Filming has recently wrapped in Almería on Iván & Hadoum, the debut feature by Ian de la Rosa, who explores themes of identity, family legacy and reclaiming one's body through love, told through the relationship between its protagonists: a trans man and a Hispanic-Moroccan woman. His feature film directorial debut stars two newcomers to cinema: Silver and singer Herminia Loh.

“If our bodies are not represented as desired and loved, we will not live a full life. One way to make this happen is to share and show love for them and their stories, as we do with Iván and Hadoum. This film was born out of that impulse," said the director and screenwriter. The story follows Iván, a forklift driver in a greenhouse warehouse in southern Spain. Against all odds, he falls in love with Hadoum, a colleague from the packaging line. Their relationship unfolds in defiance of both of their families’ disapproval.

"It has been a privilege to shoot my first feature film with the team I had and in my homeland. I hope the audience falls in love with Iván, Hadoum, and Almería, just as we have," concludes the filmmaker, a graduate in film directing from ESCAC. His short film Víctor XX won an award at the Cannes Film Festival's Cinefondation in 2015. In 2020, he was one of the writers on the series Veneno [+leggi anche:
recensione
scheda series], directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi. His latest short film, Farrucas, premiered in Malaga in 2021, was nominated for a Goya Award, and was selected for several international film festivals—winning Best Short Film at the Vila do Conde Festival in Portugal, among others

In 2023, he was part of the writing team for the series The Invisible Girl and directed several episodes of Vestidas de azul. He also co-wrote the film As liñas descontinuas (read more) with director Anxos Fazáns. As a project, Iván & Hadoum was selected for the Berlinale Co-Production Market and received the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award (read interview).

Iván & Hadoum is produced by Stefan Schmitz and Emilia Fort for Avalon along with José Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez for Pecado Films, Carlotta Schiavon for Vayolet Films and Iván & Hadoum AIE, in co-production with Roshanak Khodabakhsh and Jan Krüger for the German company Port au Prince, and Flavia Biurrun and Hubert Toint for the Belgian company Saga Film. It is also supported by RTVE, Canal Sur, Movistar Plus+, ICAA, Regional Government of Andalusia, ICEC, Europa Creativa - MEDIA, Eurimages and ARTE/ZDF. It will be distributed in Spanish cinemas by Avalon.