Director Eduardo Casanova Combines Vampire Mythos With the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Miniseries ‘Silence’ – and Lives for the Applause

Vampires and HIV Collide in ‘Silence,’ the Spanish Miniseries Traveling From Locarno to Austin

Vampires and HIV collide in ‘Silence,' a miniseries from Spanish filmmaker Eduardo Casanova traveling from Locarno to Austin.

Director Eduardo Casanova Combines Vampire Mythos With the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Miniseries ‘Silence’ – and Lives for the Applause

Spanish actor-director Eduardo Casanova takes on the Black Plague and HIV/AIDS pandemics in explosive miniseries “Silence” – as well as female vampires, suddenly faced with the shortage of “uncontaminated” human nourishment. “In so many horror films, monsters are hidden. They are living in the dark, invisible – and so are seropositive women,” he tells Variety. “When […]

Queer vampire series Silence will premiere at Fantastic Fest

Following its world premiere at Locarno last August 10th, Silence (Silencio), the first series created by director and screenwriter Eduardo Casanova, will next be showcased at the 20th anniversary edition of Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, taking place from September 18–25. Casanova gained international acclaim with La Piedad, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Best Film at Austin’s Fantastic Fe…