- Opening and Closing Galas
- International Competition
- Spanish Competition
- Focus Mexico
- Operas primas
- Special Out-of-Competition Screening
- International Panorama
- Series on screen
- Featured author
- Pioneers Program
- Outstanding Creator
- Featured Writer
- Cinemateca Pedro Zerolo
- German Directors: Margarethe von Trotta. Gazes of Resistance
- Arab Directors
- French Directors
- Latin American Directors
- Sala Equis: Best Off
- Festival in television
- The festival at FILMIN
International Competition
Cineteca Madrid (Matadero Madrid)
Plaza de Legazpi, 8
Box office from Tuesday to Sunday from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
El deshielo (The Meltdown)
Manuela Martelli (Chile)
Historical drama, 108’
Production: Chile, Spain, United States, Mexico, 2026
Mecenaten (The Patron)
Julia Thelin (Sweden)
Dramatic comedy, 100’
Production: Sweden, 2026
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
– For art lovers.
The Pupil
Karin Junger (Belgium)
Drama, 105’
Production: Netherlands, Belgium, 2025
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
The Last Resort
Maria Sødahl (Norway)
Drama, 100’
Production: Denmark, 2025
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Les filles du ciel (The Girls From Above)
Bérangère McNeese (Belgium, United States)
Drama, 96’
Production: France, Belgium, 2025
Se meg (Don't Call Me Mama)
Nina Knag (Norway)
Drama, 105’
Production: Norway, 2025
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Spanish Competition
Sala Berlanga de la Fundación SGAE
Calle de Andrés Mellado, 53
Box office: Until 1 minute before the film starts. (Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 4 to 9 p.m.)
La buena hija
Júlia de Paz Solvas (Spain)
Drama, 103’
Production: Spain, 2025
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Pioneras. Solo querían jugar
Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz (Spain)
Dramatic comedy, 100’
Production: Spain, 2026. LGTBIQ+
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Después de Kim
Ángeles González Sinde (Spain)
Police drama, 107’
Production: Spain, 2026
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Yo no moriré de amor
Marta Matute (Spain)
Drama, 94’
Production: Spain, Belgium, 2026
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Cada día nace un listo
Arantxa Echevarría (Spain)
Comedy, 97’
Production: Spain, 2025
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Frontera
Judith Colell (Spain)
Historical drama, 100’
Production: Spain, 2025
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Forastera
Lucía Aleñar Iglesias (Spain)
Drama, 97’
Production: Spain, Sweden, Italy, 2025
Presentation and Q&A with the actress Zoe Stein.
Salen las lobas (The Bitch Pack)
Claudia Estrada Tarascó (Spain)
Drama, 85’
Production: Spain, 2026
Presentation and Q&A with the director and the actress Valeria Estrada.
Focus Mexico
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Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas Calle de Zurbano, 3 |
Cineteca Madrid (Matadero Madrid) Plaza de Legazpi, 8 Box office from Tuesday to Sunday from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. |
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Chicas tristes (Sad Girlz)
Fernanda Tovar (Mexico)
Dramatic comedy, 90’
Production: Mexico, Spain, France, 2026
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Adiós, amor
Indra Villaseñor Amador (Mexico)
Drama, 83’
Production: Mexico, 2025. LGTBIQ+
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Operas primas
Fundación Casa de México en España
Calle de Alberto Aguilera, 20
Llamarse Olimpia (Being Olimpia)
Indira Cato (Mexico)
Documentary, 75’
Production: Mexico, 2025
Presentation and Q&A with the activist Fernanda Medellín.
Los días más oscuros de nosotras (The Darkest Days of Us)
Astrid Rondero (Mexico)
Drama, 99’
Production: Mexico, 2017. LGTBIQ+
Say Goodbye
Paloma López Carrillo (Mexico)
Documentary, 104’
Mexico, 2025
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Los sueños que compartimos
Valentina Leduc Navarro (Mexico)
Documentary, 102’
Production: Mexico, 2025
Special Out-of-Competition Screening
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Cineteca Madrid (Matadero Madrid) Plaza de Legazpi, 8 Box office from Tuesday to Sunday from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. |
Woman Unknown
May el-Toukhy (Denmark)
Historical drama, 126’
Production: Denmark, Sweden, Latvia, 2026
International Panorama
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Cineteca Madrid (Matadero Madrid) Plaza de Legazpi, 8 Box office from Tuesday to Sunday from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. |
Deux femmes en or (Two Women)
Chloé Robichaud (Canada)
Comedy, 100’
Production: Canada, 2025. LGTBIQ+
Kaïros
Jennifer Alleyn (Canada)
Drama, 90’
Production: Canada, 2026
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Timestamp
Kateryna Gornostai (Ukraine)
Documentary, 125’
Production: Ukraine, Luxembourg, Netherlands, France, 2025
Series on screen
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Sala Berlanga de la Fundación SGAE C. de Andrés Mellado, 53 Box office: Until 1 minute before the film starts. (Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 4 to 9 p.m.) |
El castillo
Elena Martín Gimeno, Sandra Romero (Spain)
Fiction, 6x50’
Production: Spain, 2026
Presentation and Q&A with the directors and the author Mabel Lozano.
