# 57th Sitges Film Festival

The 57th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia took place from 3 October to 13, 2024, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller film Presence opened the festival, while Alexandre Aja's survival horror film Never Let Go served as the festival's closing film. Austrian historical horror film The Devil's Bath, directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, won the Best Film award.

## Background

While some films were announced in July 2024, the complete lineup was revealed on 10 September 2024. The festival's poster, commissioned to design agency CHINA and created through chemical techniques on photography, pays hommage to Tod Browning's 1932 horror film Freaks.
Australian actor Geoffrey Rush will be honoured with the Honorary Grand Prize (Gran Premi Honorífic). French director Alexandre Aja, English actor Nick Frost, American filmmaker Mike Flanagan, American actor Corey Feldman, American actress Heather Langenkamp, Greek-Italian film producer Ovidio G. Assonitis, and American director Fred Dekker, all will be recognized with the Time Machine Award (Premi Màquina del Temps). Additionally, Italian actor Fabio Testi will received the Nosferatu Award (Premio Nosferatu) while French director Christophe Gans will be honored with the Premio Méliès Career, presented by the Méliès International Festivals Federation. On 24 September, it was announced that American actor Giancarlo Esposito will also be honored wit the Time Machine Award, while Spanish director Mar Targarona will be recognized with the WomanInFan Award.

## Juries

The juries consists of the following members:

### Main competition

* Fred Dekker, American screenwriter and film director.
* Stephen Thrower, English musician and author.
* Carlota Pereda, Spanish director and screenwriter.
* Christophe Gans, French director, producer and screenwriter.
* Lisa Dreyer, director of Fantastic Fest.

### Noves Visions

* José Enrique Monterde, Spanish journalist and film critic.
* Rebecca de Pas, Spanish festival programmer.
* Olivia Cooper-Hadjian, French film critic and festival curator.

### Anima't

* Bill Kopp, American animator, writer and voice actor.
* Verónica Buide, Spanish consultant, producer and president of Mujeres en la Industria de la Animación (MIA).
* Juanjo Sáez, Spanish cartoonist and illustrator.

### Blood Window / Òrbita

* Roxana Ramos, Argentine film producer.
* Douglas Buck, American director and film editor.
* Nahikari Ipiña [es], Spanish film producer.

### Méliès d'Argent

* Álex Mendíbil, Spanish screenwriter and researcher.
* Marysia Nikitiuk, Ukrainian director, screenwriter and fiction writer.
* Victoria McCollum, Northern Irish researcher.

### Brigadoon

* Nerea Torrijos, Spanish costume designer.
* Ivan Villamel, Spanish film producer.
* Mariona Borrull Zapata, Spanish journalist and film critic.

### Crítica / Méliès d'Or

* Josep M. Bunyol, Spanish film critic.
* Paola Franco, Spanish film critic.
* Sergi Sánchez, Spanish film critic.

### SGAE Nova Autoria

* Jaume Balagueró, Spanish director and screenwriter.
* Aina Clotet, Spanish actress and director.
* Francesc Gener Rius, Spanish film composer.

## Sections

The films selected for each section are as follows:

### Official selection
#### In competition

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the official competition section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 2073 | 2073 | Asif Kapadia | United Kingdom |
| A Different Man | A Different Man | Aaron Schimberg | United States |
| Animale | Animale | Emma Benestan | France, Belgium |
| Azrael | Azrael | E.L. Katz | United States |
| Basileia | Basileia | Isabella Torre | Italy, Sweden |
| Still Life with Ghosts | Bodegón con fantasmas | Enrique Buleo | Spain, Serbia |
| Bury Your Dead | Enterre seus mortos | Marco Dutra | Brazil |
| Call of Water | Dans l'eau | Élise Otzenberger | France |
| Continent | Continente | Davi Pretto | Brazil, France, Argentina |
| Daniela Forever | Daniela Forever | Nacho Vigalondo | Spain, Belgium |
| Desert Road | Desert Road | Shannon Triplett | United States |
| The Devil's Bath | Des Teufels Bad | Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala | Austria, Germany |
| The Second Act | Le Deuxième Acte | Quentin Dupieux | France |
| Else | Else | Thibault Emin | France, Belgium |
| Escape from the 21st Century | 从21世纪安全撤离 | Li Yang | China |
| Exhuma | 파묘 | Jang Jae-hyun | South Korea |
| Fréwaka | Fréwaka | Aislinn Clarke | Ireland |
| Get Away | Get Away | Steffen Haars | United Kingdom |
| Ghost Cat Anzu | 化け猫あんずちゃん | Yōko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita | Japan |
| Luna | Luna | Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas | Spain |
| MadS | MadS | David Moreau | France |
| Meanwhile on Earth | Pendant ce temps sur terre | Jéremy Clapin | France |
| Mr. K | Mr. K | Tallulah H. Schwab | Belgium, Netherlands, Norway |
| Nightbitch | Nightbitch | Marielle Heller | United States |
| Night Silence | Cisza nocna | Bartosz M. Kowalski | Poland |
| Planet B | Planet B | Aude Léa Rapin | France |
| Rich Flu | Rich Flu | Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia | Spain |
| Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass | Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass | Brothers Quay | United Kingdom, Poland, Germany |
| Sister Midnight | Sister Midnight | Karan Kandhari | United Kingdom, India, Sweden |
| Strange Darling | Strange Darling | JT Mollner | United States |
| The Rule of Jenny Pen | The Rule of Jenny Pen | James Ashcroft | New Zealand |
| Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In | 九龍城寨之圍城 | Soi Cheang | Hong Kong |
| A Whale | Una ballena | Pablo Hernando [es] | Spain |
    Highlighted title indicates Best Feature Film winner.

