{"id":36469,"date":"2019-10-15T12:33:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T10:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/?p=36469"},"modified":"2021-08-31T12:35:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T10:35:50","slug":"brian-yuzna-will-be-in-trieste-as-the-president-of-the-asteroide-award-jury-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/brian-yuzna-will-be-in-trieste-as-the-president-of-the-asteroide-award-jury-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Yuzna will be in Trieste as the president of the Asteroide Award jury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trieste Science+Fiction Festival announces guest <strong>Brian Yuzna<\/strong>, creator of cult<strong> fanta-horror movies<\/strong> of the \u201880s and \u201890s, to name but a few <em>Society<\/em> (1989), <em>Re-Animator<\/em> (1985) and <em>The Dentist<\/em> (1996).<br \/>\nHe will be in Trieste as the <strong>president of the jury of the Asteroide Award<\/strong>, the international prize awarded each year to the best science fiction and fantasy film by an emerging director.<\/p>\n<p>A director, writer and producer, Brian Yuzna was born in the Philippines but grew up in Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and Panama before moving to the USA in the &#8217;80s.<br \/>\nHe mostly favoured horror movie productions, although he sometimes indulged in science fiction, too. Just as his dear friend and colleague <strong>Stuart Gordon<\/strong>, he is a passionate H. P. Lovecraft enthusiast and he has adapted many of the stories of the writer from Providence for the big screen. Author of horror-splatter movies beloved by audiences all over the world which have made cinema history, Yuzna is a versatile, original and groundbreaking filmmaker.<\/p>\n<p>At the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, Yuzna will also be celebrating the <strong>30th anniversary of his cult movie <em><strong>Society<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> (1989), which will be screened <strong>in a restored version and presented by Yuzna himself<\/strong>. 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