Spain will screen a contrasting range of films in 2024, from auteur films to mainstream productions directed by newcomers and veterans. The number of female filmmakers selling their work at EFM continues to grow, and internationally renowned directors filming this year include Pedro Almodovar, Isabel Coixet, Fernando Trueba, Oliver Lux, Carla Simón, Including Alejandro Amenábar.
Meanwhile, the industry is also enjoying an Oscar nomination for JA Bayona. snow societyand Pablo Berger’s robot dream. This approval marks the beginning of his eventful 2023 for Spanish cinema at international film festivals.Aestivalis uresola soraglen 20,000 species of bees At the Berlinale, child actor Sofia Otero won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Alvaro Gago won the Silver Bear Award. Matria Debut with panorama.A work by Lois Patigno was also premiered in Berlin. samsara Encounters and Carla Subirana deer In the 14th generation plus.
Afterwards, a premiere screening of Almodóvar’s Western short film was held in Cannes. strange way of lifestarring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke, with Victor Erice close your eyes. Also in Cannes CreaturaElena Martin’s second feature for Directors Fortnight.
Coixet returned in 2024 with another film, reteaming with Penelope Cruz following 2008. elegyan adaptation of the novel by Elena Ferrante days of abandonment.
Almodovar concedes the shot The room next door Starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton as her first English-language feature film after leaving the role. Manual for cleaning ladies.
Trueba will also be released haunted heart This year, Matt Dillon, Aida Folch and Juan Pablo Urrego star in a romantic thriller set on a remote Greek island.
Lux (fire is coming) is also planning to shoot a new film in 2024. rear, produced by Eldeseo and Movistar+. So will Simon after winning the Golden Bear Award in 2022. Alcaraz. The title of her new movie is romeriaproduced by Elastica Film.
In addition to these titles, this year’s EFM will feature a number of other interesting Spanish films. Here are some notable titles.
8
director Julio Medem
a concise name 8 Commemorating Coach Medem’s return (red squirrel, sex and lucia), a love story that unfolds over decades of Spanish and European history. The two main characters played by Ana Lujas (la messias) and Javier Rey (Fariña), they were born on the same day in 1931 into families that would eventually take sides in the Spanish Civil War. This story written by Medem consists of his 8 chapters. Morena Film (champion, everyone knows), Aidan Produce, and Quesito Films.
contact: Latido movie
animal/human
director Alessandro Pugno
Pecado Films, producer Victor Erice close your eyes, is behind this fictional feature debut from documentary director Pugno. The film depicts the parallel but very different lives of a young Italian man who dreams of becoming a bullfighter and a newborn calf in sunny Andalusia.
contact: soul pictures
artificial justice
director Simon Casal
Tornasol Media, Abano Productions and Ukbar Filmes produced this sci-fi political thriller, starring Veronica Echegui, the 2009 Berlin EFP Shooting Starfortitude) and Albert Ammann (Upon entry). Casal’s second novel revolves around a prominent judge (Echegui) who must evaluate the government’s plan to automate the judicial system by replacing judges with artificial intelligence software.
contact: Latido movie
captive
Director Alejandro Amenábar
Britain’s Film Constellation is becoming more involved in selling new titles from Spanish filmmakers. In addition to offering Fernando Trueba products, haunted heart In the market, the company plans to introduce the following features by another Oscar winner: others Directed by Amenabar. Produced by Fernando Bovaira of Mod Producciones, Himenoptero and Misent Producciones. captive It tells the story of the life of young Miguel de Cervantes, a prisoner of war in Algiers.This experience led him to explore his literary talents and ultimately lead him to write his masterpiece. don quixote. Propaganda Italia, Netflix and TVE join him in his $15 million epic period adventure.
contact: film constellation
Ellipsis
director david marquez
Leo, a successful mystery novelist, is busy writing his next book in his secluded home when a man claiming to be a journalist visits him, setting off a spiral of lies, betrayal, and blackmail.This is the starting point for a thriller. Ellipsisthe first feature from Marquez, co-writer of Javier Fesser’s 2018 box office hit champion. EllipsisProduced by Molina Films, starring Diego Peretti (kingdom), Jose Coronado (There is no rest for the wicked), Georgina Amoros (elite) and Cecilia Suarez (flower house). This work is now completed and is one of his market premieres for his Filmax at EFM.
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flickering
director Pilar Palomero
Goya Award-winning director Palomero saw her debut film. schoolgirl In 2020, she was selected for Berlin’s Generation Kplus and has been busy ever since.her second feature La Mothertel In 2022, he will play in San Sebastian, where he is currently finishing third. flickering, produced by Mod Producciones, Misent Producciones and Inicia Films. Patricia López Arnaiz (20,000 species of bees) plays a divorced woman who resumes a relationship with her ex-husband (Antonio de la Torre) due to illness, rekindling resentments she thought had long been overcome.
contact: film factory entertainment
hate song
director Alejo Levis
Two actors and a technician gather at a former Rwandan propaganda radio station to rehearse for a show about peace and hope, but first they must overcome the horrific past that unites them. Levi’s third film stars Alex Brendemuhle (Creatura), Nansi Nsuue, Bole Bouika.