#### Out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of the competition section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Sitges Collection ||||
| Apartment 7A | Apartment 7A | Natalie Erika James | United States |
| Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End | Apocalipsis Z: El principio del fin | Carles Torrens | Spain |
| Arcadian | Arcadian | Benjamin Brewer | United States, Canada, Ireland |
| Bookworm | Bookworm | Ant Timpson | New Zealand |
| Cuckoo | Cuckoo | Tilman Singer | Germany, United States |
| Dead Talents Society | 鬼才之道 | John Hsu | Taiwan |
| The Wailing | El llanto | Pedro Martín-Calero | Spain, Argentina, France |
| Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning | 퇴마록 | Kim Dong-chul | South Korea |
| Ghost Killer | ゴーストキラー | Kensuke Sonomura | Japan |
| Ick | Ick | Joseph Kahn | United States |
| The American Backyard | L'orto americano | Pupi Avati | Italy |
| The Substance | The Substance | Coralie Fargeat | United States, United Kingdom, France |
| Please Don't Feed the Children | Please Don't Feed the Children | Destry Allyn Spielberg | United States |
| Special Screenings ||||
| Escape | Escape | Rodrigo Cortés | Spain |
| Never Let Go (closing film) | Never Let Go (closing film) | Alexandre Aja | United States |
| 'Salem's Lot | 'Salem's Lot | Gary Dauberman | United States |
| Hush | Hush | Mike Flanagan | United States |
| House of Spoils | House of Spoils | Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy | United States |
| Presence (opening film) | Presence (opening film) | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
| Rose & Samurai 2: Return of the Pirate Queen | Rose & Samurai 2: Return of the Pirate Queen | Hidenori Inoue | Japan |
| Terrifier 3 | Terrifier 3 | Damien Leone | United States |
| The Soul Eater | Le Mangeur d'Âmes | Alexandre Bustillo, Julie Maury | France, Belgium |
| The Wild Robot | The Wild Robot | Chris Sanders | United States |

### Órbita

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Órbita section, for films that "stand out for their unique approach and their audience appeal":
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 100 Yards | 门前宝地 | Xu Junfeng, Xu Haofeng | China |
| Cloud | クラウド | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| Confession | 告白 | Nobuhiro Yamashita | Japan |
| Diabolik: Who Are You? | Diabolik chi sei? | Antonio and Marco Manetti | Italy |
| Escape | 탈주 | Lee Jong-pil | South Korea |
| The Roundup: Punishment | 범죄도시4 | Heo Myung-haeng | South Korea |
| I, the Executioner | 베테랑2 | Ryoo Seung-wan | South Korea |
| Maldoror | Maldoror | Fabrice Du Welz | Belgium, France |
| Night Call | La nuit se traîne | Michael Blanchart | Belgium, France |
| Steppenwolf | Steppenwolf | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan |
| The Goldfinger | 金手指 | Felix Chong | Hong Kong |
| The Kingdom | Le Royaume | Julien Colonna | France |
| Zero | Zero | Jean Luc Herbulot | United States |
| Special Sessions ||||
| Beating Hearts | L'Amour ouf | Gilles Lellouche | France, Belgium |
| The Moon Thieves | 盜月者 | Steve Yuen | Hong Kong |
    Highlighted title indicates Órbita winner.

