Official Section
A competition with the most daring and original works of the last year, all of them unpublished in Spain. Films of all lengths, genres, formats and nationalities participate. The Official Section of FILMADRID has become one of the key platforms for the discovery and promotion of contemporary talent in Spain.
In previous editions Pedro Costa, Lav Diaz, Helena Wittmann, Bertrand Mandico, Ainhoa Rodríguez, Payal Kapadia, Sergei Loznitsa, Sandra Wollner, Sion Sono, Ted Fendt, Teresa Villaverde, Matías Piñeiro, Diana Toucedo, Alexe Poukine, Júlio Bressane, Nathan Silver, Kevin Jerome Everson, and Nicolas Klotz, among many others, have participated in this competition.
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Official Section
2026
An aging taxi embarks on a miraculous journey through the intertwined history of charity, Christianity, and colonialism
One night in downtown Los Angeles, a man hears the song of a cuckoo bird from his childhood.
Rooted in wetlands, moors, and ancient forests on the brink of disappearing, memories and a speculative future converge. A journey through time in the highlands of Bogotá, Colombia
Los Angeles on the eve of the 2028 Summer Olympics: a series of devastating livestock viruses has wiped out meat and poultry production across the country…
The sections of FILMADRID 2026
Explore the diversity and originality of the films in this edition.
