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The last romantics [Los últimos románticos] [Azken erromantikoak]
When a lump is detected in her breast, Irune plunges into an abyss that forces her to reconsider her entire existence.
A House On Fire [Una casa en flames]
Montse is thrilled about the weekend she gets to spend with the whole family at her house on the Costa Brava. Her divorce was long ago, her ex has a new partner, and her children are all grown up with lives of their own. No one pays much attention to her. But the weekend will be perfect… even if she has to burn everything to the ground to make it so.
A Bathroom of One’s Own [Un Bany Propi]
Antonia, an exemplary sixty-five-year-old housewife, has a strange secret: she is obsessed with bathrooms, the only place where she can say "busy" and people leave her alone. It is there that she gives free rein to her true vocation, that of a writer, and escapes from her monotonous life, forming strange friendships that make her friendly appearance dissolve like shit in the toilet.
MILA (11) faces the last days of life before the end of the world. While she struggles to understand the complexity of death, she also tries to keep her family together by holding a party that takes place on the very last day of life on earth.
A childhood tale [Cuento para la infancia]
A neighborhood faces one of the great problems of today's Europe, the coexistence of people from different origins. The impulse to move forward, mixed with an increasingly harsh daily life, will determine the possibility of a joint future or not.
A Closet-Free Home [Un hogar sin armarios]
They didn’t want to go back into the closet, to pretend that old age was taking away so much of their struggle. They had a dream: to live in the first public LGTBI residence in the world.
A commonplace [Un lugar común]
Pilar is an ordinary woman who has never questioned her routine. However, after her unexpected dismissal, she will live an identity crisis which will bring her to cling to the little she has left: her role as a mother of two teens who no longer need her. A Commonplace is the coming of age of a 50-year-old woman who, after a lifetime caring for others, asks herself: After all, who takes care of me?
A House in the Countryside [Una casa en el pueblo]
In this house, you spent all the summers of your childhood. On the floor of that room your mother was born. Around that fire, your grandparents survived the misery of the postwar era and the hard wintertime in the countryside. At the end of the courtyard, behind that door, it is said that a saint was born.
A Moroccan Affair [Ocho apellidos marroquís]
Carmen is determined to carry out the dying wish of José Maria, her husband and patriarch of the family, to recover the first fishing boat of his fleet, which is currently anchored in a Moroccan port. She will be accompanied on her journey by her daughter, Begoña, and Begoña’s ex. As they struggle to overcome cultural barriers, they will also stumble across José Maria’s huge secret.
A walk along the Borne [Un paseo por el Borne]
The students taking an insignificant film course, in a small city, have the dream of one day making movies. Their teacher, somebody who once sailed and wrecked that same objective years before, doesn ́t want to get involved in their dreams and illusions so that they don ́t end up like him today: a failure.
Aamelat. Day Laborers of War [Aamelat. Jornaleras de la guerra]
“Aamelat. Day Laborers of War” exposes the survival situation experienced by these Syrian women and girls who are refugees in informal settlements on the outskirts of Bar Elias and puts de media spotlight on it to unveil their reality. An author documentary that narrates their life conditions and their power of resilience.
Henry, creator, teacher and owner of one of the most important seduction schools in Italy, finds himself in a difficult situation when two of the teachers that work for him and former students, open their own school competing against him.
Andrea’s Love [El amor de Andrea]
Andrea, a young, fifteen-year-old girl, is desperate to recover the love of her father, who disappeared from her life after getting divorced from her mother a few years ago. Andrea remembers her father as a loving, affectionate man and cannot understand why he doesn’t want to see his children now. Andrea will go as far as it takes to win back her father’s love. This includes confronting her mother and even taking legal action. Tomás and Fidel, her two younger brothers who barely know their father are her tireless companions on this adventure of family and disillusionment along which we will al
Argumosa 11, Living in Emptiness [Argumosa 11, Habitando el Vacío]
Argumosa 11 is a Madrid building in resistance whose inhabitants are evicted by a fund investment. Reverberations of ex-neighbors survive as memories as the tense calm of those who wait is withering the building. With no other weapon to defend themselves than their own voices, the families that stay prepare to fight for their homes.
In a remote Galician village, a group of teenagers are celebrating carnival. During the party, a video with sexual content of Paula, one of the girls, is broadcast. Overwhelmed by the situation, she leaves the party and disappears without a trace in the middle of a heavy snowfall. While the whole town searches for her, her friends have to take their share of responsibility.
Awards, beyond the limits of hairdressing
An approach to avant-garde hairdressing. A world full of creativity that sets trends in hairdressing and fashion.
Bad hair day [Un mal día lo tiene cualquiera]
Sonia is a responsible and organised woman. Someone who always respects the rules. However, in just one night, this textbook control freak will find herself forced to do all the things she has never dared to do in her 36 years on the planet.
“Bald Women” delves into the life of women with alopecia who fight for the normalization and visibility of their bodies. Living in a society in which women are slaves of their own image, their viewpoint is found as a unique cry of self-development, revindication and freedom. After being hidden and forbidden during history, their existence will be an example for every woman.
Colombo works at a 24-hour parking lot and tops up his measly wages by selling weed. Mario is a lawyer and a keen birdwatcher, but unfortunately for him, he is unable to drive due to a past accident. Mario offers to pay Colombo to drive him from Valencia to a lake in the Costa Brava (Spain), where he wants to see some cranes. When they reach the lake, the lawyer tells him that the birds have changed their migratory route and are now going to nest in the Danube delta in Romania. Mario needs to get there and Colombo needs the money
Spain, 1982. Marisa decides to take her daughter to Madrid to find a solution for an unwanted pregnancy. Lucia ends up in Peñagrande, a reformatory for pregnant teenagers. There, she will forge strong friendships with the other girls and discover the awful truth that her still unborn child is to be taken away from her.
In a small regional public hospital, a delivery room led by midwives supports childbirth with a humanized approach: placing women at the center and respecting their rights. We provide a realistic portrait of childbirth, while constructing a collective narrative about obstetric violence and its terrible consequences, told by its victims, the UN, and the WHO.
