2008 (41st) Sitges Film Festival

Profile

• Film Festival: Sitges Film Festival
• Period: October 2nd-10th, 2008
• Location: Sitges, Catalonia, Spain

Awards

OFICIAL FANTÀSTIC

• Best Motion Picture: - "Surveillance" - Jennifer Lynch
• Special Jury Award: - "Eden Lake" - James Watkins
• Best Director: Kim Jee-Woon - "The Good, The Bad, The Weird"
• Best Actor: Brian Cox - "Red"
• Best Actress: - Semra Turan - " Fighter"
• Best Script: - Alexis Alexiou - "Tale 52"
• Best Cinematography: - Angus Hudson - " The Broken"
• Best Production Design - Tulé Peak - "Blindness"
• Best Make Up FX: - Bendit Lestang & Adrien Morot - "Martyrs"
• Best Special Effects: - Do-Ahn Jung - "The Good, the Bad, and the Weird"
• Best Original Soundtrack: Kenji Kawai - "The Sky Crawlers"
• Best Short Film: "Next Floor" - Denis Villeneuve
  • Special Mention: "Centigrade" - Collin Cunningham

Carnet Jove Jury

• Best Motion Picture FANTÀSTIC - "The Sky Crawlers" - Mamoru Oshii / "Vinyan" - Fabrice du Welz
• Best Motion Picture MIDNIGHT X-TREME - "Encarnaçaô do Demônio" - José Mojica Marins

Noves Visions SEAT

• Best Motion Picture - "Los Bastardos" - Amat Escalante
• Special Mention - "God's Puzzle" - Takashi Miike

ORIENT EXPRESS - CASA ÀSIA

• Best Motion Picture: "The Chaser" - Hong-jin Na

Other Awards:

• AUDIENCE AWARD EL PERIÓDICO DE CATALUNYA - Best Motion Picture: "Blindness" - Fernando Meirelles
• Jose Luis Guarner Critic Award: "The Sky Crawlers" - Mamoru Oshii

East Asian Films @ 41st Sitges Film Festival

IN COMPETITION OFFICIAL FANTÀSTIC SELECTION

• "Blindness" - Fernando Meirelles (Brazil/Japan/Canada)
• "Crows: Episode 0" - Takashi Miike (Japan)
• "Hansel and Gretel" - Pil-Sung Yim (South Korea)
• "The Chaser" - Hong-jin Na (South Korea)
• "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" - Kim Jee-Woon (South Korea)
• "The Sky Crawlers" - Mamoru Oshii (Japan)
• "Tokyo!" - Joon-ho Bong/Leos Carax/Michel Gondry (Japan/France)

OUT-OF-COMPETITION OFFICIAL FANTÀSTIC SELECTION

• "Dachimawa Lee" - Seung-wan Ryoo (South Korea)
• "Mongol" - Sergei Bodrov (Kazakhstan/Russia/Mongolia/Germany)

Others

• "Sukiyaki Western Django" - Takashi Miike (Japan)
• "Mad Detective" - Johnny To / Ka-Fai Wai (Hong Kong)
• "Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox" - Seong-kang Lee (South Korea)
• "Kaidan" - Hideo Nakata (Japan)
• "King Boxer" - Chang-hwa Jeong (Hong Kong)
• "Our Town" - Gil-young Jeong (South Korea)
• "Queen of Black Magic" - Liliek Sudjio (Indonesia/Japan/Philippines)
• "The Butcher" - Jin-won Kim (Korea)
• "M" - Myung-se Lee (South Korea)
• "Beautiful" - Jae-heung Jeon (South Korea)
• "The Warlords" - Peter Chan (Peter Chan)
• "Tokyo Gore Police" - Yoshihiro Nishimura (Japan)
• "20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End" - Yukihiko Tsutsumi (Japan)
• "God's Puzzle" - Takashi Miike (Japan)
• "The Moss" - Chi-kin Kwok (Hong Kong)
• "The Last Princess" - Shinji Higuchi (Japan)
• "Chocolate" - Prachya Pinkaew (Thailand)
• "Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone" - Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno (Japan)
• "Ghost vs. Alien 03" - Takashi Shimizu, Keisuke Toyoshima (Japan)
• "The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit" - Minoru Kawasaki (Japan)
• "Exte" - Sion Sono (Japan)
• "Ichi" - Fumihiko Sori (Japan)
• "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea" - Hayao Miyazaki (Japan)