'Cosmopolis' To Be Shown at the 45th Sitges Film Festival (Spain)

The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia announced their first wave of programming today and there are some heavy hitters in the mix. Big name titles include COSMOPOLIS by David Cronenberg (Review). Press Release The 45th Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia will be held from October 4th to the 14th, 2012 with the suggestion of an imaginary Apocalypse threatening from its image. Chosen to open this celebration of cinema is the Catalan production The Body, by debut director Oriol Paulo, a psychological thriller chock full of suspense starring Belén Rueda, José Coronado, Hugo Silva and Aura Garrido. It is a Rodar y Rodar, Antena 3 Films, Televisió de Catalunya and Canal + production, distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing Spain, that has become one of the most anxiously awaited nationally made films of the year. === Catalan cinema will also be one of the stars in the Festival's Official Selection, with two films that will be going in for the María Award for Best Motion Picture, the Festival's main prize, based on the popular robotic character from Fritz Lang's classicMetropolis. The first is Painless, Juan Carlos Medina's first feature film, a passionate fantastic fable that takes root in the Spanish Civil war and stars Àlex Brendemuhl. The second film isEl Bosc, based on a story by Albert Sánchez Piñol that the author himself has adapted for the big screen, starring North American actor Tom Sizemore.======== MORE OFFICIAL SELECTION TITLES The Official Selection -both in and out of competition- will be offering a varied and wide-ranging spectrum from this year's fantastic harvest. So you will be seeing the latest proposals from directors like David Cronenberg, with Cosmopolis, starring Robert Pattinson and based on the Don DeLillo novel; Leo Carax, with the acclaimed Holy Motors, a beautiful tribute to the European film imaginary; Tsui Hark and his 3D epic adventure Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, one of the biggest local hits of the year in China; and Jennifer Lynch, winner of the 2008 Festival who returns this year with a terrifying story about a serial killer entitled Chained. Read the rest HERE. Source: twitchfilm