Open Screen, the competitive section dedicated to the debut films of filmmakers who have participated in ALCINE, kicks off today
Sorda, Olivia y el terremoto invisible, Molt lluny (Muy lejos), Jone, batzuetan (Jone, a veces), Bodegón con fantasmas and Esmorza amb mi are the six feature films that can be seen starting this Monday in Open Screen, the competitive section of ALCINE, the Alcalá de Henares Film Festival / Community of Madrid. All are debut features, and all have in common that, before their successful foray into feature films, their directors screened their short films at the festival.
One of them, Olivia y el terremoto invisible, arrives at ALCINE before its commercial release. Sorda, winner of two Golden Bears at the Berlinale and a Golden Biznaga at Málaga, has become one of the year's biggest hits. And all of them are debut features that exude risk, identity, and a personal perspective on the world.
After each screening, there will be a discussion with the directors and their teams. In the case of Esmorza amb mi, actor Álvaro Cervantes will also be present.
This is the complete program for Open Screen at ALCINE 54:
6:00 p.m., Teatro Salón Cervantes
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Winner of the Panorama Audience Award and the Arthouse Cinema Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, and the Golden Biznaga at the Málaga Film Festival.
Eva Libertad, co-director of Mentiste, Amanda, debuts with a luminous and radically sensory work about the deaf community that has been one of the year's revelations. A story of love and communication beyond words. You can watch her short film Sorda on FILMIN.
6:00 p.m., Teatro Salón Cervantes
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Winner of the Critics' Jury Prize and Best Actor (shared) at the Málaga Film Festival.
Winner of two awards at ALCINE for Ineffable, Gerard Oms directs Mario Casas in one of the most important roles of his career. He is joined by David Verdaguer and Ilyass L’Ouahdani in a story of self-discovery and acceptance set against the backdrop of young Spanish emigration to Europe following the 2008 financial crisis. You can watch his short film Ineffable on FILMIN.
8:30 p.m., Teatro Salón Cervantes
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Premiering at Sitges 2024, it garnered critical acclaim as one of the year's breakout hits.
Enrique Buleo, a festival regular known for his surreal humor (Las visitas), makes his debut with a dark, ensemble comedy set in La Mancha, where the living and the dead coexist. You can watch his short film Las visitas on FILMIN.
6:00 p.m., Teatro Salón Cervantes
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Winner of an award at Annecy 2025 and a nominee for the European Film Awards.
Irene Iborra (Click, Audience Award at ALCINE 43) directs the first Spanish stop-motion feature film by a woman. In the style of contemporary classics like My Life as a Courgette, Olivia blends social realism and fantasy in the story of a girl who rebuilds her world after being evicted.
8:30 p.m., Teatro Salón Cervantes
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Zonazine Award at the Málaga Film Festival.
After his success in theater, Iván Morales (who won the acting award for Sushi at ALCINE 52) brings his most intimate work to the screen in a mosaic of intertwined lives (played by Álvaro Cervantes, Iván Massagué, Marina Salas, and Anna Alarcón), amidst cafés, sunrises, and confessions. You can watch his short film Sushi on FILMIN.
6:00 p.m., Teatro Salón Cervantes
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Best National Film at Atlàntida Film Fest 2025.
Sara Fantova returns to the world of youth in the Basque Country, as seen in No me despertéis (2nd Prize ALCINE 48), in a vibrant, intimate, and life-affirming story about coming of age and caring for others, set in Bilbao and filmed like never before during Aste Nagusia (Big Week). You can watch her collaborative film La filla d’algú on FILMIN.
Beyond Open Screen, two other feature films will be screened this week at ALCINE 54. One of them is the new work by animator Alberto Vázquez, Decorado, which will close the symposium on comics and film organized by the Comics Chair of the University of Alcalá today, Monday, coinciding with the festival (5:00 p.m., Faculty of Architecture, UAH).
ALCINE attendees can also attend the Madrid premiere of El último arrebato (The Last Outburst). This debut feature by journalist and screenwriter Marta Medina and producer Enrique López Lavigne, with the special collaboration of Jaime Chávarri, is a hybrid of reality and fiction, with a meta-cinematic true crime feel, that attempts to answer the final mystery left to us by cult director Iván Zulueta.
