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A premature birth in the middle of the darkness of the 2019 national blackout in Caracas, Venezuela.
Jul 2023
After the first game of the year, Marc faces tryouts as a rookie on his football team. As he tries to be accepted by the team, in an atmosphere full of sweat and violence, he will consider whether he wants to be a part of it.
Nov 2025
Katrina and Bruno plunge into a wild night of strobe lights and deafening music… until a brutal conflict shatters the fun and ruins the party forever.
May 2026
Basque Country, Spain, 2011. A young woman who intends to flee to France due to the turbulent political situation stops in Zubieta, a border town where ancient myths and modern problems converge.
Dec 2023
Sep 2025
When a shy, socially anxious night janitor discovers a mysterious drug that lets her shed the boundaries of her physical self, she breaks out of her isolation and opens up to the people she desires - but her new freedom comes at a cost.
Mar 2023
Rosa María, with 35 years of marriage behind her, secretly wakes up at midnight and discovers a bouquet of violets at the entrance of her house. However, one day, her mysterious lover will stop sending the usual flowers. Luckily, though, her husband is away from work for a few days, taking the opportunity to find out who is really wooing her.
Aug 2023
What would happen if you didn’t feel comfortable with your body? What if you decided to experience with your gender?
May 2015
A wolf turned into a man enters a city to explore his new human condition.
Jun 2023
Candela accidentally runs over her nephew’s dog and decides not to confess in order to avoid ruining his birthday. She invents a legend about a pilgrimage of dogs and invites the boy to join the search. As they look for the dog, lies gradually begin to consume her.
Oct 2025
A man takes care of his sick wife in an isolated country house. The unexpected appearance of a young blind girl will awake in him a deep desire: a desire he thought was asleep forever.
Jan 2016
Mili, third-generation owner of the shop “Lencería Milagros,” is confronted with the imminent closure of the family business. In order to understand herself, she must unravel the secrets her grandmother hid within its walls and objects. An emotional and supernatural journey about identity, memory, and love.
Feb 2026
Jun 2022
Sambou and Aritz travel through the world's end in search of something they lost.
After his father death, Ana travels to Arenillas. There she finds herself alone, but everything changes when she meets a child. With him she embarks on an adventure, which will make her begin to accept that her father is no longer there.
Oct 2024
During her first year at a conservative, elitist college residence, Marta is driven into a desperate search for the morning-after pill by the sexual taboos around her. As community pressure builds, her peers prepare an initiation ritual no one will forget.
Mar 2026
After the death of Iris, her twin sister Dalia tries to erase the dark memories of a life marked by abuse. Yet, an unfinished game of Jenga ties her to the past. Night after night, a disturbing presence returns, dragging Dalia into haunting dreams. As darkness consumes her, Dalia realizes that what haunts her is not Iris, but something that possessed her before she died. Only by understanding the signs her true sister sends from beyond will she be able to end the nightmare. The unbreakable bond between the twins holds the key to winning the game—and finding peace.
Nov 2022
Montse, a woman who takes care of a hyper-realistic doll as her own son, is avoiding meeting her newborn niece because she doesn't know how to deal with her past.
Bilbao, August. Jone, 20 years old, lives with her father and younger sister Marta. Aita, Jone's father, had to quit his job due to the consequences of his Parkinson's disease. Meanwhile, Bilbao's Semana Grande festivities kick off, setting the stage for Jone's first experience of love. Throughout this summer, Jone will navigate the dichotomy between the sense of invincibility she shares with Olga, the girl she falls in love with, and the fear of being left alone due to her father's illnes