Sitges is again preparing to host the edition No. 44 of the now legendary International Cinema Fantàstic Festival of Catalonia, this year, converges artificial intelligence as guidance theme. As discussed in the film and what are the prospects from the viewpoint of fiction and reality are the concepts that move the election.
Coinciding with the tenth anniversary of Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2000) as a point of contact, the Festival will present the issues that inspired Kubrick and Spielberg for this project: the emotional intelligence of machines and communication between synthetic intelligences. This view has been reflected in the choice and design of the official posterfestival designed from the geminoides created by renowned professor of robotics in Japan Hiroshi Ishiguro. The poster apparently consists of two portraits of human beings, but in reality are two robots.
With artificial intelligence as thread, the 2011 edition of the festival will be inaugurated on October 6 Eva with Catalan production Escandalo Films. Eva, Kike Maillo’s debut, explores the science fiction with a very consistent and represents a new commitment to new talent, in line with the Festival in recent years.
In addition to Eve, waiting for the screening of While you sleep, Jaume Balagueró, the documentary’s wife Eternauta of Adán Aliaga, co-Cuban Hispanic Juan de los Muertos, will be the highlight of the day of the Zombie Walk, October 14 and Emergo by Carles Torrens produced by Rodrigo Cortes for Versus Entertainment. The international participation has already advanced titles like The Turin Horse, Bela Tarr, The Yellow Sea, Na Hong-jin, director of The Chaser (Korea), Les contes de la nuit, 3D animation by Michel Ocelot, Grave encounters, led by The Vicious Brothers, recent success in Italy and Burke and Hare, John Landis. The focus on Latin American film productions gender as Trabalho will tire of Brazil. Also this issue raised again a broad focus on 3D cinema into sections with titles such as Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy in Midnight X-Treme, one of the biggest blockbusters in Hong Kong, or The Mortician from Gareth Maxwell Roberts, in official Competition, an innovative proposal of stereoscopic technology.
The first fantasy film festival in the world will have the classic Official Fantastic Section programming whose films are playing various genres like science fiction, fantastic innovation, horror and thrillers, among other sensations that invite the viewer to understanding cinema as a language without limits. It will also have films as Noves Visions, Orient Express, Nova Authorship Anima’t, Midnight X-Treme, Seven Chances Brigadoon to propose a varied agenda and promise to offer the best of this cinematic universe every year, which is becoming the single most innovative exhibition, presentation and projection of this kind in the world.
The Festival is governed by a foundation, comprising representatives of the Sitges Town Council, the Catalan government and other institutions, associations and public and private companies and is a must for fans and curious professionals seeking the latest on the fantasy film . The Cinema Fantàstic Festival of Catalonia is a unique event. The event brings together the best designers, managers and professionals in this field worldwide.
When: 6 to 16 October 2011
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