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Andrea Wallace is a 13-year-old girl who, following in her father’s footsteps, dreams of playing on her school’s soccer team. But Mia, the coach’s daughter and head cheerleader, doesn’t want anyone to overshadow her. She makes Andrea believe that she has given her a tryout to get on the team, but in reality what she has gotten her is a position as a utility girl in order to humiliate her.

But Mia’s plans begin to go awry when Jake, the team captain, realizes that Andrea knows more about soccer than she lets on. Mia tries to boycott her by hacking into her mobile phone with the help of her submissive sidekick Ashley, in exchange for a spot on the cheerleading squad. What neither Mia nor Ashley know is that Andrea’s smartphone is full of bytes that will do whatever it takes to help their owner.

DATA SHEET

Country: Spain

Running time: 95 minutes

Genre: Comedy, adventure

Producer: Nacho La Casa

Director: Nacho La Casa

Script: Sean Bagnardi

Production companies: Capitán Araña, A Contracorriente Films, Toska Films AIE

With the support of: ICAA, ICEC, Ayuntamiento de Madrid

Distribution: A Contracorriente Films

International sales: Sola Media

SELECTIONS

Cartoon Movie

Weird

American Film Market (Spanish Screenings on Tour)

Ventana Madrid


ALEGRE Y OLÉ

Fiction

After several years away, Lena returns home. This return will not be easy for anyone in the family, due to the situation of emotional vulnerability that the young woman is going through and the illness of her grandfather Juan, with whom she has always had a very special relationship.

At this delicate moment and with the sole purpose of helping him, Lena will embark on the complicated search for an old home movie that shows a crucial moment in the life of her grandfather. Along the way, the young woman will manage to heal herself and understand that sometimes, in order to move forward, you have to go back.

DATA SHEET

Countries:  Spain, Peru

Running time:  95 minutes

Genre:  Drama, Feel-Good

Producers:  Nacho La Casa, Clara Santaolaya, Gustavo Sánchez

Director:  Clara Santaolaya

Script:  Clara Santaolaya

Production companies:  Capitán Araña, Guion Alto, Batiak Films, Palco Films AIE, La Soga

With the participation of:  RTVE

With the support of: Junta de Castilla y León, Junta de Andalucía, Comunidad de Madrid

SELECTIONS

TorinoFilmLab

Berlinale

TIFF

Ventana CineMad

Ventana Sur (Punto Género)

Script Lab Cinefilia Colombia

London International Screenwriting Contest

CIIF Market

Mostra Valencia


AS DEFENSAS

Fiction

Vigo, 1980. María is a teenager who helps her father Emilio in a family-owned car repair shop while also engaging in student protests in the streets for the past few months. Her life routine is shaped by the reality her father experienced : working and protesting.

One afternoon in the repair shop, María discovers a small crack in on of the walls. She finds out that in the adjacent warehouse, there is a group of young people. She meets Cristina, a dance who rehearses using the sounds of the repair shop and the movement of the workers as inspiration.

DATA SHEET

Countries:  Spain, Portugal

Running time:  90 minutes

Producers:  Nacho La Casa, Nati Juncal, Sonia Méndez, Luis  Galvão

Director: Lucía Estévez

Script: Lucía Estévez

Production companies:  Capitán Araña, Cósmica Producións, Fado Filmes

With the participation of:  TVG

With the support of:  AGADIC

SELECTIONS

TorinoFilmLab (Next Future Film)

Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal

I+P INCUBA

SemilleruLab 21 FICX

Programa Rueda (Academia de Cine)

Campus de Verano de la Academia de Cine


LA ESPAÑOLA

Fiction

Ruth, an ambitious creative director, is transferred to the Dominican Republic as a prelude to achieving her dream: to head up London headquarters. But a few weeks in the Caribbean, where nothing works according to her rules, will make her discover that what she was looking for was not success, but herself. 

DATA SHEET

Country: Spain

Running time: 90 minutes

Genre: Comedy

Producer: Nacho La Casa

Director: Susan Béjar

Script: Susan Béjar

Production companies: Capitán Araña, Mantica Films AIE
With the support of: Gobierno de Madrid (Development)

SELECTIONS

Ventana Sur (Punto Género)

MAFF (Malaga Festival)