Press Conference - Encounter Drácula With Luc Besson and Zoë Bleu
Sitges Encounters brings together talks with some of the great figures of genre cinema participating in this year’s festival.
On this occasion, the audience will have the chance to meet French filmmaker Luc Besson, who presents his new film Drácula at the festival. With a career marked by iconic titles such as The Big Blue, Nikita, Léon: The Professional, and The Fifth Element, Besson has masterfully blended spectacle, emotion, and a distinctive visual style, establishing himself as one of Europe’s most influential directors of recent decades.
With Drácula, the director tackles one of the great myths of universal horror, revisiting the vampire legend through his singular vision and delivering a work that unites classicism, modernity, and powerful cinematic energy. This encounter will be a unique opportunity to discover how an internationally renowned auteur reinterprets one of the most fascinating and enduring figures of the fantastic imagination.
Participants: Luc Besson, director, Zoe Sidel, actress, and Ángel Sala, artistic director of the SIFFFC.
Language: Simultaneous translation French - Catalan - French.
On this occasion, the audience will have the chance to meet French filmmaker Luc Besson, who presents his new film Drácula at the festival. With a career marked by iconic titles such as The Big Blue, Nikita, Léon: The Professional, and The Fifth Element, Besson has masterfully blended spectacle, emotion, and a distinctive visual style, establishing himself as one of Europe’s most influential directors of recent decades.
With Drácula, the director tackles one of the great myths of universal horror, revisiting the vampire legend through his singular vision and delivering a work that unites classicism, modernity, and powerful cinematic energy. This encounter will be a unique opportunity to discover how an internationally renowned auteur reinterprets one of the most fascinating and enduring figures of the fantastic imagination.
Participants: Luc Besson, director, Zoe Sidel, actress, and Ángel Sala, artistic director of the SIFFFC.
Language: Simultaneous translation French - Catalan - French.