### Anima't

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Anima't section, for animated films:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Dalia y el Libro Rojo | Dalia y el Libro Rojo | David Bisbano | Argentina, Spain, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia |
| Diplodocus | Diplodocus | Wojtek Wawszczyk | Poland, Czech Republic |
| Mariposas Negras | Mariposas Negras | David Baute | Spain, Panama |
| Memoir of a Snail | Memoir of a Snail | Adam Elliot | Australia |
| Night of the Zoopocalypse | Night of the Zoopocalypse | Ricardo Curtis, Rodrigo Perez-Castro | Canada, France, Belgium |
| Pig that Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease | 구제역에서 살아 돌아온 돼지 | Hur Bum-wook | South Korea |
| Savages | Sauvages | Claude Barras | Switzerland |
| Spermageddon | Spermageddon | Tommy Wirkola, Rasmus A. Sivertsen | Norway |
| The Colors Within | きみの色 | Naoko Yamada | Japan |
| The Glassworker | شیشہ گر | Usman Riaz | Pakistan |
| The Storm | 大雨 | Yang Zhigang | China |
| The Umbrella Fairy | 伞少女 | Jie Shen | China |
| Special Sessions ||||
| Fox and Hare Save the Forest | Vos & Haas redden het bos | Mascha Halberstad | Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg |
    Highlighted title indicates Anima't winner.

### Noves Visions

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Noves Visions section, for films "with fantastic genre themes, committed to experimentation, new languages and formats, and the hybridization of genres":
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| A Desert | A Desert | Joshua Erkman | United States |
| Body Odyssey | Body Odyssey | Grazia Tricarico | Italy, Switzerland |
| Centaures de la Nit | Centaures de la Nit | Marc Recha | Spain |
| Dead Mail | Dead Mail | Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghy | United States |
| Electric Child | Electric Child | Simon Jaquemet | Switzerland, Germany, Philippines |
| Gazer | Gazer | Ryan J. Sloan | United States |
| Infinite Summer | Infinite Summer | Miguel Llansó | Estonia, Spain |
| It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This | It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This | Rachel Kempf, Nick Toti | United States |
| The Hyperboreans | Los hiperbóreos | Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León | Chile |
| Love Me | Love Me | Sam and Andy Zuchero | United States |
| Mi Bestia | Mi Bestia | Camila Beltrán | Colombia, France |
| Pepe | Pepe | Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias | Dominican Republic, Namibia, Germany, France |
| Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust | Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust | Ishan Shukla | India, France, Germany |
| Sew Torn | Sew Torn | Freddy Macdonald | United States, Switzerland |
| She Loved Blossoms More | She Loved Blossoms More | Yannis Veslemes | Greece, France |
| Spirit in the Blood | Spirit in the Blood | Carly May Borgstrom | Germany, Canada |
| The Gesuidouz | ザ・ゲスイドウズ | Ken'ichi Ugana | Japan |
| The Killers | 더 킬러스 | Roh Deok, Kim Jong-kwan, Jang Hang-jun, Lee Myung-se | South Korea |
| Things Will Be Different | Things Will Be Different | Michael Felker | United States |
| Timestalker | Timestalker | Alice Lowe | United Kingdom |
| Un Cuento de Pescadores | Un Cuento de Pescadores | Edgar Nito | Mexico |
| Witte Wieven | Witte Wieven | Didier Konings | Netherlands |
| Your Monster | Your Monster | Caroline Lindy | United States |
| Petit Format ||||
| Death of an Actor | Death of an Actor | Ambroise Rateau | France |
| Don't Forget | Don't Forget | Jeremy S. Thompson | Canada |
| The Evil Eye | El mal donat | Hector Mas, Alfons Canal | Andorra, Spain |
| Fishtank | Fishtank | Wendi Tang | United States, China |
| La Plaga | La Plaga | Gemma Capdevila | Spain |
| ME | ME | Don Hertzfeldt | United States |
| Satomi | Satomi | Rayner Wang | Japan, United States, Hong Kong |
| Say Wuff! | Say Wuff! | Fabian Podeszwa | Germany |
| Stills Moving | Stills Moving | Kevin Tsung-Hsuan Yeh | Taiwan |
| Strawberry Shortcake | Strawberry Shortcake | Deborah Devyn Chuang | Taiwan |
| The Image Seller | The Image Seller | Donavan Richard | Canada |
| The Law of Extinction of Pain | The Law of Extinction of Pain | Lee Wonjae | South Korea |
| The Tree of Sinners | The Tree of Sinners | Hiroyuki Onogawa, Rii Ishihara | Japan |
| Vinca Vision | Vinca Vision | Lazar Bodroza | Serbia |
| Special Sessions ||||
| Dragon Dilatation | Dragon Dilatation | Bertrand Mandico | France |
| The Fall (4K Director's Cut) | The Fall (4K Director's Cut) | Tarsem Singh | United States, India |
    Highlighted title indicates Noves Visions winner.