Black Butterflies [Mariposas Negras]
Lobuin, Vanesa and Soma are three women from very different parts of the world who face the same problem: climate change. They will lose everything because of the global warming effects and they will be forced to emigrate to survive.
Ana is a filmmaker who gets hooked on cryptocurrency trading during the pandemic. When her husband and her family trick her into going to addiction therapy, she decides to win back everybody’s trust by filming a documentary about Bitcoin fever… in order to keep trading.
"Bullying" is the exposure that a child suffers to physical and psychological harm intentionally and repeatedly by another child, or a group of them, when they go to school. Bullying is a new project in podcast format, more accessible to young people where three victims of bullying talk about their experiences.
Thirteen men retreat to a country house where they undergo a personal and collective transformation in search of new ways of being men. They confront their wounds and blockages through physical and emotional dynamics that will put them to the test. For three days they will live a tribal and cathartic experience, for which not all of them are prepared.
The siege of Malaga, forgotten amongst major events of Spanish Civil War, touched deeply those who passed by between July’36- Feb’37, when the city was conquered by an Italian army sent by Mussolini to help Franco. The 7-month revolution turned out as a sour experience for both locals and visitors among which writers and journalists: 8 of them recall their exploits in a sort of fake documentary.
Los Amigos wins the Spanish basketball championship for the first time but are disqualified due to Sergio’s fault, leading to their dramatic breakup. Two years later, Cecilia, an inexperienced but optimistic coach, commits to fulfilling Julio’s dream of reuniting the team. Despite a string of misfortunes associated with Cecilia’s arrival, labeled as a “jinx”, Los Amigos’ enthusiasm remains unwavering. Against all odds, they find themselves participating in a thrilling and unexpected international eSports tournament watched by millions worldwide.
Candela goes from being the cream of the crop to the cream of mediocrity. She gets offered the opportunity to return to her old high school and teach socially marginalized kids. Yet when she sees that a bunch of losers could end up as national chess champs, she realizes that it is not important who you were, but who you are today.
Close to the Sultan [Dans la chambre su Sultan] [En la alcoba del Sultán]
«The Venerable Sultan of Morocco Moulay Abd el-Aziz is looking for someone to initiate him in the mysteries of the camera obscura and the cinematograph». In 1901 the adventurer and operator of the Lumière brothers, Gabriel Veyre, reads this advertisement. He will stay in Morocco 30 years; he will initiate the Sultan in the cinematograph... and also in other mysteries of palace and bedroom.
Close to Winter [Negu hurbilak]
A young woman involved in ETA - an armed nationalist and farleft separatist organization in the Basque Country - wants to cross the border from northern Spain into France. Arriving in the last town of the valley she must wait for further indications, but they never seem to arrive. She can only wait.
Close your eyes [Cerrar los ojos]
CLOSE YOUR EYES turns on a famous Spanish actor, Julio Arenas, who disappears while filming a movie. Although his body is never found, the police conclude that he has suffered an accident at a cliff by the sea. Many years later, the mystery is brought up once more by a TV program that tries to evoke the actor, offering as a scoop images of the last scenes in which he participated, shot by his close friend, director Miguel Garay.
Olivia lives in a Space Colony far from Earth together with her partner and his daughter. She is in charge of the controls and the security of citizens in the Control Room together with Arlo, her colleague. When they are attacked by some non-human creatures, her cold and calculated reaction, always adhering to the protocols, will not be seen with good eyes by Arlo and some of the citizens. Olivia will realize that her mission is to save the people she loves, making the Colony a safe place.
After moving in with her boyfriend to their new home in the Costa Brava, Mila begins to realize her loss of sexual desire lies deep inside her. She undergoes a self-exploration journey in which she revisits experiences of her childhood and adolescence in hopes to reconcile with her own body.
An eighteen-year-old musician decides to design a cybernetic organ and illegally implant it into his own body, thus acquiring a new sense that allows him to perceive on Earth sounds coming from outer space.
Devil Dog Road [Lo Carga el Diablo]
Tristán is a frustrated writer who’s lives changes when he agrees to transport the frozen body of his brother Simón from Asturias to Benidorm, to bury it in the house where they grew up. Álex, a young hitchhiker will convince him that the obstacles he will have to face on this strange road trip are perhaps his last chance to live a true experience and find his identity.
Documentary feature film that tells the story of the successful Madrid band DOVER through its protagonists, from its beginnings in 1992 until its definitive separation in 2016 after 8 studio albums.
Dragonkeeper [Guardiana de dragones]
It’s a dark time in the ancient Chinese empire. Dragons, once friends and allies of men, have been hunted down for years and thrown into dungeons. In a faraway fortress, a young girl helps the last living dragon escape and joins him in a quest to retrieve his most precious gift: the last dragon egg. This odd couple embarks on a journey across China, to ensure the survival of the dragons’ lineage.
The Drunkmen’s Marseillaise [La Marsellesa de los Borrachos]
In 1961, a group of Italian anthropologists traveled clandestinely through Spain to record anti-Franco resistance popular songs. They were prosecuted and censored. Sixty years later we recover the unpublished recordings.
Leo is a successful author of mystery novels, who writes under the pseudonym Cameron Graves. While penning his next book in an isolated chalet, he receives a strange visit from Jota, a somewhat troubling character, who claims to be a journalist. No one is aware of Leo’s true identity and only Victoria, his agent, knows his whereabouts, so... How has Jota managed to track him down? What are his intentions? A dark secret linked to Adriana, his young lover, seems to be behind the mysterious visit. Lies, betrayal, threats and death will be the order of the day as the two characters go head to head
Equipo Crónica. Art in the Trenches [Equipo Crónica. Arte de trinchera]
Can art be a weapon? "The hand of the artist must hold the paintbrush and spatula as workers and labourers hold their work tools, in order to advance our society”. Equipo Crónica Manifesto
N. is a broken man; something isn’t going well inside him. N. doesn’t feel able to take a single decision in his life. He just needs to stop having options. The psychologist he visits doesn’t know how to deal with him nor does his sister, Abril, who tries to support him to no avail. N. decides that the solution to all his problems is living in jail and he will do whatever it takes to make it happen. Will his loved ones be able to stop him from committing increasingly serious crimes? How far will the judge go in order not to grant him what he wants?
