#5 We present the varied programme of the 8th Festival edition’s Parallel Sections, which will be screened in 7 relevant collaborating venues in the centre of Madrid
In total, 22 films (Spanish and international) will be screened within the framework of the festival, which will be held between October 28th and November 9th.
A little less than a month before the start of the 8th edition of the Madrid Films by Women Festival, we give you a preview of the excellent programme, organised in collaboration with seven leading cultural entities in the city, which make the Parallel Sections possible, thanks to their valuable contribution. A total of 22 titles (20 feature films and 2 short films), most of them awarded at festivals around the world, and 7 round tables.
In addition, the public will be able to meet some of the directors and experts invited in the Parallel Sections (who join other professionals we invited to Madrid to participate in the Official Section and in the festival's training activities) to dialogue and share impressions with the attendees during the presentations and debates.
The collaborating venues and the number of films and panel discussions are:
- Casa de América / Latin American Women Directors: 3 feature films and the discussion "Meeting between female creators"
- Casa Árabe en Madrid / Arab female directors: 1 feature film
- Cinemateca Pedro Zerolo: 5 films (3 feature films and 2 short films) and 4 panel discussions
- Cines Verdi: 1 feature film
- Fundación Casa de México en España / Mexican female directors: 6 feature films
- Goethe-Institut Madrid / German directors... and one Spanish: 3 feature films and 2 round tables
- Sala Equis: 3 Feature films
PARALLEL SECTIONS SCREENINGS
1. CASA DE AMÉRICA / LATIN AMERICAN FEMALE DIRECTORS
Sala de cine Iberia, Casa de América.
Plaza de Cibeles
Free admission until full capacity is reached (60 seats). Tickets will be given at the Information Point’s ticket office, one hour before the activities start.
Wednesday, Nov. 5th, 6.30 p.m.
#1. Qué tan lejos, Tania Hermida. Ecuador, Spain, 2006.
– Presentation by the film’s director.
Thursday, Nov. 6th. 6.30 p.m.
#2. La invención de las especies, Tania Hermida. Ecuador, Spain, Cuba, 2024
– Subsequent debate with the film’s director.
Friday, Nov. 7th, 7:00 p.m.
Discussion: "Meeting between creators"
Participants: Martina Gusman (Argentina), actress and producer, and Antonia Zegers (Chile), actress. Facilitators: a representative of Casa de América and Carlota Álvarez Basso, Festival’s Co-director.
https://www.casamerica.es/cine/encuentro-entre-creadoras
Saturday Nov. 8th, 6.30 p.m.
#3. Los Tortuga, Belén Funes. Spain, Chile, 2024.
– Presentation by actress Antonia Zegers (Chile).
2. CASA ÁRABE EN MADRID / FEMALE ARAB DIRECTORS
Alcalá, 62
Admission: 4 € Online / 5 € Box office
Thursday, Nov. 6th. 7:00 p.m.
#1. Sudan, Remember Us, Hind Meddeb. France, Tunisia, Morocco, 2024 (documentary).
– Premiere in Madrid.
– Presentation by Karim Hauser, film programmer at Casa Árabe.
3. CINEMATECA PEDRO ZEROLO
Tribulete, 20. (Entrance through the alley between the 18th and 20th).
Free admission until full capacity is reached.
With the collaboration of the Pedro Zerolo and Acción Triángulo Foundations.
Saturday Nov. 1st, 7.00 p.m.
#1. Olvido, Inés París. Spain, 2025.
– Presentation and subsequent round table: "Historical memory. The Spain of the 50s and the role of women in the written press". Participants: Inés París (Spain), director, screenwriter and producer. Presented by: Linda D'Ambrosio, researcher and teacher.
Activity organized with the collaboration of LA DALIA FILMS.
Sunday, Nov. 2nd, 6.00 pm
#2. Positivo and Estigma, Pilar García Elegido. Spain, 2000 and 2025 (documentaries). LGTBIQ+
– Presentation and subsequent round table: "HIV: a female perspective". Participants: Pilar García Elegido (Spain), director, screenwriter and producer.
Friday, Nov. 7th, 7:00 p.m.
#3. Alguien que cuide de mí, Daniela Fejerman and Elvira Lindo. Spain, 2023.
– Presentation and subsequent round table: "Intergenerational relations between women in the family". Participants: Daniela Fejerman (Argentina), director and screenwriter, and Elvira Lindo (Spain), writer, journalist and director.
Activity organized with the collaboration of Syldavia Cinema.