### Shorts

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Shorts section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Competition Fantàstic ||||
| Agonist | Agonist | Annie Marie Elliot | United States |
| Atom & Void | Atom & Void | Gonçalo Almeida | Portugal |
| Attachment Theory | Attachment Theory | Katherine Jackson | New Zealand |
| Bisected | Bisected | Daniel Piñeros | United States |
| Chew | Chew | Felix Dobaire | France |
| Cornucopia | Cornucopia | Andrew Kevelson | United States |
| Drizzle in Johnson | Drizzle in Johnson | Ivan Li | Canada, Hong Kong |
| From Me to You | From Me to You | Simret Cheema-Innis | Vietnam, United Kingdom |
| Humedad | Humedad | Julieta Quiroga | Argentina |
| Imago | Imago | Rafa Dengrá | Spain |
| Lui | Lui | Matthias Couquet | France |
| Lullaby | Lullaby | Chi Thai | United Kingdom |
| Magnum Opus | Magnum Opus | Nicholas Kozakis | Australia |
| Make Me a Pizza | Make Me a Pizza | Talia Shea Levin | United States |
| Malet | Malet | Roger Danès, Alfred Pérez-Fargas | Spain |
| Meat Puppet | Meat Puppet | Eros V | United Kingdom |
| One for the Road | One for the Road | Daniel Carsenty | United States, Germany |
| Shadow | Shadow | Kanell Allaway | United States |
| Skulk | Skulk | Max Ward | United Kingdom |
| Triangle | Triangle | Joseph Diaz | Spain |
| Anima't ||||
| Crimson Harbor | Crimson Harbor | Victor Bonafonte | Spain |
| Devil's Paradise | Ett Ont | Lars Henrik, Lisa Rydberg | Sweden |
| Dolores | Dolores | Cecilia Andalón | Mexico |
| Fish River Anthology | Mereneläviä | Veera Lamminpää | Finland |
| Free the Chickens | Free the Chickens | Matus Vizar | Slovakia, Czech Republic |
| Howl If You Love Me | Howl If You Love Me | John Dilworth | United States |
| Hurikán | Hurikán | Jan Saska | Czech Republic, France, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Inkwo for When the Starving Return | Inkwo for When the Starving Return | Amanda Strong | Canada |
| Joko | Joko | Iza Plucinska | Poland, Germany, Czech Republic |
| Kawauso | 獺 | Akihito Izuhara | Japan |
| The Fence | La Valla | Sam Orti | Spain |
| La Voix des Sirènes | La Voix des Sirènes | Gianluigi Toccafondo | France, Italy |
| Magic Candies | Magic Candies | Daisuke Nishio | Japan |
| Matta and Matto | Matta and Matto | Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp | Switzerland |
| Monsoon Blue | Monsoon Blue | Ellis Kayin Chan | Hong Kong |
| Shoes and Hooves | Shoes and Hooves | Viktória Traub | Hungary |
| Society of Clothes | Society of Clothes | Dahee Jeong | France, South Korea, Canada |
| Tennis, Oranges | Tennis, Oranges | Sean Pecknold | United States |
| The Hunt | The Hunt | Diogo Costa | Portugal, Spain, Japan, Netherlands |
| The Shadow of Dawn | The Shadow of Dawn | Olga Stalev | Estonia |
| Trompet Voice | Voz de trompeta | David Monarte, Pilar Smoje | Chile |
| When It Comes (It Will Have Your Eyes) | Etorriko da (Eta zure begiak izango ditu) | Izibene Oñederra | Spain |
| Brigadoon ||||
| Céntrico | Céntrico | Luso Martínez | Spain |
| El Fantasma de la Mediocridad | El Fantasma de la Mediocridad | Naxo Fiol | Spain |
| Escape | Escape | Lorenzo Manetti | United States |
| Este Será el Último. Naxo Fiol y su Cámara | Este Será el Último. Naxo Fiol y su Cámara | Xavier Guillaumes, Carlos J. Lafuente Cerdán | Spain |
| Forgive Me | Forgive Me | Cameron Sun | United States |
| Hive | Hive | Felipe Vargas Ferrufino | United States |
| The Harvest | The Harvest | David Barrera, Manuel Carballo | Spain |
| The Harvester | The Harvester | Gavin Bradley, Andrew Allen | United States |
| Voyager | Voyager | Pablo Pagán | Spain |
| Will Helm | Will Helm | Bobby Roe | United States |
| Special Screenings ||||
| Help I'm Alien Pregnant | Help I'm Alien Pregnant | THUNDERLIPS | New Zealand |
| Kokuhaku | Kokuhaku | Adrià Guxens | Spain |
| Los Comensales | Los Comensales | MJ Fuentes Mateos | Spain |
| Tengo Que Acabar el Puto TFM | Tengo Que Acabar el Puto TFM | Estíbaliz Burgaleta, Andrea Casaseca | Spain |
| The Merchant | The Merchant | Gabriel Campoy, Guillem Lafoz | Spain |
| Special Sessions ||||
| Combinados de Ficción | Combinados de Ficción | Various directors | Spain |
| Spain ||
| Spain ||
| Imagen DEATH | Imagen DEATH | Adrián López | Spain |

