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Spain’s ICAA throws its weight behind 98 projects through its 2025 selective support

The Ministry of Culture has distributed €37 million, which go towards funding the new features by Sergi Pérez, Andrea Jaurrieta and David Martín de los Santos, among others.

Catalonia: a New Film Model Emerges

As the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival rolls out one of its most ambitious country focuses to date, Catalonia arrives at PÖFF not as a regional sidebar but as a consolidated European force.

The Baltic Event Co-Production Market builds new bridges between regions

Fifteen brand-new projects will be competing for the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award, with Catalonia taking centre stage as this year’s focus.

Tallinn Baltic Event Co-Pro Market Unveils Lineup: Laura Ferres, Lilian Torres, Anna Jadowska, Tudor Giurgiu Make the Cut (EXCLUSIVE)

Tallinn’s Baltic Event Co-Production Market – an industry sidebar to the Black Nights Film Festival – has unveiled exclusively to Variety the strong line up of 15 European titles from 13 countries.

Anna Alarcón, Co-Star of SXSW Winner ‘Mamífera,’ Set for Lead Role in Liliana Torres’ Follow-Up, ‘Climacteric’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Produced like ‘Mamífera’ by Barcelona’s Distinto Films and Edna Cine, ‘Climacteric’ is being brought onto the market at Locarno’s Match Me! networking forum.

Locarno’s Match Me! Captures the Sweep of Emerging Producers’ Output, From Tales of Queer Migration to Amazon Injustice and the ‘Nicest Bank Robber in History’

Also in the mix are new projects from Sophia Mocorrea, Liliana Torres and Blanca Comparato, a 35mm serial killer thriller and a bio of boxing’s first Africa-born World Champion.

Liliana Torres • Director of Mamífera “The lack of positive role models for women who do not want to be mothers contributes to stigmatization.”

The Spanish director discusses her latest film, an exploration of bodily, reproductive, and social autonomy surrounding women who do not want to be mothers.

Producer Carla Sospedra Salvadó, Director Sergi Pérez Discuss Their ECAM Incubator Project ‘Memorial’

‘Mamífera’ Director Liliana Torres on the Stigma of “Non-Maternity” and Why Catalan Film Is Better Than Ever

The Barcelona native discusses representing Catalonia at the San Sebastian Film Festival and why Catalan film is thriving — especially for female filmmakers: "We are slowly reaching equality."

Madrid’s ECAM Forum Off to Flying Start as ‘Gods of Stone’ Pic, ‘Estrella del Green,’ ‘She and Me But Mostly Her’ Series Nab Awards

‘Mamífera’ Review: Engaging, Well-Acted Spanish Drama About an Unexpected Pregnancy

Awarded at SXSW, Liliana Torres’ timely Catalan dramedy is a sensitive and inclusive exploration of the choice to live childfree.