On Friday 12 December, Spain’s ICAA (Film and Audiovisual Arts Institute) announced the definitive resolution concerning its selective support for 2025, intended for the production of feature-length projects. Of the total amount given out, a minimum of 40% is reserved for projects helmed exclusively by female directors, a minimum of 15% and a maximum of 25% for documentary projects, a minimum of 10% for animated projects, between 5% and 10% for experimental projects, and a minimum of 5% for co-productions with foreign firms in which Spain is involved as a minority producer. Thus, in the final resolution, the supported projects are split across various categories: 49 deemed to be of special cinematic, cultural or social value (be they fiction or animations), 34 documentaries and 15 experimental titles.

Of the 444 applications received, 98 films made it onto the list of supported titles. Among them, having secured €800,000, are Memorial, the second feature by Sergi Pérez, following The Long Way Home [+leggi anche:
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Other titles receiving €800,000 are El gran bazar de mis padres, the feature debut by Rakesh Narwani, produced by Pecado Films and Bazar Films; Mare de sucre, a feature-length extension of the short film (and stage play) helmed by its director, Clàudia Cedó, produced by Lastor Media and Suica Productions; La primera bruixa by María Martínez Bayona, staged by Fasten Films; and Daemon, directed by Chile’s Valeria Hofmann and produced by Amore Cine.

Meanwhile, €1 million go to Pink Punk Delta, an animated flick directed and produced by Alba Sotorra (Francesca & Love [+leggi anche:
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Other projects that scored highly and thus earned themselves tidy sums are Vivan los hombres cabales by David Martín de los Santos (That Was Life [+leggi anche:
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The full list of the recipients of selective support for 2025 (in Spanish) can be found here.