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<\/p>\nSpanish titles to track at Cannes:<\/p>\n
5 More Minutes\u00a0<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/p>\n
Director: Javier Ruiz Caldera<\/p>\n
A Movistar Plus+ Original comedy written by top Spanish comic Berto Romero that follows a couple in crisis experiencing a time loop during a rural getaway.<\/p>\n
Sales: Filmax<\/p>\n
Aida the Movie<\/p>\n
Director: Paco Le\u00f3n<\/p>\n
This spinoff from the 2000s TV sitcom directed by \u201cHouse of Flowers\u201d star Le\u00f3n and produced by the Mediapro Studio is Spain\u2019s first 2026 smash hit.<\/p>\n
Sales: The Mediapro Studio Distribution<\/p>\n
Andy<\/p>\n
Director: Rom\u00e1n Parrado<\/p>\n
Produced by Ib\u00f3n Cormenzana, who\u2019s behind \u201cRobot Dreams\u201d and \u201cThe Beasts,\u201d pic is a thriller following a 12-year-old girl\u2019s odyssey from Guatemala towards the U.S. border.<\/p>\n
Sales: Sideral Cinema<\/p>\n
Another League\u00a0<\/p>\n
Director: Marta D\u00edaz de Lope D\u00edaz<\/p>\n
\u201dLeague\u201d is a feel-good facts-based \u201870s-set comedy about Spain\u2019s first women\u2019s soccer team.<\/p>\n
Sales: Filmax<\/p>\n
Balearic<\/p>\n
Director: Ion de Sosa<\/p>\n
Vicious dogs trap teens in a swimming pool they\u2019ve sneaked into as adults party nearby and wildfire sweeps the hillside \u2014 a social allegory, says de Sosa of the drama.<\/p>\n
Sales: MoreThan Films <\/p>\n
The Beloved<\/p>\n
Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen<\/p>\n
Starring Javier Bardem, this fraught father-daughter reconciliation drama is shot in multiple film formats by Sorogoyen. A Cannes competition entry.<\/p>\n
Sales: Goodfellas<\/p>\n
Betrayed (Tradita)<\/p>\n
Director: Gabrielle Altobelli<\/p>\n
A single mother becomes mired in corruption at her new law firm in this steamy film.<\/p>\n
Sales: Neo Art Intl.<\/p>\n
Big Game Hunt<\/p>\n
Director: Daniel S\u00e1nchez Ar\u00e9valo<\/p>\n
A pig herder returns home covered in blood claiming he saw a tiger in this Movistar Plus+ original billed as a class conflict-fuelled rural thriller. <\/p>\n
Sales: Film Factory Entertainment<\/p>\n
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Bitter Christmas<\/p>\n
Director: Pedro Almod\u00f3var<\/p>\n
A gorgeous film-within-a-film about a world-famous director\u2019s fears, doubts and contradictions as he pens a new film.<\/p>\n
Sales: Film Factory<\/p>\n
La Bola Negra<\/p>\n
Director: Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo<\/p>\n
A third Spanish Palme d\u2019Or contender featuring Pen\u00e9lope Cruz and Glenn Close weaves the connected lives of three gay men in 1932, 1937 and 2017.<\/p>\n
Sales: Goodfellas<\/p>\n
Carte Blanche<\/p>\n
Director: Gerardo Herrero<\/p>\n
From Tornasol Films, behind Oscar-winner \u201cThe Secret in Their Eyes,\u201d this action movie charts a horrifying revenge mission in Spain\u2019s 1921 Moroccan desert war.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Sales: Latido Films <\/p>\n
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Dance of the Living<\/p>\n
Director: Jose Ayal\u00f3n<\/p>\n
A father and daughter attempt to move forward after the mother\u2019s death in a drama set in the extraordinary world of Canarian wrestling.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Sales: Bendita Film Sales<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t Hang Up<\/p>\n
Director: Bel\u00e9n Mac\u00edas<\/p>\n
Mac\u00edas (\u201cMy Prison Yard\u201d) helms a real-time psychological thriller set inside a radio studio, where a legendary late-night host receives a call from a stranger who threatens to kill a young woman.<\/p>\n
Sales: Film Factory<\/p>\n