ETERNA is not only a documentary about the life of one of the most relevant voices in Spanish speaking rap in recent years, it is also a reflection on memory, time, art and the mark we leave on the world.
Eyes of the Soul - Cristina García Rodero [Cristina García Rodero – La mirada oculta]
The documentary follows one of the greatest Spanish photographers in the world, one of the few women part of the Magnum Agency. Cristina García Rodero revolutionized this world through her explorations of cultural rites. She captures how we celebrate, suffer and operate. Tirelessly, she continues to work at 73 and this everlasting passion is what brought her to the Burning Man festival in Nevada where she made the filmmaker.
Carmela is forced to see her father at a Family Meeting Point due to a sentence of gender-based violence against her mother. Being twelve years old, she will be dragged into a circle of violence from which she will try to escape.
Telmo, a young man who aspires to become a filmmaker, arrives to the remotest part of the Amazon jungle. He arrives loaded with innocent illusion, romantic ideas and a camera. Nothing that happens from then on responds to his plans. The travel takes Telmo to the limit of reason and his world, to the place where the uncontacted Taromenane live. In that invisible limit, Telmo discovers who he is.
Filming Flying Birds [Filmei paxaros voando]
Zeltia returns to Galicia to make her first film about the memories of her uncle Antonio. In this journey, her mother Socorro's health worses and they both manage to regenerate a bond that they thought was broken.
Foremost by night [Sobre todo de noche]
When Vera was young, she could not care for her son. When Cora was young, she was told that she could not have children and that only adoption would let her establish a family. Today these two women meet on the banks of the Douro River and plan to rewrite their destinies. This is a story of violence, of revenge, of escape.
The human being is a perfect symbiosis of body, mind and soul FREE is a journey into the interior of man in which we have obtained permission to enter and talk to people who rarely utter a word and places that remain closed to the world: THE MONASTERIES.
Marisol is the national rhythmic gymnastics’ coach. She is methodical, controlling, demanding, and authoritarian. The World Championship is approaching, and she is pinning all her hopes for the gold medal on Angelica, the most promising newcomer on the team. Two weeks before the final, Marisol discovers that her husband is having an affair with a much younger woman with whom he is expecting a child. Marisol does not contemplate failure, so she begins a desperate race to win him back, disregarding his motives and feelings.
An exploration of the gun culture in the United States through the content created by its supporters on Youtube. Thousands of hours of videos that range from the tragic to the comical without ever leaving aside the extravagance of the most extreme points of view.
Isabel is confronted with resentments she thought she had overcome when she’s forced to accompany Ramón, her ex-husband who is sick, at the request of the daughter they have in common.
Goat girl [La niña de la cabra]
Madrid, 1988. Elena (8) faces the recent loss of her grandmother as she is getting ready for her First Communion. Her new friendship with Serezade (8), a Romani girl who never leaves her goat, leads her to question if the world is really as she has been told it is.
It’s the end of the 19th century, Cileta and her family are victims of Oleguer, a Poor-squeezer, who expropriates and takes over them and their farmhouse. When he leaves the farmhouse to marry the wealthy ex-notary’s widow, Cileta sets up her next steps; infiltrate on their house to apply what’s learned: money comes first.
Grandma & the Foreigner [L'àvia i el foraster]
Teresa is a dressmaker. She meets Samir, the greengrocer, who is actually a great tailor who had to emigrate from Pakistan. Enric, in the midst of a life crisis, returns to the village to attend the funeral of his grandma and discovers the relationship he had with Samir.
Germán works as a taxi driver at a nightclub, but he is completely broke. This is why he decides to steal the earnings from a night's work, putting himself in the gravest danger of his life.
Stéphanie and Ncuti, two Rwandan actors, and Simon, a Belgian technician, meet at the former headquarters of RTLM, the propaganda radio station during the Rwandan genocide of 1994, to rehearse a program that conveys to its listeners ideas of forgiveness and pacification. But they will discover that they have a common past and they will see that reconciliation is not as easy as they believed.
Haunted Heart [Haunted Heart (Isla perdida)]
A small island in Greece. On the island only a construction. A modest restaurant, handled by Max, a mysterious, solitary American. Alex, Spaniard, arrives to join the small team of the restaurant as a waitress. Despite the bad start, Alex becomes attracted to him. The story gradually slides into a tale of terror.
Eva and Carlos have been unhappily married for as long as they can remember. Only Jonas, the son they once brought into the world, has kept them together. Now, Jonas has been killed in an accident overseas and this unexpected tragedy leads them to embark on a geographical and emotional journey in order to raise the funds needed to repatriate their son’s body.
Human / Animal [Animal / Humano]
Matteo, an Italian boy, dreams of becoming a bullfighter. In sunny Andalusia, Fandango, a male calf, is born. Matteo and Fandango grow up in different worlds, but their lives reflect on each other. Only at the end, they will meet.
Human Being [Ser Humano] [Être Humain]
From the watchtower on a beach on the Côte d´Azur, a voyeur camera becomes a silent witness of the daily life of people during their moments of leisure and rest. However, through some esoteric texts of Trans-Himalayan Buddhism, hidden secrets about the past and future of humanity will be revealed. These teachings reveal a deep analysis that observes man from a cosmic perspective. The film explores the goal, destiny and path of human evolution, from the initial efforts to the fall on the moon, the link with other kingdoms of nature and its relationship with the Planetary Logos and the Solar Log
I’m Gonna Disappear [Voy a desaparecer]
I’m Gonna Disappear is a family drama that starts with Rocío, a lonely young woman who meets her brother David again after ten years without seeing each other or having any kind of contact. He has been in prison all this time and manages to convince Rocío to run away together to the tourist resort where they used to spend the summer as a family when they were young.
