Lamberto Bava

Sitges Encounters includes talks with great figures of genre cinema, all participants in this edition. With Lamberto Bava, we will review his trajectory as a fundamental garment in the contemporary history of the fantastic genre.

Lamberto Bava, who this year receives the Màquina del Temps Award, is an Italian film director, recognized for his distinctive contribution to the horror genre, the thriller and the fantastic genre, in general. Coming from a prominent film family, being the son of legendary director Mario Bava, Lamberto inherited a love for cinema from a young age.

Throughout his career, Bava has left a unique mark with his visual style and his ability to create terrifyingly haunting and terribly tense atmospheres. Films like Demons (1985) and Demons 2 (1986), written in collaboration with Dario Argento, have become classics of Italian horror cinema, standing out for their daring visual aesthetics and powerful storytelling. With his hallmarks and his particular focus and passion for the art of cinema, Bava has influenced subsequent generations of filmmakers and has left a lasting legacy in the world of genre cinema.