Malaga Film Festival 2022 Lineup
variety.com2022 Malaga Festival Lineup:Main Competition“Emperor Code,” (“Código Emperador,” Jorge Coira, Vaca Films, Playtime, Spain)The Malaga Fest opener, a noirish crime thriller with special services operative Luis Tosar moonlighting for the elite, here trying to dig up the dirt on a young politico.
Segueing rapidly to Netflix after an A Contracorriente release in Spain.“A Mae,” (Cristiano Burlan, Brazil) The latest from the prolific Brazilian narrative and doc director, maker of euthanasia-themed “Antes do fim,” and 2015’s “Hunger.” In it, a humble street vendor mother searches desperately for her missing son, claiming the right to at least bury his body. “Almost in Love,” (“Ámame,” Leonardo Brzezicki, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Netherlands)A father-daughter relationship drama from notable Argentine auteur Brzezicki (“Noche”), backed by top-notch Latin American outfits – Argentina’s Ruda Films, Brazil’s RT Features, Chile’s Quijote- plus Spain’s Vertigo Films, distributor of Great Freedom and Lamb, and Amsterdam’s Keplerfilm (“Buladó,” “Days of Cannibalism”).“Beyond the Summit,” (“La Cima,” Ibon Cormenzana, Spain)Facing personal crisis, a non expert mountaineer Mateo (Javier Rey) attempts to scale the most dangerous of Himalayan peaks, Annapurna.
Ione, a professional guide, comes to his aid. A homage to mountaineering, its values of courage, friendship and loyalty, shot in the Pyrenees and Nepal, by one of Spain’s most wide-ranging cineastes, producer-director Ibon Cormenzana.
S.A. Filmax “Cadejo Blanco,” (Justin Lerner, Guatemala, U.S., Mexico)A young woman infiltrates the “clica” world of Guatemala’s Puerto Barrios to avenge her sister’s disappearance.
Read more on variety.com
