1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines
Based on true events, the film recounts the final days of the Spanish Empire’s last colony.
Zip & Zap and the Captain’s Island
Twins Zip and Zap have finally taken things too far. Their punishment: accompanying their parents on a business trip to a remote island so they can reflect on their behaviour.
Smoke and Mirrors
This tale of a man who fooled an entire country is inspired by true events. Francisco Paesa, one of the most intriguing characters of recent decades, is a man of many talents
The Olive Tree
Alma, a young impulsive woman, is determined to reclaim her grandfather’s beloved olive tree after the family are forced to abandon their livelihood.
Edinburgh Spanish Foody Film: The Perfect Protein / You are What You Eat / Sollo
Establishing measures to stop overfishing, protect natural habitats and restore the ocean could provide one billion people a healthy meal every day.
Donkey Xote
Rucio, narrator and loyal donkey, tells us the fantastical story of Don Quixote, his quire Sancho Panza and his faithful steed Rocinante on their journey to challenge the Knight of the Moon to a duel.
Kaplan
After fleeing Europe for Uruguay during World War II, Jacob Kaplan has built himself a quiet life.
Food and Shelter
Rocío, a young single mother, struggles to provide for herself and her son with no permanent or reliable work to ensure food on the table and a roof over their heads.
Reyes’ Club + Without Your Heartbeat
Over a period of 40 years a legendary music and arts club - El Johnny - established itself within a university halls of residence in Madrid,
Sex, Maracas & Chihuahuas
Xavier Cugat was a musical genius, glitzy persona and the only Spaniard with two stars on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
The King of Havana
Agusti Villaronga's adaptation of a celebrated "dirty realism" novel by Pedro Juan Gutiérrez takes viewers on an immersive risqué tour of Old Havana.
Bad Day to Go Fishing
Ex-wrestling star Jacob Van Oppen and his manager Orsini make a good living staging fake wrestling matches in small South American towns.
The World Goes On
The story of a family trying to find success, love and status in 1960s Madrid.
The Bride
Directed by Paula Ortiz and based on Bodas de sangre (Blood Wedding) by Federico García Lorca, La Novia tells the story of an impossible love triangle
Rumbos
One warm summer's night in a vast city, disparate love stories unfold and converge in the eternal thoroughfare at its heart.
An Autumn without Berlin
Having travelled far from her home town in search of a better life, June returns to where she grew up.
Lovers: A True Story
Based on a true story and set in 1950s Spain, Amantes tells the story of Paco, a young man who finds himself in Madrid in search of a job after leaving the army.
Shortfilm Showcase: the Shortest Afternoon
Alik is trapped in another time, in a magic universe, but he has a mission that will change his destiny.
Amama
A story of family and of conflict between parents and children; urban and rural; past and present.
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Ixcanul
In a village on the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for 17-year-old María by her Kaqchikel parents.
Unbeatables
Amadeo lives in a small, uneventful town. He works in a bar, plays table football better than anyone and he is in love with Laura. His simple routine falls to pieces when Grosso, a young local boy turned best football player in the world, returns determined to take revenge for the only game he has ever lost in his life.
Living is Easy with Eyes Closed
Spain, 1966. John Lennon heads to Almeria to work on Richard Lester’s anti-war film: How I Won the War. Antonio, an English teacher, decides to set out and meet his idol. On the way, he meets Belén, who has run away from the murky chains clamped upon her by her family and the social atmosphere reigning in the country.
5 Days to Dance
This documentary gives us a fascinating insight into two choreographers: Wilfried Van Poppel and Amaya Lubeigt. Based in Germany where they run dance workshops with secondary school classes, for the first time they will leave central Europe and travel to Spain to do a dance workshop with Spanish children.
Flowers
Ane’s life turns around when an anonymously delivered bunch of flowers starts arriving at her home every week, always at the same time. Lourdes and Tere are also receiving mysterious bunches of flowers. Every week, an unknown person lays a bunch of flowers in memory of someone who was important in their lives.
80 Days
Where is the thin line that separates friendship from desire? Axun, a 70-year-old woman, is in a hospital taking care of her daughter's ex-husband. To her surprise, the woman who takes care of the other patient in the same room turns out to be Maite, her best friend when they were teenagers and who is now openly lesbian.
7th Floor
One day just like any other, Marcelo steps out of the flat of his ex-wife to take their children to school. The kids propose a race downstairs ''to see who gets there first''. They’ll go down the stairs, while their father takes the lift. When he reaches the ground floor, there is no trace of the kids.
Map
A young Spanish director, León Siminiani, is fired from his precarious job in television. Returning to his dream of making films, he travels to India to “find” his first feature film, only to realise that his true search is not in India, but in Madrid: he was running away.
25 Years After
Despite the fact that Gil de Biedma’s poetry output was brief, he became one of the most respected Spanish intellectuals of the second half of the 20th century. With foreboding lines such as the famous, "Of all the stories in history, the saddest is no doubt Spain's, because it ends badly”, he is still being quoted today.
Las Sinsombrero
We all know the Generation of ’27 and their most relevant figures: Dalí, Buñuel, Lorca... But, were there no women in their group? Alongside the men of that group, a very talented group of women existed, created and succeeded.