Six Spanish films to compete in the Acento Section of the Huelva Festival
Topics Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva
The attending public will choose the Best Spanish Direction among six titles, with two more films out of competition, from November 13 to 21.
The Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival has announced the six films that will compete in the Acento. Cine Español Section of its 52nd edition, which will be held from November 13 to 21. The Best Spanish Direction award is given by the audience attending the screenings.
The films in competition
The selected titles are «La bola negra», by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi; «Lejos de los árboles», by Meritxell Colell; «Ruega por nosotras», by Daniel Monzón; «Jaleos», by Isaki Lacuesta; «Viva», by Aina Clotet, and «Yo no moriré de amor», by Marta Matute.
«La bola negra» arrives after the Best Direction award at the past Cannes Festival and is a candidate to represent Spain at the 2027 Oscars. Its cast includes Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close. «Lejos de los árboles» was screened in the Official Section of Locarno, where it received the FIPRESCI Award and the Boccalino d'Oro from the independent critics. «Ruega por nosotras» went through the Official Section of San Sebastián and is set in 1974, during the last months of the Franco dictatorship.
Isaki Lacuesta returns to the festival after taking part in the past edition with «Flores para Antonio». His new work, «Jaleos», addresses flamenco and its relationship with modernity and technology. Aina Clotet makes her debut as a director with «Viva», selected at Cannes and winner of the Louis Roederer Foundation award for the Revelation of Critics' Week. «Yo no moriré de amor», by Marta Matute, a co-production between Spain and Belgium, won the Biznaga de Oro for Best Film at the Málaga Festival.
Out of competition
The section is completed with two feature films that will be screened out of competition. «Ceniza en la boca», by Diego Luna, adapts the novel of the same name by Brenda Navarro and narrates the journey of two siblings from Mexico to Madrid. «El ser querido», by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, co-written with Isabel Peña, explores the relationship between a father and a daughter, played by Javier Bardem and Beatriz Luengo.
To attend
The screenings are part of the 52nd edition of the Huelva Festival, which is held from November 13 to 21. The Best Spanish Direction award of this section is decided by the audience attending the screenings.