Festival de Málaga, with the support of the Junta de Andalucía, celebrates for the second year Málaga Goes to Cannes. Its aim is to promote the development of Andalusian audiovisual content and new forms of cinematographic expression, and to encourage their financing and international distribution. Five films in works-in-progress will be presented to industry professionals in collaboration with the Marché du Film.
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On the Go
Category: Málaga Goes to Cannes
Directed by: María Gisèle Royo & Julia de Castro
Produced by: María Gisèle Royo & Julia de Castro - Jur Jur Productions, S.L.
Country of production: Spain
Original title: On the Go
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Runtime: 72'
Completed in: 2023
Milagros (37) stretches a carefree youth in her last years of fertility while Jonathan (24) seeks solace in Grindr to overcome abandonment issues. Milagros escapes her appointment for single-parent insemination. Jonathan triggers a reunion with a childhood sweetheart. The road and friendship alleviate the disorientation caused to these two friends by the deceptive freedom of the early 21st century. A delirious road movie, full of music, where a mysterious mermaid with a magic crown will set the course of the journey.
Goes to Cannes
Alone in the Night
Category: Málaga Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Guillermo Rojas
Produced by: Laura Hojman, Guillermo Rojas, Olmo figueredo (Summer Films)
Country of production: Spain
Original title: Solos en la noche
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Runtime: 90'
Completed in: 2023
Paco and his friends, a group of labor lawyers, hide in a house during the harrowing night of February 23, 1981, when there was an attempted coup d’état in Spain without really knowing what to do, whether to wait for events, flee the country or go out to fight for young Spanish democracy.
Goes to Cannes
Caleta Palace
Category: Málaga Goes to Cannes
Directed by: José Antonio Hergueta
Produced by: José Antonio Hergueta (MLK Producciones)
Country of production: Spain
Original title: Caleta Palace
Language: Spain
Runtime: 97'
Completed in: 2023
The siege of Malaga in Feb 1937 shook the World: a libertarian revolution would end under Italian tanks. Out of memories of journalists and writers who lived or passed by Red Málaga, reenacted by 8 players, this fake documentary recreates the fall of the first Republican city in Spanish Civil War.
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Human / Animal
Category: Málaga Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Alessandro Pugno
Produced by: Jose Alba (Pecado Films & First Draft)
Country of production: Spain
Original title: Animal / Humano
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Runtime: 92'
Completed in: 2023
In a small misty village of the North of Italy, the son of a funeral home’s owner dreams of becoming a bullfighter. In the sunny Andalusian meadow, a male calf is born. Matteo and Fandango grow up in completely different worlds, but their lives reflect on each other. Only at the end, they will meet.
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Those Were The Days
Category: Málaga Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Bernabé Bulnes
Produced by: Enrique Guzmán (Rakia Films)
Country of production: Spain
Original title: Fueron los días
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Runtime: 86'
Completed in: 2023
Alma, an actress who works as a waitress, receives an offer to audition for the next film by Gabino Robles, a prestigious film director with whom she had an intense relationship seven years ago. The former lovers will meet again and try to find answers to questions that are difficult to respond.