2023. We announce the 10 feature films that make up the International Competition of the 6th edition and the 6 films of the new section, International Panorama

Directors from all over the world such as Ève Duchemin, Marija Kavtaradze, Eva Beling, Ma'ayan Rypp and Sia Hermanides will present their films and dialogue with the audience

Since its inception, the Madrid Films by Women Festival, aimed at all audiences, is an unmissable annual event in the international calendar of film festivals. Less than a week before the start of the 6th edition, we announce the careful selection of feature films in the International Competition, made between 2022 and 2023 and multi-awarded at world-class festivals – such as Sundance, Berlinale, San Sebastián, Melbourne and Miami – which will premiere in Spain or Madrid during the festival. 

This year, we also have a selection of six recent international films, out of competition, in the International Panorama, the new section of this edition. The programmed films will take the audience on a tour through China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Serbia, Sweden, Türkeye and the United States, with recently released and worldwide award-winning films.

Still of the movie Anatomie d'une Chute by Justine Triet, winner of the 2023 Palme d’or at Cannes

International Competition. Official Section
Cine Estudio. Círculo de Bellas Artes 

Calle del Marqués de Casa Riera nº 4 
Admission: 5,5 €  - over 65s and Youth Card 4 € - Season Ticket 3,6 € - Members 3,5 € 

The International Competition – held at the Cine Estudio of the Círculo de Bellas Artes – is, without a doubt, a unique opportunity to enjoy a selection of the best international cinema, co-produced in the last two years in 16 different countries: Belgium, Chile, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Israel, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Mexico, Morocco, Qatar, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

As part of the festival's offer, the public will be able to listen live to international professionals such as Ève Duchemin, director of Temps Mort (Time Out), Marija Kavtaradze, director of Slow, Ma'ayan Rypp, director of Ha Pilegesh (The Other Widow), and Tatiana Huezo, director of El Eco (The Echo). Their participation has been possible thanks to the collaboration of the Wallonia-Brussels General Delegation in Spain, Centro Sefarad Israel, El Al Israel Airlines, Fundación Casa de México and Centro de Estudios Mexicanos UNAM-España.

In addition, the section will open with the premiere of the Canadian Korean film Past Lives, multi-awarded at various international festivals and granted the "2023 Best Independent Film" by the Hollywood Critics Association.

The 2023 Best Film Award will be presented at the Closing Gala, on November 3rd at the Palacio de la Prensa. It will be awarded by the festival's international jury, made up of Spanish actress Natalia de Molina, Panamanian director Ana Endara and, writer, film critic and director Vicente Molina Foix. It will consist of a 4K colour correction for 3 weeks in the Místika digital cinema room of Free Your Mind, valued at €30,000 – for the winning director's next feature film, the creation of a DCP in original version with Spanish subtitles by the company Subtitula'm, valued at €1,000, and a mobile phone, Xiaomi 13 Lite, courtesy of Xiaomi Iberia. 

Furthermore, this year the winning film of the competition will be screened on Sunday, November 5th, in a special screening session at the Círculo de Bellas Artes. 

The selected films are: 

• Past Lives by Celine Song
• Temps mort (Time Out) by Ève Duchemin
• Animalia by Sofia Alaoui
• Sluzka (The Chambermaid) by Mariana Čengel Solčanská
• How to have Sex by Molly Manning Walker
• El Eco (The Echo) by Tatiana Huezo
• Ha Pilegesh (The Other Widow) by Ma'ayan Rypp
• Piece of my Heart by Dana Nechushtan
• La memoria infinita (The Eternal Memory) by Maite Alberdi
• Slow by Marija Kavtaradze

Check out the full program below:

International Panorama: China, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Türkeye
Cineteca Madrid

Plaza de Legazpi nº 8
Admission: 3,50€

The screenings of the International Panorama section will take place at Cineteca Madrid, with a programme of 6 recent international films, co-produced by nine countries: China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Serbia, Sweden, Türkeye and the United States of America. 

It is also worth mentioning the participation of the directors Eva Beling and Sia Hermanides, who will present their feature films Fördom och stolthet - En queer filmhistoria (Prejudice and pride) and White Berry, respectively; as well as the cultural and Audio-visual and Cultural attaché of the Embassy of France, Laurent Coulon. Their presentations and discussions with the audience would not be possible without the invaluable collaboration of the Embassy of Sweden, the Embassy of the Netherlands, and the Embassy of France. 

In addition, the International Panorama will open in style with the feature film Anatomie d'une Chute (Anatomy of a Fall) by Justine Triet, winner of the 2023 Palme d’or at Cannes. 

The selected films are:

• Anatomie d’une chute (Anatomy of a Fall) by Justine Triet 
• Kar ve Ayı (Snow and the bear) by Selcen Ergun
• White Berry by Sia Hermanides 
• Fördom och stolthet - En queer filmhistoria (Prejudice and pride) by Eva Beling
• 脐带 (The Cord of Life) by Qiao Sixue 
• 我们不能白头偕老 (Till love do us part) by Li Ran

Check out the full schedule below:

The festival on FILMIN

The Madrid Films by Women Festival goes beyond the capital thanks to the collaboration of the independent film platform FILMIN. The festival's channel will have a selection of 89 national and international fiction, documentary, and animation feature films, from October 24th to November 5th, which have been screened throughout the 6 editions and will be available to watch at home everywhere in Spain. 

The films available from the 6th edition are: 

• Las Buenas Compañías (In the Company of Women) by Silvia Munt
• 20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees) by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren 
• The Cord of Life (​脐带) by Quiao Sixue 
• Fördom och stolthet - En queer filmhistoria (Prejudice and Pride) by Eva Beling
• Merkel by Eva Weber
• Elfriede Jelinek, Language Unleashed by Claudia Müller