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Storyline

A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Festival de Cannes 2025
Official Selection
Competition
Jury Prize ex-aequo
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2025
Horizons
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2025
Made in Spain
Seville European Film Festival 2025
European Film Academy Section

Oscar 2026
2 Nominations:
International Feature Film
Sound (Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas)

BAFTA Awards 2026
1 Nomination
Film Not in the English Language

César Awards 2026
1 Nomination:
Best Foreign Film
Goyas Awards 2026
11 Nominations, 6 Awards:
Best Film.
Best Direction (Oliver Laxe).
Best Original Screenplay (Oliver Laxe and Santiago Fillol).
Best Original Score (Kangding Ray). WINNER
Best Production Direction.(Oriol Maymó). WINNER
Best Art Direction (Laia Ateca Font). WINNER
Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Best Editing (Cristóbal Fernández). WINNER
Best Sound (Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas, Yasmina Praderas). WINNER
Best Cinematography (Mauro Herce). WINNER
Best Special Effects.


Forqué Awards - 2025

1 Nomination: Feature film
European Film Awards (EFA) 2026
9 nominations, 5 Awards:
European Film
European Director (Oliver Laxe)
European Screenwriter (Santiago Fillol, Oliver Laxe)
European Actor (Sergi López)
European Casting Director (Nadia Acimi, Luís Bértolo, María Rodrigo) WINNER
European Cinematographer (Mauro Herce) WINNER
European Editor (Cristóbal Fernández) WINNER
European Production Designer (Laia Ateca) WINNER
European Sound Designer (Yasmina Praderas, Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas) WINNER
Golden Globe Awards 2026
2 Nominations:
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Kangding Ray)
Gaudí Awards 2026
12 Nominations, 8 Awards:
Best Film in a Non-Catalan Language WINNER
Best Direction (Oliver Laxe)
Best Actor (Sergi López)
Best Cinematography (Mauro Herce) WINNER
Best Music (Kangding Ray) WINNER
Best Editing (Cristóbal Fernández)
Best Art Direction (Laia Ateca) WINNER
Best Costume Design (Nadia Acimi)
Best Make-up and Hairdressing (Zaira Eva Adén) WINNER
Best Visual Effects (Pep Claret, Lluís Rivera and Benjamin Ageorges) WINNER
Best Sound (Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas) WINNER
Best Production Management (Oriol Maymó) WINNER

Releases

Spain (6 of June 2025)