Luis M. Rosales
Working with monsters in Pontevedra (Spain)
Luis M. Rosales
Working with monsters in Pontevedra (Spain)
I am a publicist and journalist specialized in Fantastic Cinema (Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction) and Head of Acquisitions for the Spanish film distribution company Wild Duck Productions.
I was the creator and director of the transmedia project Scifiworld (2005-2018), the longest running magazine related to the Fantastic Cinema published in Spain.
I wrote hundreds of articles, reviews and interviews for specialized Fantastic Film Magazines such as Scifiworld itself, the North American Fangoria, the Italian Nocturno or the French L'Ecran Fantastique and has collaborated on different radio and television programs.
From 2006 to 2008 I was director of the magazine SciFi Spain for the channel of the same name owned by NBC Universal. I have also been the editor of books such as "Paul Naschy, la máscara de Jacinto Molina", "Profanando el sueño de los muertos", or "Lucio Fulci: Epifanías del Horror", among others, and I served as producer and artistic director in the documentary "The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry"
I have designed release strategies for short and feature films. I have run the film press at festivals and premieres. I sold film rights internationally. And I served as an advisor to several projects, from literature to film, always within the spectrum of the fantasy genre.
I managed, programmed, directed and co-directed various film festivals in Spain such as Fantastic Film Week of Costa del Sol in 2009, the Brigadoon Section of the International Fantastic FIlm Festival of Catalonia, Sitges, in 2010, the Festival of Fantastic Short Films, Shots, in Madrid (2010-2012) and the Madrid International Fantastic Film Festival, Nocturna (2013-2016). Since 2015, I am currently directing the oldest film festival in Galicia, Curtas Festival do Imaxinario, specialized in Fantastic Cinema, that it takes place since 1973 in Vilagarcía de Arousa (Pontevedra).
You can also find me almost every Thursday in the streaming program Zona Prohibida on the YouTube channel @CurtasFestivaldoImaxinario.