From the Town Hall of Sitges we are aware of the importance of associating the festival with
the image of our town.It
was noy (and is not) sufficient the presence of the mane of the town at the
contest, it is necessary to display its geographical and social. the very same
place where the Festival was born since it is a undentifiable part of its
genesos but also of his character anf future.Sitges, as an population and sentiment, is a
central part of this film event.
Sitges 2012 chose this path and has made that the most characteristic
places of our town were present in all the media.A clear example is the TV
report that will be aired on Cinema 3 of TV3, with an exclusive interview with
filmmaker Neil Jordan filmed om por promenade with our church as background.
Another important fact has been conducting talks
after screenings of films (postscreenings)
in the Prado, Retiro and other nof profit ocial institutions of our town that
aso act as movie theaters.This action reinforces the role of the two movie
theaters in the town as places with their own strength and presence in the
programming of a festival, that screened more than 250 films thanks to the
fantastic work of a team led by Angel Sala. I feel I have to highlight the involvement of sponsors who continue to rely on the festival, I must also rely the
importance of restaurateurs that prepared The Fantastic Menú ,stores have prepared their shops and windows
for the ocasion, or many children from schools of Sitges that made drawns of
festival to show it to everyone that walked our streets these days.
Much remains to be done, but the most important
thing is that we already begun to walk in a direction that favors Sitges, wich
includes the town's economic revitalization.The Festival can not be understood
without Sitges and its people.The year's edition has shown that the Festival
returns to undertake an orientation that includes and unites the the most
important festival of the world in his specialization, and that our population
in intimately associated with the Festival since its it birth and has seen it
grow and become part of its DNA.
