The actress Manuela Vellés is the star of the poster for Festival

The actress from Madrid Manuela Vellés, star of films like Chaotic Ana (2007) and Kidnapped (2010), shown in the past edition of the festival, is the personality for the poster for the 2011 Horror and Fantasy Film Festival which will take place from the 29 October to 4 November.

The poster was designed, as in past years, by the Ytantos studio. The photograph, taken in the stalls of the Teatro Principal, epicentre and soul of the Festival since its birth, is by José Luis López de Zubiria. 

Manuela Vellés

Manuela Vellés (Madrid, 1987) took different theatre training courses: Acting course with Jorge Eines, The Actors Centre of London... She arrived on the Spanish silver screen at the hands of Julio Medem, as the star of his film Chaotic Ana (2007). Later she played the role of the sister of Camino (2008), under the direction of Javier Fesser. Later she starred in Retornos (2010), by Luis Avilés, and Kidnapped (2010), by Miguel Ángel Vivas. She just finished filming Buscando a Eimish, by Ana Rodríguez Rossell.

She has also participated in different shorts –Lo siento, te quiero (2009), by Leticia Dolera, and El orden de las cosas (2010), by the Esteban Alenda brothers– and TV series: "La señora" (2009-2010), "La chica de ayer" (2009) and "La piel azul" (2010). She is currently working on the successful "Hispania" (2010-2011).