### Panorama

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Panorama section, for films previously screened at non-Spanish film festivals:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| A Mother's Embrace | A Mother's Embrace | Criatian Ponce | Brazil |
| A Samurai in Time | 侍タイムスリッパー | Junichi Yasuda | Japan |
| Bone Lake | Bone Lake | Mercedes Bryce Morgan | United States |
| Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever | Nattevagten 2 - Dæmoner går i arv | Ole Bornedal | Denmark |
| Estela | Estela | Adrián Araujo | Mexico, Spain |
| Handsome Guys | 핸섬가이즈 | Nam Dong-hyeop | South Korea |
| Historias de Halloween | Historias de Halloween | Kiko Prada | Spain |
| Inexternal | 裡應外合 | Steve Yuen | Hong Kong |
| Kryptic | Kryptic | Kourtney Roy | Canada, United Kingdom |
| Little Bites | Little Bites | Spider One | United States |
| Mr. Crocket | Mr. Crocket | Brandon Espy | United States |
| Noise | 노이즈 | Kim Soo-jin | South Korea |
| Oddity | Oddity | Damian McCarthy | Ireland |
| Párvulos | Párvulos | Isaac Ezband | Mexico |
| Peg O' My Heart | 贖夢 | Nicholas Cheung Ka-fai | Hong Kong |
| Push | Push | David Charbonier, Justin Powell | United States |
| Respati | Malam Pencabut Nyawa | Sidharta Tata | Indonesia |
| Resvrgis | Resvrgis | Francesco Carnesecchi | Italy |
| Tenement | អ្នកស្នងអគារ | Sokyou Chea, Inrasothythep Neth | Cambodia |
| The Beldham | The Beldham | Angela Gulner | United States |
| The Damned | The Damned | Thordur Palsson | United Kingdom, Iceland, Ireland, Belgium, United States |
| Touched by Eternity | Mūžības skartie | Mārcis Lācis | Latvia |
| U Are the Universe | Ти – Космос | Pavlo Ostrikov | Ukraine, Belgium |
| V/H/S/Beyond | V/H/S/Beyond | Jordan Downey, Christian Long, Justin Long, Justin Martínez, Virat Pal, Kate Siegel, Jay Cheel | United States |
| Within the Pines | Within the Pines | Paul Evans Thomas | Australia |

### Serial Sitges

The following series were selected to be screened as a part of the Serial Sitges section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| El Mal Invisible (episodes 1 & 2) | El Mal Invisible (episodes 1 & 2) | Lluís Arcarazo Martínez | Spain |
| Hay Algo en el Bosque (episodes 1 & 3) | Hay Algo en el Bosque (episodes 1 & 3) | Nicolás Amelio-Ortiz | Spain |
| Invisible (episodes 1 & 2) | Invisible (episodes 1 & 2) | Paco Caballero | Spain |
| The Head (episodes 1 & 2, season 3) | The Head (episodes 1 & 2, season 3) | Jorge Dorado | Spain, Japan |
| Shatter Belt (episodes 1, 2 & 3) | Shatter Belt (episodes 1, 2 & 3) | James Ward Byrkit | United States |