I’M NEVENKA tells the true story of Nevenka Fernández, a 23-year-old girl who in 2000 faced her entire city when she decided that she was no longer going to put up with the sexual harassment to which her boss, the mayor, had subjected her.
Idol Affair [Buscando a Coque]
César and Teresa are a happy couple until she has an affair with Coque Malla, César’s idol since he was a teenager.
Gabriel Ferrater was a poet, linguist, translator, editor. He grew up devouring libraries and thus forged a free spirit. He was still a teenager when the Spanish Civil War caused a general moral collapse. The fear experienced during those years would define all his later work.
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell [Bên Trong Vò Kén Vàng]
Thien has to carry the remains of his dead sister-in-law to the family village, accompanied by his five-year-old nephew. Inside Vietnam, the ghosts of his own youth, of his brother, who has left to rebuild his life elsewhere, and of the war also await him. It is a pilgrimage with mystical overtones, to rural areas of the country and its little known Christian minority. The film questions the persistence of faith, not only in God, but in the delicate beauty of earthly existence.
Itoiz Summer Sessions [Itoiz Udako Sesioak]
The discovery of some unpublished recordings leads Juan Carlos Pérez, leader of the iconic group ITOIZ, to ponder the dissolution of the band at the height of their success. Juan Carlos begins a cathartic journey to the essence of the band, reliving their beginnings in the 70s as a progressive rock group in Mutriku, in an attempt to reconcile with the past.
In the greenhouse where they work, Iván falls in love with Hadoum. However, his desired job promotion interferes with the relationship, forcing him to decide what kind of man he wants to be.
A painter in search of the legendary Jean-Luc Godard travels to Rolle, Switzerland, where he lives, to gift him an artwork. Their meeting was the same day and month that JLG decided to die, but two years before. However, fate had a surprise prepared for him: Godard was reborn as a child in Buenos Aires. Now, the painter undertakes a journey through the filmmaker’s thoughts, remembering his latest “Socialist Film”, and the letter he dedicated to the director of the Cannes Festival, while he tries to meet one last time with the genius reborn in that city. This strange film letter, is a stimulati
Jokes & Cigarettes [Saben aquell]
Barcelona, late 1960s. Eugenio meets Conchita on a bus and it is love at first sight. He learns to play guitar to follow her in her musical career, and they start to play together as ‘Els dos’. When Conchita leaves Barcelona he becomes a phenomenon in the city’s underground stand-up comedy scene that would soon become an unexpected success in a depressed Spain desperate to laugh.
Jorge. A Way Through Coque Malla [Jorge. Una travesía de Coque Malla]
Coque Malla's is the story of an epic comeback. From teenage star with Los Ronaldos to having to reinvent himself as a singer-songwriter touring the most unsuspected clubs. Dani Martín, Iván Ferreiro, Leonor Watling, Leiva or Ray Loriga help to tell a story of faith, tenacity and curiosity that kept the author of "No puedo vivir sin tí".
After arriving in Spain several years ago from his native Guinea Conakry, Ibrahim settled in Madrid, where he lives with Mariama and works as a builder. One day, the police arrest Ibrahim and, not having legal residence status, he is deported back to his home country. From this moment onwards, his only goal is to make it back to Spain.
Just one small favor [El favor]
The Gallardos are a rich family, who spend their summers in a country house, which is taken care of by Amparito. Dearly loved by the family’s three children, Amparito has been like a second mother. When they receive the news of her death, the siblings travel to the village to say their last goodbyes. What they weren’t expecting is that Amparito’s dying wish was to be buried in the family cemetery.
Last Stop: Rocafort St. [Estación Rocafort]
Laura has started working in the old and quiet Rocafort Station. She discovers that this station is the center of a chilling urban legend: many people have died there in strange circumstances over the years and no one seems to be interested in finding out the truth. Laura asks for help from an ex-policeman, Román, who gets obsessed with the case, trying to figure out the secret that it hides.
Letters that Mark [Letras que Marcan]
A documentary about the life and work of the celebrated Argentine designer and calligrapher, Ricardo Rousselot. At the age of 86, he continues to be active and is recognized as one of the key figures in the world of design and calligraphy worldwide. His mind and hand have been behind the most iconic logos, brands, and images of design in the international projection of the Spain brand.
Life of Brianeitor [La vida de Brianeitor]
The followers of Brianeitor are growing daily. In just 6 months, their social media following has skyrocketed and continues to expand. Brianeitor2002 is a role model for millions of young people worldwide; their engaging approach to streaming content captures attention, and followers even emulate their communication style. Brianeitor has evolved into a global phenomenon.
Little Loves [Los pequeños amores]
A mother and her daughter are compelled to spend a summer together because the latter had an accident. Although they love each other, they cannot stand one another, so both will have to learn to accept each other, a situation which will lead them to embark on a journey marked by acceptance and understanding.
Anabel and her mother Delia grieve for Julián, Anabel's father. An eviction notice forces them from their Barcelona home and back to the olive groves of Jaén. Together, they look for a way to rebuild their future by going back to their roots.
When her daughter emigrates, a religious grandmother learns how to use the internet. An accidental encounter with pornography, poses a dilemma for her: does she uphold the beliefs with lay down how to be a decent woman or does she surrender to the tempting search of a delicious and shameless orgasm?
Mamantula is the boy everyone wants, but he is also, secretly, a giant spider cross-dressed as a human, fruit of a brief encounter in a far-off paradise. In an alternative past of brutalist saunas, never-ending subway corridors and detectives in trench coats and hats, each of Mamantula's lovers succumb to the insatiable lust of blood and semen.
Lola lives very happily with Bruno. An unexpected pregnancy revolutionizes their plans. The couple is very clear that they do not want to have children, but during the three days they have to wait for their appointment at the clinic, doubts arise.
MARCO, The Invented Truth [Marco, la verdad inventada]
MARCO, The Invented Truth is the story of a deportee who never existed, the account of the life of a man who for years was capable of maintaining, before public opinion and his own family, a lie that is hard to imagine: that he had been a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp.
