Sinopsis
In early-1970s Spain, with Franco’s regime still deeply entrenched in society, a group of very young and overlooked footballing stars and a daring, idealistic sports promoter join forces to break down barriers and embark on what will become the story of women’s football in Spain.
Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz was born in Ronda (Málaga) and currently lives in Barcelona. She graduated from ESCAC with a degree specializing in Directing. During her time at ESCAC, she wrote and directed, among other projects, the short film Menopáusicas (2011), which won the Best Director Award at the IAJ Short Film Competition, held as part of the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival.
She was the director and screenwriter of one of the sequences in the feature film Los Inocentes (2013), made in collaboration with the other directors from her graduating class and premiered at the Sitges Film Festival. Her graduation short film, Y otro año, perdices (2013), was selected for the Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) and won the Best Director Award at the Medina del Campo Film Week, among other distinctions at numerous festivals.
Los pestiños de Mamá (2016), premiered at the Málaga Film Festival, was her second short film produced by ESCAC Films. In 2018, she made her feature-film debut with Mi querida cofradía, which won the Audience Award and the Biznaga de Plata for Best Supporting Actress (Carmen Flores) at the Málaga Film Festival, as well as the Audience Award for Best Comedy at the BCN Film Fest. Los buenos modales (2023) is her second feature film, produced by Escándalo Films, Atresmedia Cine and Movistar Plus+, and distributed by Warner Bros. Since 2015, she has taught screenwriting and directing in various courses at ESCAC. In 2026, she premiered her third feature film, Pioneras. Solo querían jugar, which was selected for the Official Competition of the Málaga Film Festival.
Wednesday, Oct. 28th. 8:10 p.m.
Sala Berlanga de la Fundación SGAE
Ticket sales: 3,50 €
Presentation and Q&A with the director.
Year of Production: 2026
Time: 100’
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Director: Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz
Cast: Daniel Ibáñez, Aixa Villagrán, Sofía de Iznájar, Bruna Lucadamo, Nora Otxoteko
Production: Jesús Ulled Nadal, Rodrigo Areias, Kiko Martínez, Elena Manrique, María Angulo
Script: Zebina Guerra y Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz
Director of Photography: María Codina (AEC)
Production Companies: Cine365 Film, Nadie es perfecto, Ciudadano Ciskul
International Sales: Filmax
Audience Award at the Málaga Film Festival
Selected at San Sebastián