### Nova Autoria

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Nova Autoria section, for short films made by students from Catalan universities and film schools:
| Title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Flamin' Hot | Clàudia Romeo Cassadò, Paula Othmer Pérez, Alícia García Iniesta, Adrià Carballada Mallofré, Leanora Schnog Barriga, Bernardo Oliveira Mesquita, Marlon Anthony Hugo Zapata, Pol Córcoles Serra | Spain |
| Baile con la Muerte | Berta Alsinet, Paula Anglàs, Nuria Aranda, Martina Barney, Joan Cortit, Laia Domene, David Martin, Carlota Massó, Roger Menta, Victor Moya, Gisela Torras | Spain |
| Burned Out | Isa Adler | Spain |
| De-Sastre | Tommasso Mangiacotti, Marolyn Ávila, Constanza Melio, Maria Antonieta Fernández, Kuang Yi Lee | Spain |
| Lluna | Pol Mansachs | Spain |
| Daru/n (Passed/Mother) | Benjamin Hindrichs | Spain |
| Alicia Gilipollas | Gerard Miró | Spain |
| Asterisco | Xavi Herrera | Spain |
| Blava Terra | Marine Auclair March | Spain |
| Azadi | Lily-Eileen Uxía Baker Föhring, Juan Luis Ortega Navarrete, Luciana and Espinoza Hoempler | Spain |
    Highlighted title indicates Nova Autoria Best Direction-Production winner.

### Sitges Documenta

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Sitges Documenta section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Chain Reactions | Chain Reactions | Alexandre O. Philippe | United States |
| Deep Argento | Deep Argento | Giancarlo Rolandi, Steve Della Casa | Italy |
| Exorcismo | Exorcismo | Alberto Sedano | Spain |
| Grand Theft Hamlet | Grand Theft Hamlet | Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane | United Kingdom |
| Llámame Paul | Llámame Paul | Víctor Matellano García | Spain |
| Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director | Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director | Jonathan Bellés | Spain |
| Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui | United States |
| Realm of Satan | Realm of Satan | Scott Cummings | United States |
| The Last Sacrifice | The Last Sacrifice | Rupert Russell | United Kingdom |

### Midnight X-Treme

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Midnight X-Treme section, for indie and extreme horror films:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 1978 | 1978 | Nicolás Onetti, Luciano Onetti | Argentina |
| Dark Match | Dark Match | Lowell Dean | Canada |
| Canada ||
| El Tema del Verano | El Tema del Verano | Pablo Stoll Ward | Uruguay, Argentina, Chile |
| Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love | 翔んで埼玉 ～琵琶湖より愛をこめて～ | Hideki Takeuchi | Japan |
| Frankie Freako | Frankie Freako | Steven Kostanski | Canada |
| Grafted | Grafted | Sasha Rainbow | New Zealand |
| Hell Hole | Hell Hole | Toby Poser, John Adams | United States |
| Jimmy & Stiggs | Jimmy & Stiggs | Joe Begos | United States |
| Krazy House | Krazy House | Steffen Haars, Filip van der Kuil | Netherlands |
| Chainsaws Were Singing | Mootorsaed laulsid | Sander Maran | Estonia |
| Operation Undead | Operation Undead | Kongkiat Komesiri | Thailand |
| Plastic Guns | Les Pistolets en plastique | Jean-Christophe Meurisse | France |
| The Beast Hand | The Beast Hand | Taichiro Natsume | Japan |

