PSYCHIC VISION: JAGANREI’ – Teruyoshi Ishii (Japan)

‘KING KONG’ (1933) – Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack (USA)

‘EL HOMBRE DE MIMBRE’ (THE WICKER MAN) (4K) – Robin Hardy (UK/Northern Ireland)

‘LA MÁSCARA DEL DEMONIO’ – Lamberto Bava (Italy)

‘DRAGON LIVES AGAIN’ – Chi Chih Lo (Hong Kong)

‘MUNDO CANÍBAL, MUNDO SALVAJE’ – Ruggero Deodato (Italy)

‘SIESTA’ – Mary Lambert (USA)

‘STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE – THE DIRECTOR’S EDITION’ – Robert Wise (USA)

Noves Visions

‘CONTEMPT’ (4K) – Jean-Luc Godard (France/Italy) (Special Screening)

‘EMBRYO LARVA BUTTERFLY’ – Kyros Papavassiliou (Grecia/Chipre)

‘EN ATTENDANT LA NUIT’ – Céline Rouzet (France)

‘HALFWAY HOME’ – Madarász Isti (Hungary)

‘HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKS CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON’ – Ariane Louis-Seize (Canada)

‘HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS’ – Mike Cheslik (USA)

‘IN MY MOTHER’S SKIN’ – Kenneth Dagatan (Philippines/Singapore/Taiwan)

‘LA ÚLTIMA NOCHE DE SANDRA M.’ – Borja de la Vega (Spain)

‘LUKA’ – Jessica Woodworth (Belgium/Italy/Netherlands/Bulgaria/Armenia)

‘MIMÌ – PRINCE OF DARKNESS’ – Brando de Sica (Italy)

‘MONDAYS: SEE YOU “THIS” WEEK!’ – Ryo Takebayashi (Japan)

‘MONOLITH’ – Matt Vesely (Australia)

‘MOON GARDEN’ – Ryan Stevens Harris (USA)

‘MOTEL MELATI’ – Mike Wiluan, Billy Christian (Indonesia, Singapore)

‘MY ANIMAL’ – Jacqueline Castel (Canada)

‘PANDEMONIUM’ – Quarxx (France)

‘RAGING GRACE’ – Paris Zarcilla (United Kingdom/Northern Ireland)

‘RIVER’ – Junta Yamaguchi (Japan)

‘TELA DE ARAÑA (COBWEB)’ – Kim Jee-won (South Korea)

‘THE FUNERAL’ – Orçun Behram (Turquía)

‘THE INVISIBLE FIGHT’ – Rainer Sarnet (Estonia/Lituania/Grecia/Finlandia)

‘THE LAST ASHES’ – Loïc Tanson (Belgium/Luxembourg)

‘THE UNCLE’ – David Kapac, Andrija Mardesic (Serbia/Croatia)

‘THE VOURDALAK’ – Adrien Beau (France)

‘WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS’ – Zelda Adams, John Adams, Toby Poser (USA)

Sitges Documenta

‘A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE’ – Jeremy Coon, Steve Kozak (USA)

‘DARIO ARGENTO PANICO’ (4K) – Simone Scafidi (United Kingdom/Northern Ireland)

‘DREAM TIME’ – Claudio Lattanzi (Italy)

‘ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE’ – David Gregory (USA)

‘KAIDAN. STRANGE STORIES OF JAPANESE GHOSTS’ – Yves Montmayeur (France)

‘KIM’S VIDEO’ (4K) – David Redmon, Ashley Sabin (USA)

‘LIVING WITH CHUCKY’ – Kyra Elise Gardner (USA)

‘LOCH NESS: THEY CREATED A MONSTER’ – John MacLaverty (United Kingdom)

‘MUJERES SIN CENSURA’ – Eva Vizcarra (Spain)

‘OTRA PELÍCULA MALDITA’ – Alberto Fasce (Argentina)

‘THE HISTORY OF METAL AND HORROR’ – Mike Schiff (USA)

‘SATAN WANTS YOU’ – Sean Horlor, Steve J. Adams, Sean Horlor (Canada)

‘SHARKSPLOITATION’ – Stephen Scarlata (USA)

‘SPOOKTACULAR!’ – Quinn Monahan (USA)

‘THE DARK SIDE OF SOCIETY’ – Larry Wade Carrell (USA)

‘THE J-HORROR VIRUS’ – Sarah Appleton, Jasper Sharp (Japan, United Kingdom)

‘UN MILLÓN DE ZOMBIES: LA HISTORIA DE PLAGA ZOMBIE’ – Nicanor Loreti, Camilo de Cabo (Argentina)

