SEPTEMBER 8-12, 2025
OFFICIAL SECTION 2020
Below we present the finalists for the Official Section of the Navarre International Film Festival -NIFF-. These films will be screened according to their theme.
MIGRATION SESSION
September 3 | Palacio Condestable | 11:00 to 13:00
NUESTRA VIDA COMO NIÑOS REFUGIADOS EN EUROPA
(15’) Documentary
Spain
Silvia Venegas
The story of refugee children and young people trying to find their place in Europe, and of those who never found it. These are stories of a generation forced to leave their homes and their childhoods behind to find a safe place to live and rebuild their lives in peace. This is the story of those who are here, but also of those who never arrived.
LES INDÉSIRABLES
(25’) Documentary
France
Léa Monforte
Pilar, like thousands of other Spaniards, left Spain in 1939 to escape Franco's dictatorship. Through its narrative, complemented by archival footage and stop-motion animation sequences, the film revisits the little-known story of "La Retirada" (The Retreat) and France's unwelcoming treatment of the losers of the Spanish Civil War.
ARA MALIKIAN: UNA VIDA ENTRE LAS CUERDAS
(89´) Documentary
Spain
Nata Moreno
The violin saved Ara's life when he had to flee the war; he left Beirut at 14 and has lived as a nomad ever since, taking his music around the world.
FEMINISM SESSION
September 3| Palacio Condestable | 17:30 to 18:05 and 18:15 to 19:50
PATCHWORK
(8’) Documentary
Spain (Navarra)
María Manero
Based on the true story of Loly. She is from Azagra, a small town in the Ribera de Navarra region, a land of deep-rooted customs, where she grew up and raised her family.
HORN
(8’) Fiction
Iran
Ghasideh Golmakani
An Iranian woman tries to find a parking space in Tehran to make it to a business appointment on time. Men on the streets disrupt her concentration while driving.
A QUIEN DICES AMAR
(11’) Fiction
Spain
Inés Pintor Sierra and Pablo Santidrián
Barbara is waiting at an airport, about to board a flight. From the other side of the glass, her boyfriend calls her. For the first time, the couple speaks without being able to touch. For the first time, Barbara will be able to say everything she's always wanted to say.
THERE WILL BE MONSTERS
(5’) Fiction
Spain
Carlota Pereda
Monsters exist. They're inside us. And sometimes, they win. The next short film after Piglet, winner of the Goya Award for Best Fiction Short Film.
LA MALA NOCHE
(92´) Fiction
Ecuador/Mexico
Gabriela Calvache
A woman becomes a prostitute. She must hand over her earnings to the head of a human trafficking gang, but her daughter's illness and her addiction to a pharmacy drug prevent her from being as compliant as ever. An unexpected event will give her the opportunity to stop obeying and take justice into her own hands.
SESSION FROM NAVARRA
September 3 | Escuela Navarra de Teatro | 16:30 to 18:15
September 3 | Catedral Santa María La Real | 22:00 to 23:10
UNO PARA TODOS
(91’) Fiction
Spain
David Ilundain
A temporary teacher takes on the task of tutoring a sixth-grade student in a town he knows nothing about. There, he discovers he must bring a sick student back into the classroom, and his colleagues aren't going to make it easy.
LA PIEL FINA
(11´) Fiction
Spain
Lucía Guerro
An intimate and sensory portrait of how eating disorders affect all aspects of your life without you being able to control it.
WOMAN
(21) Documentary
Spain
Raúl de la Fuente
In Mozambique, the case of Josina Machel, daughter of the first president, demonstrates that gender-based violence does not distinguish between social strata.
EL ABRAZO DEL PIRINEO
(30’) Documentary
Spain
Davíd Serón
Amadou is a young man from Pamplona who embarks on a 42-day trek across the Pyrenees. Walking from the Basque Country to Cap de Creus with his mentor helps him discover a fundamental pillar of his life.
MISCELLANEOUS SESSION
September 3 | Escuela Navarra de Teatro | 19:15 to 21:00
GARZA
(12’) Documentary
Spain
Daniel Pérez
When I get home, I like to have coffee with my aunt. "Black or with milk?" she always asks. "With milk," I always reply. "She prefers to drink it black. And alone."
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BARÊ GIRAN, THE HEAVY BURDEN (La pesada carga)
(17’) Fiction
Türkiye
Yilmaz Özdil
To help his uncle Avdel, Salih slips across the border into Syria to bring back his work donkey, which he had to leave behind due to the war. However, to accomplish this mission, Salih must cross the minefields with his donkey.
DETRÁS DE LOS HILOS
(20’) Documentary
Spain
Lucía Valverde
Portrait of the embroiderers of the artistic project 'Entre Hilos, Alas y Pinceles' by painter Yudit Vidal Faife, in their intimate spaces as they reflect on their daily reality as women in today's Cuban society.
YO VELO POR TI
(16´) Fiction
Türkiye
Janek Tarkowski
Nicholas, a pensioner who loves his independence, loses his independence after a heart attack. This leads his son, Gabriel, to force him to use a robot to help him with his daily life. But Gabriel may have made a bad decision...
JACKIE KANE
(17’) Fiction
Spain
Jose Luis Velázquez
Santi is a university professor who, in the near future, will be forced to teach his classes from home because everything has shifted toward home-based consumption: shopping, social media friends, sex, etc.