contact: Sideral Cinema
human hibernation
director Anna Cornudella
Multidisciplinary director’s feature debut human hibernation is billed as a “low-key science fiction” story set in a society hibernating during the coldest time of the year. The search centers around a child who disappeared after waking up early from hibernation. Japonica Films (SXSW Entry) The mystery of pink flamingos) and Batiak Films will co-produce this title, which will be screened at the Forum at the Berlinale.
contact: Gerardo Rodriguez, Japonica Films
I’m Nevenka
director Isiar Bolan
Bolan’s latest film is inspired by a true story. Nevenca Fernández was 23 years old when she started working for the city council of Ponferrada, a town in northern Spain. Fernandez became a media target after accusing the mayor of sexual harassment. Despite the controversy, in 2002 she became the first person to be convicted of sexual harassment by a Spanish politician. Currently in production, I’m Nevenka A Kowalski Films and Feelgood Media production, starring Mireia Oriol ( screen international Spain’s Stars of Tomorrow in 2022) and Urco Olazabal.
contact: film factory entertainment
End: Rocafort Street
director Luis Prieto
Showrunner Films and Nostromo Pictures (behind Rodrigo Cortés’ new film) run away, executive produced by Martin Scorsese) This horror title follows Lola, a Barcelona Metro employee who is assigned to an old and quiet station. She discovers that the facility is the center of a chilling urban legend. Many people have died there over the years under strange circumstances, and no one seems interested in knowing the truth.
contact: film factory entertainment
little loves
director Celia Rico
Rico’s first appearance journey to mother’s room It was first screened in San Sebastian in 2018 in the New Directors category, where it won the Special Jury Award and the Young Jury Award. Rico is forced to spend the entire summer with her parents after a minor accident, and the intimate drama between her mother and daughter reappears. The problem is that they can’t stand each other. Adriana Ozores and Maria Vázquez (stars of last year’s Berlinale victory) Matria) According to the filmmaker, the story is guided by “if there is a language for daughterhood, rather than motherhood.” Barcelona-based Arcadia Motion Pictures (as vesta, robot dream), also behind journey to mother’s roomis produced in partnership with France’s Noodles Production.
contact: Latido movie
Marco, the invented truth
Gentlemen. John Garaño, Aitor Alesi
Marco, the invented truth The work is based on the true story of Enric Marco, a Spanish man who served as a speaker for the Holocaust Victims Association and claimed to be a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp. But it all turned out to be a complex and shameful fabrication. Marco not only deceived the media, but also his own family and inner circle.Directors John Garaño and Aitor Alesi team up again endless trench and Handia, starring multiple Goya Award-winning actor Eduardo Fernández as Marco. In post-production, the first promotion will be available on his EFM as a market premiere. Produced by Morarti Prodkzioak, Irusoin and Atresmedia Cine.
contact: film factory entertainment
Memories of a burning body
director Antonella Sudasassi Furnace
Here it is selected in the Panorama section. Memories of a burning body This is Sudasashi’s second full-length work after his debut. Ari’s awakening It premiered at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival and was Costa Rica’s entry for the Academy Awards. Memories of a burning body Won the Copia Final in the WIP section of Ventana Sur. It tells the story of Ana, Patricia, and Mayella, who grew up in a repressive time when sexuality was taboo. Now in their 60s, they have started to indulge their desires because they never discussed such things with their mothers, sisters, and daughters earlier in life. Co-produced by Substance Films and PlayLab Films.
contact: Bendita film sales
events in morocco
director Alvaro Fernandez Armero
Fernandez Armero (Spain’s shame) directed the third installment of the box office hit. spanish incident and Spanish love affair 2, once again teaming up with production companies Telecinco Cinema and LaZona.comedy events in moroccoCarmen is determined to carry on the legacy of her husband and family patriarch, José María, and is determined to retrieve the first fishing boat of the fleet, currently anchored in a Moroccan port. The cast includes Julian Lopez (undercover wedding crashers) and Michelle Jenner (our lovers).
contact: Filmax International Sales
Reynas
director Claudia Reinicke
sundance premiere Reynas This is the third feature film by Swiss-Peruvian director Reinicke, who has appeared twice in 2019’s “Locarno Filmmakers.” love me tender And in 2016 nest. Reynas It is produced by Barcelona-based Initia Film. 20,000 species of beesin partnership with Maretazo Cine and Alva Film. Reynas The film follows Lucia, Aurora, and their mother Elena as they plan to leave the United States in search of opportunity during the summer of 1992 in Lima, Peru, during social and political turmoil. I am.
contact: yellow affair
we treat women too well
director Clara Bilbao
It’s both a war thriller and a black comedy. we treat women too well (based on the novel by French author Raymond Queneau) is costume designer Bilbao’s directorial debut. Set in the Pyrenees in 1945, the story revolves around Spanish resistance fighters against the Franco regime who take refuge in a remote mountain village, only to come face to face with a woman who wants them dead. There is. The film was completed and produced by Fiction Producciones and Noodles Productions and stars Carmen Machi and Antonio de la Torre.
contact: Filmax International Sales