Ramona’s life in a Galician fishing village is a constant hustle. She juggles multiple jobs to stay afloat and provide a better future for her 18 year-old daughter. But as the girl is ready to stand on her own feet, Ramona realizes that, for the first time, she can do something for herself.
The Catalan architect Enric Miralles (1955-2000) is an essential figure in contemporary Spanish and international architecture. He is also a complex character, powerful for his artistic and intellectual side, a hypnotic, polyhedral man with many contradictions. A personality that, over the course of time, has become impenetrable.
Momonsters The Movie [Momonsters La Película]
Little Momonsters spend their first vacation at a camp in the middle of a forest! Explore nature, do outdoor activities, tell scary stories around a bonfire. Any child's dream vacation. But on the first night, little Momonsters discover the diary of a former camper, where she claims that there is a Great Treasure hidden in the forest...Supercool! but guarded by a terrible ghost...not so Supercool!
Constantina and Irene have become the last guardians of a centuries-old oral tradition doomed to disappear. A musician tries to find them and undertakes a journey where life moves forward and shows the fragility of everything that surrounds us.
My Sextortion Diary [Diario de Mi Sextorsión]
Pati, a young film producer, is fighting to carve a professional career in the industry. In May 2019 her laptop is stolen in a business trip. Two months after, an anonymous Hacker accesses the data in the device and finds 3 very private photos of Pati. He threatens to massmail them if he doesn’t receive $2,400. The legal forces' inefficacy leads Pati on her own investigation to regain her privacy.
Nacho Dean. The Sea Traveller [Nacho Dean. El caminante del mar]
In 2018, the naturalist and explorer Nacho Dean, embarks on the challenge of swimming around the world, linking the 5 continents to warn about the conservation of the oceans and document the state of marine ecosystems. Since he was not a professional swimmer, he needed more than 2,500 kilometres of swimming training in order to conclude the Nemo Expedition.
Nature of the extraordinary [Naturaleza de lo extraordinario] [La naturalesa d´allò extraordinari]
The School of Free Thought is a Philosophy project for intellectual disability, in an agora where everyone, regardless of ability, iswelcome. The extraordinary is poetically embedded in the ordinary, appropriating what is natural to it, materializing the possible utopia.
Leon will go into the depths of nature, now populated by tribes, to rescue his daughter and survive the dangers of the New Earth.
The enigmatic Nina decides to return to the coastal town where she grew up, anxious to take revenge on the man the town now pays homage to. This reencounter with her place of origin, her past memories and Blas, a childhood friend, will lead her to question whether revenge is the only way.
“No, no quiero” (No, I don’t’) brings us closer to the reality of forced marriages through the experience of four women. They all share having been victims of forced marriages. They were all capable of rebelling against their families, leaving everything and starting a new life alone.
Of Horses and Guitars [De caballos y guitarras]
“Of Horses and Guitars” is a musical, but also a reflection on looking, on trying to escape the anthropocentric gaze, and on the act of looking itself in cinema. It is basically a horse film, a film about a guitar concert for horses held at Bramante’s Tempietto in Rome: a true symbol of the ideas of window, perspective and reason, which established a way of looking that has become hegemonic.
Milagros stretches a carefree youth in her last years of fertility while Jonathan seeks solace in Grindr to overcome abandonment issues. A delirious road movie, full of music, where a mysterious mermaid will set the course of the journey.
One Night With Adela [Una noche con Adela]
Adela, a night-shift street sweeper in the city of Madrid, feels empty, sorrowful, disturbed… and horny. Tonight, as her work shift comes to an end, she’ll settle scores with those she deems responsible for making her who she is –a human wreck. Her night of revenge is about to begin.
Peter Perez (known as Pepi), a Viennese Sephardic Jew, associates flamenco singing with the worst moments of his childhood, when he was interned in the Rivesaltes concentration camp where Roma children sang to communicate with their parents on the other side of the barbed wire. Pepi, now a man in his 80s, undertakes a quixotic journey across Europe seeking to express himself through a fandango.
Pet Peeves [Pequeños calvarios]
Welcome to the big city, to the wonderful world of obsessions. With the city as an ideal territory for the cultivation of the most pathological manias, and throughout five stories, we will treat obsession as an escape valve, or as the only way to survive in society, while we listen to Pet Peeves, Conrado Garcia's radio program.
In the late 90s, Father Pilón (Emilio Gutiérrez Caba), Sagrario (Belén Rueda), Paz (Gracia Olayo) and Gloria (Toni Acosta), founded an investigation team specialized in paranormal phenomena: the Hepta group. Although the group is not going through its best moment, they agree to investigate an antiques shop where strange events are happening. But what seemed like a case like any other, will become the most difficult of their lives. And only together can they solve it.
An enigmatic international spy in the service of Russia and a Spanish agent of Moroccan origin working for Europol coincide in the Syrian city of Raqqa, an enclave of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (Isis). Both, despite being on opposite sides, have a common goal, to locate the whereabouts of one of the main leaders of the Jihad, known as The Jordan.
Reflections in a room [Reflejos en una habitación]
Berta, a mature woman from the upper class, has been hiring the services of Alberto, a professional escort, for some time. One day, Alberto can't make it, so he sends another escort, Hugo. Berta and Hugo embark on an emotional journey where, despite their differences, mistrust, and prejudices, they discover they have more in common than they thought.
Told in real time over the course of one night, a rider has to delivery an order that puts his life in danger while he tries to resolve various pressing personal problems in a series of phone calls.
Rioja: The Land of a Thousand Wines [Rioja: La tierra de los mil vinos]
The documentary explores the vibrant evolution of the Spanish wine industry, showing the interaction between new generations and the historic wineries of Rioja. Through captivating photography, careful editing and immersive music, the documentary delves into the essence of this region's wine, bridging its rich tradition and promising future.
