As is tradition, the Sitges festival has presented at the Fantastic Pavilion of the Marché du Film at the Cannes festival the poster for its upcoming edition, the 59th, which will pay tribute to the 50th anniversary of the release of Carrie, a film directed by Brian de Palma, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King and starring a young Sissy Spacek as a shy teenager who lives with her mother, a religious fanatic, and is constantly mocked by her high school peers. “The poster references Carrie, which will be the leitmotif of the festival, and the image, created again by the China agency, represents blood, adolescence, and also refers to prom nights, the party that ends so badly in the film,” said the festival director Ángel Sala to La Vanguardia, who recalled that the film was a huge success and influenced the portrayal of student rituals as transitional spaces to adulthood, where evil and supernatural elements infiltrate and alter the appearance of normality.

The Madrid Municipal Police have arrested playwright and theater director Ramón Fernández Paso as the alleged perpetrator of a sexual assault on a minor at the intersection of Alcalá Street and Paseo del Prado in Madrid, according to police sources.