Sinopsis
La Maestra and Paula are inseparable friends and the strongest swimmers on their team, until an incident at a party forces them to choose between silence and speaking out, testing the limits of their friendship.
Fernanda Tovar (Mexico City, 1991) is a director, screenwriter, and member of Colectivo Colmena. She graduated from the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) and took part in Berlinale Talents Guadalajara and Berlinale Talents Latin America in 2020. Her short film My Age, Yours, and the Age of the World participated in the Semaine de la Critique de Cannes in 2022 and received a Special Mention at the Morelia International Film Festival. In 2024, her short film I Want to Violently Crash into the Windshield of Love premiered at the Tribeca Festival. Sad Girlz, her debut feature film, was supported by EFICINE (Mexico), ICAA (Spain), CNC and SACEM (France), and had its world premiere at the 76th Berlinale, winning the Crystal Bear and Grand Prix for Best Feature Film in the Generation 14plus section.
With the collaboration of Fundación Casa de México en España and the Centro de Estudios Mexicanos en España de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM-España).
With the collaboration of Potenza Producciones and Montgó Films.
Wednesday, Oct. 28th, 7:00 p.m.
Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas
Ticket sales: 3,15 €
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Year of Production: 2026
Time: 90’
Country: Mexico, Spain, France
Language: Spanish
Director: Fernanda Tovar
Cast: Rocío Guzmán, Darana Álvarez, Mónica Del Carmen, Tatsumi Milori
Production: Daniel Loustaunau, Araceli Vázquez, Carlo D’Ursi, Samuel Chauvin
Script: Fernanda Tovar
Director of Photography: Rosa Hadit
Production Companies: Potenza Producciones, Promenades Films, Colectivo Colmena, Martini Shot
World Premiere in the Generation 14 section at the Berlinale (2026), winner of the Crystal Bear and the International Jury Award.
Selected at Horizontes Latinos at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, ECRAN Junior at Cannes, Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival (FICCI) – Jury Award for Best Feature Film, Tribeca Festival – International Narrative Competition
Premiere in Madrid
