‘I Origins’ award for best film of the Festival of Sitges – Information

EP / Sitges (Barcelona)

The film ‘ I Origins ‘, Mike Cahill has won Saturday’s Best Picture Award 4 7th Festival of Fantastic Film Sitges (Barcelona), as reported in a press conference the festival director Angel Sala.

Although ‘I Origins’ was film on which the jury had more discussions , emphasized that “dares to do very big questions and mixed with love, science and controversial issues, “said one of its members, Charles de Lauzirika, who confessed that this was his favorite movie.

Ha exalted is very well run and, also includes great performances and philosophical issues, and although there issues that can generate discussion, are irrelevant if you consider the quality of the performances. “It was the best and most beautiful”

Han served on the jury Sebastian Aloi, Charles de Lauzirika, Blake Ethridge, Pablo Helman and Alejo Cuervo, who has hinted that “the discussion for this film was difficult,” while Aloi has remarked that there were 40 films of very high level.

“Looking full: production carry weight, the characters have weight, the music … It’s hard to find that.” has provided Helman

Hall explained that the festival has sold about 58,000 tickets, the same as last year, which shows that the public is very accurate, with record numbers: “ Today you know the minute the reactions of the audience in the room , on Twitter or Facebook is the year that people have left happier level of movies, “he said.

” I am pleased that the public has found that quality I think it’s a good sign, “said Hall, who has also held a variety of movies scheduled, which is reflected in the record, with low intensity science fiction, horror that breaks the mold and play a movie young actors and directors new batch.

The Special Jury Prize was for ‘The Babadook’ Jennifer Kent, a Gothic classic that does not depend on gore, is a “very scary movie and classy” have expressed; while the award for Best Director has been to ‘Cub’, Jonas Govaerts, whose film is very well run and manages to catch the viewer into the story from beginning to end, and the power of the soundtrack, have argued.

The Awards for Best Actor were for Nathan Phillips for the film ‘These Final hours’ Zak Hilditch and for Koji Yakusho by’ The World of Kanako ‘by Tetsuya Nakashima; while in the case of these, the Awards for Best Actress are Essie Davis for her role in ‘The Babadook’ by Jennifer Kent, and also to Julianne Moore for her role in ‘Maps to the stars’ by David Cronenberg.

“It is an important decision that needs to be done,” said juror Paul Helman, who has revealed that they decided to make a tie awards actors.

The festival has considered the Best Screenplay of ‘Young Ones’, Jake Palltrow; Best Cinematography for the film ‘Jamie Marks is dead’ by Carter Smith; Best Special for ‘The Signal’ by William Eubank, Effects and Best Short Film Award was for ‘Oscar Desafinado’ Mikel Alvariños, a short film by Spanish nationality.

Hall explained that before the large volume of festival films have deserved a special mention Productions’ Pos that, “Sam; ‘What we do in the shadows’, Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement; ‘A girl walks home alone at night’, Lily Ann Amirpour, and ‘Spring’ by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.

Among the awards given by the public, the Audience Award has been to ‘What we do in the shadows’ , Taika Waititi and Jemanine Clement, and awards voted by the viewers of the contest have been in the Official Selection Orbit for ‘Hyena’ by Gerard Johnson Best Movie; ‘Cold in July’ by Jim Mickle as Best Director, and special mention to ’71′ by Yann Demange.