The war film “Sisu”, by the Finnish director Jalmari Helander, and the horror prequel “Pearl”, by the American director Ti West, have been the big winners of the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, which closes this Saturday after ten days of intense movie marathons.
“Sisu”, which has won the awards for Best Film, Best Male Performance (Jorma Tommila), Best Cinematography and Best Music, is an explosive mix between war films and ‘western’, which narrates the adventures of a soldier who finds a treasure and confronts the Nazis to get it to the city.
“Pearl” is a prequel that reveals the origin of the murderous grandmother of “X”, West’s bloody previous film, which has been recognized with the awards for director and actress Mia Goth.
The Korean “Project Wolf Hunting”, the co-production between the Czech Republic and Slovakia “Nightsiren” and the Mexican-Peruvian “Huesera” have also won important prizes.