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Marathi-language feature “Cactus Pears” (“Sabar Bonda”) continued its festival winning streak by taking home the Grand Jury Prize at the inaugural SXSW London festival.

The award was announced by the festival’s features jury, comprising writer-director Julia Jackman, actor Archie Madekwe and actor-writer Susan Wokoma.

Directed by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade in his feature debut, “Cactus Pears” follows two men navigating societal pressures in a rural Indian community. The story centers on Anand, a 30-something city dweller forced to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in western India’s countryside, where he bonds with Balya, a local farmer struggling to remain unmarried. As the mourning period ends and Anand must return to the city, he faces a crucial decision about their relationship.

At the SXSW London closing gala, jury member Wokoma said: “The winning film is a stunning portrait of love and tenderness and beauty in and amongst grief...

La 40ª edición tendrá lugar en el Parc del Fòrum, en plena efervescencia del cine catalán. © Getty Images

Barcelona será la ciudad anfitriona de la 40ª edición de los Premios Goya, según ha anunciado hoy martes Fernando Méndez-Leite, presidente de la Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, en un acto celebrado en la sede de la institución en Madrid. La ceremonia tendrá lugar –¡toma nota!– el 7 de febrero de 2026 en el Parc del Fórum, un cuarto de siglo después de la histórica edición del año 2000 –la primerísima vez que los Goya salieron de Madrid–, cuando Pedro Almodóvar arrasó con su Todo sobre mi madre.

La gala regresa a la ciudad condal en un momento de especial efervescencia para el cine catalán. Basta recordar el Oso de Oro en la Berlinale de 2022 para Alcarràs, de Carla Simón, quien este año regresa, además, con Romería, su nueva película...

Following its audience award won in Berlin, Eva Libertad’s Deaf added four more prizes at the 2025 Malaga Film Festival (March 14-23) including best Spanish film and the audience award.

Libertad’s debut follows the relationship between a deaf woman and her hearing boyfriend, which is put under strain by a new baby, and stars the director’s sister, Miriam Garlo, and Álvaro Cervantes. They both won Malaga’s acting prizes ex aequo alongside Ángela Cervantes for Fury and Mario Casas for Away, respectively.

Latido Films is handling international sales for Deaf, which has already sold to the UK, Ireland,...

Dos ex aequos marcan un palmarés que refleja el alto nivel de esta edición.

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El Festival de Málaga 2025 cierra una edición ambiciosa y de alto nivel con un palmarés que perfila a Sorda, de Eva Libertad, como una de las grandes contendientes de la temporada de premios española (y quien sabe si acabará representando a España en los próximos Óscar). La cinta, que ya recibió en la Berlinale el premio del Público, se alza con la Biznaga de Oro y también se llevan Biznagas de Plata Miriam Garlo y Álvaro Cervantes en las categorías interpretativas, además del Premio del Público, el Premio Asecan, el Premio Feroz y el Premio Gignis.

La otra gran triunfadora de una edición marcada por una fuerte presencia femenina ha sido Los tortuga, de Belén Funes, que se ha llevado el Premio Especial del Jurado, Mejor Dirección y Mejor Guion. Y La furia,...

The Málaga Film Festival unveiled winners from its various lineups this afternoon, where Eva Libertad’s “Deaf” walked away with a fest-best four prizes, including best actress (Miriam Garlo), actor (Álvaro Cervantes), the audience award and best picture.

Libertad’s debut feature is an expansion of the eponymous Goya-nominated short she co-directed with Nuria Muñoz, starring her sister Garlo, an acclaimed deaf actress. The film tells the story of Angela (Garlo), a pregnant deaf woman, and Hector (Cervantes), her hearing partner. Pregnancy brings to the surface her fears about motherhood and how she will be able to communicate with her daughter. The arrival of the girl generates a crisis in the couple and leads Angela to face the upbringing of her daughter in a world that is not made for her.

Acclaimed “A Thief’s Daughter” filmmaker Belén Funes’ latest, “The Exiles,” won Málaga’s special jury prize, best...

Gemma Blasco makes her feature debut with Spanish drama “Fury,” the tale of a young woman trying to cope with a traumatic experience and who finds a channel for her rage on the stage.

Having just premiered at South By Southwest in Austin, “Fury” unspools in competition at the Malaga Film Festival on Wednesday.

Written by Blasco and Eva Pauné, the film follows Alex, a young woman, played by Ángela Cervantes, trying to come to terms with a violent assault she suffers at a New Year’s Eve party. In the process she finds a much needed emotional outlet on the stage embodying the vengeful character of Medea in a production of Euripides’ Greek tragedy. She also seeks solace by confiding in her brother Adrián, played by Àlex Monner (“The Next Skin“), only to see him consumed by rage and a thirst for revenge.

