Málaga Film Festival


The Málaga Festival, formerly Málaga Spanish Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. The festival was established to promote Spanish cinema and help disseminate information about Spanish films. Since 2017, it features an additional focus on Ibero-American films.
In 2024, it became a FIAPF-accredited film festival, as a competitive film festival specialized in Spanish-language cinema.
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History

The first edition ran from 29 May to 6 June 1998. The guest of honor was Fernando Fernán Gómez, and the retrospective was dedicated to Montxo Armendariz. The festival's first 11 editions were directed by Salomón Castiel. In 2009, Castiel was replaced by Carmelo Romero, who helmed the festival until 2012.
Originally the festival was held anytime from March through June.
The festival has numerous screenings of the most important Spanish film releases for the previous year, including documentaries and short films.
In 2017, the festival developed an additional scope by opening to Ibero-American productions, resulting into an enlarged official selection. In 2018, director Juan Antonio Vigar made a statement about the challenge of setting March as the definitive date for the festival from the 2019 edition onward. The COVID-19 pandemic nonetheless came to disrupt the schedule of the 2020 and 2021 editions.

Projects

MAFIZ

The Malaga Festival Industry Zone includes a work-in-progress pitching platform, a co-production market, the Spanish Screenings market, as well as talks and panels targeting business opportunities and financial support for new projects.
In 2023, MAFIZ was visited by 1897 attendees from 64 countries.

MAFF

Malaga Festival Fund & Co Production Event was created to strengthen the connections between Latin American and European feature film producers. MAFF was co-created with the Malaga City Council and is supported by ICAA, CAACI, Ibermedia, FIPCA and EAVE.
In 2024, MAFF will celebrate its 7th edition.

Awards

The festival concedes competitive awards as well as honorary awards. The main prize is the 'Golden Biznaga' for best picture. Other awardees, such as "Critic's Choice" and "Best Direction" receive Silver Biznagas. In addition the festival hosts panel discussions and round-tables on topics of current interest in Spanish cinema.

Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film

The Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Picture was awarded as follows:

Golden Biznaga for Best Ibero-American Film

The Golden Biznaga for Best Ibero-American Film was awarded as follows:

Special Jury Prize

The Silver Biznaga for Special Jury Prize was awarded as follows:

Best Director

The Silver Biznaga for Best Director was awarded as follows:

Best Actor

The Silver Biznaga for Best Actor was awarded as follows:

Best Actress

The Silver Biznaga for Best Actress was awarded as follows:

Best Supporting Actor

The Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actor was awarded as follows:

Best Supporting Actress

The Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress was awarded as follows:

Best Screenplay

The Silver Biznaga for Best Screenplay was awarded as follows:

Best Original Score

The Silver Biznaga for Best Original Score was awarded as follows:

Best Cinematography

The Silver Biznaga for Best Cinematography was awarded as follows:

Best Editing

The Silver Biznaga for Best Editing was awarded as follows:

Critics' Award

The Silver Biznaga for Critics' Special Award was awarded as follows:

Audience Award

The Silver Biznaga for Audience Award was awarded as follows: