25th Málaga Film Festival

25th Málaga Film Festival

Official poster by Petra Eriksson[1]
Opening film	Code Name: Emperor
Closing film	Full of Grace
Location	Málaga, Spain
Awards	Golden Biznaga (Lullaby and Utama)
Festival date	18–27 March 2022

The 25th Málaga Film Festival took place from 18 to 27 March 2022 in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. Lullaby and Utama won the Golden Biznaga for, respectively, Best Spanish Film and Best Ibero-American Film.

Background

Cecilia Suárez, Javier Cercas, Manuel Martín Cuenca, Marco Mühletaler, and Marta Nieto were selected as the jury of the main competition.[2] The Zonazine competition jury consisted of José Rodríguez, Violeta Salama, and Maggie Civantos.[3] The festival opening gala at Palacio de Deportes Martín Carpena on 18 March 2022 was hosted by Pepón Nieto, with Manolo García, Antonio Peula, Belén Bouzas, Pol Granch, Guitarricadelafuente and Camela as musical acts.[4] The opening film was Code Name: Emperor.[4] The official selection closed with the screening of Full of Grace on 26 March 2022.[5] The closing gala was hosted by Fiorella Faltoyano.[6]

Festival slate

Official Selection

The official selection slate included the following films:[7]

In competition

Highlighted title indicates section's best film winner.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Wandering Heart	Errante corazón	Leonardo Brzezicki	Argentina Brazil Spain Chile Netherlands
Cadejo blanco		Justin Lerner	Guatemala United States Mexico
A Mãe [pt]		Cristiano Burlan [pt]	Brazil
Monkey Business	Canallas	Daniel Guzmán	Spain
Lullaby	Cinco lobitos	Alauda Ruiz de Azúa	Spain
The Te$t	El test	Dani de la Orden	Spain
The Summit [ca]	La cima	Ibon Cormenzana [eu]	Spain
Unfinished Affairs	La maniobra de la tortuga	Juan Miguel del Castillo [es]	Spain Argentina
The Volunteer [es]	La voluntaria	Nely Reguera [es]	Spain Greece
Dancing on Glass	Las niñas de cristal	Jota Linares [es]	Spain
Libre		Natural Arpajou	Argentina
What Lucía Saw	Llegaron de noche	Imanol Uribe	Spain Colombia
Lo invisible		Javier Andrade	Ecuador France
Mensajes privados		Matías Bize	Chile
My Emptiness and I [eu]	Mi vacío y yo	Adrián Silvestre	Spain
We Won't Kill Each Other with Guns	Nosaltres no ens matarem amb pistoles	María Ripoll	Spain
The Gigantes		Beatriz Sanchís [es]	Mexico United States
Utama		Alejandro Loayza Grisi	Bolivia Uruguay France

Out of competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Code Name: Emperor	Código emperador	Jorge Coira [gl]	Spain France
Alcarràs		Carla Simón	Spain Italy
Full of Grace	Llenos de gracia	Roberto Bueso	Spain

Zonazine

The zonazine selection featured the following films:[8][9]

Highlighted title indicates section's best film winner.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
A Vanishing Fog	Entre la niebla	Augusto Sandino	Colombia Czech Republic Norway
Dúo		Meritxell Colell	Spain
Una película póstuma		Sigfrid Monleón [es]	Spain
Dragonflies	Libélulas	Luc Knowles	Spain
Isósceles		Ignacio Nacho	Spain
Lugares a los que nunca hemos ido		Roberto Pérez Toledo [es]	Spain
The Shape of Things to Come	Tiempos futuros	Víctor Checa	Mexico Peru Ecuador Spain Germany
Mostro		José Pablo Escamilla	Mexico
Al Oriente		José María Avilés	Ecuador Argentina

Awards

Some of the main awards are presented as follows:[10][11]

Main competition

• Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film: Lullaby
• Golden Biznaga for Best Ibero-American Film: Utama
• Silver Biznaga, Special Jury Prize: My Emptiness and I [eu]
• Jury Special Mention: The Gigantes
• Silver Biznaga for Best Director: Alejandro Loayza Grisi (Utama)
• Silver Biznaga for Best Actress: Laia Costa & Susi Sánchez (Lullaby)
• Silver Biznaga for Best Actor: Leonardo Sbaraglia (Wandering Heart)
• Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress: Debora Maria da Silva (A Mãe [pt])
• Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actor: Nicolás Poblete [es] (Mensajes privados)
• Best Original Screenplay: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Lullaby)
• Best Original Score: Cergio Prudencio [es] (Utama)
• Best Cinematography: Nicolás Wong Díaz (The Gigantes)
• Best Editing: Rodrigo Saquel (Mensajes privados)
• Critics Award: Utama
• Audience Award: Lullaby

Zonazine section

• Silver Biznaga to Best Spanish Film: Lugares la los que nunca hemos ido
• Silver Biznaga to Best Ibero-American Film: Mostro
• Best Director: Meritxell Colell (Dúo)
• Best Actress: Milena Smit & Olivia Baglivi (Dragonflies)
• Best Actor: Pepe Ocio [es] & Sergio Torrico [es] (Lugares la los que nunca hemos ido)
• Audience Award: Dragonflies

References

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2. Sánchez, Nacho (26 March 2022). "'Cinco lobitos', un retrato de la maternidad, triunfa en el festival de cine de Málaga". El País.
3. Olid Suero, Miguel (30 March 2022). "Talento concentrado". La Razón.
4. "Festival de Málaga 2022: todos los looks de la alfombra roja de la gala inaugural". elle.com. 18 March 2022.
5. "'Llenos de gracia' clausura el Festival con la historia de Valdo y la monja que hizo cumplir su sueño". La Opinión de Málaga. Prensa Ibérica. 26 March 2023.
6. Merino, Santiago (26 March 2022). "Las más glamurosas de la alfombra roja de clausura del Festival de Málaga". Semana.
7. Silvestre, Juan (2 March 2022). "Festival de Málaga 2022: Todos los títulos de la Sección Oficial". Fotogramas.
8. "Estas son las secciones del Festival de Cine de Málaga". Málaga Hoy. Grupo Joly. 4 March 2022.
9. "25 Festival de Málaga. Catálogo" (PDF). Festival de Málaga. 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
10. Sánchez Casademont, Rafael (26 March 2022). "Festival de Málaga 2022: Palmarés completo con todas las películas ganadoras". Fotogramas.
11. "'Cinco lobitos', gran ganadora del Festival de Málaga". Cine con Ñ. 26 March 2022.