Top Spanish Titles From Big Name Filmmakers and Fresh Newcomers Lead Country’s Charge at Berlin’s EFM

Key Highlights

• Sales: Latido Related Stories Bruno Mars to Perform at 2026 Grammy Awards Billie Eilish Concert Doc Release Pushed to May; James Cameron Says 'We're Dialing in Cool, New 3D Tech' Aida y Vuelta Popular on Variety 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.