Fantasy met reality in the awards at this year's International Festival of Fantastic Cinema in Sitges, near Barcelona. The prize for best film at the 50th edition of the Catalan film festival has gone to Jupiter's Moon, from Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó, a fable about Syrian refugees attempt to cross the border from Serbia to Hungary. The film also took away the award for Best Special Effects.
Meanwhile, the Special Jury Prize in the Sitges festival's official section went to the psychological thriller Thelma, from the Norwegian Joachim Trier, which also won the award for Best Script, written by Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt. Young French director Coralie Fargeat was awarded the prize for Best New Director for her feature Revenge. The female and male Best Actor prizes went to Marsha Timothy (Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts) and Rafe Spall (The Ritual) respectively. Catalan film makers Albert Pintó and Caye Casas picked up not only the Grand Audience Appreciation Award for Matar a Dios, but also the prize for Best Short Film, with R.I.P. And the prizelist was rounded out by the award for Best Photography, which went to Andrew Droz Palmero for Ghost Story.