Crawlspace gets international premiere at Sitges Fantastic Film Fest
Australian feature film Crawlspace will have its international festival premiere at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. The claustrophobic horror film, written and directed by Justin Dix will be accompanied by short stop-motion film Butterflies directed by Isabel Peppard with a voice cast of Rachel Griffiths and Nicholas Hope.
The announcement:
Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia has selected two Australian films for its 2012 October line-up in Spain.
Feature film Crawlspace (w/d/p: Justin Dix) will have its international festival premiere in competition in Official Fantàstic Panorama. It tells the story of a special forces unit who uncover some secrets in an underground military base. This is Justin’s first feature film and it was successfully presented to the market at Cannes this year.
Short stop-motion animation Butterflies (w/d: Isabel Peppard, w/p: Warwick Burton) will have its international premiere after its screening at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival. Voiced by Rachel Griffiths with Nicholas Hope, it tells the tale of a young artist struggling to make a living by drawing passersby.
Sitges offers an annual rendezvous for fantastic film lovers and creators, and is one of the world’s leading genre film festivals, annually attracting 110,000 visitors plus 700 industry attendees. It showcases films that traverse various genres, including science-fiction, fantasy, horror and thrillers.
The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia will take place 4–14 October 2012.
Feature
Crawlspace
Writer/Director/Producer: Justin Dix
Producers: John Finemore, Nicholas Sherry
Executive Producers Greg McLean, James Hoppe, Craig McMahon, Silvio Salom and Stephen Wools
Writers: Eddie Baroo, Adam Patrick Foster
Cast: John Brumpton, Nicholas Bell, Ditch Davey, Amber Clayton, Peta Sargeant, Leslie Simpson
International Sales: Arclight Films (Darclight) clay@arclightfilms.com
Synopsis: A special forces unit, sent to contain a top-secret underground military compound, comes under attack from unknown forces. What seemed like a simple mission turns deadly as soldiers turn up mangled without a trace of a killer.
Short
Butterflies
Writer/Director Isabel Peppard
Writer/Producer Warwick Burton
Cast Rachel Griffiths, Nicholas Hope, Henry Nixon, Honey Spence
Synopsis A young, artistically talented woman receives a job offer from a stranger. The prospect seems attractive, but the reality is that it actually might not be.
