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Madrid’s ECAM Forum Expands International Scope With 23 Titles for 2025 Edition
ECAM Forum 2025 to showcase 15 female-directed projects in Madrid, showcasing Spanish and international co-productions across genres and formats.
Projects to watch include “A Decorous Woman” by Natalia Luque, starring Chilean star Catalina Saavedra; “Nacimiento” by Sundance prize winner Francisca Alegría (“The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future”); the hybrid “Hospital of Irremediable Desires” by Iranian-born Maryam Tafakory, whose 2023 short “Mast-del” screened at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight; “Since You’ve Been Gone” by María Herrera (Goya winner for “Arquitectura emocional 1959”); and “Zuria,” the debut feature of esteemed producer Leire Apellaniz (“The Sacred Spirit”), twice picked by Variety among Spanish Producers to Watch. Following the genre-bending “Mamántola” (San Sebastián Zabaltegi 2023), de Sosa turns to survival drama with “Balearic,” in which three ferocious dogs trap a group of young people in a pool at a luxury house they’ve sneaked into, while neighbors gather nearby to celebrate the start of summer. Produced by Autocinema, in association with Animalita and Micula Studio.This documentary follows a newly discovered archive linked to an ’80s fanzine titled The Art of War, guiding viewers through a polyphonic portrait where reality and artistic representations of Peru in the ’80s and ’90s blur.
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