Spain produces some 150 fiction features a year. Here’s a selection of some of the titles to track at the European Film Market.
9 Moons
Director: Patricia Ortega
From Ortega, director of Sundance hit “Mamacruz,” “9 Moons” stars Jorge Sanz (“El hombre bueno”) in a comedy about a transgender man who becomes unexpectedly pregnant, forcing him to reconsider what masculinity, identity and family mean. Sales: Latido
Aida y Vuelta
Director: Paco León
Grossing a first-weekend €1.6 million ($1.9 million), Spain’s first smash hit of 2026, a spin-off from the iconic 2000s TV sitcom, directed by “House of Flowers” star León and produced by The Mediapro Studio. Sales: The Mediapro Studio Distribution
Balandrau: Where the Fierce Wind Blew
Director: Fernando Trullols
A real-life survival thriller, “Balandrau” dramatizes a Pyrenean mountain accident tragedy which shocked a nation. Produced by Lastor Media and Vilaüt Films, both behind “Alcarràs.” Sales: Filmax
Balearic
Director: Ion de Sosa
Well received at Locarno, “Balearic” pictures vicious dogs trapping teens in a swimming pool as adults party nearby and a wildfire sweeps the local hillside. An allegory for how De Sosa’s generation is leaving the world, the director says. Sales: MoreThan Films
The Beloved
Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Javier Bardem stars as a film director making a movie with his estranged daughter in the A-list fest tipped movie from Cesar-winning Rodrigo Sorogoyen (“The Beasts”) Sales: Goodfellas
La Bola Negra
Directors: Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi
Penelope Cruz and Glenn Close feature in an ensemble drama, rich with new Spanish talent, interweaving the story of three gay men in 1932, 1937 and 2017 and a novel just begun by Federico Lorca when he was executed in 1936. Sales: Goodfellas
Dance of the Living
Director: Jose Ayalón
A father and daughter attempt to move forward after the mother’s death in a singular but resonant drama set in the extraordinary world of Canarian wrestling. Sales: Bendita Film Sales
Divine Punishment
Director: Pablo Guerrero
From Boomerang TV (“Old Bridge’s Secret,” directed by Guerrero), a comedic fantasy where a self-centred nurse inherits angelic powers, but only to help others. Sales: Latido
Every Side of the Bed
Director: Samantha López Speranza
The return, 25 years later, of the blockbuster “The Other Side of the Bed” musical comedy franchise. Here, unfaithful lovers from the second installment discover with fury that their son and daughter have found perfect love together. Sales: Filmax
The Good Daughter
Director: Julia de Paz Solvas
The triumphant sophomore feature from “Querer” co-writer Paz de Solvas, a Tallinn top prize winner, “The Good Daughter” plumbs gender violence from a little explored perspective: the daughter of a victim. Sales: Beta Cinema
Frontera
Director: Judith Colell
Set in a high Pyrenees village in 1943, a Catalan customs officer defies orders, helping Jews escape from Nazi-occupied France. Sold to Menemsha, genuinely tense and gorgeously shot, highlighting the heavenly mountains and a historical hell. Sales: Filmax
Iván & Hadoum
Director: Ian de la Rosa
Unspooling in an Southern Spain greenhouse, the Berlin Panorama title, ingratiating love story between trans man Iván and Moroccan-Spanish co-worker Hadoum, marks the feature debut of “Veneno” writer De la Rosa. Avalón, behind “Alcarràs,” produces. Sales: Indie Sales
Jone, Sometimes
Director: Sara Fantova
During Bilbao’s Semana Grande, Jone lives her first love with Olga, as her father’s Parkinson’s illness worsens. A Basque-language coming of age drama from rated newcomer Fantova (“This Is Not Sweden”) from new talent production powerhouses Escac Estudios and Amanda Films (“Ane Is Missing”). Sales: Neo Art Intl.
Killer Cut
Director: Stiff Sullivan
An influencer records seven young friends’ road trip which becomes a nightmare and the footage the center of a murder trial. Backed by Spanish box office kings Bowfinger Intl. Pictures. Sales: Film Factory
Ladies Hunting Party
Director: Pedro Aguilera
Inspired by Carlos Saura’s modern classic, three longtime friends, here women, reunite for a rabbit hunt, during which their friendship begins to unravel. Featuring a Spanish star cast of Rossy de Palma (“Parallel Mothers”), Carmen Machi (“La Mesías”), Blanca Portillo (“Maixabel”). Pedro Aguilera (“Sister of Mine”) directs. Sales: Latido
Lapönia
Director: David Serrano
Adapting the hit stage play, a Spanish comedy, yes, but set over Christmas in Lapland, with two families clashing over how to educate their kids. Serrano (“The Other Side of the Bed”) directs. Sales: The Mediapro Studio Distribution
Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes
Director: Gabriel Azorín
Three friends in modern times and Roman soldiers confess their most heartfelt fears at the same thermal baths. “A cosmic hangout film that announces a major new voice,” said the Lincoln Center. Sales: MoreThan Films
Lionel
Director: Carlos Saiz
A doc/fiction hybrid narrating a family road-trip from Spain to France, “Lionel” cleaned up at 2025’s Málaga Mafiz Works in Progress and won a Special Mention at the Valladolid Festival for its real-life cast. Sales: Sideral
Maria Martínez Ruíz Can’t Come Back
Director: Óscar Bernàcer
“Elite” star Carmen Arrufet plays a TV talkshow intern who will do whatever it takes to get noticed on air. An acid take on TV ethics and their fall-out from up-and-coming director Bernàcer. Sales: Feel Sales Films
Noor: Eating History
Directors: Chia Chi Hu, Carlos Velasco
A doc-feature centered on three Michelin star chef Paco Morales, inspired by recipes from Spain’s 10th century Abderramán III Caliphate. Sales: Raabta Intl.
Out of This World
Director: Albert Serra
Starring Riley Keough, the English-language debut of Serra whose “Pacification” played Cannes competition in 2022, the drama trails a U.S. trade delegation to Russia during the Ukrainian War. Sales: Films du Losange
The Professor
Director: Daniel Castro
A university lecturer falls in love with a Colombian model who only communicates via Chat. But does she exist? Backed by powerhouse Atresmedia Cine, directed by “Celeste” writer Castro and starring Javier Gutiérrez. Sales: Film Factory
The Righteous
Directors: Fernando Pérez, Jorge A. Lara
Nine members of a citizens’ jury are each made a secret offer of $1 million to throw out a corruption case, despite irrefutable evidence. An ethically intriguing suspense drama with a top-notch cast led by Carmen Machi (“Celeste”). Sales: Feel Sales Films
Subsuelo
Director: Fernando Franco
A standout at Spain’s Valladolid Festival, winning best screenplay and marking a change of register for Franco (“Wounded”), “Subsuelo” weighs in as unsettling neo-Noir psychological thriller turning on the fall-out from an car accident which is darkened by guilt, abuse and revenge. Sales: Elle Driver
Until My Voice Breaks
Directors: Lucas Nolla, Mario Forniés
A doc-feature inside look at Spanish rock star Leiva who faces irreversible vocal chord surgery while suffering the toll of fame. Sales: Sideral
Watch Your Dreams
Director: Gonzalo Bendala
Unable to be together in real life Jaime and Clara learn to meet via lucid dreams, which trap them. Oscar Casas (“El Gran Salto”) stars. Sales: Film Factory