# 28th Málaga Film Festival

The 28th Málaga Film Festival runs in Málaga, Spain, from 14 to 23 March 2025.

## Background

The official poster for the 28th edition (a work by Javier Díaz Garrido) was presented on 22 November 2024. In December 2024, Mercedes Morán was announced as the president of the main competition jury. On 30 January 2025, the festival announced an initial slate of 5 female-directed films for the main competition section. On 14 February 2025, 8 was announced as a non-competitive official selection addition, along with the screenings of the documentary The Sleeper. El Caravaggio perdido and the 4K restoration of the 1975 film Poachers (for its 50th anniversary).
On 25 February 2025, the festival announced that the official selection's jury was to be formed by Morán along with Irene Escolar, Carlos Marqués-Marcet, Daniela Vega, Pilar Palomero, Belén Cuesta, Vetusta Morla member "Pucho", and Estrella Araiza [es].

## Festival slate

The festival's film slate is listed as follows:

### Official Selection
#### Feature films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Black Land | La terra negra | Alberto Morais | SpainPanama |
| La buena letra | La buena letra | Celia Rico Clavellino | Spain |
| Deaf | Sorda | Eva Libertad [es] | Spain |
| El diablo en el camino | El diablo en el camino | Carlos Armella | MexicoFrance |
| The Dog Thief | El ladrón de perros | Vinko Tomičić Salinas | BoliviaChileMexicoFranceItaly |
| Dogs | Perros | Gerardo Minutti | UruguayArgentina |
| The Exiles | Los Tortuga | Belén Funes | SpainChile |
| Fury | La furia | Gemma Blasco | Spain |
| The Good Luck | La buena suerte | Gracia Querejeta | Spain |
| The Heaven of Animals | El cielo de los animales | Santi Amodeo | SpainRomania |
| I Never Went To Disney | Nunca fui a Disney | Matilde Tute Vissani | Argentina |
| Jone, batzuetan | Jone, batzuetan | Sara Fantova | Spain |
| The Remnants of You | Lo que queda de ti | Gala Gracia [es] | SpainPortugalItaly |
| Molt lluny | Molt lluny | Gerard Oms | SpainNetherlands |
| No Guilt [es] | Culpa cero | Valeria Bertuccelli, Mora Elizalde | ArgentinaSpain |
| The Portuguese House | Una quinta portuguesa | Avelina Prat | SpainPortugal |
| Ravens | Ravens | Mark Gill | SpainJapan |
| The Redemption | La deuda | Daniel Guzmán | SpainRomania |
| Ruido | Ruido | Ingride Santos | SpainMexico |
| Sugar Island | Sugar Island | Johanné Gómez | Dominican RepublicSpain |
| Todo lo que no sé | Todo lo que no sé | Ana Lambarri | Spain |
| Violent Butterflies | Violentas mariposas | Adolfo Dávila | Mexico |
| Out of competition ||||
| 8 | 8 | Julio Medem | Spain |
| Aullar | Aullar | Sergio Siruela | Spain |
| Barren Land | Tierra de nadie | Albert Pintó [es] | Spain |
| Breaking Walls | Los aitas | Borja Cobeaga | Spain |
| Enemies | Enemigos | David Valero | Spain |
| Faisaien irla | Faisaien irla | Asier Urbieta | SpainFrance |
| Goat Girl | La niña de la cabra | Ana Asensio | SpainRomania |
| Hamburgo | Hamburgo | Lino Escalera [ca] | SpainRomania |
| The House Sitter | El casero | Matias Lucchesi | ArgentinaUruguay |
| The Cavern Crimes | La huella del mal | Manuel Ríos San Martín [es] | Spain |
| Lo que quisimos ser | Lo que quisimos ser | Alejandro Agresti | ArgentinaFrance |
| Mazel Tov | Mazel Tov | Adrián Suar | Argentina |
| Mensaje en una botella | Mensaje en una botella | Gabriel Nesci [es] | Argentina |
| Una muerte silenciosa [es] | Una muerte silenciosa [es] | Sebastián Schindel [es] | Argentina |
| One Year and One Day | Un año y un día | Alex San Martín | Spain |
| Pequeños calvarios | Pequeños calvarios | Javier Polo [es] | SpainMexico |
| Playa de lobos | Playa de lobos | Javier Veiga [es] | Spain |
| This Too Shall Pass | También esto pasará | Maria Ripoll | SpainItaly |
| Tras el verano | Tras el verano | Yolanda Centeno | Spain |
| Uno Equis Dos | Uno Equis Dos | Alberto Utrera | Spain |
| Vírgenes | Vírgenes | Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo | SpainPortugal |

#### Series

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Mariliendre | Mariliendre | Javier Ferreiro | Spain |
| La canción | La canción | Alejandro Marín | Spain |
| Perdiendo el juicio | Perdiendo el juicio | María Togores, Pablo Guerrero, Jaime Olías | Spain |
| Weiss & Morales | Weiss & Morales | Oriol Ferrer, Lucía Estévez | SpainGermany |

#### Documentaries

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Sleeper. El Caravaggio perdido | The Sleeper. El Caravaggio perdido | Álvaro Longoria | Spain |