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Peter Jackson, Danny DeVito and Amy Irving to receive Sitges lifetime achievement awards

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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  • Peter Jackson, Danny DeVito and Amy Irving will receive the honorary Grand Prize at Spain’s Sitges Fantastic Film Festival.
  • The festival will run from Oct. 8 to 18, open with Carlota Pereda’s “Found Alive” and close with “Wicker” by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson.
  • Jackson will return to Sitges more than 30 years after presenting “Braindead” and will take part in a special King Kong session with effects artist Rick Baker.

Peter Jackson, Danny DeVito and Amy Irving will receive the honorary Grand Prize at Spain’s Sitges Fantastic Film Festival, which will take place from Oct. 8 to 18.

The festival will open with “Found Alive,” directed by Carlota Pereda, and close with “Wicker,” directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, artistic director Ángel Sala announced.

Jackson, internationally known for “The Lord of the Rings,” will return to Sitges more than 30 years after presenting “Braindead.” This time, he will attend to receive the festival’s honorary award.

The filmmaker will also join a special session devoted to King Kong with Rick Baker, the American makeup and special-effects artist who previously received the same prize.

DeVito will both collect the honorary award and compete in the official selection with “Drag,” a film he produced.

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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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