Saturday, Nov. 8th, 7.00 p.m.
#4. Onde máis doe, Manane Rodríguez. Spain, 2022 (documentary).
– Presentation and subsequent round table: "Making vicarious violence visible: the first step to stop it?". Participants: Manane Rodríguez (Uruguay), director, screenwriter and producer.
4. CINES VERDI
Bravo Murillo, 28
Entrance: 8 € / 7 € Amigos del Verdi
Saturday, Nov. 1st, Noon.
#1. Cuerpos locos, Ana Murugarren. Spain, 2025.
– Presentation and subsequent discussion by the film’s director.
5. FUNDACIÓN CASA DE MÉXICO EN MADRID / MEXICAN FEMALE DIRECTORS
Fundación Casa de México en España
Alberto Aguilera, 20
Free admission until full capacity is reached
Thursday, Oct. 30th. 7:00 p.m.
#1. La Arriera, Isabel Cristina Fregoso. Mexico, 2024.
Friday, Oct. 31st. 7:00 p.m.
#2. Martinez, Lorena Padilla. Mexico, 2024.
– Presentation and subsequent discussion with the film’s director.
Saturday, Nov. 1st, 7.00 p.m.
#3. Li Cham, Ana Ts’uyeb. Mexico, 2024 (documentary).
– Premiere in Spain.
Thursday, Nov. 6th, 7:00 p.m.
#4. Después, Sofía Gómez Córdova. Mexico, 2024.
– Presentation and subsequent discussion with the film’s director.
Friday, Nov. 7th, 7:00 p.m.
#5. Adiós Caballos: Las muchas vidas de Q Lazzarus, Eva Aridjis. Mexico, 2024 (documentary).
Saturday, Nov. 8th, 7:00 p.m.
#6. La falla, Alana Simões. Mexico, 2024 (documentary).
6. GOETHE-INSTITUT MADRID / GERMAN... AND A SPANISH FEMALE DIRECTORS
Zurbarán, 21.
Free admission until full capacity is reached
https://www.goethe.de/ins/es/es/index.html
Wednesday, Oct. 29th, 7.30 p.m.
#1. Shahid, Narges Kalhor. Germany, 2024.
– Premiere in Spain.
– Presentation by Ana Pérez, film programmer at the Goethe-Institut Madrid.
Thursday, Oct. 30th, 7:00 p.m.
#2. Mucha mierda, Alba Sotorra. Spain, 2024 (documentary).
– Presentation by the director and, after the screening, round table: "Culture in resistance: the Goethe-Institut and the actors' strike of 1975". Participants: David Lara (Spain), producer and creative supervisor, Petra Martínez (Spain), actress, and Enriqueta Carballeira (Spain), actress. With the collaboration of the Commissioner for the holding of 50th anniversary of Spain in freedom.
Tuesday, Nov. 4th. 7.30 p.m.
#3. In the Name of Scheherazade or the First Beergarden in Tehran, Narges Kalhor. Germany, 2019 (documentary).
– Premiere in Spain.
– Presentation by Ana Pérez, film programmer at the Goethe-Institut Madrid.
– Subsequent discussion with the director in German with simultaneous translation.
Wednesday, Nov. 5th, 7:00 p.m.
Round table: "Co-producing cinema in Europe"
Participants to be confirmed.
– With the collaboration of EUNIC, European Union National Institutes for Culture.
7. SALA EQUIS
Duque de Alba, 4
Admission: €7.5. Online / Box Office
Memory Trilogy
Sunday, Nov. 2nd, 7.30 p.m. / Saturday, Nov. 8th, 5.30 p.m.
#1. Estiu 1993, Carla Simón. Spain, 2017.
Tuesday, Nov. 4th, 10.00 p.m. / Thursday, Nov. 6th, 7.30 p.m.
#2. Alcarrás, Carla Simón. Spain, 2022.
Saturday Nov. 1 7.30 pm / Friday, Nov. 7th, 10.00 pm
#3. Romería, Carla Simón. Spain, Germany, 2025.
FILMIN: SCREENINGS ON THE FESTIVAL CHANNEL
Oct 28th to Nov 9th, 2025
The Madrid Films by Women Festival approaches the entire Spanish territory through our window in the "Library of Festivals" of FILMIN, where you can enjoy our program from the armchair of your home. A selection of 101 fiction, documentary and animation feature films directed by Spanish and international authors will be available online, of which 13 are from the current edition and 88 have been screened in some section of the festival throughout the last 7 editions of the Madrid Films by Women Festival.
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