Within the programme of the 51st Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival (14-22 November), the main highlight is the Official Feature Film Section, where 12 Ibero-American productions, previously recognised at international festivals such as Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Tribeca and Mar del Plata, will be locking horns. As in previous years, the event will also include the Acento section (featuring the year’s most notable Spanish filmmakers), the Official Short Film Section, Talento Andaluz, Pantalla Huelva, Cine y Valores, Special Screenings and Ventana Cinéfila, among other strands.

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Titles with European involvement competing in the official section are the following: the Tribeca award winner A Bright Future, the eagerly awaited second feature by Uruguayan filmmaker Lucía Garibaldi after The Sharks [+lire aussi :
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They will be joined in the official section by It Would Be Night in Caracas, a film by Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugás unveiled at Venice and Toronto, an adaptation of Karina Sainz Borgo’s novel La hija de la española, a political thriller about identity and social engagement; Vainilla by Mexican filmmaker Mayra Hermosillo, an ensemble piece led by seven women from different generations that screened in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori; The Best Mother in the World by Brazilian director Anna Muylaert, which premiered at the Berlinale and follows a mother’s odyssey to protect her children; Newborn by Mexico’s Alejandro Zurro, the story of a couple facing the birth of their intersex baby; Autos, mota y rocanrol, also from Mexico, by JM Cravioto, a mockumentary about the misadventures of two brothers trying to organise a car race; Twelve Moons by fellow Mexican Victoria Franco, which explores an architect’s emotional crisis after a traumatic loss; Isla negra, the third feature by Chile's Jorge Riquelme Serrano, an intimate drama dissecting the fractures within Chilean society; and, finally, Fuse by Brazil's Pedro Waddington and Rebeca Diniz, a cross-sectional study of their country’s social classes.

In addition, the festival will screen two features out of competition: The Wave by Chile’s Sebastián Lelio, a musical drama about abuse, memory and the fight for truth that took part in Cannes; and The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo [+lire aussi :
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The aforementioned Acento section, dedicated to Spanish cinema, gathers a selection of new works by leading national filmmakers such as Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (whose hit Sundays [+lire aussi :
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Alongside the Luz Awards for Milena Smit and Yon González, which will be presented at the opening ceremony, actors Fernando Tejero and Pilar Castro will receive the Ciudad de Huelva Award, the festival’s top institutional honour, in recognition of their extensive and distinguished careers in film, television and theatre.