Following its viewers award received in Berlin, Eva Libertad’s Deaf added 4 extra prizes on the 2025 Malaga Movie Competition (March 14-23) together with greatest Spanish movie and the viewers award.
Libertad’s debut follows the connection between a deaf girl and her listening to boyfriend, which is put below pressure by a brand new child, and stars the director’s sister, Miriam Garlo, and Álvaro Cervantes. They each received Malaga’s appearing prizes ex aequo alongside Ángela Cervantes for Fury and Mario Casas for Away, respectively.
Latido Movies is dealing with worldwide gross sales for Deaf, which has already bought to the UK, Eire, France, Germany, Austria, and Italy, amongst others.
Finest Latin American movie was received by The Canine Thief, the primary solo function by Chilean-Bolivian director Vinko Tomičić, who beforehand co-directed Cockroach with Francisco Hevia.
The movie premiered at Tribeca and follows an orphaned shoeshine boy from La Paz who steals the canine of his greatest shopper—a lonely tailor he sees as a father determine. Luxbox is dealing with worldwide gross sales.
One other debut function Fury by Gemma Blasco received greatest supporting actor for 2021 Display Star of Tomorrow Àlex Monner, greatest modifying and the beforehand talked about greatest actress prize. Offered by Filmax, it follows a younger actress who, after experiencing sexual assault at a New 12 months’s Eve social gathering, processes her trauma by way of theatre.
The particular jury prize went to The Exiles (previously The Turtle), the second function by Belén Funes, whose credit embrace A Thief’s Daughter. Funes additionally received greatest director and the perfect screenplay award alongside co-writer Marçal Cebrian. Offered internationally by Movie Manufacturing facility, The Exiles is a portrait of Andalusian immigrant working-class life in Catalonia.
Trade awards
Mafiz, the competition’s business programme for work in progress tasks Santiago Esteves’ The Reborn win the Málaga competition prize for greatest Spanish manufacturing. Produced by Spain’s Zabriskie Movies and Argentina’s Le Tiro, it follows two estranged brothers who run a enterprise serving to individuals pretend their deaths to cross the border below new identities.
One of the best Ibero-American work in progress award went to Carlos Sánchez Giraldo’s No Journey With out Return, produced by Peru’s Rima Rima Cine. The movie, a few man who returns to the Amazon jungle to hunt solutions from his grandparents, is Giraldo’s first fiction function.
A giant winner was Carlos Saiz’s father-son highway film Lionel, which took dwelling 4 prizes: Cine y Tele, Sideral, Yagán, and REC Competition awards.
After the Mafiz ceremony, it was introduced that Panama would be the focus nation in Málaga’s business part subsequent yr.
Malaga 2025 official competitors winners
Finest Spanish movie
Deaf
Dir: Eva Libertad
Finest Latin American movie
The Canine Thief
Dir: Vinko Tomičić
Particular Jury Prize
The Exiles
Dir: Belén Funes
Finest director
Belén Funes for The Exiles
Particular Point out, Director
Celia Rico Clavellino for La buena letra
Sara Fantova for Jone, Batzuetan
Finest actress (ex aequo)
Ángela Cervantes for Fury
Miriam Garlo for Deaf
Finest actor (ex aequo)
Álvaro Cervantes for Deaf
Mario Casas for Away
Finest supporting actress
María Elena Pérez for Canine
Finest supporting actor
Àlex Monner for Fury
Finest screenplay
Belén Funes, Marçal Cebrián for The Exiles
Finest authentic rating
Felipe Raposo for Remnants of You
Finest cinematography
Alván Prado for Sugar Island
Finest modifying
Didac Palou, Tomás López for Fury
Critics’ award
Away
Dir: Gerard Oms
Viewers award
Deaf
Dir: Eva Libertad
Zonazine awards
Finest Spanish Movie
Esmorza amb mi
Dir: Iván Morales
Finest Ibero-American Movie
Olivia y las nubes
Dir: Tomás Pichardo
Finest director
Matías Szulanski for Buenas Noches
Mafiz Awards – Málaga Work In Progress
Málaga competition prize (Spain)
The Reborn
Dir: Santiago Esteves
Málaga Competition Prize (Ibero-America)
No Journey With out Return (Peru)
Dir: Carlos Sánchez Giraldo