The film "Iván & Hadoum", by Ian de la Rosa, won three awards at the closing gala of the XIII Casares New Andalusian Cinema Festival, held this Saturday.
The film "Iván & Hadoum", by Ian de la Rosa, was the big winner of the 2026 edition of the XIII Casares New Andalusian Cinema Festival. The film received the award for Best Fiction Feature, Best Fiction Direction, and the Audience Award, totaling three Pajarracos de Plata.
In the documentary category, "Como todo mortal", by María Molina Peiró, received the awards for Best Documentary and Best Documentary Direction. The audience chose "La priora", by Jaime Daza, as the best documentary, which had its world premiere at the festival.
In the Official Short Film Section, the award for Best Short Film went to "A escala", by Leo Jiménez and Delia Márquez. The jury awarded a special mention to "Lo más parecido a Sevilla", by Irene Roma.
The Cortos Exprés competition broke its participation record, with 44 teams and 232 people who filmed their shorts in Casares over 48 hours. In the General category, the first prize went to "Muy pocas luces", by J. K. Álvarez, and the second to "Pregunta lo que quieras", by David García Ahumada, who also won the Audience Award. In the Amateur category, the first prize went to "Archivo_Iris.mp4", by the Meraki team.
In the Photography Competition, the first prize went to "La casa de Bernarda Alba", by Ana Becerra. The jury awarded two mentions to "Algo contigo", by Alberto Beltrán Pérez, and "El camposanto", by Carlos Javier Bravo Paredes.
The festival screened 29 works in the Official Section, along with the 44 short films from the Cortos Exprés competition. The programme included a scriptwriting course taught by Santi Amodeo, student talks led by Pepe Domínguez del Olmo, and a meeting of Andalusian screenwriters organised with CINA. The Casares Town Hall acted as the main sponsor.
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