OUR COLLABORATORS

Xavi Sánchez Pons (Barcelona, 1976). Film critic specialized in fantasy and horror, he’s responsible for the publications department and a member of the programming team of the Sitges International Fantasy Film Festival of Catalonia. He’s been working for more than 20 years publishing film reviews and interviews in different media, and writing extra materials for the Blu-Ray releases of Severin Films, Mondo Macabro, A Contracorriente Films, El Setantanou and Divisa. He wrote the book El almanaque del video: Historia gráfica y oral de la era del videoclub (2021), and he’s part of the fantasy/horror-specific podcasts Marea Nocturna and ¡Estamos vivas!
Sabina Pujol. A total cinephile, a professional subtitler and a detective capable of finding the rarest cinematographic pearls. If there’s a screen and a good story, you’ll probably find me around. I am part of the programming team of film festivals such as Filmets, B-Retina and Cryptshow, where I hunt for films I can fall in love with (or get traumatized, depending on the case). Apart from that, I translate and subtitle so that big stories can reach everyone without losing an iota of their charm. My obsession for audiovisual and languages led me to study Scripting at the Escola de Guionistes de Barcelona and Micro Obert, and later I finished the Master’s Degree in Audiovisual Translation at the UAB to finally become an expert in making films speak languages. When I’m not subtitling or having headaches over creating the perfect film schedules, I’m probably at some film festival hunting for precious films, watching films non-stop (or defending some underestimated cult film). So now you know: if you have any festival-related projects, call me and I’ll fly over with popcorn.


Eduardo Gión is a filmmaker, a theatre director, and a documentarian. For a few years he worked as an assistant director of feature and short films in 35 mm. His documentaries and experimental pieces have been screened in film festivals such as Sitges International Fantasy Film Festival, West Side Film Festival in New York, and the Underground Film Festival in Portland.
Magda Martínez. Born and raised in Barcelona, graduated in Humanities and a cinephile since before she can remember. Cinema is her native language. She’s part of the jury of the Festival Tantarantana and she’s been volunteering at the Sitges International Film Festival since 2020. Declared and proud fan of the Walpurgis Fest, where, apart from attending, she steals moments recording or taking pictures.
Cinema is her life and there are infinite memories marking her biography. Puking with The Jungle Book (or that’s what she’s been told); romanticising Wuthering Hights‘ toxic love when she was four; being too young to go watch Robocop with her dad; being unable to sleep after watching Poltergeist; getting obsessed with Star Wars, vampires and J-Horror… But, most importantly, she loves the adventure of being in front of a screen with her friends, multiple partners and, above all, alone. Because cinema, like life, also invites us to look inward.


Volunteers
Lucas Romero and Àlex Gonzalez
Festival Babies

Leelo Multipass

Cher and Peque

Nokia 3310 and Alaska

Shanks

Festival Official Venue
We want to thank
La Vicenta and Stephani Vila, for their contributions during our first year, and Rojo Génesis and Sol Moreno, who helped us shape the idea of the festival and get through the first difficulties.
