Sitges Pushes Women in Genre

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Callum McLennan Broadening a multi-front action initiative, Sitges is pushing women in genre. WomenInFan, one of the major platforms at this year’s Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, which runs Oct.

6-16, looks set to provide a full development program for female genre filmmaking. On this year’s agenda is a contest to obtain financing for a short-teaser, which Sitges Foundation Manager, Mònica Garcia Massagué said will provide “a future filmmaker the opportunity to have a market tool.” A book of essays titled “WomanInFan” and sub-titled as a  “Topography of Fantastic Genre Films Directed by Women,” will be presented withambitions to give a past, present and future take on women in genre cinema.

Sitges will stage a panel with Booker-shortlisted author Mariana Enríquez, Carlota Pereda, director of Austin Fantastic Fest winner “Piggy,” film programmer and writer Heidi Honeycutt, and author-director-producer Kier-La Janisse.

The festival will also offer grants for initiatives highlighting or supporting women in genre, produce posters of 20 great women creators and give a foretaste of a 2023 exhibition on monsters and nightmares created by women.