The Casares New Andalusian Cinema Festival awards «Iván & Hadoum» and «Como todo mortal»

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«Iván & Hadoum», by Ian de la Rosa, wins three Silver Pajarracos, including Best Feature Film and Best Fiction Direction, and María Molina Peiró's documentary takes two awards at the closing of the XIII Casares New Andalusian Cinema Festival.

InforMálaga newsroom · Published on October 13, 2026 at 10:34

Tres personas en un escenario sostienen un diploma y un trofeo ante una pantalla con un cartel de premio de festival de cine. — Photo: Ayuntamiento de Casares

The XIII Nuevo Cine Andaluz Festival of Casares has closed its edition with the presentation of its awards. The closing gala, hosted by the actress from Málaga Alessandra García, brought to an end nine days of screenings dedicated to Andalusian cinema.

The fiction and documentary awards

«Iván & Hadoum», by Ian de la Rosa, has been the most awarded film in fiction, with the Pajarracos de Plata for Best Fiction Feature Film and Best Fiction Direction, to which it adds the Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature Film. In documentary, «Como todo mortal», by María Molina Peiró, has obtained the awards for Best Documentary and Best Documentary Direction, while the audience has chosen «La priora», by Jaime Daza, premiered at the festival. In the Official Short Film Section, the award for Best Short Film has gone to «A escala», by Leo Jiménez and Delia Márquez, and «Lo más parecido a Sevilla», by Irene Roma, has received a special mention from the jury.

Record in the Cortos Exprés competition

The Cortos Exprés competition has broken its participation record, with 44 teams and 232 people who shot their short films in Casares over 48 hours. In the General category, the first prize has gone to «Muy pocas luces», by J. K. Álvarez, and the second to «Pregunta lo que quieras», by David García Ahumada, who has also won the Audience Award. The jury has granted a special mention to «Guárdame un poco», by Eva Navas. In the Amateurs category, «Archivo_Iris.mp4», by the Meraki team, and «¿Dónde me he metido?», by the Chicas de Casares team, have won. In the Photography Competition, the first prize has gone to «La casa de Bernarda Alba», by Ana Becerra, with two accésits for «Algo contigo», by Alberto Beltrán Pérez, and «El camposanto», by Carlos Javier Bravo Paredes.

Balance of the edition

The festival closes its thirteenth edition with 29 works screened in the Official Section, to which are added the 44 short films of the Cortos Exprés competition. The programme has included a screenwriting course given by Santi Amodeo, talks for students by the art director Pepe Domínguez del Olmo and a meeting of Andalusian screenwriters organised with CINA. The Ayuntamiento de Casares appears as main sponsor, together with Finca Cortesín, Urbaser, the Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Costa del Sol Occidental and Trans-res 60 as official sponsors.