SITGES TABOO'KS
SITGES FILM FESTIVAL
Section description
Taboo’ks is an initiative of the SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia that wants to bring literature and fantasy films closer together, focusing on literary adaptations for fantasy production films.
SITGES TABOO’KS - Reina Roja: from book to script
Activity description
Roundtable with those responsible for the audiovisual adaptation of the next original series of Prime Video Reina Roja. In this session, executive producer, showrunner and screenwriter Amaya Muruzabal, screenwriter Salvador Perpiñá and Juan Gómez-Jurado, author of the successful book Reina Roja, will explain the process of adapting a literary product to an audiovisual one.
Date
Saturday, October 8th / 18:30 – 19:30h
Location
Industry Room – Catalan Films (Sala Garbí 2, Hotel Meliá Sitges)
Participants
- Amaya Muruzabal: Executive producer, showrunner and screenwriter of Reina Roja.
- Salvador Perpiñá: Screenwriter.
- Juan Gómez-Jurado: Writer. Author of Reina Roja.
Moderator
Mònica Garcia Massagué: General Manager of the Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.
SITGES TABOO'KS: The paper horror in images. Mariana Enríquez and Javier Calvo talk about adaptations of horror literature in the cinema.
Activity description
The Shining, The exorcist, Christine or Pet Sematary are some of the great titles of horror literature that have been brought to the big screen. Mariana Enriquez and Javier Calvo will talk about these and other adaptations of horror literature in cinema.
Date
Wednesday, October 12th / 11:45h – 12:30h
Location
Carpa Norai, Hotel Meliá Sitges
Participants
- Mariana Enríquez: writer, journalist and teacher.
- Javier Calvo: writer, translator and critic.
Moderator
Mònica Garcia Massagué: General Manager of the Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.