Get ready, Fantastic Fest starts this week! While we’ll be on the ground, covering all your favorite genre films, there are still a few days to go. Meaning we have a few more women to celebrate who have made Fantastic Fest so amazing these last 20 years!
Today, we’re honoring Carlota Pereda! Pereda attended the festival in 2022 for her film Piggy. The film is a complicated look at doing the right thing versus protecting yourself. The Spanish language film hits for so many, especially the bullied, and allows audiences to really ask themselves what they would do if they were put into Sara’s position.
Piggy is described as follows: “During the sweltering summertime of rural Spain, Sara carries an extra load of teenage agony due to the perpetual bullying from her peers. She’s also an outsider at home—her parents and little brother just don’t understand her—so, feelings internalized, she’s often found buried in her headphones, drowning out her surroundings. One day, Sara’s usual solo dip at the local pool is disrupted by the presence of a mysterious stranger in the water and an exceptionally grueling bout of abuse at the hands of three girls. But, in a strange twist of fate, along the way home Sara witnesses her bloodied tormentors being kidnapped in the back of the stranger’s van.”
Pereda came to Fantastic Fest to premiere her film, which also debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, and her use of the horror genre in Piggy is something remarkable. The movie was a perfect fit for the festival and it was amazing to see Pereda take on Austin to celebrate her work!
You can see all the amazing women we’ve celebrated so far here and get ready, we’re only a few days away from the 20th Fantastic Fest!!!!
(featured image: Arnold Wells/Fantastic Fest)
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