The Sitges Film Festival: perfect for the keenest cinephiles

This event has a long history, and has been held every year without interruption since 1968. Moreover, it was the world’s first fantasy film festival, as well as one of the most culturally relevant and long-standing events in Catalonia. Such is its importance that, each year, the festival is attended by figures from the highest echelons of both the international film world, such as Quentin Tarantino and Jodie Foster, and homegrown artists like Álex de la Iglesia. What’s more, the festival is held at two iconic venues: Sitges’ two historic cinemas, El Retiro and El Prado, a building dating back to 1920 which was originally home to the Sitges abattoir, and the Maricel Palace, one of the area’s most iconic structures, which hosts various exhibitions throughout the year and also offers magnificent views of the Mediterranean.

If you’d like to attend the festival, you can book your tickets on the event’s official website or head straight to the ticket office at the Hotel Meliá Sitges auditorium or the Sitges Tourist Office. Be sure to get them before the end of the booking period indicated on the event’s website! As you can see, the Sitges International Festival offers up an infinite range of possibilities – whether you simply want to enjoy the sea and calm atmosphere between events or you’re eager to invade the town dressed as a zombie. Whichever option you prefer, this event is bound to offer something you’ll love: what we can guarantee is hour after hour of the very best of horror and fantasy films.