Marta Balaga Things got personal at Cannes Market’s Fantastic 7 showcase this year, highlighting upcoming genre projects selected by seven festivals including Spain’s Sitges, Bucheon in South Korea, Cairo, Guadalajara in Mexico, SXSW and Toronto, as well as Whanau Marama New Zealand Intl.
Film Festival.“I think it’s my most personal film ever,” said director Jaume Balagueró, also behind “[REC],” co-directed with Paco Plaza.In his latest film “Venus,” presented by Sitges, he will combine elements of survival drama and modern witchery.
Starring Ester Expósito, it’s produced by Álex de la Iglesia and Carolina Bang.“Why? Because it combines many elements I am personally interested in,” he told Variety. “It’s a horror, but it’s also a very moving film about love and revenge.
It’s very special to me.”In “La mala madre” (“The Bad Mother”), director Alicia Albares will also draw from her own experiences, moving along the lines of such stories as Jennifer Kent’s “The Babadook,” “Hereditary” or “Relic.” Alberto Díaz, Alexandre Bas, Cristina Urgel and Eva Moreno are producing.“I am 37 and I have never wanted to be a mother.
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