DISABILITY SESSION
September 4 | Palacio Condestable | 11:00 to 12:15
OXÍGENO
(3´) Documentary
Spain
Luis Murillo Arias
Marta quickly told her boyfriend what was happening to her. She suffers from a degenerative and incurable disease that requires extensive treatment with exercise and medication. It affects her life in every way: work, personal, and social. How can she live with this burden? Can she be happy?
EL INFIERNO Y TAL
(10’) Fiction
Spain
Enrique Buleo
A stack of self-help books. Some calendars of naked women. A clandestine store. A Sancho Panza costume. A suffering young woman.
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Y AL FINAL, LA MUERTE… FIN
(60’) Documentary
Spain
Jon Sistiaga
The story of Antonio Aramayona. Philosopher, activist, "motorized hippie" (as he defined himself), member of the Right to Die with Dignity association, and co-founder of the Movement Toward a Secular State.
ANIMATION SESSION
September 4 | Escuela Navarra de Teatro | 17:30 to 18:05
SONG SPARROW
(11´) Fiction
Iran/Denmark
Farzaneh Omidvarnia
People of different colors, races, cultures, and ages embark on journeys, eager to find a place they can call home, or simply a place they can live.
CARNE
(12’) Documentary
Brazil/Spain
Camila Kater
Five women and their relationship with their bodies, from childhood to old age, make up this animated documentary.
BLOOD
(12’) Documentary
Spain
Celsa Díaz
Carlos Alejandro is a mediocre and self-conscious man who works as a production assistant in a television studio. During a vacation in Morocco, he accidentally discovers a corruption plot run by the prominent business holding company Cuétara Corporation, which involves the trafficking of radioactive waste and illegal Moroccan workers employed in construction.
PLANET SESSION
September 4 | Escuela Navarra de Teatro | 19:15 to 20:30
TOURNÉES
(15´) Fiction
Spain
Israel González
A humble Congolese miner and Etxabe, an executive at a multinational mobile phone company, unwittingly share a four-day journey that takes them from the war over the coltan mines in North Kivu to the Basque Parliament, although their intentions are very different.
EL MONSTRUO INVISIBLE
(29’) Fiction
Spain
Javier Fesser y Guillermo Fesser
Aminodin's father always smiles because he says happy people live longer. That's why, at eight years old, Aminodin puts on his brightest smile while working at the Papandayan landfill, where he lives with his family. His cousin Aliman, on the other hand, lost his when bombs started falling from the sky in Marawi City.
JOSEPHINE
(13’) Fiction
France
Etienne Forestier
Josephine is the henhouse's favorite. One day, the farmer returns with a strange object, a sharp axe, which worries the little hen.
BEYOND THE GLACIER
(18´) Documentary
Spain
David Rodríguez
Filmed in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, it addresses the water conflict in Central Asia by analyzing the complex evolution of the Syr Darya River. The documentary reflects on human relationships with the natural environment.
LGBTI+ SESSION
September 5 | Palacio Condestable | 11:00 to 12:30
SALVO EL CREPÚSCULO
(19´) Fiction
Spain
Mario Hernández
During the long nights of the city, Julia, who has not yet reached her thirties, remembers her love story with Lucía, a girl who, after traveling the world and living in Paris, ended up staying in Julia's heart.
PREZISO DIZER QUE TE AMO
(13´) Documentary
Brazil
Ariel Nobre
Documentary about trans suicide. The film poetically portrays the characters' relationship with the body, life, and the sacred.
PARA VERÔNICA
(21´) Fiction
Brazil
Francine Lipinski
Teobaldo is an elderly divorcee who lives with his caregiver, Magda. After receiving troubling news about his health, he orders a bunny costume online. This is how he tries to apologize to his ex-wife.
TRANSVERSALES
(12´) Documentary
Spain
Rafaella Gnecco and Jorge Garrido
The sequel to the short film DIVERSXS. LGBTQI+ youth, HIV positive youth, migrants... In short, diverse youth who use the language of diversity to build understanding, resilience, and empathy.
BLUE BOY
(19´) Documentary
Argentina
Manuel Abramovich
Seven Romanian sex workers in Berlin are portrayed listening to and reacting to recordings of their own experiences.
MENTAL HEALTH SESSION
September 5| Escuela Navarra de Teatro | 17:00 to 18:35
ERA YO
(12´) Fiction
Spain
Andrea Casaseca
María, a teenager with a strong character, believes she has the right to do whatever she wants, whenever she wants. What she doesn't know is that sometimes in life, you get what you give.
OSCURO SILENCIO
(6´) Fiction
Uruguay/Guatemala
Ignacio Benedetti
It's nighttime. A little girl is playing alone in her house. Suddenly, she hears a vehicle approaching and recognizes the sound. She knows who it is and runs for cover. A drunk man comes through the door and starts looking for her.
MONUMENTAL
(77´) Documentary
Spain
Rosa Berned
María Jesús, Manuel, Silvia, Julia, and Emilio have been working together at the Day Center for people with mental health issues in the Usera neighborhood of Madrid for over ten years. They have found great support among themselves and have also taken on personal challenges individually.
ON TOUR SESSIONS
UN AÑO MÁS
(73´) Documentary
Spain
Julio Suárez
One More Year is the unique portrait of painter Paco Bernal, determined to celebrate his 54th birthday despite the adversities he faces and his different abilities. Paco Bernal has an extra chromosome in his 21st pair, making him a unique individual, with a unique appearance, personality, and abilities. And the film proposes to analyze: what makes us different? Our qualities or our physical features?