- Opening and Closing Galas
- International Competition
- Special international screenings (out of competition)
- Spanish Competition
- Special screening (out of competition)
- Focus Francia
- Featured author
- Pioneers Program
- Outstanding Female Creators
- Featured Writer
- Cinemateca Pedro Zerolo. Ciclo Ellas siguen rodando
- Cines Verdi
- German Directors...and a Spanish one
- Arab Female Directors
- Latin American Directors
- Mexican Directors
- Sala Equis
- Festival in television
Opening and Closing Galas
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Calle de Fuencarral, 136
Entrance by invitation only |
Pl. del Callao, 4 Entrance by invitation only |
À bras le corps (Silent Rebellion)
Marie-Elsa Sgualdo (Switzerland)
Fiction, 98'
Switzerland, France, 2025
International Competition
Jakobs Ross (Songs Within)
Katalin Gödrös (Switzerland)
Fiction, 103'
Production: Switzerland, Luxembourg, 2024
Presentation and Q&A with the director
Happyland
Evi Romen (Italy)
Fiction, 91’
Production: Austria, 2023
Presentation and Q&A with the director
Happy Birthday
Sarah Goher (Egypt, United States)
Fiction, 91’
Production: Egypt, 2025
Presentation and Q&A with the director
La Vierge à l'enfant (The Virgin and Child)
Binevsa Bêrîvan (Turkey)
Fiction, 80'
Production: Belgium, 2024
Presentation and Q&A with the director
Kevlarsjäl (Kevlar Soul)
Maria Eriksson-Hecht (Sweden)
Fiction, 101´
Production: Sweden, Finland, Norway, 2025
Ik zal zien (I Shall See)
Mercedes Stalenhoef (Netherlands)
Fiction, 96’
Production: Netherlands, 2025
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Promis le ciel (Prometido el cielo)
Erige Sehiri (Francia, Túnez)
Fiction, 95’
Production: Túnez, Francia, Qatar, 2025
Special international screenings (out of competition)
Palestine 36
Annemarie Jacir (Palestine)
Fiction, 108'.
Production: United Kingdom, Qatar, France, Sweden, Palestine, 2025
Spanish Competition
Una quinta portuguesa (The Portuguese House)
Avelina Prat (Spain)
Fiction, 114'
Production: Portugal, Spain, 2025
Special screening (out of competition)
Fin de fiesta (The Party’s Over)
Elena Manrique (Spain, Belgium)
Fiction, 103'
Production: Spain, 2024
Focus Francia
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Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas Calle de Zurbano, 3 |
Calle del Marqués de la Ensenada, 12 |
The entire Focus Francia programme is supported by Institut Français.
La torre de hielo (The Ice Tower)
Lucile Hadžihalilović (France)
Fiction, 117'
Production: France, Germany, 2025
Pioneers Program
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Calle del Marqués de la Ensenada, 12 |
Cineteca Madrid (Matadero Madrid) Plaza de Legazpi, 8 |
Las chicas (The Girls)
Mai Zetterling (Sweden)
Fiction, 100'
Production: Sweden, 1968
Presentation and Q&A with Louis Lemkow-Zetterling, professor at the UAB and son of Mai Zetterling.
Outstanding Female Creators
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Salón de actos
Paseo del Prado, 8, Centro
Free entrance with prior registration on the museum website.
The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka and the Art of Survival
Julie Rubio (USA)
Documentary, 96'
Production: USA, 2024
Cinemateca Pedro Zerolo. Ciclo Ellas siguen rodando
Calle de Tribulete 20
(Entrada por el callejón entre el 18º y el 20º)
Free entry until full capacity is reached
The entire programme is supported by Fundación Pedro Zerolo and Acción Triángulo.
Olvido
Inés París (Spain)
Fiction, 92'
Production: Spain, 2025
Presentation and subsequent round table discussion with the director.
Positivo
Pilar García Elegido (Spain)
Documentary, 30'
Production: Spain, 2020
Presentation and subsequent round table discussion with the director.
Estigma
Pilar García Elegido (Spain)
Documentary, 23'
Production: Spain, 2025
Presentation and subsequent round table discussion with the director.
Onde máis doe
Manane Rodríguez (Uruguay)
Documentary, 65'
Production: Spain, 2022
Presentation and subsequent round table discussion with its director.
Alguien que cuide de mí (Someone Who Takes Care of Me)
Daniela Fejerman and Elvira Lindo (Spain)
Fiction, 97'
Production: Spain, 2023
Presentation and subsequent round table discussion with its director.
Cines Verdi
Calle de Bravo Murillo, 28
Fin de fiesta
Ana Murugarren (Spain)
Comedy, 90'
Production: Spain, 2025
Presentation and subsequent Q&A session led by the director.
German Directors...and a Spanish one
Goethe-Institut Madrid
C. de Zurbarán, 21, Chamberí, 28010 Madrid
Mucha mierda
Alba Sotorra (Spain)
Documentary, 84'
Production: Spain, 2025
Presentation with the director and Q&A with the cast.
In the Name of Scheherazade or the First Beergarden in Tehran (En el nombre de Sherezada o el primer biergarten en Teherán) (2)
Narges Kalhor (Germany)
Fiction, 75’
Production: Iran, Germany, 2019
Q&A with the director
Arab Female Directors
Sudán Recuérdanos (Sudan, Remember Us)
Hind Meddeb (France)
Documentary, 76'
Production: France, Tunisia, Morocco, 2024
Latin American Directors
Palacio de Linares, Plaza Cibeles, s/n
Qué tan lejos (How Much Further)
Tania Hermida (Ecuador)
Fiction, 93'
Ecuador, Spain, 2006
Presentation with the director.
La invención de las especies (On the Invention of Species)
Tania Hermida (Ecuador)
Fiction, 91’
Ecuador, Spain, Cuba, 2024
Post-screening discussion led by the director.
Los Tortuga (The Exiles)
Belén Funes (Spain)
Fiction, 110'
Production: Spain, 2024
Presentation with the actress Antonia Zegers.
Mexican Directors
Fundación Casa de México en España
Calle de Alberto Aguilera, 20
Martínez
Lorena Padilla (Mexico)
Fiction, 93'
Production: Mexico, 2024
Presentation and subsequent discussion with the director.
Después
Sofía Gómez Córdova (Mexico)
Fiction, 100'
Production: Mexico, 2024
Presentation and subsequent discussion with the director.
Adiós Caballos: las muchas vidas de Q Lazzarus (Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus)
Eva Aridjis Fuentes (Mexico)
Documentary, 103'
Production: Mexico, USA, 2025
Presentation and subsequent discussion with the director
Festival in television
Seres queridos (Only Human)
Teresa de Pelegrí (Spain), Dominic Harari (United Kingdom)
Comedy, 89'
Production: Spain 2004
El alquimista impaciente (The Impatient Alchemist)
Patricia Ferreira (Spain)
Thriller, 110’
Production: Spain, 2002
El perro del hortelano (The Dog in the Manger)
Pilar Miró (Spain)
Comedy drama. 108'
Production: Spain, 1996
