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Spanish Titles

The Spanish audiovisual industry's production and content releases are increasing every year. Discover in 'Latest Releases' the content that travels around the world in search of distribution or exhibition. Or browse 'WIP' (Work in Progress) for titles in the early stages of development that are seeking funding or co-producers.

Gaudi-Jujol, The Mediterranean in La Pedrera

This documentary reveals lesser-known aspects of La Pedrera and the close collaboration between Gaudí and Jujol. Through preserved drawings, it uncovers the technical and artistic innovations behind the building’s design. Far from typical Modernism, the work represents a bold new artistic vision. With the 2026 Gaudí centenary approaching, this film offers timely insight into a unique architectural legacy, highlighting striking features like wrought iron balconies, plaster ceilings, rooftop chimneys, and sculptural interior details.

2025

Matador

The ultimate MMA documentary about the man of the moment: the brilliant mixed martial arts world champion, Ilia Topuria. There are many number ones, but only one can achieve the status of legend.

2024

Courtois, the Return of the Number 1

This documentary series tells the story of Thibaut Courtois, one of the best goalkeepers in the world, who leads Real Madrid as they face challenges. His key role in the team's victories in La Liga and the Champions League in 2022 has earned widespread praise. Now, recovering from an injury, Courtois, with the support of teammates like Luka Modric, Fede Valverde, and Rodrygo, along with his family and wife, demonstrates his determination. Throughout this series, we will reflect on his career and examine the unique role of the goalkeeper, comparing it to that of other football legends. Courtois' journey embodies resilience, leadership, and the growing importance of the goalkeeper position in the history of the sport. Our goal is to sell the documentary.

2024

The Remnants of the Pass

Antonio remembers a Holy Week from his childhood in a remote village in Córdoba. Seven days that turned him into the man he is and the child he cries to be again. A letter from an adult mind, in memory of the past.

2023

Real Madrid: Until The End

We narrate Real Madrid's 2021/22 season. The protagonists tell us how was the season of a historic double, winning La Liga and the Champions League, and how the club reinvents itself with a stadium that makes you dream of something magical.

2024

Mediterranean Hunters II

The fight between hunters and hunted, is the most dramatic event in nature. For both, this fight means life or death. This close relationship is inevitable, and they both need each other to exist and thrive. Hunters and prey evolve together and have their own strategies for hunting and not being hunted. But even for the most efficient, success is never guaranteed. From Wild cats to Eagle owls, from Bats to Goshawks, in this film we will discover the hunting strategies of some of the most iconic European predators and their relationships with their target preys. We aim to introduce ‘MEDITERRANEAN HUNTERS II’ to global channels and platforms, and make it reach audiences around the world.

2024

Freshwater Gardens

This series will show us the influence of this essential liquid and how the seasonal whims and transformations of water in its liquid, solid, and gaseous states affect animal behavior differently on each continent, including the plains, forests, and deserts of Africa or North America, the jungles of Australia, South America, and Asia.

2024

Rapa

The Galician Mountain Horse breed is disappearing, only a few wild horses resist harassed by cattle thieves, by wolves and now by multinational power companies. By their side the small village of Sabucedo preserves something unique: an ancestral and intimate bond. Both horse and villager live in a mirrored situation: the end of the ones brings the end of the others.

2024

Julio Camba. The Man Who Didn´t Want To Be Anything

This creative biographical documentary is a journey to discover the life and work of one of the most popular and cosmopolitan 20th century Spanish journalists. Through a blurred memory, this journey, a search for the person behind the character, propose the testimonies of his biographers and friends and the readings of his articles in some of the cities where he worked as a correspondent (Lisbon, Paris, London, Berlin, Rome or New York).

2024

Aamelat. Day Laborers of War

An author documentary that narrates the life conditions and power of resilience of the Sirian refugee women that since the outbreak of the war in Syria have spent years working as day laborers in informal settlements in the Bekaa Valley (Lebanon) under exploitative conditions. Without basic rights they cannot prosper nor return to Syria while there is war. Their future it's uncertain.

2024

Giant & Wild

The series travels across the five continents to meet the giants, who inhabit the most diverse ecosystems, from jungles and forests to deserts, plateaus, great summits or underwater.

2024

Spanish Debut

A unique and surprising travel series where the trips are performed by three young charming women. This time they go on a journey by beautiful Spain. Feminine travel vision, attractions which are interesting for the women and described by them, a sense of glamour and elegancy, unlimited feminine curiosity, latest fashions and hills and of course a sincere men’s admiration whenever Irene, Marta y Maria go.

2024

Dead Time(s)

Three brothers struggle to keep their small funeral home afloat. In a highly competitive world where belief in rituals is fading, they are forced to make drastic decisions in an attempt to modernize.

