Found Alive: Carlota Pereda brings a survivor-led thriller to Sitges
The Piggy director opened the Catalan festival with Chloë Grace Moretz and a story about someone who escapes but still has a life to rebuild.
A Spanish name opens Sitges
Carlota Pereda opened Sitges on 8 October with Found Alive. The Piggy director became the first Spanish woman and fourth woman to open the festival. Her new English-language thriller changes setting while again centring a protagonist affected by violence.[1][2]
Escaping does not end the story
Chloë Grace Moretz plays Reeve LeClaire, who survived a teenage kidnapping ten years earlier. She now tries to help a recently rescued girl as further disappearances emerge. The premise shifts interest from the crime towards what follows: reconnecting, making decisions and facing a threat through experience others do not share. Rupert Friend also appears in the cast; the running time is 96 minutes.[3]
Who tells the story matters as much as the mystery
Pereda tells EL PAÍS she strengthened the protagonist’s agency and perspective over those of the killer, police or therapist. This intention guides interpretation; it does not establish how individual scenes work.[4]
A novel and a step outside Spain
Found Alive adapts Carla Norton’s The Edge of Normal. It is Pereda’s third feature and her first shot outside Spain. The official report records her intention to avoid idealising the killer. Interest lies not only in discovering who threatens Reeve, but in the place the narrative gives someone who has endured that violence.[1]
What this premiere means for Spanish viewers
The Sitges listing identifies a world premiere in the Official Fantàstic section, with English audio and Catalan and Spanish subtitles. That describes the festival presentation; it does not provide a Spanish commercial release date. To plan a cinema trip, check subsequent distribution announcements and your local cinema’s listings.[3]
Sources and checks · 4
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- [1] Sitges · crónica de inauguraciónofficial · Checked on 13 October 2026
- [2] RTVE · inauguración con Carlota Peredamedia · Checked on 13 October 2026
- [3] Sitges · ficha oficial de Found Aliveofficial · Checked on 13 October 2026
- [4] EL PAÍS · entrevista directa a Carlota Peredadirect_interview · Checked on 13 October 2026
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