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 [+lire aussi :
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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 [+lire aussi :
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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 [+lire aussi :
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In the official out-of-competition section, highlights include the new feature film by Julio Medem, entitled 8 [+lire aussi :
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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 [+lire aussi :
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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 [+lire aussi :
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