iCOFF GRAND PRIX 2025

EL PRINCEP

29.13 min. Fiction

Director: Alex Sardá

Producers: Carlota Coloma, Adrià Lahuerta, Marta Cruañas, Xavi Vara

Screenwriter: Alex Sardá

Cast: Enric Auquer, Mona Martínez, Javier Beltrán, David Vert, Nora Sala-Patau, Daniela Brown, Carla Linares, Elena Martín Gimeno

Distributor: Marvin&Wayne

Contact: fest@marvinwayne.com

Synopsis: Today is opening night, and Artur, the son of a bourgeois family and a dancer in a Barcelona contemporary dance company, is performing as the prince of a kingdom made to his specifications. Distant, Artur and his colleagues are finalizing the details before the dress rehearsal. But everything changes when, during the intermission, he receives a call from his family and has to leave the theater.

BEST DIRECTION

JOAQUÍN LEÓN for LA SANGRE

14.40 min. Fiction

Director: Joaquín León

Producer: Miguel Molina

Screenwriter: Joaquín León

Cast: Luka Albarrán, Esther Molina, Ana Rodríguez

Distributor: Marvin&Wayne

Contact: fest@marvinwayne.com

Synopsis: Álvaro is a teenager who feels out of place in life. He doesn't want to study or work the land like his mother. During the procession of the Virgin Mary in the village, he sheds tears of blood, and people begin offering him large sums of money.

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE

IZARO NIETO by UTLÄNDSK

20.40 min. Fiction

Director: Alba Lozano

Producer: Mercedes del Ama

Screenwriter: Alba Lozano

Performers: Izaro Nieto, Dorleta Urretabizkaia, Itziar Manero, Arnatz Puertas, Lur Korta, Gaizka Sarasua, Miguel Garcés, Luix Mitxelena, Nerea Mazo

Distributor: Kimuak

Contact: kimuakfestivals@basqueaudiovisual.eus

Synopsis: Esti returns to Oiartzun after spending six years living in Sweden. Although she had promised herself she wouldn't go back, economic instability and job insecurity force her to return. She realizes that the town remains unchanged, and Esti is unwilling to adapt.

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE

EX AEQUO

MANUEL CANCHAL, JORGE MOTOS AND NACHO FRESNEDA for CÓLERA

09.50 min. Fiction

Director: José Luiz Lázaro

Producers: Sergi Miralles, Mila Luengo

Screenwriter: José Luis Lázaro

Performers: Manuel Canchal, Jorge Motos, Nacho Fresneda

Distributor: Selected Films

Contact: info@selectedfilms.com

Synopsis: After spending the morning at the beach, a mishap leaves Guillem and Nico locked out of their car, without keys, cell phone, or clothes. What seems like a simple mishap takes a dark turn when, asking a stranger for help, a question triggers an encounter as unexpected as it is brutal: "Are you gay?"

OFIZIALA AUDIENCE AWARD

PIPIOLOS

24.08 min. Fiction

Director: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

Producers: Néstor López, Pilar Sánchez, Mari Paz Lara, Sara Muñoz

Screenwriter: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

Cast: Marta Etura, Nur Levi, Diego García, Iker Ruiz

Distributor: Freak Agency

Contact: festhome@agenciafreak.com

Synopsis: Pilar and Isabel. Mario and Jaime. Two mothers. Two sons. A new family unit. A new normal. Well, at least that's what Pilar and Isabel hope will happen during their week-long vacation at a country house: that their respective 13-year-old sons will come to understand their relationship, their love, and that they can connect and accept each other for what they will have to be: brothers. But, of course, there are many ways to connect and accept each other.

BEST BASQUE SHORT FILM

UTLÄNDSK

20.40 min. Fiction

Director: Alba Lozano

Producer: Mercedes del Ama

Screenwriter: Alba Lozano

Performers: Izaro Nieto, Dorleta Urretabizkaia, Itziar Manero, Arnatz Puertas, Lur Korta, Gaizka Sarasua, Miguel Garcés, Luix Mitxelena, Nerea Mazo

Distributor: Kimuak

Contact: kimuakfestivals@basqueaudiovisual.eus

Synopsis: Esti returns to Oiartzun after spending six years living in Sweden. Although she had promised herself she wouldn't go back, economic instability and job insecurity force her to return. She realizes that the town remains unchanged, and Esti is unwilling to adapt.

BEST BASQUE SHORT FILM (EX AEQUO)

POMO D´ORO

15.42 min. Fiction

Director: Nerea Sciarra Calero

Producers: Lara Izagirre, Garazi Elorza, Ana Angulo, Itxaso Frau

Screenwriter: Nerea Sciarra Calero

Cast: Nikole Gisasola, Thelma Estivález, Naiara Carmona, María Luisa D'Amico

Distributor: Gariza Films

Contact: coordinacion@garizafilms.com

Synopsis: As every summer, Tomato Day arrives. Nella and her family gather to celebrate the family tradition at their summer home in Italy. The day that years ago was the perfect excuse to spend time together turns into a day of arguments and misunderstandings.

BEST SHORT FILM FROM ÁLAVA

EHIZA

29.54 min. Fiction

Director: Aitzol Saratxaga

Producers: Kevin Iglesias, Aitzol Saratxaga, Itxaso Frau, Ana Angulo, David Pérez Sañudo, Elena Maeso, Agustín Delgado, Alberto Díaz

Screenwriters: David Pérez Sañudo, Ainara Mentxaka

Performers: Lander Otaola, Ramón Agirre, Goize Blanco, Mikel Losada, Aitor Borobia, Urko Olazabal, Josean Bengoetxea, Itziar Ituño, Klara Badiola, Elena Uriz, Mikel Martinez, Mikel Ibarguren

Distributor: Yaq Distribution

Contact: alicia@yaqdistribucion.com

Synopsis: Basque Country, late 19th century. In a small village, Father Mateo disappears without a trace. Rumors and gossip quickly spread among the villagers, who attribute the priest's disappearance to a strange paranormal event. In response, the Archbishopric sends two emissaries: the young Eneko (as Mateo's temporary replacement), and the veteran Father Manuel (obsessed with uncovering the truth about his disappearance).

BEST DOCUMENTARY

FLORS DE PLASTIC

10.52 min. Documentary

Director: Adán Aliaga

Producer: Miguel Molina

Screenwriter: Adán Aliaga

Distributor: Valencian Institute of Culture

Contact: irenecubellsdistribucion@gmail.com

Synopsis: My mother got her first embroidery machine when she was 13. After my father died, my mother and grandmother went to the cemetery to replace the fresh flowers with plastic ones. My mother and grandmother still embroider.

BEST ANIMATION

MATER BENEFACTA

11.44 min. Animation

Directors: Anna Solanas, Marc Riba

Producers: Anna Solanas, Marc Riba

Screenwriters: Anna Solanas, Marc Riba

Distributor: I   G Stop Motion

Contact: marc@stopmotion.cat

Synopsis: In a convent in Francoist Spain, the nuns offer shelter to young women in need.

BEST SCREENPLAY

MARÍA HERRERA for EL CUENTO DE UNA NOCHE DE VERANO

22.22 min. Fiction

Director: María Herrera

Producer: Emilia Fort

Screenwriter: María Herrera

Performers: Olivia Delcán, Nacho Sánchez

Distributor: Marvin&Wayne

Contact: fest@marvinwayne.com

Synopsis: Although they barely know each other, Inés and Guille quickly connect, displaying an unusual rapport for a first date. It's as if the sweltering heat has subsided while they sleep together. Inés wants them to watch the sunrise together before falling asleep.