Monday, October 6, 2014

Sitges opens to TV – The País.com (Spain)

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More and more film festivals, little by little, you are opening the doors to the world of television, a world currently has clear similarities with celluloid and usually pass by directors, actors and writers who have made a name in cinema. The latter has been the Sitges International Film Festival, which this year celebrates its 47th edition. The event, one of the unmissable for fans of fantastic cinema, he is devoting a small gap to the small screen in its extensive program with a section, Serial Sitges, which are projecting some of the productions premieres -well or new seasons- very soon reach the small screen, as The Big Bang Theory, Utopia, Fargo or Gotham.

The idea is not new to those responsible for this-the festival last year and hosted a small sample-but it was not until this year when Sitges is living the television environment. “I have long considered television as another way of making films. Since series like The Sopranos became what would be a new way of understanding television, much more cinematic in language when making indents and, of course, in the direction, the festival has been thinking about The idea has been on this issue when we have given form and creating entity Serial Sitges “says Mike Hostench, deputy director of the sample.

But the road has not been easy, recognizes Hostench “Organizing such an event is difficult, especially at the level of allowances and considering it has to be free to the viewer. In this issue are the series that was inside of the highest quality available. “

An effort that, after the screenings of films such as Game of Thrones or The Big Bang Theory, are having their reward: “We have filled the room, and for next year, we want to grow and has since series that we all know to productions coming to market,” concludes

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