DOG lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, DOG, with great sadness, is forced to abandon ROBOT at the beach. Will they ever meet again? Robot Dreams is the first animation film by the award-winning director Pablo Berger (Blancanieves). A story about friendship, its importance, and its fragility.
Seville, summer of 1984. Rita and Lolo are brother and sister, 7 and 5 years old, who live at the heart of a humble, working-class family. Rita dreams of going to the beach, but at home, what her father says goes… always. For the first time, Rita starts to question why this is. She’s also starting to realise that her home is becoming less and less safe, especially for her mother.
In 2018 my grandfather was arrested for child abuse and attempted kidnapping. Now, he has been sentenced to twelve years and he’s waiting to enter prison. I meet him again after several years and I confront his looks, his answers and my own feelings. Meanwhile, my family gathers at the country house and deals with the emotional consequences of growing up under this father figure. It is there where the abuse of minors is the subject of conversation, and where my own father realizes that the relationship he has had with us is not that different from the one he had with my grandfather.
Saturn Return [Segundo premio]
A rock band has to record their third LP, the one that will make them either rise to stardom or fall into oblivion. Desertions of band members, sentimental breakups, rehearsals where drugs and alcohol run rampant, and the unbearable pressure of the record company are generating endless fights and arguments. Meanwhile, without knowing it, they will be composing an album that will mark a generation.
Society of the Snow [La sociedad de la nieve]
Following a plane crash in the remote heart of the Andes, survivors join forces and become each other's best hope as they navigate their way back home.
Something is about to happen [Que nadie duerma]
The day Lucia loses her job as a IT specialist is also the day her life will take a definitive turn. Lucía starts working as a taxi driver in Madrid and experiences extraordinary situations with people she should never have trusted. Disguised as Princess Turandot, who drives her taxi, Lucia will take revenge on those who have wronged her.
Sultana´s Dream [El sueño de la sultana]
Taking her inspiration from a feminist sci-fi short story written in Bengal in 1905, Inés sets out on a voyage of discovery around India in search of Ladyland, the Utopian land of women.
Summer In Red [Verano en rojo]
Police Inspector María Ruíz delves into the unsettling link between a murdered teenager in Madrid and a missing young person in Pamplona. With the discovery of the latter’s body, María uncovers links to a school enmeshed in child abuse accusations. Both adolescents participated in a summer camp arranged by the establishment. Partnering with journalist Luna, they unearth a pivotal clue, unveiling the enigmatic assassin’s identity.
Longing for wilder adventures, Santa Claus’ wish comes true when he accidentally bumps his head and starts believing he’s Superklaus: the famous super heroic Christmas Crusader. With the help of Billie a tech-savvy 11-year-old, and Leo his «Elf-xecutive» assistant, “SuperKlaus” will take on a megalomaniacal toy-obsessed businessman to save Christmas.
In a dark and violent era, a young 17-year-old woman is named Abbess and given the task of repopulating and Christianizing border territories that are at war with Islam.
Teresa patiently awaits the arrival of the Inquisitor to be judged. Her future will depend on his visit and his words: Freedom, imprisonment or to be burnt at the stake.
Day Zero of hazing begins at the Tolen residence hall. Carlos and Dani take on the 24-hour-long challenge in order to fit in. They will have to face their darkest side before it all ends tragically.
The Blue Star [La Estrella Azul]
The nineties. A Spanish rock and roll musician trying to reconnect with his vocation travels across South America, where he meets an elderly musician going through hard times. Their encounter leads to the creation of a Don Quixote-like duo with all the makings of an absolute commercial failure.
Eight months pregnant, Yuri, her son Santi, and her partner Mike flee Honduras with the first migrant caravan. Determined to give birth in the United States, they escape the poverty and violence that proliferates South America along with 7,000 others. Full of hope, they face a dangerous journey of 5,000km to reach one of the most defended borders on Earth.
Emma wants to learn how to communicate with the spirit of a little girl who has spent centuries trapped inside a chapel and so she tries to convince Carol, a skeptical and fake medium, to help her. Contacting the spirit will help her to remain close to her sick mother once she dies. What Carol doesn’t suspect is that Emma really does have “the gift” and, if she keeps on trying to use it without her help, she will be putting her young life at risk.
The Girls Are Alright [Las chicas están bien]
A group of young women gathers at a country house for a week to rehearse a play. “The girls are alright” is a summer story about princesses, horses, toads, a fire, a party, a river, lots of letters, and even a confused prince.
The Imminent Age [L’edat imminent]
Bruno’s (18) life is increasingly limited by the growing dependence of his grandmother Natividad (86), the only family he has ever known. When the opportunity to take her to a nursing home arises, he will have to deal with a decision he had not allowed himself to make before.
The Girls at the Station [Las chicas de la estación]
Inspired by real events, the film tells the story of three teenage girls in a juvenile detention centre who fall into a prostitution ring.
The last night of Sandra M. [La última noche de Sandra M.]
Sandra is an 18-year-old actress at the time of the Spanish transition to democracy: a time where being young and beautiful automatically placed you in what was known as “cine del destape” – “nude” cinema. Alone and distressed by an unwanted pregnancy, she´ll try to make decisions about her future.
The Immortal Memory [La memoria inmortal]
A grandson makes a trip to reunite with his paternal grandmother, sick with Alzheimer's, who stopped talking to him when he was little. Through family archives, he will try to understand what happened, while his camera becomes a tool against oblivion, just as it was with his maternal grandfather, who suffered from Alzheimer's years ago.
The last shepherds [Los últimos pastores]
Fernando Mier (71) and Manolo Mier (70) are the last shepherds of the Picos de Europa. Their wisdom and happiness are a valuable legacy in danger of disappearing.
After fifteen years without setting foot in Argentina, Rodrigo travels from Madrid to Buenos Aires in order to attend his father’s funeral, a well-known painter. Experiencing mourning with his family and managing more than two thousand artworks left in an old studio triggers a reunion that leads him to reconsider his future parenthood.
