Having fought in the First Carlist War, Martin returns to his family farm in Gipuzkoa only to find that his younger brother, Joaquín, towers over him in height. Convinced that everyone will want to pay to see the tallest man on Earth, the siblings set out on a long trip all over Europe, during which ambition, money, and fame will forever change the family's fate. A story based on true events.

Marina is a waitress and an aspiring singer. Her older boyfriend Orlando owns a publishing house. They are happily forming a life together, when Orlando unexpectedly dies. Marina struggles to maintain her dignity and her right to grieve when his family seeks to bar her from the funeral and the police suspect her of complicity.

Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo is about Julita Salmerón’s childhood wishes, and how all three ended up being granted. When her youngest son realizes that his mother has lost the vertebra of his murdered great-grandmother, kept for three generations, the family launches into an outlandish search among the weird and wonderful objects Julita has hoarded in her more than 80 years, revealing a picturesque gallery of characters.

Carmen, a devout Catholic woman from Malaga, is about to be chosen leader of her local religious guild. But it all goes up in smoke when her biggest rival is chosen: Ignacio, a ridiculous, arrogant man who is also hell-bent on demoting her from her post. After an unfortunate “accident”, Ignacio is left unconscious in the bathroom and Carmen is forced to keep him hidden in her home all the while she receives a series of unexpected visitors.

Madrid, the 90s. In the middle of the night, the police receive a call. Amid screams of terror, they hear children shouting out about the presence of strange phenomena in their flat, deep in a working-class district. Two days earlier, Veronica, their older sister, had used the Ouija board at school. Without realizing it, she has opened the door to something supernatural, inexplicable, which will move into her house over the next hours, becoming incontrollable and, above all, very dangerous.

At a summit for Latin American presidents in Chile, where the region’s geopolitical strategies and alliances are in discussion, Argentine president Hernán Blanco endures a political and family drama that will force him to confront his own demons. He will have to come to two decisions that could change the course of public and private life forever: one regarding a complicated emotional situation with his daughter, the other the most important political choice of his career.

High tension in Alberto Rodriguez’s noir film, as two outsider cops uncover some sordid truths in the Andalucian wetlands. Marshland is noirishly tense on different levels, its tight focus on character, its realism, it’s sense of place and its social critique adding up to a grippingly intense whole — and that’s not to mention it’s satisfyingly twisting plotline.

Militiawomen relates the intense investigation to discover the identity of five militia-women executed in Mallorca in 1936. One picture and the existence of an anonymous journal, attributed to one of them, are the only clues. Is it possible, 80 years later, to discover the identities of those who remain silenced at the bottom of the graves?

Angono Mba, an 80 year-old Guniean, recalls the expedition when he worked as porter for the filmmaker Hernandez Sanjuan, traveling around Spanish Guinea from 1944 to 1946, in search of a mysterious lake where, legend would have it, you could see 10,000 elephants. From the Spanish filmmaker’s obsession with finding something, to the actual adventures of the expedition, comes this tale of fascination with Africa, the past, and memory.

A family is at its breaking point. Dad kicked mom out the house because she has a gambling addiction, the older child's fiancée wants to cancel their wedding, and the youngest child believes he can fix his family and bring them back together. An accident will make everyone reconsider their decisions; the doctors say one of them will not make it through the night.

The corpse of a young man appears in a forest on the island of La Gomera. The case closes with the accusation to a local politician who is exonerated in the later judgment. Three years later, Sergeant Bevilaqua and his assistant, Corporal Chamorro, are sent to the island to revive the investigation. Corporal Anglada accompanies them, the last one who saw the young man alive.

A high-profile 2D animated feature. Che, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix and Charles de Gaulle all appear in this voyage from Harlem to Cuba to Algeria, that offers up an unusual mix of music and adventure in the midst of the Cold War. October 1965. Pamplona’s troupe of giant figures, a typical sight at the San Fermín festivities, is invited to parade along Fifth Avenue in New York. But not all of them will be allowed to appear: due to racial discrimination, the American authorities will ban the participation of the two black giants. A truly entertaining delicacy.

Near the end of the Spanish Civil War, a “trigger happy” fascist soldier turns into a singular hermit. He gets caught up in the care of a fig tree after the look in a ten year old child’s eyes, son of one of his victims, awakes in him the certainty that the kid will kill him as soon as he reaches sixteen years of age.

The brave class is a social experiment investigates the importance of language in the way we understand the world. The documentary includes analysis from more than 20 experts including linguistics, journalists and politics such us Owen Jones, Inigo Errejón, Inaki Gabilondo or Estrella Montolio.

The Alicante Film Festival has preselected this year’s films. The theme of the showcase this year is focused on Spanish society, from political concerns to new lifestyles. The screening consists of seven short-films: four comedies, a drama, a thriller and a dystopia. These stories are told with a great deal of imagination, sense of humour and intrigue.

On her 40th birthday, Elia gathers together a few select relatives and friends at a luxury country house to tell them some extraordinary news: she has won a jackpot of 140 million euros!

The film documents a tense and intense 24 hours in the lives of three middle-aged drinking buddies.

Since their parents split up, Sara and her younger sister have lived with their mother, whose new partner is a woman. Everyday life for the four of them is very similar to that of other families. Not everyone sees it that way, however; her father, in particular, has his doubts.

My Big Night is an absurdist comedy full of colour, musical numbers and, of course, gags and gut-busting dialogue.

A film inspired by the amazing true story of Ramon Arroyo, a father-of-two and a sufferer of Multiple Sclerosis, who is told that he will never run 100 metres.

Centred around exclusive interview and performance footage of Chavela Vargas shot in 1991. This documentary is narrated by the woman herself. Chavela weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being.

Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, writer, artist and polymath decides to take state of the art telescopes and photographic equipment, carrying them 10,000ft above the clouds of Tenerife.

This documentary tells the story of the 4000 Basque children refugees who were evacuated to Britain in 1937 in the wake of the bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.

San Sebastian portrayed through the eyes of 15 filmmakers, with 12 short films giving 12 distinct portraits of the city. Both veterans and rising stars in the field of films made in the Gipuzkoa province of Spain come together in this film promoted by San Sebastian, European Capital of Culture 2016.

A showcase of seven of the best short films directed by young talented directors from Castilla and León. Some of the directors will be with us for Q&A.

Marisa feels that she is taking a backseat in her own life. With nothing in the pipeline, no job or future, she focus' on supporting her best friend, Mina, who’s inconsolable after breaking up with her boyfriend.

The balance of opposites came about very spontaneously. The director’s friendship with chef Javier Olleros led to this feature film on the events surrounding the closure of Olleros’s restaurant, el Culler de Pau.

A profound reflexion of family break-up which focuses on the surroundings of young hustlers who live in the outskirts of the city.

Maria lost her mother when she was only 15 and has cared for her father and her siblings ever since. Her world comes crashing down around her when her father falls for his nurse.

Due to her mum’s illness, eleven-year-old Alba is sent to live with her eccentric and solitary dad, Igor, whom she has never met.