In this edition, the Molins de Rei Horror Film Festival pays tribute to a director who has been able to navigate between genres and continents, and has left a distinctive mark on both thrillers and international horror: Paco Cabezas.
Born in Seville in 1976, Paco Cabezas has built a career that crosses borders and genres, moving naturally between independent cinema and major international series. After his first steps with the film Appeared, won over the audience with Neon meat, a cult work that defined his cinematic style: dark, ironic, vibrant and deeply human. His breakthrough in Hollywood came with the thriller Tokarev, with Nicolas Cage, and was solidified with the action comedy Mr. Right, starring Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick. In 2019 he returned to Spain with Goodbye, a powerful social thriller set in his homeland. The film was nominated for multiple Goya Awards and praised by critics.
In the television field, Cabezas has become one of the most recognized Spanish directors in the international industry, having directed episodes of such emblematic series as Penny Dreadful, The Alienist, American Gods, Into the Badlands, The Strain, Fear the Walking Dead and the successful Wednesday.His talent also extends to showrunning, and he has led large-scale projects, including the acclaimed and successful adaptation of the novel The gypsy bride.
With a cinema that fuses local roots and a global perspective, Paco Cabezas represents the strength of independent talent capable of succeeding and conquering audiences around the world. Thus, the festival celebrates the career of a talent who, with titles such as Appeared and his work in key series of the genre has enriched the panorama of horror and fantasy cinema.
Thank you, Paco!