The light of Aisha [La luz de Aisha]
AISHA (14) is living in a kingdom of Al-Andalus where, during the 11th century, fireworks displays are the most popular spectacle of their time. Aisha's dream is to create a legendary rocket that mimics a peacock's tail unfurling in the sky. She aspires to be a pyrotechnic artist, but her father, AHMAD (50), opposes Aisha's dream and wants her to follow the family profession: calligraphy.
The Measurers delves into the mystical rituals of women in the south of Alicante. Beyond conventional curanderismo, they employ water and oil for healing. The film immerses us in their lives, showcasing inherited rituals seamlessly woven into daily existence and illustrates the integration of mysticism into the mundane, emphasizing the invaluable care these women provide to their community.
The Night my dad saved Christmas [La Navidad en sus manos]
What would happen if, one year, SANTA CLAUS was forced to cancel his Christmas Eve appointment with the world’s children?
The Path of Good Fortune [Camino de la Suerte]
Life begins today, even if tomorrow is the last day.
The Permanent Picture [La imatge permanent]
In rural southern Spain, Antonia, a teenage mother, disappears in the middle of the night. Fifty years later and much further north, Carmen, an introverted casting director, is looking for people to share their memories when arriving in a new city. In her search, she meets Antonia, whose impulsiveness intrudes into Carmen’s solitude. Who said time heals all wounds?
The Queen of the Abbey [La reina del convento]
Juanita lost her parents when she was little and has been living ever since with "La Justi" her wicked stepmother. One day she decides to leave everything and go to a convent. There will meet a diverse group of nuns and discover the mystery of a priest murdered in surreal circumstances, he will live different adventures cleaning the convent of ghosts and find the meaning of love for a family.
Marcia wakes up one day with the unnerving feeling that her husband has disappeared. She decides to take matters into her own hands to find out his whereabouts. At the same time, she tries to pretend everything is under control for the sake of her little son. Her world will change forever with the appearance of a man who seems to have all the answers, even those she's not prepared to understand.
The Revolution of the Muses [La Revolución de las Musas]
“The Revolution of the Muses” is a film that aims to rescue the memory of women ignored by the History of Art, highlighting their role as muses of the great European artists and their invisibility as co-creators. This production, which blends documentary and fiction, vindicates the role that these women have had in the history of artistic creation and seeks to give them the place they deserve.
Damián participates in a TV game show where loyalty wins. They’ve pinned a nametag on his shirt and set up a green screen in the background. When the program goes to commercial, the story begins. Something is wrong.
1971. María assists women in childbirth. After a terrible event Maria is forced to fee from the island, becoming a fugitive. In search of her freedom, she decides to cross the border via one of the smuggling routes between Galicia and Portugal.
A man arrives at an apartment where a woman is waiting for him. The boundaries of fiction and reality disappear between his own life and the desire to live another one.
The sleeping woman [La mujer dormida]
After Ana, a nursing assistant, enters into a relationship with Agustín, the husband of a woman in a vegetative state he is caring for, she begins to be tormented by strange paranormal phenomena. Is the “sleeping woman” trying to drive her away from her husband’s arms?
The Teacher Who Promised the Sea [El maestro que prometió el mar]
In 1935, Antoni Benaiges is hired as a teacher in a small, isolated village in Burgos, Spain. There, he establishes an intense relationship with his students, a group of young boys and girls between the ages of six and twelve, to whom he makes a promise: to take them to see the sea for the first time in their lives. 75 years later, the granddaughter of one of those students discovers the wonderful story hidden behind a promise that was never fulfilled.
Carmen is determined to carry out the dying wish of José Maria, her husband and patriarch of the family, to recover the first fishing boat of his fleet, which is currently anchored in a Moroccan port. She will be accompanied on her journey by her daughter, Begoña, and Begoña’s ex. As they struggle to overcome cultural barriers, they will also stumble across José Maria’s huge secret.
The Trail Left by Time [Los restos del pasar]
Antonio remembers his childhood. He lived in a remote town in Cordoba (Andalucia), during the celebration of catholic Holy Week. A lonely and curious child watched secretly Paco, an old painter. Antonio is a doubting child, about religion and death. Paco taught Antonio not only painting but also to ask himself about everything, to observe and understand his life as a transient stay.
Something is haunting Andrea, but no one can see it with the naked eye, not even herself. Twenty years ago, ten thousand kilometers away, the same presence terrorized Marie. Camila was the only person who could understand what was happening to her, but no one believed them. When they face this oppressive threat, all three hear the same thing: a wailing.
Eladio (Victor Clavijo), a hunting estate keeper, takes a bribe from a veteran hunter. Weeks later, his whole life falls apart. Death, guilt and revenge will take over. What looked like the opportunity of a lifetime turns into a macabre descent to hell, where Eladio will test his boundaries.
They Shot The Piano Player [Dispararon al pianista]
A New York music journalist goes on a quest to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of young Brazilian piano virtuoso Tenorio Jr. A celebratory origin story of the world-renowned Latino musical movement Bossa Nova. They Shot The Piano Player captures a fleeting time bursting with creative freedom at a turning point in Latin American history in the 60s and 70s, just before the continent was engulfed by totalitarian regimes.
Alvin has just come out of prison. He lives in a project with his grandmother in Staten Island. He keeps a low profile, avoiding reconnecting with the crowd who ended up with him in prison. His mother, who he has not seen for many years, unexpectedly calls asking for help.
To Our Friends [A nuestras amigas]
Sara, a young woman from a working class neighbourhood, begins to change her social circle, constructing her identity as she starts school and becomes an adult. She makes her own way while confronting the consequences of her decisions.
Trained Monkey [Mono de feria]
Trained Monkey is a documentary about primate exploitation that follows the stories of Toni -a chimpanzee that was caught from the jungle and sold to a Portuguese circus- and Cheeta, the sole survivor of the infamous Oasis Park Zoo escape of 2015, which ended in a tragic shooting.