### Brigadoon

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Brigadoon section, for "independently produced feature films, documentaries and short films with horror and fantastic genre themes":
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Premieres ||||
| Dirty Money | 더러운 돈에 손대지 마라 | Kim Min-soo | South Korea |
| The Wizard | 呪禁師 | Lee Shu-Mak | Japan |
| El Cristo de la Calavera | El Cristo de la Calavera | Chus Lara | Spain |
| Monster on a Plane | Monster on a Plane | Erza Tsegaye | Germany |
| Nadie Inquietó Más: Narciso Ibáñez Menta 2.0 | Nadie Inquietó Más: Narciso Ibáñez Menta 2.0 | Gustavo Leonel Mendoza | Argentina |
| Traumatika | Traumatika | Pierre Tsigaridis | United States |
| Tripping the Dark Fantastic | Tripping the Dark Fantastic | LG White | United Kingdom |
| Marisa y Gamoso | Marisa y Gamoso | Pablo Parés | Argentina |
| Year 10 | Year 10 | Benjamin Goodger | United Kingdom |
| Documentaries ||||
| Albert Pyun: King of Cult Movies | Albert Pyun: King of Cult Movies | Lisa D'Apolito | United States |
| Boutique: To Preserve and Collect | Boutique: To Preserve and Collect | Ryan Bruce Levey | Canada, United States |
| Generation Terror | Generation Terror | Sarah Appleton, Phillip Escott | United Kingdom |
| José Lifante, Mi Aventura en el Cine | José Lifante, Mi Aventura en el Cine | David Garía Sariñera | Spain |
| Los Albores del Kaiju Eiga | Los Albores del Kaiju Eiga | Jonathan Bellés | Spain |
| Mad Props | Mad Props | Juan Pablo Reinoso | United States |
| SUZZANNA: Queen of Black Magic | SUZZANNA: Queen of Black Magic | David Gregory | Indonesia |
| Special Screenings ||||
| Carnival of Souls (1962) | Carnival of Souls (1962) | Herk Harvey | United States |
| The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) | The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) | Albert Pyun | United States |
| Crypt of the Living Dead (1973) | La tumba de la isla maldita | Julio Salvador, Ray Danton | Spain, United States |
| Dick Dynamite: 1944 (2023) | Dick Dynamite: 1944 (2023) | Robbie Davidson | United States |
| Kung Fu Magic (1986) | Kung Fu Magic (1986) | Lee Tso-Nam | Taiwan |
| Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971) | La Corta notte delle bambole di vetro | Aldo Lado | Italy |
| The Lords of Magick (1989) | The Lords of Magick (1989) | David Marsh | United States |
| Contraband (1980) | Luca il contrabbandiere | Lucio Fulci | Italy |
| The Last Hunter (1980) | L'ultimo cacciatore | Antonio Margheriti | Italy |
| Santo vs. the Kidnappers (1972) | Santo contra los secuestradores | Federico Curiel | Mexico |
| Terror Circus (1973) | Terror Circus (1973) | Alan Rudolph | United States |
| Four of the Apocalypse (1975) | I quattro dell'apocalisse | Lucio Fulci | Italy |
| The Stand (1994) | The Stand (1994) | Mick Garris | United States |
| Thrilling Bloody Sword (1981) | 神劍動山河 | Chang Hsing-Yi | Taiwan |
| The Undead (1957) | The Undead (1957) | Roger Corman | United States |
| Red Rings of Fear (1978) | Enigma rosso | Alberto Negrin | Italy, Spain, West Germany |
| Zombie 5 Killing Birds (1988) | Zombie 5 Killing Birds (1988) | Claudio Lattanzi | Italy |
| What Have You Done to Solange? (1972) | Cosa avete fatto a Solange? | Massimo Dallamano | Italy, West Germany |
| Who Saw Her Die? (1972) | Chi l'ha vista morire? | Aldo Lado | Italy, West Germany |

### Sitges Classics

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Sitges Classics section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) | A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) | Wes Craven | United States |
| Alien 2: On Earth (1980) | Alien 2: On Earth (1980) | Ciro Ippolito | Italy |
| Beyond the Door (1974) | Chi sei? | Ovidio G. Assonitis | Italy, United States |
| Children of the Corn | Children of the Corn | Fritz Kiersch | United States |
| Count Dracula (1970) | El conde Drácula | Jesús Franco | West Germany, Spain |
| Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf (1971) | Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo | León Klimovsky | Spain |
| Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972) | Drácula contra Frankenstein | Jesús Franco | Spain, Portugal, Liechtenstein |
| Godzilla (1954) | ゴジラ | Ishirō Honda | Japan |
| Night of the Creeps (1986) | Night of the Creeps (1986) | Fred Dekker | United States |
| Revolver (1973) | Revolver (1973) | Sergio Sollima | Italy, West Germany, France |
| The Birthday (2004) | The Birthday (2004) | Eugenio Mira | Spain |
| The Dracula Saga (1973) | La saga de los Drácula | León Klimovsky | Spain |
| The Strange Love of the Vampires (1975) | El extraño amor de los vampiros | León Klimovsky | Spain |
| The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) | Tobe Hooper | United States |
| The People Who Own the Dark (1976) | Último deseo | León Klimovsky | Spain |
| Seven Chances ||||
| Malpertius (1971) | Malpertius (1971) | Harry Kümel | Belgium, France, West Germany |
| Mirror, Mirror (1990) | Mirror, Mirror (1990) | Marina Sargenti | United States |
| Stone (1974) | Stone (1974) | Sandy Harbutt | Australia |
| The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981) | Tajemství hradu v Karpatech | Oldřich Lipský | Czechoslovakia |
| The Passion According to Béatrice (2024) | La passion selon Béatrice | Fabrice du Welz | France, Belgium |
| The Spider Labyrinth (1988) | Il nido del ragno | Gianfranco Giagni | Italy |
| Vampyros Lesbos (1971) | Las Vampiras | Jesús Franco | Spain, West Germany |

