12/03/2025 - The industry area of the Málaga Film Festival will present fiction films in the post-production phase and introduce a new section dedicated to documentary projects, Mercadoc.0

The eighth edition of Málaga Work in Progress (the section of MAFIZ, the industry area of the Malaga Film Festival, which opens its 28th edition on Friday 14 March), focuses on Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American films in the post-production phase and has selected 16 titles. Also, FICVIÑA will present four Chilean productions under the FICVIÑA Showcase label. The films (a complete list of which can be found below) will be screened from 18 to 20 March for sales agents, festival programmers and international funds to support their completion and promote their international distribution. The pitching of the projects, scheduled for Friday 21 March, will conclude the event.

Among the eight Spanish films are two from Murcia, the focus of this year’s Territory section. Eight Latin American productions will also be presented, including two from the Dominican Republic, the guest country at this year's festival. Málaga WIP is part of Spanish Screenings Content, an event designed as an international promotional platform to boost the sales of Spanish films. In 2025, it will hold its 19th edition as an official market for the sale and promotion of Spanish films.

Two juries will determine the winners of the Málaga Film Festival Award, with 5,000 euros for a Spanish film and 5, 000 euros for an Ibero-American film. The Malaga WIP Spain jury will include director and editor Alejandra Almirón, Jana Wolff (EFM-Berlinale) and Raúl Camargo (FICValdivia), while the Málaga WIP Ibero-America jury will be made up of Paola Buontempo (Documenta Madrid), Marco Muhletaler (PUCP) and Teresa Toledo (Casa América).

On the other hand, this year sees the creation of Mercadoc.0, a new section that will take place from 18 to 21 March, featuring 14 documentary projects: six Ibero-American and eight Spanish, including two from Zona Málaga and a third from Murcia, the focus of Territories (the complete list of projects can also be found at the end of this article). In addition, a training programme has been designed to focus on both the creative and financial aspects of generating viable, high-quality documentaries with internationalisation potential. The selection was made by Annabelle Aramburu, coordinator of MAFIZ; Leonardo Ordóñez, general manager of the Santiago Creativo Foundation; and Walter Tiepelmann, industry director of FIDBA and producer.

The selected projects are:

Málaga WIP

Málaga WIP Spain

Caro Nanni - Pablo Maqueda (Spain)
Production: Viva Films Media

Quantum Rave - Paco Campano (Spain)
Production: La Zanfoña Producciones

Dryads - Miguel Eek (Spain/Norway)
Production: Mosaic, Hedda Films

Future Fog - María Abenia (Spain)
Production: MamaFilms

The Reborn - Santiago Esteves (Spain/Argentina/Chile)
Production: Le Tiro, Zabriskie Films

Woman Bites Dog - Armand Rovira (Spain)
Production: From Outer Space

Málaga WIP Spain - Murcia Guest Region

Lionel - Carlos Sais (Spain/France)
Production: Blur Media Productions, Icónica Producciones, Bluconic Films AIE, Promenades Films

The Painter and the Scorpion - Sadrak Zmork (Spain)
Production: Diamantina Films, Twin Freaks Studio

Málaga WIP Ibero-America

The Night is a Farce - Lucas Weglinski (Brazil)
Production: Agalma, Loma Filmes

The Voice of God - Miguel Antunes Ramos (Brazil)
Production: Corisco Filmes

Water Never Hurt - Ana Clara Bustelo (Uruguay/Argentina)
Production: Pez Dorado CC

The Aunts - Valentina Llorens (Argentina)
Production: Maravilla Cine

Death and Life Madalena - Guto Parente (Brazil/Portugal)
Production: Tardo Filmes

No Journey Without Return - Carlos Sánchez Giraldo (Peru)
Production: Rima Cine

Latin American Focus: Dominican Republic

Tropical Fragrance - Alexander Viola (Dominican Republic)
Production: Mentes Fritas Film Production

Primu - Taba Blanchard (Dominican Republic)
Production: Larimar Films

FICVIÑA Showcase

Supernatural Stories - Mauricio Corco (Chile)
Production: By LACE Films

Si vas para Chile - Amílcar Infante, Sebastián González (Chile)
Production: Amilcar Films, Someday Productions, Pejeperro Films

The Woman Who Shouldn’t Be Here - Hermanxs Carrizo-Ortiz (Chile)
Production: Frontera Final Films, Zucchini Films

Las flores de Julia - Cris Tapia Marchiori (Chile/Argentina)
Production: Dukkah Producciones, Las Minas SmartMedia, Río Films, Perspectiva Producciones

Mercadoc.0

Building a Totalitarism: Dismantling Democracy in Venezuela - Luken Ignacio Quintana Márquez (Spain)
Production: Hacha y Machete

They Speak - Lydia Cacho (Spain)
Production: Agudezavisual

Essence - Pedro Peira (Spain)
Production: Festimania Pictures

Alex's Suitcase - Alejandro Cortés Calahorra (Spain)
Production: Larrua Creaciones

No Consent - Montse Bover Rabionet (Spain)
Production: La Kaseta

Mercadoc.0 - Murcia Guest Region

Women Warrior for the Amazon - Ángel Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Mercadoc.0 - Malaga Zone Projects

Juantxu - Manuel Jiménez Núñez, Andoni Famoso (Spain)
Production: Yolaperdono

Blood, Sweat and Joy - Rodolfo Montero de Palacio (Spain)
Production: Palamont Pictures

Mercadoc.0 - Ibero-American Projects

Antonio Gala - María Onis (Argentina)

The Untold Story - Isabella Breton Bonilla (Dominican Republic)

Beyond the Cup - Alex Noppel Briseño (Mexico)
Production: Brucken Films

Stolen Intimacy - Sebastián Carreras (Argentina)
Production: Cactus Cine

It Could Be the Last Winter - Álvaro Gauna, Fabiola Flores (Chile)
Production: Viraje Films

Serial - Brenda Barroero (Argentina)
Production: Pura Vida TV

(Translated from Spanish)