Escaping her overwhelming life in the city, thirty-year old Natalia finds refuge in the small village. In a rustic derelict house, flanked by a wild and clumsy dog at her side, the young woman aims to rebuild anew. When confronted with the hostility of her landlord and the distrust of the local villagers, Nat finds herself giving in to an unsettling sexual proposal from her neighbuor Andreas.
Ullate. The Dance of Life [Ullate. La danza de la vida]
"The dance of life" is a documentary about the history and passion of dance, expressed through emblematic figures of this Art in Spain, such as: Joaquín de Luz, Carmen Roche, Mónica Cruz, Víctor Ullate Roche, José Manuel Garrido, Eduardo Lao, Josué Ullate, Lola de Ávila or Nacho Duato and, specially, Victor Ullate.
Uncensored Women [Mujeres sin censura]
“Mujeres sin censura” (Uncensored Women) is a portrait of the life of a group of actresses who decided to appear nude on the big screen as an act of freedom during the Transition to Democracy, one of the most tense moments in the recent history of Spain. They became a kind of mirror held up to a completely closed society.
Upon Open Sky [A Cielo Abierto]
Two teenage brothers take a road trip to the border between Mexico and the US to track down the man responsible for the car accident that caused their father’s death. Joined by their beautiful newly-met step-sister, the three siblings embark on a tense revenge journey to adulthood which, ultimately, will have them come to terms with their father’s death.
We treat women too well [Tratamos demasiado bien a las mujeres]
In the cold autumn of 1945, the survivors from a batallion of resistance fighters flee to the Pyrenees, trying to escape the Francoist army. Our protagonists are an unlikely group of romantics, dim-wits and idealists. Their lack of any tactical ability and a cruel twist of fate lead them to take a post office by force in a forgotten village: Black Eagles.
Adrià is a 17-year-old boy who lives from town to town with his older brother Ramon and his brother’s girlfriend, Tona. He is mute, he cannot stand closed spaces and finds it hard to keep his attention when he is spoken to. Wherever he goes, everyone calls him names, throws stones at him. For Adrià has a secret: on full moon nights he can't sleep. And that is why the three of them go back and forth, wandering around in their van. On the run.
What is the point of love songs [Para qué sirven las canciones de amor]
"What is the point of love songs" is a documentary that invites us to reflect on how time goes on, emotions, and without a doubt, the role of love in songs. A real journey based on interviews, fiction scenes and the recording of an album from its creation in the privacy of the author to its final production in the studio.
While you're still you [Mientras seas tú]
After 50 years in theatre, film and television, Carme Elias is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Together with Claudia Pinto, a director and friend, they decide to record her last conscious voyage. The characters played by Carme accompany this difficult period, while the borders between fiction and reality disappear.
With you, with you and without me [Contigo, contigo y sin mí]
Amaya delves into the love stories she had between the ages of 18 and 38 and confronts how her illusions and failures collided explosively. Seemingly personal, her turn and evolution can also be read from a political or anthropological point of view, reflecting the changing role of women in relationships. A poignant and intimate statement, masterfully crafted with a diversity of techniques using animation and personal videos.
Camille and Blaï, who are an artistic and sentimental couple, have won the admiration of the European art scene thanks to the unclassifiable shows by their circus troupe, Baro d’evel. When one of the most important festivals in the world commissions a new piece of work from them, the couple feels the need to find meaning in their lives as artists, but also as parents of two daughters.
All they want is to escape from their way of life, and for that they need money, a lot of money. Whatever happens must happen fast. Fast money. Fast pleasure. Fast love. They are Pablo, “Meca”, Sebas and Angela. For ninety minutes you will see them live. Sometimes, slowly. Almost always, fast, fast.
The Nanacatepec rock is traversed by a network that extends without a defined shape. It communicates both below and above the earth with living and dead beings. Its fruits, in the form of rhizomes and branching networks of fungi, are creators and transformers of everything in the world. Using multiple projections of films and objects in a 16mm film performance, the two artists create an irresistible visual eddy of nature shots and shadow plays.
Starting from the disappearance of Erin, a child who wakes up prematurely from hibernation, Clara, her older sister, will take us on a journey of searching for answers and confronting the narratives pre-established by the society in which she lives. One that hibernates during the coldest months of the year. A reflection on the human being, contradiction and the animal condition.
The Undergrowth [La hojarasca]
The distribution of an inheritance acquired through a supernatural encounter, mires three sisters in a long standing conflict. Their arguments resonate through the land and seem to awaken the island's long dormant volcano.
Surrounded by social and political chaos in Lima during the summer of 1992, Lucia, Aurora, and their mother, Elena, plan to leave and seek opportunities in the United States. Their farewell involves reconnecting with their estranged father, Carlos, adding turbulence to the regrets, hopes, and fears of their emotional departure.
Spain during the Noche de San Juan festival. Sisters Jessica and Alma are once again on their way to pick up food stamps from the Caritas charity. Although they have experienced violence at home, they both try to break the cycle and treat each other with love.
The Major Tones [Los tonos mayores]
It’s winter holidays and fourteen-year-old Ana discovers that the metal plate she has in her arm from an accident she suffered as a child is now receiving a strange message in Morse code.
Memories of a burning body [Memorias de un cuerpo que arde]
A lyrical portrait that intertwines and recreates the lives of Ana (73), Patricia (69) and Mayela (71) to discover how they understand themselves as women and how they enjoy their sexuality when the rest of the world thinks it no longer exists. Does desire still exist? Does pleasure diminish? What changes?.
Every You Every Me [Alle die Du bist]
What if the person you love the most suddenly becomes a stranger in your eyes? Nadine, a dedicated factory worker, tries to revive her relationship by reconnecting with her deepest emotions. But who did she once see in him that she can no longer find? EVERY YOU EVERY ME, a romantic social drama about the painful process of falling out of love and the initial magic of falling in love.
Tú me abrasas is an adaptation of “Sea Foam”, a chapter of Cesare Pavese’s Dialoghi con Leucò, in which the Greek poet Sappho and the nymph Britomart talk of suicide, death and desire. The film not only adapts this dialogue but it also imagines its potential footnotes and detours.
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