The End of It<\/p>\n
Director: Maria M. Bayona<\/p>\n
Fasten Films<\/p>\n
Rebecca Hall plays Claire in a near-future world where ageing is cured. At nearly 250 years old, she decides to end it all. Noomi Rapace and Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal also star.<\/p>\n
Sales: Bankside<\/p>\n
The Girl With the Crystal Eyes<\/p>\n
Director: Dario Argento<\/p>\n
The second in an Argento giallo movie trilogy. Here, a businessman tracks the women he loves to Sicily, plunging into a disturbing maze of fractured identities and ritualistic murders.<\/p>\n
Sales: Neo Art Intl.<\/p>\n
The Harvester<\/p>\n
Director: David P\u00e9rez Sa\u00f1udo<\/p>\n
Starring Antonio de la Torre and Patricia L\u00f3pez Arnaiz and inspired by Spain\u2019s first documented serial killer, pic carries a big budget for Spain, and employs meticulous 1870s period construction and a rising director.<\/p>\n
Sales: Latido<\/p>\n
Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes\u00a0<\/p>\n
Director: Gabriel Azor\u00edn<\/p>\n
Three friends in modern times and Roman soldiers confess heartfelt fears at the same thermal baths thousands of years apart.<\/p>\n
Sales: MoreThan Films<\/p>\n
La Luz<\/p>\n
Director: Fernando Franco<\/p>\n
A Catholic priest\u2019s past comes back to haunt him as he seeks redemption. San Sebasti\u00e1n winner Franco (\u201cWounded\u201d) directs, while top Spanish indie Morena Films (\u201cEverybody Knows\u201d) produces.<\/p>\n
Sales: Latido<\/p>\n
Mallorca Confidential<\/p>\n
Director: David Ilundain<\/p>\n
A gangster thriller with Lolita Flores (\u201cLas Invisibles\u201d) playing La Chusa, Mallorca\u2019s self-made drug queenpin, now riding for a fall. Written by Amelia Mora (\u201cUndercover\u201d).<\/p>\n
Sales: Filmax<\/p>\n
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The Righteous<\/p>\n
Director: Fernando P\u00e9rez, Jorge A. Lara<\/p>\n
Members of a citizens\u2019 jury are each made a secret offer of $1 million to throw out a corruption case, despite irrefutable evidence in this thriller.<\/p>\n
Sales: Feel Sales<\/p>\n
The Sentence<\/p>\n
Director: Miguel del Arco<\/p>\n
Sentenced to 20 years for his wife\u2019s murder, Juan emerges from prison seeking forgiveness. Del Arco (\u201cLas Noches de Tef\u00eda) directs; Sideral and Aqu\u00ed y All\u00ed Films (\u201cLife and Nothing More\u201d) produce.<\/p>\n
Sales: Sideral Cinema<\/p>\n
There Is Someone in the Garden<\/p>\n
Director: Jaume Balaguer\u00f3<\/p>\n
Fronted by \u201cMoney Heist\u201d star Ursula Corber\u00f3 with Balaguer\u00f3 (\u201c[REC]\u201d) helming what begins as a haunted house chiller that gradually morphs into a hard-hitting crime thriller.<\/p>\n
Sales: Film Factory<\/p>\n
Trinidad\u00a0<\/p>\n
Director: Laura Alvea, Jos\u00e9 Ortu\u00f1o<\/p>\n
Led by \u201cYour Fault\u2019s\u201d Gabriela Andrada, Paz Vega and Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n, this ambitious Wild West-set Spanish family saga is from new player Deep Com Roots.<\/p>\n
Sales: Deep Com Roots<\/p>\n
Viva<\/p>\n
Director: Aina Clotet<\/p>\n
Clotet\u2019s feature debut \u2014 which follows up her major TV hit \u201cThis Is Not Sweden\u201d is set in a near-future plagued by water shortage, where Nora, recovering from cancer, battles fear of loneliness and death.<\/p>\n
Sales: Loco Films<\/p>\n
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Welcome to Lapland<\/p>\n
Director: David Serrano<\/p>\n
Adapting the hit stage play, the film is a Spanish comedy set over Christmas in Lapland, with two families clashing over how to educate their kids.<\/p>\n
Sales: The Mediapro Studio Distribution<\/p>\n
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