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In a remote village in the Pyrenees, Inés discovers that the relocation of an ancient church is only the beginning of an immersion into a magical and ancestral world that will change her perception of life and death.
Oct 2026
Alejandra, a young woman who lives permanently and precariously with her family in a campsite, must confront her fear of abandonment when she meets Amara, a young woman from the city who stirs feelings she has been suppressing for years.
Nov 2025
While she claims to be an expert in sex and love on YouTube, Ada can barely speak to her gym trainer, with whom she's madly in love. When she sets her sights on him, everything changes.
Oct 2018
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
Sep 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
Dec 2015
Pedro is an old man who lives by himself on the mountain but, every night, something strange comes to visit him...
Dec 2021
Aurora is a Romani woman who lives in a phantom village in the South Sierra. She spends her days while the village empties, animals die, houses burn and the field dries. The arrival of a new forest ranger will make Aurora understand the signs of a mobile world that tries to wake her from the lethargy.
Nov 2019
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
Seville, 1977. At a time when homosexuality is a crime, Reme, a traditional mother moved by the love of her son, an adolescent aspiring artist, will become involved in the Andalusian LGBTQ+ movement, paradoxically born in the bosom of the Church.
Jul 2023
An unexpected event will make ten-years-old Biel reconsider the bond he keeps with his best friend, Sara.
Oct 2022
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
The peace of a widowed grandmother is interrupted when a mysterious package arrives at the apartment where she lives and is opened by her son, who is frightened by what he sees and initiates a family crisis with the two women of the house.
May 2025
A premature birth in the middle of the darkness of the 2019 national blackout in Caracas, Venezuela.
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.
Oct 2025
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
Mari, a housewife who is unsatisfied with her life, feels a strong devotion to aliens. One night, she goes to the countryside to sight UFOs and discovers a devastating revelation concerning her marriage. Fed up, Mari decides to look for love beyond Earth.
Oct 2021
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
Su goes back home after many years, to a past she has avoided for far too long.
Oct 2016