### Sitges Family

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Sitges Family section, dedicated to film literacy for young people:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Sitges Family – Kids ||||
| A Guest from Elsewhere | A Guest from Elsewhere | Ethan Anderson | United States |
| Abah and His Band | Abá e Sua Banda | Humberto Avelar | Brazil |
| Bird Drone | Bird Drone | Radheya Jegatheva | Australia |
| Bottle George | Bottle George | Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi | Japan |
| Bufet Paradís | Bufet Paradís | Héctor Zafra, Santi Amézqueta | Spain, France |
| Candy Puppet | Candy Puppet | Angela Lorena Statnik | United States, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina |
| Capitán Avispa | Capitán Avispa | Jean Gabriel Guerra, Jonnathan Melendez | Dominican Republic |
| Cuando Llegue la Inundación | Cuando Llegue la Inundación | Antonio Lomas | Spain |
| Dagon | Dagon | Paolo Gaudio | Italy |
| El Atrapasueños | El Atrapasueños | Guillermo Patrikios Alum | Spain |
| Lonely Castle in the Mirror | かがみの孤城 | Keiichi Hara | Japan |
| Fagnes 1986 | Fagnes 1986 | Nicolas Monfort | Belgium |
| Fan | Fan | Erik Lee | Taiwan |
| Flocky | Flocky | Esther Casas Roura | Spain, United States |
| Freelance | Freelance | Luciano A. Muñoz Sessarego, Magnus Igland Møller, Peter Smith | Denmark, Chile |
| Gaomei Fantasy | Gaomei Fantasy | Wen Chin Juo | Taiwan |
| Garu & Ponki | Garu & Ponki | Cristhian Jallier | Colombia |
| Gizaki | Gizaki | Xanti Rodríguez | Spain |
| Green Night | Green Night | Han Shuai | Hong Kong |
| Hammertime | Hammertime | Jan Mocka | Germany |
| Haru-tsuge Fish and Fu-rai Boy | Haru-tsuge Fish and Fu-rai Boy | Takeshi Yashiro | Japan |
| Idiot Girls and School Ghost: School Anniversary | 아메바 소녀들과 학교괴담: 개교기념일 | Kim Min-ha | South Korea |
| Iris de Cristal | Iris de Cristal | Diego Gaviria | Colombia |
| John Vardar vs the Galaxy | John Vardar vs the Galaxy | Goce Cvetanovski | North Macedonia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia |
| Kit & Spoon and the Wayward Moon | Kit & Spoon and the Wayward Moon | Olivia Moe | United States |
| La Gran Cita de Conej | La Gran Cita de Conej | Pablo Río | Spain |
| Las Aventuras del Pequeño Colón | Las Aventuras del Pequeño Colón | Rodrigo Gava | Brazil |
| Malas Hierbas | Malas Hierbas | Daniel Tornero | Spain |
| Mû | Mû | Malin Neumann | Germany |
| Neon Vowels | Neon Vowels | Sergio Caballero | United States |
| Pasos para Volar | Pasos para Volar | Rosario Carlino, Nicolás Conte | Argentina, France |
| Pigsy | Pigsy | Li Wei Chiu | Taiwan |
| Quadrilateral | Cuadrilátero | Daniel Rodríguez Risco | Peru |
| Sincopat | Sincopat | Pol Diggler | Spain |
| Superklaus | Superklaus | Steve Majaury, Andrea Sebastiá | Spain, Canada |
| The Human Fossil | The Human Fossil | Rebecca Huang | United States, Canada |
| The Siren | La Sirène | Sepideh Farsi | France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium |
| The Worlds Divide | The Worlds Divide | Denver Jackson | Canada |
| A Pleasure | Un placer | Sonia Estévez | Spain |
| Sitges Family – Kids en Acció ||||
| Animalia | Animalia | Sofia Alaoui | France, Morocco, Qatar |
| Saleem | Saleem | Cynthia Madanat Sharaiha | Jordan |
| Croma Kid | Croma Kid | Pablo Chea | Dominican Republic |
| Sitges Family – Teens ||||
| Isla Monstro | Isla Monstro | Steven Shea | United States |
| LAVA 2 (El Nuevo Show del Narciso) | LAVA 2 (El Nuevo Show del Narciso) | Ayar Blasco | Argentina |

### Retrospective

The following films were selected to be screened as a part of the Retrospective section, intended to celebrate Tod Browning's 1932 horror film Freaks:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Freaks (1932) | Freaks (1932) | Tod Browning | United States |
| House of 1000 Corpses (2003) | House of 1000 Corpses (2003) | Rob Zombie | United States |
| The Funhouse (1981) | The Funhouse (1981) | Tobe Hooper | United States |
| The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964) | The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964) | Ray Dennis Steckler | United States |
| The Last Circus (2010) | Balada triste de trompeta | Álex de la Iglesia | Spain |
| The Magician (1958) | Ansiktet | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| The Unknown (1927) | The Unknown (1927) | Tod Browning | United States |
| Santa Sangre (1989) | Santa Sangre (1989) | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Mexico, Italy |