Ángela Cervantes and Àlex Monner in “Fury”

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When Spanish multi-hyphenate Elena Martín Gimeno first got a call to say she would be this year’s recipient of the Málaga Talent Award at the prestigious Malaga Film Festival, she felt it was a “full circle moment.” Having premiered her feature debut “Júlia Ist” at the festival almost a decade ago, the director credits the launchpad as having “made her career possible,” catapulting her to premiere her sophomore effort “Creatura” to great acclaim at Directors’ Fortnight in 2023.

Gimeno directed, wrote and starred in “Creatura,” which went on to win Best European Film at Directors’ Fortnight, six Gaudí Awards, and three nominations for the Goya Awards.

As a director and screenwriter, on top of her two feature films, Gimeno has worked on fiction projects such as Canneseries double winner “Vida Perfecta” by Leticia Dolera and “Veneno” by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, their first big international breakout. The creative also...

The world premiere of Spanish social drama La Deuda, thethird feature from actor-director Daniel Guzmán, will open the Malaga International Film Festival (Miff) on March 14.

Guzmán stars as a man living with an elderly woman, plaayed by Itziar Ituño, in a city apartment, while she struggles with her health and he has to confront a precarious job situation. The film is produced by Spain’s Acqu y Alli Films.La Deudatranslates as ‘The Debt’ but no English-language title has been confirmed.

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Miff showcases Spanish and Ibero-American films to the local and international industry...

The Berlinale is just the start of a big 2025 for Catalan films, filmmakers and companies. Several high-profile Catalan buzz titles are currently shooting or in post-production and are slated to debut later in the year, while others are presently kicking off promising festival runs.

Former Berlin Golden Bear winner Carla Simon (“Alcarràs”) will debut “Romería,” currently in post, about a woman’s journey to meet her biological father’s family after he dies of AIDS. It’s a hugely personal project as the disease took both of Simon’s parents’ lives when she was just six years old.

In commercial terms, especially domestically, few films have more box office potential than Borja Cobeaga’s “Los Aitas,” an all-ages comedy about a group of middle-aged dads accompanying their daughters on an international gymnastics trip.

Miguel Ángel Jiménez’s brutally stylish 1970s-set dark comedy “The Birthday Party” stars Willem Dafoe alongside an ensemble of top Spanish talent.

Like water taking the shape of any container in which it’s kept, Catalan cinema tends to work its way into every corner of a festival or marketplace in which it is present. This year’s European Film Market is no exception. Here’s a look at 10 Catalan titles set to make an impression at this year’s festival and market.

The highest profile appearance will be Eva Libertad’s debut feature, “Deaf,” based on a short of the same name, which world premieres in the Panorama section. Sold by Latido Films and produced by Distinto Films, A Contracorriente Films and Nexus CreaFilms, it’s based on Libertad’s Goya-nominated short of the same name.

Lucía G. Romero’s “Close to September” will world premiere in Berlinale Shorts. Produced by Escándalo Films, Filmax, Escac Films and Escac Studio, it centers on an imbalanced youthful romance.

Generation Kplus showcases two Catalan productions this year,...

A selection of Spanish titles being sold at the European Film Market.

“My Friend Eva,” Cesc Gay

A romantic comedy about Eva, who, after 20 years of marriage, seeks to rediscover love and passion, directed by “Truman” helmer Gay. “Cesc’s films are always highly anticipated. He’s a director who’s given us so much success in the past,” says the film’s sales agent.

S.A. Filmax

*”The Virgin of the Quarry Lake,” Laura Casabé

Set in 2001 Argentina, this film follows Natalia, who uses dark incantations to win back her love, leading to self-empowerment and a dramatic conclusion. A buzz title at last month’s Sundance market.

S.A. Filmax

*”Fury,” Gemma Blasco

A young actress, Alex, grapples with trauma and isolation after a New Year’s Eve assault. Her brother’s misguided support leads them down dark paths, while Alex finds solace in theatre. Headed to SXSW’s global program this year.

Protagonizan Ángela Cervantes y Álex Monner. © Filmax

Filmax ha presentado el primer tráiler de la película La furia, debut en el largometraje de ficción de Gemma Blasco tras dirigir los cortometrajes Matices (2013), Formas de jugar (2015) y Jauría (2018), descrita como una tragedia moderna con una mirada personal sobre la violencia sexual.

