16/10/2025 - The 27th edition of the festival will screen the latest movies by Ion de Sosa, Guillermo Galoe, Gabriel Azorín, Irati Gorostidi and Alberto Vázquez, among others

The Abycine - Albacete International Film Festival will hold its 27th edition from 21-30 October. The opening of the event will take place on Thursday 23rd with a gala at which actor Inma Cuesta, actor-director Marta Nieto, and Basque filmmakers Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi and Jose Mari Goenaga (known collectively as Moriarti, and who have just unveiled Maspalomas [+see also:
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interview: Aitor Arregi and José Mari …
film profile], winner of the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance at the recent San Sebastián International Film Festival) will receive the Young Career Award.

With a strong commitment to emerging talent and supporting new cinematic languages, the Abycine Indie strand reasserts its role as a benchmark for young, independent cinema in Spain. The selected titles in this section are Balearic [+see also:
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interview: Ion de Sosa
film profile] by Ion de Sosa, which played at Locarno and Sitges; Sleepless City [+see also:
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interview: Guillermo Galoe
film profile] by Guillermo Galoe, winner of the SACD Award in the Cannes Critics’ Week; Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes [+see also:
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interview: Gabriel Azorín
film profile] by Gabriel Azorín, which premiered in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori; Aro berria [+see also:
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film profile], the debut feature by Irati Gorostidi, a Special Mention winner in San Sebastián’s New Directors; Decorado, an animated dystopia by Alberto Vázquez, winner of a Special Mention at Austin’s Fantastic Fest and now on show at Sitges; Singular by Alberto Gastesi, also screening at Sitges; Supernatural [+see also:
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interview: Ventura Durall
film profile], a documentary by Ventura Durall, which bowed at Hot Docs; and Beef [+see also:
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film profile] by Ingride Santos, seen at Málaga and Seattle.

In the Enfoques section, screenings will include A nadie le importas by Cristina Galán and David Suárez; En silencio, a documentary by actor Sara Sálamo; Subsuelo by editor-director Fernando Franco; and the documentary Warhol-Vijande: más que pistolas, cuchillos y cruces, the debut by Sebastián Galán, revisiting the titular pop artist’s trip to Madrid in the 1980s and featuring singer Alaska.

The Talentos Lanza section includes The Exiles [+see also:
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interview: Belén Funes
film profile] by Belén Funes, presented at Toronto last year and a multi-award winner at Málaga; Fury [+see also:
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interview: Gemma Blasco
film profile] by Gemma Blasco, whose actors Ángela Cervantes and Álex Monner were also rewarded at Málaga; The Remnants of You [+see also:
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film profile], directed by Gala Gracia; and Pet Peeves [+see also:
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interview: Javier Polo
film profile], a film structured into chapters by Valencian filmmaker Javier Polo, which boasts an ensemble cast.

Lastly, this year, the Abycine Lanza industry arm celebrates its tenth anniversary with a packed programme of activities. Meanwhile, short films take up a large share of the schedule and the competition (to be judged by filmmakers Manuela Burló, Víctor Moreno and Alejandra Frechero). To close the festival, the first three episodes of Rafaela y su loco mundo will be presented - this outrageous series directed by Ernesto Sevilla (Camera café, la película [+see also:
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(Translated from Spanish)