2025

The Shortest Border in the World

An 80-metre blue rope runs across the sandy isthmus that forms the shortest border in the world. This line separates Spain from Morocco and Europe from Africa. On one side is the Rock of Vélez de la Gomera, a fortified military outpost occupied by the Spanish army for five centuries. On the other side is the Moroccan Rif fishing village of Badis, which seems to live suspended in time. When a Spanish filmmaker arrives in Badis, members of four generations of the village observe the vestiges of Spanish colonisation from the distance.

2025

Niebla

The animals flee relentlessly in an environment threatened by tourism, extreme weather and hunting. As the search progresses, the fog is erasing the entire landscape in its path, as if it were a disease that affects an entire territory.

2025

The Measure of Love

Ane is an eccentric octogenarian actress with the spirit of a golden age Hollywood diva. Every day, she fights to maintain her independence and her love for John — a retired singer facing severe cognitive decline — while dreaming of becoming a great actress in a society that often sidelines the elderly as mere spectators. Fate brings other seniors into her journey, proving it’s never too late to reinvent yourself and truly live.

2025

The Dutchbat

Life portrait of a group of Dutch blue helmets who bear the guilt of not having been able to prevent the genocide in Srebrenica, the largest massacre in Europe since the Second World War. A story about how they face, day by day, the horror they lived, the responsibility, and the search for redemption, inseparable consequences of any war.

2025

This Body of Mine

This Body of Mine tells the story of the friendship between Rafael and Carolina. Rafael, a trans man in the process of acceptance and reconciliation with his own body, and Carolina, his unconditional companion, undertake together the search for their square meter of peace in the world.

2025

Lóngquán: The Dragon Spring

During the Lunar New Year celebrations, Junyi, a young Catalan of Chinese descent, gets a call from his mom: his grandmother has suddenly fallen ill and wants to see him. Though he barely remembers her, Junyi sets off on a journey that will make him question his roots and his increasingly blurred sense of identity.

2025

Improway: another way of living music

Professional pianist Lute Domínguez has created IMPROWAY, an innovative gestural method that allows anyone to make music in real time. Practiced at a public music school in Getafe, this approach uses hand movements to simplify traditional notation. The documentary follows a diverse group of students preparing for a concert in six months, showcasing how music creation can be accessible to all. It also features workshops in conservatories and reactions from renowned musicians encountering the method for the first time.

2025

When hair was long and shorts were short

This documentary follows Aitor Francesana, a surfer who defied his blindness to become world champion in adapted surfing. From sneaking his first wave as a child with glaucoma to coaching and competing at high levels, Aitor’s story mirrors the evolution of surfing itself—from counterculture to Olympic sport. Featuring historic interviews, stunning beaches, and new generations of surfers, the film is a tribute to resilience, passion, and the enduring connection between surfing and the sea.

2025

The voices of the universe

A two-part documentary series built from a rare and exclusive archive: 25 years of never- before-seen interviews with Nobel Prize winners. Carefully woven into a compelling narrative, the series traces the story of the Universe — from the birth of matter to the emergence of life and consciousness. · Episode 1: From Particles to Molecules — The physical evolution of the cosmos.Big Bang, fundamental laws of nature, stellar forges, universal constants, quantum mechanics. · Episode 2: From Molecules to Minds — The biological evolution of complexity. Carbon chemistry, nucleic acids, proteins, ribosomes, the Gaia hypothesis, life, death, and consciousness.

2025

Proxima centauri

Year 2175. The first hibernated-crew interstellar voyage departs to Proxima Centauri on board of a nuclear-fusion-propelled spaceship. The destination is Proxima b, an Earth-like exoplanet that orbits around our closest star, Proxima Centauri, at a distance of 4.22 light years. Scientists at the forefront of physics and biology work now on ultra-fast propulsion and life support that will allow us to make this possible.

2025

Rock Contest

Paco, a shy young man from Zaragoza’s working-class neighborhood, meets Olaia by chance, a charismatic drummer deeply involved in social protests. Together with a group of musical misfits, they form a rock band to compete in a local contest. In their struggle to find their own identity, they challenge family expectations, the hardships of a Spain in transition, and their own fears. Rock Contest is a story about rebellion and friendship and the transformative power of music.

2025

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Nature Documentaries in Spain

During the streaming boom and the lockdown in 2020, nature documentaries reached historic consumption peaks, a trend that continues today, supported by the development of new windows of exploitation such as fast channels. In Spain, content production companies in this documentary sub-genre have benefited from technological democratization - drones are now available where helicopters were previously needed - and offer high-quality products on very tight budgets. This means that Spanish documentaries continue to be highly appreciated by the main international buyers.

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IDFA 2025

Discover the vibrant pulse of Spanish documentary cinema in this exclusive showcase of five remarkable works-in-progress. Presented by ICEX Spain Trade and Investment and the Minsitry of Culture through ICAA, this curated selection highlights the richness, diversity, and creative innovation that define Spain’s contemporary non-fiction landscape.