En La furia, Alexandra (Alex), una joven actriz, es violada durante una fiesta de Nochevieja rodeada de sus amigos. No pudo ver a su agresor, y durante todo el año siguiente se enfrentará a la culpa, el asco y la vergüenza. Mientras Álex intenta canalizar todo ese dolor a través del teatro, donde interpreta al vengativo personaje de Medea, su hermano Adrián se enfrenta a la rabia de no haber sabido proteger a su hermana y al impulso de dejarse llevar por sus propias decisiones. La época en la que sus problemas eran los normales de cualquier familia, ya forman parte del pasado.

Una Sección Oficial de mayor presencia femenina. © Festival Málaga | mundoCine

El 28 Festival de Málaga, que se celebra del 14 al 23 de marzo, ha anunciado las primeras películas que competirán por la ansiada Biznaga de Oro. Y recordemos que el año pasado, el galardón recayó en Segundo premio, de Isaki Lacuesta y Pol Rodríguez, y este fue solo el primero de los muchos reconocimientos –a la espera de ver qué se lleva en los Goya– de la película elegida (pero no nominada) para representar a España en los Óscar 2025.

En esta edición, la Sección Oficial se distingue por una mayor presencia femenina, con cinco películas españolas por ahora anunciadas a concurso firmadas por directoras: La furia, de Gemma Blasco, Los Tortuga, de Belén Funes, Sorda, de Eva Libertad, La buena suerte, de Gracia Querejeta, y La buena letra, de Celia Rico.

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Empezando por la primera de ellas, Gemma Blasco se...

Protagonizan Ángela Cervantes y Álex Monner. © SXSW

¡Buenas noticias! En el Festival South by Southwest de Austin (SXSW) tendremos representación española con el estreno mundial de la película La furia, debut en el largometraje de ficción de Gemma Blasco tras dirigir los cortometrajes Matices (2013), Formas de jugar (2015) y Jauría (2018), descrita como una tragedia moderna con una mirada personal sobre la violencia sexual.

En La furia, Alexandra (Alex), una joven actriz, es violada durante una fiesta de Nochevieja rodeada de sus amigos. No pudo ver a su agresor, y durante todo el año siguiente se enfrentará a la culpa, el asco y la vergüenza. Mientras Álex intenta canalizar todo ese dolor a través del teatro, donde interpreta al vengativo personaje de Medea, su hermano Adrián se enfrenta a la rabia de no haber sabido proteger a su hermana y al impulso de dejarse llevar por sus propias decisiones. La época en...

Barcelona-based outlet Filmax has boarded Fury, the first fiction feature by Gemma Blasco and will also release the film in Spain.

Produced by Ringo Media and starring Alex Monner, a Screen Spain Star of Tomorrow, Fury is about the impact of a New Years’ Eve sexual assault on a young actress and her brother.

Blasco has previously directed short films and the experimental film El Zoo.

The project was developed at the Torino Film Lab Extended, New Horizons Studio+, Cima Mentoring, Dama Ayuda and D’A Final Cut.

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Catalan films routinely punch above their weight at high-profile international festivals: Think 2022 Berlin Golden Bear winner “Alcarràs.” That trend looks primed to continue in 2024.

Catalan auteur Albert Serra will debut “Afternoons of Solitude,” co-produced by Catalan companies Andergraun Films and Lacima, with Ideale Audience and Tardes de Soledad.

A fall fest bet, “They Will Be Dust,” from Carlos Marqués- Marcet, is produced by Catalonia’s Lastor Media alongside Chile’s Alina Film and Kino Produzioni in Italy.

Few regions boast a lineup of female filmmakers as impressive as Catalonia. This year, new films from Goya Award winners Pilar Palomero (“Glimmers”) and Belén Funes (“The Turtles”) are strong contenders for festival recognition.

With the backing of Catalonia’s Minority Co-Production Fund, four international co-prods are poised to make a significant impact on this year’s festival circuit. Keep an eye out for Javier Rebollo’s “Close to the Sultan”, Calia Atan...

Before a crowd of filmmakers and journalists, Mexico’s Guadalajara Festival reached an industry crescendo on Tuesday with the presentation of prizes for its Co-Production Meetings which brought producers and directors face to face with potential partners as well as giving opportunities to filmmakers to pitch their projects to industry service companies sponsoring in-kind awards.

It was difficult to discern any strong trends among favored projects as prize winners ranged from documentaries to features, though fatherless or deteriorating families seemed to be at the core of many of the titles. Recipients hailed from across Central and South America and were about equally divided between men and woman, with some prizes going to teams comprising just female filmmakers a sign perhaps that the legendary machismo of Latin America may be subsiding, at least, in the film industry.

Top winner was the documentary project “Jirafas,” an Ecuador/Chile co-production in early development,...