Featured author
La buena hija
Júlia de Paz Solvas (Spain)
Drama, 103’
Production: Spain, 2025
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Pioneers Program
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Cine Doré de Filmoteca Española Calle Santa Isabel nº 3 |
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Carmela, la sartina di Montesanto
Elvira Notari (Italy)
Fiction, 12’
Production: Italy, 1916
Session with live music.
Festa della S.S. Assunta in Avellino + Festa della Madonna della Libera a Trevico
Elvira Notari (Italy)
Documentary, 14’
Production: Italy, 1923
Session with live music.
Fantasia 'e surdate
Elvira Notari (Italy)
Fiction, 34’
Producción: Italy, 1927
Session with live music.
Outstanding Creator
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Salón de actos
Paseo del Prado, 8
Free entrance with prior registration on the museum's website.
Rebecca Horn - The Secret Life of Things
Claudia Müller (Germany)
Documentary, 90’
Production: Germany, 2026
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
– For art lovers.
Featured Writer
Por qué no escribo nada
Isabel Fernández (Spain)
Documentary, 103’
Production: Spain, 2025
Presentation and Q&A with the director and Cristina Cerezales, Carmen Laforet’s daughter.
– For literature lovers.
Cinemateca Pedro Zerolo
Calle de Tribulete 20
(Entry through the alleyway between 18º and 20º)
Iris and the Men (Iris y los hombres)
Caroline Vignal (France)
Drama, 97’
Production: France, 2024
Presentation and round table discussion with the director Carlota Callén.
In a Whisper (Tres mujeres)
Leyla Bouzid (Tunisia)
Drama, 113’
Production: Tunisia, France, 2026. LGTBIQ+
Presentation and round table discussion with the actress Eya Bouteraa, the director Tamara Lucarini and Morgane Dubois.
Silver Haze
Sacha Polak (Netherlands)
Drama, 103’
Production: Netherlands, 2023. LGTBIQ+
Presentation and round table discussion with the director Mazdey Snob.
The Voice of Hind Rajab (La voz de Hind)
Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)
Drama, 89’
Production: Tunisia, France, 2025
Presentation and round table discussion with the director Cecilia Gessa.
German Directors: Margarethe von Trotta. Gazes of Resistance
C. de Zurbarán, 21
Free entry until full capacity is reached
With the collaboration of the Friends of the Goethe-Institut Spain Association.
Las hermanas alemanas (Die bleierne Zeit)
Margarethe von Trotta (Germany)
Drama, 106’
Production: Germany, 1981
Hannah Arendt
Margarethe von Trotta (Germany)
Historical drama, 113’
Production: Germany, Luxembourg, France, 2012
Presentation and Q&A with the director and Ana Pérez, Film Programmer at the Goethe-Institut Madrid.
Viaje hacia el desierto (Ingeborg Bachmann)
Margarethe von Trotta (Germany)
Drama, 110’
Production: Germany, 2023
Presentation and Q&A with the director and Ana Pérez, Film Programmer at the Goethe-Institut Madrid.
– For literature lovers.
Locura de mujer (Heller Wahn)
Margarethe von Trotta (Germany)
Drama, 105’
Production: Germany, France, 1983
Presentation and Q&A with the director and Ana Pérez, Film Programmer at the Goethe-Institut Madrid.
Arab Directors
In a Whisper (Tres mujeres)
Leyla Bouzid (Tunisia)
Drama, 113’
Production: Tunisia, France, 2026. LGTBIQ+
Presentation by Karim Hauser, Head of Culture at Casa Árabe, and Q&A with actress Eya Bouteraa and Alejandra Val Cubero, Professor of Journalism and Audiovisual Communication at UC3M.
French Directors
La casa de las mujeres (La maison des femmes)
Mélisa Godet (France)
Drama, 110'
Production: France, 2026
Presentation and Q&A with Dr Ana Martínez Virto and a representative of the Institut Français.
Mi hermana Bertille (Qui brille au combat)
Joséphine Japy (France)
Drama, 100’
Production: France, 2025
Presentation and Q&A with Norma Alhambra, President of the Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Association of Madrid, and a representative of the Institut Français.
Latin American Directors
Palacio de Linares, Plaza Cibeles, s/n
El deshielo (The Meltdown)
Manuela Martelli (Chile)
Historical drama, 108’
Production: Chile, United States, Spain, Mexico, 2026
Sala Equis: Best Off
Retrato de una mujer en llamas (Portrait of a lady on fire)
Céline Sciamma (Francia)
Drama, 120’
Producción: Francia, 2019. LGTBIQ+
Past Lives (Vidas pasadas)
Celine Song (South Korea, Canada)
Drama, 106’
Production: United States, 2023