12/11/2025 Amsterdam, Netherlands

TIFF 2025

Experience the brilliance of Spanish cinema at TIFF! Visit Cinema from Spain Booth 12 in the Industry Centre to meet talented producers and sales agents showcasing Spain’s top content. Discover the international potential of Spanish films and the advantages of co-producing with Spain. Don’t miss out!

04/09/2025 Toronto, Canada

Sunny Side of the Doc 2025

From June 24 to 27, under the umbrella brand Audiovisual from Spain, a delegation of leading Spanish production and distribution companies will take part in the event to promote the Spanish audiovisual sector and showcase their latest unscripted content for the international market.

24/06/2025 La Rochelle, France

Spanish film exhibition closes 2024 with optimism thanks to an extraordinary end to the year

The summer months, as well as November and December, saved a year whose first half did not record good figures. However, Spanish cinema and local distributors ended up being the year's big winners, increasing their revenues compared to 2023.

03 January 2025

Q&A with Antonio Saura, founder of Latido Films

For over two decades at the helm of Latido Films, Antonio Saura has sold key titles of Spanish cinema worldwide. Moreover, his unique experience in the sector is also backed by his credits as a producer for Zampa Audiovisual and Zebra Producciones, as well as his role as deputy chairman of the European Film Academy from 2008 to 2019, and his two-year tenure as director of the Media Business School, one of the most prominent international business training institutions. Saura’s historical perspective is undoubtedly exceptional in terms of the history of Spanish cinema and its global reach. Some recent, brilliant Spanish titles in Latido line-up include Isaki Lacuesta’s “Saturn Return”, Carlos Marques-Marcet’s “They Will Be Dust”, Antón Álvarez’s “The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés” or David Pérez Sañudo’s “The Last Romantics”.

23 December 2024

Spanish Representation at the Marché du Film Stands out in 2023, with More than Twenty Spanish Projects Selected in Official Programs

The names of the projects selected to represent the Spanish film industry at the Cannes Film Festival market have been announced: five producers will participate in the Producers Network's Spanish Spotlight, four documentary proposals will be presented in the Spanish Showcase at Cannes Docs, five projects in development will be presented by Spanish Screenings at Goes to Cannes and eight short films will be shown at the Short Film Corner.

20 April 2023

A publication that offers a comprehensive picture of the extended reality industry in Spain.

Search, discover and contact Spanish companies in the animation sector. An updated directory of the major games studios in Spain.

‘Who’s Who’ guide, where foreign investors can find full information about the audiovisual industry in Spain, and the business and professional network.

Boost Plan for the Audiovisual Sector, one of the axes of the Digital Spain 2025 agenda.

Assistance service for companies interested in undertaking projects in the audio-visual sector in Spain as well as for Spanish companies interested in internationalising their activity.

Sectoral reports by state and international public bodies on the audiovisual production industry, and on the animation and video game sector.

Audiovisual from Spain

The Gala Premiere of The Violinist takes place today in Singapore!🔥

A Singaporean-Spanish-Italian co-production, the film is co-directed by Ervin Han and Spanish animation veteran Raul Garcia. Following its historic recognition with the Cristal for Best Feature Film at the Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy, The Violinist now begins its theatrical journey in #Singapore.

The film will be released in cinemas across Singapore, including both commercial and independent venues, on 17 September.

A significant moment for international animation and creative collaboration🔥.

#SpainWhereTalentIgnites #AnimationFromSpain ICEX

Audiovisual from Spain

Mago Production, nominated for 'Producer of the Year' at the CARTOON Forum Tributes 2026🔥
We are pleased to share this recognition, which highlights the talent, creativity and international potential of the Spanish animation industry.
This nomination reflects the strength of Spanish production and its growing presence on the European and international stage. 🌍

👉 Discover more about the company and its projects: www.magoproduction.com

#SpainWhereTalentIgnites #AudiovisualFromSpain
#MagoProduction #CartoonForum #SpanishAnimation #Animation

Audiovisual from Spain

gamescom 2026, what a ride!
With 368,000 visitors from 131 countries and 1,743 exhibitors, gamescom 2026 once again proved to be one of the biggest meeting points for the global games industry.

#GamesFromSpain was there once again, showcasing the talent of Spain’s games industry, meeting studios and publishers, discovering new projects and connecting with the amazing people shaping our industry. 🇪🇸🎮
🔥 30 playable games in the Indie Area.
🏢 50 companies, publishers, studios and organisations represented in the Business Area.
👥 100+ professionals representing Spain’s national games ecosystem.
A few days full of games, conversations, new connections and plenty of exciting projects.

See you next year! 👋
#SpainWhereTalentIgnites #Gamescom2026 #GamesFromSpain #SpanishGames #Spain #Gamedev

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