Yes kids, it’s getting to be that time of year again where we start counting down the days to October and attending the Sitges Film Festival. We’re becoming veterans now and are on first name terms with many of the bar owners in Sitges, we’re still not given the full red carpet treatment by the festival staff yet but we’re certain they’ll come round to our way of thinking at some point.

You can see the full press release HERE and over the coming weeks we’ll be updating you with previews of some of the films that are being shown along with other news as it breaks.

Catching my eye so far are the two Korean films (obviously) Doomsday Book and Nameless gangster which both have involvement with previous Sitges Hall-Of-Famers Kim Jee-Wong and Choi Min-Sik.

Also there are films to look out for that have made splashes at other film festivals such as Cannes (Cosmopolis, Holy Motors, Sightseers) and Sundance (Lovely Molly, Safety Not Guaranteed) and I’m sure that Frightfest will also give us a few samplers too.

…..Roll ’em!

This time tomorrow we’ll be propping up the bar in El Cable buzzing at the excitement of what’s to come. We’re a little film-lite this year, thanks in part to large chunks of our program being dedicated to partying. However,  it’s not all about drinking and we’ve managed to line up an appropriately superstitious and spooky 13 films for our viewing pleasure. The program is likely to ebb and flow in tune with the festival’s alcoholic tides, and their resulting pull on our ability (or lack thereof) to attend early matinees or midnight extremes.

But for the record, here’s our starter for 13:

The Unjust

Gantz

Another Earth

Revenge: A Love Story

Bellflower

Vampire

Melancholia

Corman’s World

The Yellow Sea

Invasion Of Alien Bikini

Transcendent Man

Carre Blanc

Resurrect Dead

Gentlemen, start your engines.

Wow! Prophetic stuff from my esteemed colleague and hair-style consultant with his previous post forewarning of imminent festival news. The organizers obviously follow our site closely and have therefore decided to release the program for the festival’s NOVES VISIONS section.

With this list of film titles we can now take our first step on the long and winding road to establishing our own personal program of must-see films. However, straight off the bat Abel Ferrara’s name jumps off the page along with his film 4:44: THE LAST DAY ON EARTH. Not a great deal to go on for this film but here we’re less interested in the film and more interested to see how off-his-tits Abel will be at the post-screening Q&A.

BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW was a film I’d ear-marked so it’s good to see that’s made the list (yes Shaun, I will spit my dummy out if you don’t let us go see it), and what’s not to love about the prospect of viewing an offering from our Korean brethren titled INVASION OF THE ALIEN BIKINI.

We’re excited, are you?

Over the coming weeks the festival program will begin to flesh out and we’ll be adding our thoughts and comments as we try to hone our short-list. Stay tuned.

So, esentially this is a news post to say that there’s actually no news yet. Clever, huh? Well, although there’s not any confirmed news, there’s plenty to speculate on and look out for.

Firstly, entries closed at the end of July and after checking e-mails from last year,it looks like the list of films in the festival should be released around the middle of September.  This leaves us here at Corridorstyle HQ a frantic few weeks of hardcore (ahem) writing to keep you updated with the details of as many films as is humanly possible, hopefully our friendship will still be intact after we have our third argument about who has to try and find out details on the films in the Catalan Focus section, time will tell.

Secondly, it’s always worth keeping an eye on the films that are shown at Frightfest as there are some very close relationships between them and the guys at the Sitges Festival. Looking at their programme, I would expect that Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark will probably be shown due to the Del Toro link, but the ones I would really like to see at Sitges are Kill List and A Night In The Woods.

One final thing to point out is that perennial floating-turd of a director Ti West has got a film showing at Frightfest called The Innkeepers. After the ticket money he’s stolen from us at previous festivals, here’s hoping Angel Sala has given this a wide berth. However, if it is shown, expect to see a short fat bloke and a tall thin bloke in a funny hat protesting outside the cinema.

Keep checking back for updates, we’ll be posting news as soon as it’s available.