The Department of Economic Promotion is launching the \u201cComer\u00e7 Fant\u00e0stic\u201d campaign as part of the 59th SITGES \u2013 International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. Taking place from 8 to 16 October, the initiative will boost the town\u2019s local retail sector through a range of cultural, leisure and family activities, allowing visitors and residents to enjoy the festival atmosphere along the town\u2019s main shopping streets. The main shopping streets will be decorated with festival-themed banners, and a photo booth will be set up at Cap de la Vila. <\/p>\n\n
One of the campaign\u2019s main activities is the children\u2019s treasure hunt \u201cFind the Thing\u201d. Inspired by the disembodied hand from the 1992 film The Addams Family, the activity coincides with the 34th anniversary of the film\u2019s release. Participating shops will hide a reproduction of the iconic Addams Family character in their windows. Children wishing to take part will have to complete a card by collecting the stamps from the establishments where they find it. Once completed, the card must be deposited in the ballot boxes provided at the Municipal Market and at the Tourist Information Office in Pla\u00e7a Eduard Maristany. <\/p>\n\n
The children\u2019s treasure hunt prize draw will take place on Friday 16 October at 5.30 pm at Sitges Municipal Market, as part of the \u201c12 months, 12 activities at the Market\u201d campaign. During the event, prizes will be drawn among the participants and five winners will be selected. Prizes include festival merchandise, tickets to a Sitges Family screening, a breakfast and a VIP Tour, as well as gifts from participating establishments. During the prize draw, guitar students from the Gemma Casanovas School will give live performances. <\/p>\n\n
The traditional jazz band Apocadixie Cotton Pickers will perform a musical parade on Thursday 15 October at 5 pm along the main shopping streets in the town centre. The performance will fill Sitges\u2019 shopping streets with music, bringing the New Orleans jazz sound of the first decades of the 20th century to the town. <\/p>\n\n
The seventh edition of Curts a la Fresca, held in Pla\u00e7a Catalunya in the Poble Sec neighbourhood, is once again one of the highlights of \u201cComer\u00e7 Fant\u00e0stic\u201d. The first of the two screenings will take place on Friday 9 October at 8.30 pm and will feature Rat\u00f3n de biblioteca, by Javier Ya\u00f1ez Sanz (13\u2019); Super Z, by Marc Dalmau and Dani Gim\u00e9nez (13\u2019); Las L\u00e1grimas de S\u00edsifo, by Luis Larrodera Sanz (13\u2019); The Synthetic Age, by Dimitris Arlmenakis (8\u2019); The Sock, by Aleksi R\u00e4is\u00e4nen (6\u2019); and Dreamwalker, by Sinem Vardarli and Luca Schenato (15\u2019). <\/p>\n\n
The second screening will take place on Friday 16 October, also at 8.30 pm, and will feature Ghosting, by Yago Casariego (8\u2019); \u00a1Pika!, by Alex Fischman (18\u2019); Wisteria, by Ian Garrucho (22\u2019); The Fling, by Jemma Cotter (5\u2019); and El Fantasma de la Quinta, by James A. Castillo (18\u2019).<\/p>\n\n
With this programme, \u201cComer\u00e7 Fant\u00e0stic\u201d strengthens the connection between local businesses and the SITGES \u2013 International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, inviting residents and visitors to experience the festival atmosphere in the town\u2019s streets and establishments.<\/p>\n\n