20/10/2022 - The 11th edition for the Mallorca film festival will present awards to renowned figures such as Nastassja Kinski, Lone Scherfig and Laia Costa, the star of Lullaby , which will also screen

The eleventh Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival has announced its programme, which includes 127 screenings (89 national premieres, 17 European premieres and 21 world premieres) in all its sections and formats. This year features a new section dedicated to debut films, with six titles in competition, and another section, called Made in Baleares, with 30 films produced or filmed in this Mediterranean archipelago.

Actress Nastassja Kinski (Paris, Texas) will receive the Mallorca Film Award during the opening ceremony on 26 October in Palma. She will be joined by Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig (Italian for Beginners, An Education [+see also:
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film profile], the recent series The Shift [+see also:
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interview: Lone Scherfig
series profile]) and the Spanish actress Laia Costa (Lullaby [+see also:
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interview: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
film profile], which will be shown at a special screening), who will receive the Evolution Vision and Evolutionary New Talent 2022 awards, respectively. Meanwhile, the American cinematographer Ed Lachman (Carol [+see also:
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The festival opens with the multinational European-American production Triangle of Sadness [+see also:
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interview: Ruben Östlund
film profile], a harsh critique of rampant capitalism by Ruben Östlund. Also in the debut films section are the German Sweet Disaster, from Laura Lehmus, centred around a break-up after an unexpected pregnancy; What We Know [+see also:
interview: Jordi Núñez
film profile], by the Valencian Jordi Núñez, where friendship, love and desire unite - or not so much - a group of friends at different stages of their lives; Charly (Germany), by Alisa Kolosova, where we accompany exceptional characters on their journey; and Magdalena [+see also:
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Also, Phyllis Nagy's Call Jane (United States), set in the American suburbs at a time when the protagonist cannot legally have an abortion. And There's Always Hope (Britain) by Tim Lewiston shows the plight of an author whose desire to succeed with her best work has separated her from an important relationship. Finally, Pilar Palomero from Zaragoza will present the youth drama La maternal [+see also:
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interview: Pilar Palomero
film profile] (Spain) to close the 11th EMIFF.

Finally, the Made in Baleares section will present 30 films, including the German fiction films Ghost Island, by Roman Toulany, and Bulldog [+see also:
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interview: André Szardenings
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The complete programme and activities for the 11th Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival can be seen on its website.

(Translated from Spanish by Vicky York)