November 3, 2025.- The director and screenwriter from Madrid Eduardo Casanova will present his most recent work, the original series for Movistar Plus+, at the Canary Islands Fantastic Film Festival Ciudad de La Laguna Isla Calavera. Silencioa bold and visually captivating reinterpretation of the vampire myth. Casanova, who has already established his reputation with acclaimed productions such as Skins (2016) y The Pity (2022), now brings a proposal that has generated standing ovations at festivals such as Locarno, Sitges and Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. Silence transcends the traditional vampire genre to explore issues of queer identity, HIV stigma and the persistence of social silence, constructing a story that crosses two historical pandemics: the medieval Black Death and the AIDS crisis in Spain in the 1980s.
The screening of the series, which features a cast headed by Lucía Díez, Ana Polvorosa, María León, Mariola Fuentes, Leticia Dolera, Omar Ayuso and Carolina Rubio, will be on Saturday, November 15, at 4:30 pm. Casanova's proposal reimagines the vampire myth through immortal sisters who, faced with the lack of "clean human blood" during the Black Death, discover centuries later that their descendants continue to deal with the same social prejudices in times of pandemic. A thematically uncompromising work that questions how social condemnation is perpetuated through the centuries, and how love between "sick" and "healthy", between human and vampire, continues to provoke terror and rejection.
Fury, Best Fantasy Series of the Year
In addition, this year the Isla Calavera Festival is introducing a new category of recognition: the Isla Calavera Award for Best Series of the Year, which this year will go to Furia, the acclaimed HBO original series created and directed by Canary Islander Félix Sabroso. Produced by Producciones Mandarina, it will be honored for its contemporary and intense portrayal of five women pushed to the limit, a cast that brings together Candela Peña, Carmen Machi, Cecilia Roth, Nathalie Poza and Pilar Castro on screen for the first time all together, along with other renowned actresses in supporting roles.
Furiawhich premiered in July on the streaming platform with great critical acclaim, presents a surprising drama with biting humor that unfolds five intertwined conflicts like a butterfly effect, generating a shared catharsis among its characters. Félix Sabroso, creator and director of the series, and producer Tedy Villalba Jr. will collect the award this Friday, November 7, during the opening gala of the Festival de Cine Fantástico de Canarias Ciudad de La Laguna, thus recognizing the talent and excellence of Spanish audiovisual production in the field of contemporary series.
