26/02/2025 - The Spanish film festival, which takes place from 15 to 23 March, will screen up to 260 titles, with 22 films in the official competition section and another 21 out of competition

A total of 260 audiovisual productions (including feature films, documentaries, short films and series) will be shown at the 28th edition of Malaga Film Festival, which will take place between 15 and 23 March. The event has become an unmissable date for Spanish-language cinema, with its industry area, MAFIZ, also consolidating its position as a hub for networking, creating synergies, and doing business.

As announced a few days ago, the Spanish films Fury [+see also:
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This competitive section is completed with La deuda (read more), the film that opens the competition, directed by and starring Daniel Guzmán, who previously won the festival's Golden Biznaga award with his first feature film Nothing in Return [+see also:
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In addition to these Spanish titles, there are another seven Latin American films that will be vying for the Biznagas: Sugar Island [+see also:
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In the official out-of-competition section, highlights include the new feature film by Julio Medem, entitled 8 [+see also:
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film profile] by Borja Cobeaga; Pequeños calvarios by Javier Polo; Playa de lobos by Javier Veiga; También esto pasará by María Ripoll; Barren Land by Albert Pintó; Tras el verano by Yolanda Centeno; Un año y un día by Alex San Martín; Uno Equis Dos by Alberto Utrera; and Vírgenes by Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo.

And as for Latin American films, this section will include the Argentine films Lo que quisimos ser by Alejandro Agresti (co-produced with France); Mazel Tov by Adrián Suar; El casero by Matías Luchessi (with Uruguay); Una muerte silenciosa by Sebastián Schindel; and Mensaje en una botella by Gabriel Nesci.

Meanwhile, in the parallel section Zonazine, dedicated to the most daring and marginalised cinema, the following films will compete: Esmorza amb mi by Iván Morales; A nadie le importas by Cristina Galán and David Suárez; Dies d’estiu i de pluja by the collective Espurnes; El impulso nómada by Jordi Esteva; the Colombian films Rains over Babel [+see also:
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Finally, for the first time, the festival will close with a series, Mariliendre, directed by Javier Ferreiro and produced by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi (La Mesías [+see also:
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(Translated from Spanish)