September 18, 2009

Mizuho Nishikubo's Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai is one of the 24 films selected in competition for the prestigious Official Fantastic Selection of the 42nd SITGES International Film Festival of Catalonia (Sitges 09), to be held in Sitges, Spain from October 1 to 12, 2009.

"After years of movie hagiographies and mythification, the great Mamoru Oshii has seen to promoting this funny and profuse documentary that combines the most diverse animation techniques with historical rigor and rokyoku sung narrative. A complex project that offers a new vision of such a unique historic figure and that once again places the author of Ghost in the Shell as the incorrigible outsider of Japanese animated cinema." (from SITGES 09 programme)

Established in 1968, SITGES International Film Festival of Catalonia is the number one fantastic film festival in the world, and has become an essential rendezvous for movie lovers and audiences eager to come into contact with new tendencies and technologies applied to film and the audiovisual world.
The Official Fantastic Selection, the most prestigious competitive section of the festival, showcases the best fantasy films from around the world and focuses on current genre tendencies.

Screening Schedule at Sitges 09:

FIRST SCREENING
Date: October 5th (Sun)
Time: 14:30
Place: Auditori

SECOND SCREENING:
Date: October 4th (Mon)
Time: 12:15
Place: Retiro

Sitges 09 official website:
http://www.cinemasitges.com

© 2009 Production I.G/Musashi Production Committee