‘YOU CAN CALL ME BILL’ – Alexandre O. Philippe (USA)

Retrospectiva – Ciudad Pánico

‘AMENAZA EN LA SOMBRA’ – Nicolas Roeg (United Kingdom)

‘HOLLYWOOD 90028’ (4K) – Christina Hornisher (USA)

‘PÁJAROS DE CIUDAD’ – Jose María Sánchez Álvaro (Spain/Italy)

‘EL ALMUERZO DESNUDO’ (4K) – David Cronenberg (Canada/United Kingdom)

‘LA CASA SIN FRONTERAS’ – Pedro Olea (Spain)

‘GOD TOLD ME TO’ – Larry Cohen (USA)

‘LOS ÚLTIMOS DÍAS’ – Àlex Pastor, David Pastor (Spain)

Midnight X-Treme

‘ALL YOU NEED IS BLOOD’ – Cooper Roberts (USA)

‘KILL’ – Nikhil Nagest Bhat (India)

‘MAD CATS’ – Reiki Tsuno (Japan)

‘OS REVIENTO’ – Kike Narcea (Spain)

‘THE WELL’ – Federico Zampaglione (Italy)

‘THE WRATH OF BECKY’ – Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote (USA)

‘TRIGGERED’ – Richard V. Somes (Philippines)

‘WE ARE ZOMBIES’- François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell (Canada)

‘WINNIE THE POOH: MIEL Y SANGRE’ – Rhys Frake-Waterfield (United Kingdom)

Brigadoon

‘IL BOSS’ – Fernando Di Leo (Italy)

‘OTRA PELÍCULA MALDITA’ – Alberto Fasce, Mario Varela (Argentina)

‘ALGUIEN TE ESTÁ MIRANDO’ -Gustavo Cova, Horacio Maldonado (Argentina)

‘AUXILIO’ – Tamae Garateguy (Argentina)

‘UN MILLÓN DE ZOMBIES: LA HISTORIA DE PLAGA ZOMBIE’ – Nicanor Loretti, Camilo de Cabo (Argentina)

‘PLAGA ZOMBIE’ – Pablo Parés, Hernán Sáez (Argentina)

‘LA DAMA ROJA MATA SIETE VECES’ – Emilio P. Miraglia (Italy)

‘THORNS’ – Douglas Schulze (USA)

‘SHARKSPLOITATION’ – Stephen Scarlata (USA)

‘MONSTER HEAVEN: GHOST HERO’ – Makoto Tezuka (Japan)

‘CUT AND RUN’ – Ruggero Deodato (Italy)

‘MUJERES SIN CENSURA’- Eva Vizcarra (Spain)

‘TAKE A HARD RIDE (POR LA SENDA MÁS DURA)’- Antonio Margheriti (Italy)

‘MARIA’S STOMACH’- Hideyuki Hirayama (Japan)

‘LOS INVASORES DEL ABISMO’ – Ruggero Deodato (Italy)

‘TINTORERA’ – René Cardona Jr (Mexico)

‘ALLA RICERCA DEL PIACERE’ – Silvio Amadio (Italy)

‘SAMURAI NINJA ONIMANJI’ – Yoshihiro Nishimura (Japan)

‘TIBURÓN 3 – L’ULTIMO SQUALO’ – Enzo G. Castellari (Italy)

‘DOOR’ – Benmei Takahashi (Japan)

‘MILÁN CALIBRE 9 (MILANO CALIBRO 9)’ -Fernando di Leo (Italy)

‘BLOOD SUCKING TREE’ – Shunji Iwai, Masaharu Ota & Akira Yoneta (Japan)

‘EL PANTANO DE LOS CUERVOS’ – Manuel Caño (Spain)

‘THE DARKSIDE OF SOCIETY’ – Larry Wade Carrell (USA)

‘MARIA’ – Gabriel Grieco & Nicanor Loreti (Argentina)

‘LA VENGANZA DE LA MOMIA’ -Carlos Aured (Spain)

‘IL MUSEO DEGLI ORRORI DI DARIO ARGENTO’ – Luigi Cozzi (Italy)

‘THE BARN PART II’– Justin M. Seaman (USA)

‘OLDBOY’ – Park Chan-Wook (South Korea)

‘LA TARÁNTULA DEL VIENTRE NEGRO’ – Paolo Cavara (Italy)

‘SANTO CONTRA LOS ZOMBIES’ – Benito Alazraki (Mexico)

‘HUMANOID PUPPET’ – Hidehiro Ito (Japan)