59th Sitges Film Festival

Sitges — Catalonia International Fantastic Film Festival

8–18 October 2026 · Sitges, Catalonia, Spain

128 films across 13 sections · 6 prizes

  • Opened with Found Alive
  • Closed with Wicker
October 8–18, 2026

Time Machine Award

Robert Eggers, American filmmaker

Venues 1

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The festival's main hall. Its programme names the films, not the rooms.

The prizes

Time Machine Award

Robert Eggers, American filmmaker

Yuen Woo-ping, Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and film director

Takashi Shimizu, Japanese filmmaker

Mark L. Lester, American film director, screenwriter, and producer

Bob Murawski, American film editor and distributor

Nosferatu Award

Bárbara Rey, Spanish film and television actress

Grand Honorary Awards

Danny DeVito, American actor, comedian and filmmaker

Amy Irving, American actress and singer

Kevin Bacon, American actor

Kyra Sedgwick, American film and television actress

Peter Jackson, New Zealand filmmaker, entrepreneur and visual effects pioneer

WomanInFan Award

Adrienne Barbeau, American actress and author

Meiko Kaji, Japanese actress and singer

Méliès Career Award

Alejandro Amenábar, Chilean-Spanish film director, screenwriter and composer

Industry Award

[[

es:Bernardo Bergeret|Bernardo Bergeret]], cultural and artistic manager, record producer and promoter of Argentine cinema internationally

David Gregory, American television personality and the former host of NBC News' Sunday morning talk show Meet the Press

Jorge Gabarró, Producer, writer

Opening film 1

Closing film 1

Secció Oficial Fantàstic a Competició 22

Sitges Collection 17

Noves Visions 11

Panorama 12

Brigadoon 11

Anima't 10

Seven Chances 7

Sitges Clàssics 5

Midnight X-Treme 19

Òrbita 8

Sitges Family 4