{"id":14198,"date":"2025-10-10T14:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escac.com\/?p=14198"},"modified":"2026-11-05T15:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:12:19","slug":"we-open-the-58th-edition-of-the-sitges-festival-with-escac-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escac.com\/en\/noticias\/we-open-the-58th-edition-of-the-sitges-festival-with-escac-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"We open the 58th edition of the Sitges Film Festival with &#8216;Se\u00f1uelo&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the <strong data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"298\">Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival<\/strong> kicked off with a screening of <em><strong>Se\u00f1uelo<\/strong><\/em>, the short film by<strong> Martha Garc\u00eda Ayerbe<\/strong>, winner of the inaugural <strong>The Dream Makers<\/strong> competition, an initiative launched by <strong>ESCAC<\/strong> together with<strong> CUPRA<\/strong> under the mentorship of<strong> J. A. Bayona.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I want to thank CUPRA and everyone who made Se\u00f1uelo possible. I will always be grateful to them for making my dream come true. The process has been transformative, and being able to bring my art to life and present it at the opening ceremony of the Sitges Film Festival is a true honor<\/em>,\u201d said <strong>Martha G. Ayerbe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Se\u00f1uelo<\/strong><\/em> was selected from 400 submissions from 15 countries as one of the two winning projects in the first edition of The Dream Makers, produced in collaboration with CUPRA, J.A. Bayona, and ESCAC. In addition to <em>Se\u00f1uelo<\/em>, we have also produced <strong><em>Homing,<\/em> <\/strong>the competition\u2019s second award-winning short film, which will premiere soon. Conceived by <strong>Hansel Rodrigues and Lizzie Atherton<\/strong>, from the United Kingdom, the story explores the narrative around immigration and the limits of political correctness in a fresh and original way.<\/p>\n<p>The premiere of Se\u00f1uelo was a real success and marked the start of a new edition of the festival, which continued with the eagerly awaited screening of <em>Alpha<\/em>, Julia Ducournau\u2019s latest film.<\/p>\n<p>We are proud to see projects born from the young talent and creative spirit of our community find their place at a festival like Sitges, an international benchmark for fantastic and genre cinema.<\/p>\n<p>And this is only the beginning\u2026 we\u2019re continuing to enjoy the best cinema and <strong>ESCAC talent in Sitges<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival kicked off with a screening of Se\u00f1uelo, the short film by Martha Garc\u00eda Ayerbe, winner of the inaugural The Dream Makers competition, an initiative launched by ESCAC together with CUPRA under the mentorship of J. 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