2026 Programme
PLAY. KANDIDA. | Directed by: Patxo Telleria.
19.00 (Sala BBK, Bilbao)
Artistic Team:
Author and Director: PATXO TELLERIA
Cast: MIREN GAZTAÑAGA, NEREA MAZO and MIKEL MARTINEZ
Music: Adrián García de los Ojos
Set and Costume Design: Ikerne Gimenez and Igone Teso
Assistant Director: Anje Oregi
Voice-over Performers: Mikel Losada, Olatz Ganboa, Ana Meabe and Getari Etxegarai
Set Construction: Alberto Huici
Lighting Design: David Rodríguez Medina
Sound: Borja Arbaiza
Audiovisuals: Jone Novo (Bufalo Produkzioak)
Animations: Sergio Verde
Poster Design: Hirudika (Karmele Tamayo)
Executive Producer: Pio Ortiz de Pinedo
Distribution and Communications: Myriam Garzia
Synopsis:
CÁNDIDA “When the Writer and Her Character Become Roommates”
Young writer Klara Balzes has just written her first novel, Kandida, the story of a homeless woman. Kandida is a fictional character, but she is based on a real person. Klara met that real woman, Manuela, through an organization that supports people facing eviction. In the novel, Klara takes Kandida into her home. In real life, however, Klara lost touch with Manuela forever. On the day the novel is published, Manuela unexpectedly arrives at Klara’s home and asks the young writer to do in real life what she did in her novel: take her in.
Real lives are not like novels.
Trailer:
CINEMA. FEATURE FILM. "URCHIN" | Director: Harris Dickinson.
19.00h (Golem Alhondiga. Bilbao)
Technical specifications:
Original Title: Urchin
Release Date: November 14, 2025
Running Time: 99 minutes
Director: Harris Dickinson
Cast: Frank Dillane, Megan Northam, Diane Axford
Country: United Kingdom
Rating: Not recommended for viewers under 16
Synopsis:
On the streets of London, Mike, a young homeless man, struggles to survive while confronting his past and searching for a way out of his circumstances. His life unfolds between hardship and fleeting moments of hope. As he embarks on a journey of self- discovery, unexpected opportunities arise that could offer the chance for a fresh start. URCHIN is an intimate and deeply moving portrait of human vulnerability and the possibility of redemption.
Content:
https://karmafilms.es/catalogo-urchin/
TEATRO. Bizkaia Aretoa, Bilbao.
Sesión de mañana: 10 a 12 horas.
CINEMA. Short films (Bizkaia room, Bilbao)
Afternoon session: From 7 PM to 9 PM.
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Awards:
6TH “MENTE Y TOC JOSÉ CARLOS” INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2026 (Spain) Third Jury Prize
9 Selections:
EL GARAJE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 (Spain)
CORTOS CON Ñ SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2026 (Spain)
MIRADESFEST - INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL FILM AND MENTAL HEALTH SHOWCASE 2026 (Spain) Pre-selected
RODINIA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2026 (Spain)
CARABANCHEL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL AT TARAMBANA 2026 (Spain)
4TH ADACAM INTERNATIONAL DIVERSITY FILM FESTIVAL (FICDA) 2026 (Spain)
BENISSA EN CORTO FESTIVAL 2026 (Spain) Official National Selection
MADRIFF • MADRID INDIE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 (Spain)
SPECIFICATION SHEET:
Director: Pablo Olewski
Screenplay: Pablo Olewski
Cinematografic: Pablo Olewski
Sound desigk: Javier Balmoral
Sound: Tomas Flórez y Dani Rincón
Editing: Pablo Olewski
Production manager: Ana Olmos
Original music: Navid Hejazi
Artistic director: Pablo Olewski
Make up: David Berlanas
wardrobe: David Berlanas
Executive producer: Lara Lozano Zumalabe
Distribution & Sales: LINE UP - FILM AGENCY
Synopsis:
María and Raúl have put their small flat up for rent now that they are going to have a baby, but Samuel, their tenant, has stopped paying rent and is showing clear signs of psychological instability. Based on real events.
Afternoon session: From 7 PM to 9 PM.
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Specification sheet:
Directors: Laura Vega eta Juanfer Andrés
Synopsis:
Usman is a young undocumented immigrant who, like so many others, left his family, friends, and country behind in search of a better life in Europe. However, what he discovered upon arriving here is that the only thing Europe has for him is a precarious life.
His fragile economic situation forces him to live in a heated apartment, from which he's about to be evicted, and to work practically all day as a food delivery driver. But even that doesn't work out for him, as he's fallen prey to a mafia network of fake delivery worker profiles.
A series of events will cause the delicate balance that sustains him to turn upside down in just 24 hours, forcing Usman to make a drastic decision in order to survive. And Usman will discover that Europe not only has nothing for him, but even has the ability to take away the little he truly possesses.
Awards:
Kalean award (Santurzine)
Besarkada award (Sección Oficial)
Finalist short films made by students from schools (Arxandape Ikastola, Begoñazpi Ikastola, La Mennais Bilbao Berrio –Otxoa Ikastetxea, IES Rekalde BHI, CIFP Meka LHII, IES Ondarroa)
CINEMA. FEATURE FILM. "LA BUENA HIJA" | Direction: Júlia de Paz.
(Serantes Aretoa. Santurtzi)
Original Title: La buena hija
Release Date: 2025
Running Time: 101 min.
Director: Júlia de Paz Solvas
Script: Júlia de Paz Solvas, Nuria Dunjó
Cast: Reparto. Kiara Arancibia · Janet Novás · Julián Villagrán · Petra Martínez · Anna Cerveró · Flavia Biurrun · Lara Boedo · Sara Espígul · Laura Pau · Tamara Casellas.
Music: Natasha Pirard
Photograph: Sandra Roca
Country: España
Synopsis:
After her parents' separation, Carmela (Kiara Arancibia) and her mother (Janet Novás) move in with her grandmother (Petra Martínez). While trying to adjust to her new reality, Carmela longs to spend more time at the home of her father (Julián Villagrán), a visual artist she admires and idolizes. His looming shadow will push the three generations of women in the family to determine the future they deserve. A feature-length adaptation of the short film 'Harta' by Júlia de Paz herself.