Sadrac González-Perellón is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and film producer born in Madrid in 1983.
Sadrac González-Perellón | |
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 Sadrac González-Perellón at Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, 2022. | |
| Born | Sadrac González Perellón September 24, 1983 |
| Occupation(s) | film director, screenwriter, film producer |
Biography
editAfter studying Art and Drawing, he began shooting several short films presented in festivals around the world.
In 2009, he co-directed and wrote the art-house feature film Myna Has Gone[1] alongside Sonia Escolano, which tells the story of a young illegal immigrant and the problems that she has to face in Spain. This film won as Narrative Feature Special Jury Recognition for Acting in Austin Film Festival.[2] It also was part of Official Selection in Athensfest,[3] Les Rencontres des Cinémas d'Europe,[4] at France, o el The Bronx Independent,[5] at New York, among other film festivals.
In 2017, after returning from a retirement in France, he shot the feature film Black Hollow Cage,[6] a sci-fi drama that tells the story of Alice, a girl traumatized by the loss of her arm that lives in an isolated house in the woods with the only company of her father and a wolf dog. One fine day, the girl finds a strange cubic device in the woods that will allow her to change the past.
Black Hollow Cage won the Jury's Prize in Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival[7] in Korea, the most important genre festival in Asia. Moreover, it obtained Official Selection in Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival,[8] Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival[9] and Raindance[10] (Nominated to Best Film, Best Script for Sadrac González-Perellón and Best Actress for Lowena McDonell).
In 2018 he made his first film as a producer, House of Sweat and Tears,[11] directed by Sonia Escolano. The film is presented in Frontiéres in the Cannes Film Festival.[12] Subsequently, the movie got to enter in the official section of one of the most important film festivals in the world, the Fantastic Fest,[13] in Austin.
In 2022 he released his next feature film Amazing Elisa,[14] a drama and thriller film that intertwines several characters where Elisa, a girl of twelve who thinks she's a superhero, lives with her father after her mother's death. It stars Asier Etxeandia, Silvia Abascal, Iván Massagué and the young actress Jana San Antonio as Elisa.[15] The film is being presented at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival[16] and the Fantastic Fest,[17] receiving very good reviews from the festival.[18]
Filmography
edit| Year | Film | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Myna Has Gone | as writer and director |
| 2017 | Black Hollow Cage | as writer and director |
| 2018 | House of Sweat and Tears | as producer |
| 2022 | Amazing Elisa | as writer and director |
References
edit- ^ Myna Has Gone (2009), retrieved 2017-08-31
- ^ "Austin Film Festival: Film & Screenwriting Awards Announced". Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^ "Austin Film Festival: Film & Screenwriting Awards Announced". Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^ "Myna se va | El Desafío Digital". www.eldesafiodigital.com (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^ Gallego, Carlos (2009-12-08). "Continua el Certamen de Largometrajes del Festival de Cine de Zaragoza con "Myna se va" y "Ramírez"". EL LIBREPENSADOR. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^ Black Hollow Cage (2017), retrieved 2017-08-31
- ^ Taylor, Elijah (2017-07-24). "BiFan 2017 Review: BLACK HOLLOW CAGE Wraps Family Drama In High-Concept Sci-Fi". Birth.Movies.Death. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^ "Sitges Film Festival » BLACK HOLLOW CAGE". sitgesfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^ "Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival | N I F F F | The swiss event for fantastic film, asian cinema and digital creation". NIFFF. Archived from the original on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^ "Black Hollow Cage". festival.raindance.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^ Escolano, Sonia, House of Sweat and Tears, Haydée Lysander, Eudald Font, Alzira Gómez, retrieved 2018-08-17
- ^ Lang, Jamie (2018-05-01). "2nd Frontières Platform Readies for Cannes". Variety. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ "J.J. Abrams' 'Overlord' to Premiere at Fantastic Fest". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
- ^ "Amazing Elisa (Asombrosa Elisa)". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ "Asier Etxeandia and Silvia Abascal starring in Amazing Elisa". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ "ASOMBROSA ELISA (AMAZING ELISA) | Sitges Film Festival". sitgesfilmfestival.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ 2022.fantasticfest.com https://2022.fantasticfest.com/films/62fbbf1cd0f21300854b36f9. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ consommé, celluloid (2022-09-26). "'Amazing Elisa' Reveals Underlying Malice in Innocent Spaces". Medium. Retrieved 2024-08-20.