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The British film Moon seems to have shone at Sitges, the Fantasy and Horror Film Festival of Catalonia. Apart from the Award for Best Motion Picture, the film also won the Award for Best Screenplay. Writer Nathan Parkers script was based on a story by the director himself, Duncan Jones, son of singer David Bowie. Sam Rockwells performance as the hero earned him a prize and the production design was also a winner.
The only representative of Spain to win a prize was Elena Anaya, who obtained the Best Actress Award for her performance in
The audience decided to award their prize to the comedy Zombieland , the first film by Ruben Fleischer, which is having great success in the USA. Last of the Official Fantastic Selection is the Award for Best Makeup Effects, which went to Kaatje Van Damme for her work on Mr. Nobody and the Award for Best Special Effects, presented to KNB EFX Group for Splice .
The Official Section Jury also considered One of Those Days by Hattie Dalton to be the Best Short, and gave a special mention to The Boy Who Wouldnt Kill by Linus de Paoli.
The awards from the other sections are as follows:
CARNET JOVE JURY AWARD (Jury: Arnau Vilaro, Sergi Fabregat, Arantza Marichalar, Joan Sala and Isabel Salvador). Best Motion Picture from the Official Fantastic Selection (ex-aequo): Dogtooth by Yorgos Lanthimos and Les derniers jours du monde<(i> by Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu; Best Motion Picture from the MIDNIGHT X-TREME section: Wasting Away by Matthew Kohnen
NOVES VISIONS AWARD (Jurado: Stephanie Billeter, Marc Helwig and Pedro Usabiaga). Best Film: Deliver us from Evil by Ole Bornedal (special mention: Van Diemens Land by Jonathan auf der Heide); Non-Fiction Diploma: Best Worst Movie by Michael Paul Stephenson; Discovery Diploma: Amer by Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani.
SGAE INSTITUT BUÑUEL NOVA AUTORIA AWARD (Jury: Roser Aguilar, Lluis Bonet Mojica, Albert Sole and Joan Valent). Best Director: Swingers by Javier Rodriguez Espinosa, presented by ESCAC-Escandalo Films; Best Screenplay: 44987373-V by Robert Ors Griera, presented by the Centre dEstudis Cinematografics de Catalunya (CECC); Best Original Score: The Last Drag by Gonçal Perales Roy, presented by the Centre dEstudis de Tecniques dAnimacio de Catalunya 9 ZEROS; SPECIAL MENTION for general quality of the work: Pin up by Tania Verduzco, presented by the Centre dEstudis Cinematografics de Catalunya (CECC).
ORIENT EXPRESS - CASA ASIA (Jury: Fausto Fernandez, Luis M. Rosales and Marc Walkow). Best Picture: Ip Man by Yip Wai-shun.
ANIMA'T Gertie Award (Jury: Fausto Fernandez, Luis M. Rosales and Marc Walkow). Best Animated feature Film: Summer Wars by Mamoru Hosoda; Best Animated Short Film: Le petit dragon by Bruno Collet; Best Animated Feature Film for Children: Panique au village (A Town Called Panic ) by Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar.
MELIES DARGENT (Jury: Tim League, Toni Messa and Antje Nikkola Monning). Melies dArgent for Best European Motion Picture: The Eclipse by Conor McPherson; Melies dArgent for Best European Short Film: One of Those Days by Hattie Dalton.
MELIES DOR Melies dOr for Best European Motion Picture: Martyrs by Pascal Laugier; Melies dOr for Best European Short Film: Cold and Dry by Kristoffer Joner, co.directed and produced by Bjørn Arne Odden.
Grand Audience Award (El Periodico de Catalunya) Best Motion Picture: Zombieland by Ruben Fleischer
CRITICS AWARD (Jury: Desiree de Fez, Imma Merino and Eulalia Iglesias). Jose Luis Guarner Critics Award: Les derniers jours du monde by Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu; Citizen Kane Award for Best New Director: Dogtooth by Yorgos Lanthimos
BRIGADOON AWARD (Jury: Domingo Lopez Tortosa, Diego Lopez Fernandez and Jose Martos Arroyo). Best short Film: Torbellino de hostias by Adrian Cardona
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