With a plan in the offing to return to its original March dates for 2022, the 24^th edition of the Málaga Film Festival is kicking off today, Thursday 3 June. It will continue until 13 June and will include an increasingly active industry area (dubbed MAFIZ – see the news) in addition to its usual sidebars. Its director, Juan Antonio Vigar, explained that, already during the previous edition, which had to be postponed until August, the gathering decided to push back the 2021 iteration to June, instead of March, the month it usually takes place, with the aim being twofold: to wait for the health situation to improve and in the hope that, after the months-long hiatus that befell various shoots, the team would be able to count on a big enough number of films for the selection.

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Accordingly, the film chosen to fire the starting pistol today is called El cover [+lire aussi :
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The Official Section is made up of 23 features, 15 of which are Spanish – four of which will screen out of competition – while eight are Latin American. In addition to El cover, a further six feature debuts will be showcased: Chavalas [+lire aussi :
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The Spanish contingent taking part in the competition will be rounded off by The Belly of the Sea [+lire aussi :
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As for the Latin American cohort, the following titles have been selected: Las mejores familias by Javier Fuentes León (Peru/Colombia), Amalgama by Carlos Cuarón (Mexico), 15 hours by Spaniard Judith Colell (Dominican Republic/Spain), Cómo mueren las reinas by Lucas Turturro (Argentina), Karnawal [+lire aussi :
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The ever-surprising Zonazine section will showcase eight movies with a strong arthouse flavour: four are Spanish (Juana la Lorca by Valeriano López, Dos [+lire aussi :
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Last but not least, as its name suggests, the Málaga Premiere section will premiere four series: Maricón perdido, directed by Alejandro Marín for TNT; Ana Tramel. El juego, directed by Salvador García and Gracia Querejeta for TVE; Paraíso, helmed by Fernando González Molina for Movistar Plus+; and Lucía en la telaraña, directed by Tomás Ocaña for TVE. As for the Documentary and Short Film sections, their complete line-ups can be consulted on the festival’s website.