# 27th Málaga Film Festival

The 27th Málaga Film Festival ran in Málaga, Spain from 1 to 10 March 2024.

## Background

In October 2023, festival director Juan Antonio Vigar stated that the organization was seeking to thin the non-competitive slate of the festival's official selection compared to the 26th Málaga Film Festival's. The official poster for the 27th edition (a work by Narita Estudio's Fabián Suárez) was presented on 3 November 2023. On 1 February 2024, Spanish-Chinese animated picture Dragonkeeper was disclosed as the opening film of the official selection. The opening gala was hosted by La Dani, Omar Banana [es], and Marta Etura. Uncle Trouble screened as the festival's closing film. The closing gala was hosted by Elena Sánchez and Julián López.

## Juries

The juries consist of the following members:

### Official competition

* Claudia Piñeiro, Argentine writer, playwright and scriptwriter (Jury president)
* José Luis Rebordinos, Spanish festival programmer
* Javier Ruiz Caldera, Spanish film director
* Alejandro Loayza Grisi, Bolivian film director
* Antonia Zegers, Chilean actress
* Daniela Fejerman, Argentine film director and scriptwriter

### Zonazine

* Itziar Atienza [es], Spanish actress
* Ernesto Daranas, Cuban film director
* María Luisa Mayol, Chilean actress

## Festival slate

The festival's film slate is listed as follows:

### Official Selection
#### In competition

Highlighted title indicates section's best film winners.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| The Abbess | La abadesa | Antonio Chavarrías | SpainBelgium |
| As Neves | As Neves | Sonia Méndez [gl] | Spain |
| Birds Flying East | Pájaros | Pau Durà | Spain |
| La casa | La casa | Álex Montoya [ca] | Spain |
| Dragonkeeper | Dragonkeeper (Guardiana de dragones) | Salvador Simó [ca], Li Jianping | SpainChina |
| Golán | Golán | Orlando Culzat | Colombia |
| A Hipster in Rural Spain | Un hipster en la España vacía | Emilio Martínez-Lázaro | Spain |
| El hombre bueno | El hombre bueno | David Trueba | Spain |
| Little Loves | Los pequeños amores | Celia Rico Clavellino | SpainFrance |
| Lluvia [de] | Lluvia [de] | Rodrigo García Saiz | Mexico |
| Naufragios | Naufragios | Vanina Spataro | ArgentinaUruguay |
| Nina | Nina | Andrea Jaurrieta | Spain |
| Radical | Radical | Christopher Zalla | Mexico |
| Rest in Peace | Descansar en paz | Sebastián Borensztein | Argentina |
| Saturn Return | Segundo premio | Isaki Lacuesta, Pol Rodríguez | Spain |
| Los terrenos [es] | Los terrenos [es] | Verónica Chen | ArgentinaUruguayBrazil |
| We Treat Women Too Well | Tratamos demasiado bien a las mujeres | Clara Bilbao [ca] | SpainFrance |
| Wild Woman | La mujer salvaje | Alán González | Cuba |
| Yana-Wara | Yana-Wara | Óscar Catacora, Tito Catacora | Peru |

#### Out of competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| La bandera | La bandera | Martín Cuervo [es] | Spain |
| Checkmates | Menudas piezas | Nacho G. Velilla [es] | Spain |
| Como el mar | Como el mar | Nicolás Gil Lavedra [es] | ArgentinaUruguay |
| Disco, Ibiza, Locomía | Disco, Ibiza, Locomía | Kike Maíllo | SpainMexico |
| Ellipsis | Puntos suspensivos | David Marqués | Spain |
| Uncle Trouble | La familia Benetón | Joaquín Mazón [es] | SpainMexico |
| Stories | Historias | Paco Sepúlveda | Spain |
| Invasión | Invasión | David Martín-Porras | Spain |
| Jumping the Fence | El salto | Benito Zambrano | SpainFrance |
| Matusalén | Matusalén | David Galán Galindo [es] | Spain |
| El molino | El molino | Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas | Spain |
| Un pájaro azul [es] | Un pájaro azul [es] | Ariel Rotter | ArgentinaUruguay |
| Por tus muertos | Por tus muertos | Sayago Ayuso [es] | Spain |
| The Quiet Maid | Calladita | Miguel Faus [es] | Spain |
| The Sleeping Woman | La mujer dormida | Laura Alvea | SpainUnited States |
| The Shadow of the Sun | La sombra del sol | Miguel Ángel Ferrer | VenezuelaUnited States |
| Alone in the Night | Solos en la noche | Guillermo Rojas | Spain |
| Yo no soy esa | Yo no soy esa | María Ripoll | Spain |

### Series

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Eva y Nicole [es] | Eva y Nicole [es] | David Molina, Antonio Hernández, Álvaro Vicario | Spain |
| Nos vemos en otra vida | Nos vemos en otra vida | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo [es] | Spain |
| Un nuevo amanecer | Un nuevo amanecer | José Corbacho, Belén Macías [es] | Spain |
| Operación Barrio Inglés | Operación Barrio Inglés | Chiqui Carabante [es], José Ramón Ayerra | Spain |

### Zonazine

    Highlighted title indicates section's best film winners.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Historia de pastores | Historia de pastores | Jaime Puertas Castillo | Spain |
| The Undergrowth [de] | La hojarasca | Macu Machín | Spain |
| La zona vacía | La zona vacía | Kurro González | Spain |
| Los milagros existen | Los milagros existen | Andrés Llugany | Argentina |
| The Major Tones | Los tonos mayores | Ingrid Pokropek | ArgentinaSpain |
| Firedream | Lumbresueño | José Pablo Escamilla | Mexico |
| Orgullo Vieja | Orgullo Vieja | Chema Rodríguez | Spain |

### Mosaico: International Scene

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| Funny Birds [fr] | Au fil des saisons | Hanna Ladoul [fr], Marco La Via [fr] | FranceBelgium |
| Iris [fr] | Iris et les Hommes | Caroline Vignal [fr] | France |
| Consent | Le Consentement | Vanessa Filho | FranceBelgium |
| Stella. A Life. | Stella. Ein Leben. | Kilian Riedhof [de] | Germany |
| The Owner | Хозяин | Yuri Bykov | RussiaFranceSwitzerland |
| Light Light Light | Valoa Valoa Valoa | Inari Niemi | Finland |
| Woman Of... | Kobieta z... | Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert | Poland |

## Awards

A list of festival awards is listed as follows:

### Official selection

* Best Spanish Film: Saturn Return
* Best Latin-American Film: Radical
* Special Jury Prize: Little Loves
* Best Director: Isaki Lacuesta, Pol Rodríguez (Saturn Return)
* Best Actress: Lola Amores (Wild Woman)
* Best Actor: Luis Zahera (Birds Flying East) & Joaquín Furriel (Rest in Peace)
* Best Supporting Actress: Adriana Ozores (Little Loves)
* Best Supporting Actor: Gabriel Goity (Rest in Peace)
* Best Screenplay: Álex Montoya, Joana M. Ortueta (La casa)
* Best Music: Fernando Velázquez (La casa)
* Best Cinematography: Juan Carlos Martínez (Golán)
* Best Editing: Javi Frutos (Saturn Return)

### Other

* Special Critics' Jury Prize: Nina
* Special Audience Award: La casa

### Zonazine

* Best Spanish Film: The Undergrowth
* Best Latin-American Film: The Major Tones
* Best Director: Macu Machín (The Undergrowth)
* Best Actress: Sofía Clausen (The Major Tones)
* Best Actor: Diego Solís (Lumbrensueño)
* Audience Award: Orgullo Vieja