Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest takes place on our island. But it can also be enjoyed from the comfort of your home.
On July 24, the festival’s online edition also launches on Filmin, Europe’s largest online film festival, featuring 91 titles, 65 of them premieres in Spain, available to stream until August 24. A full month to discover new films, catch up on the ones you missed in Palma, or be surprised by stories that have travelled from the world’s leading film festivals.
Running alongside the on-site programme, this 16th edition brings together some of the most exciting voices in contemporary cinema. Filmmakers such as Radu Jude, Abdellatif Kechiche, Nadav Lapid, Valérie Donzelli, Joachim Lafosse, Claire Simon and Theo Angelopoulos appear alongside some of the most acclaimed films of the past year from Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Sundance and San Sebastián. The result is a programme that ranges from political cinema to documentaries, animation to thrillers, auteur filmmaking to stories capable of connecting with a wide range of audiences.
RAW, the new Official Competition
The major new addition to this year’s festival is RAW, a new Official Competition featuring fourteen films that have defined the latest festival season and represent some of the most compelling voices in contemporary cinema. All will compete for a €10,000 award presented by the Associació Catalana de l’Escriptura i la Crítica Cinematogràfica (ACCEC), with the winning film joining the Filmin catalogue.
Highlights include Yes!, Nadav Lapid’s latest and one of the year’s boldest and most provocative films; Six Days in Spring by Joachim Lafosse, awarded at the San Sebastián International Film Festival; H Is for Hawk, starring Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson; and Julian, produced by Lukas Dhont.
Out of competition, the online edition also brings back Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno by Abdellatif Kechiche, while its sequel will premiere in Palma during the festival.
Trends, new identities
The ways we relate to one another are changing, as are the ways we construct our identities. Trends brings together some of the programme’s boldest titles to explore masculinity, desire, the internet, virtual communities and new ways of living.
Entre ellas destacan Truly Naked, presentada en Berlín; Blue Film, una de las películas más comentadas del año por su retrato del consentimiento y las relaciones de poder; y Castration Movie, convertida en una auténtica obra de culto dentro de la comunidad de Letterboxd.
Rebels, the unclassifiable
If there is one section where anything goes, it is Rebels. Here, the festival’s freest, boldest and hardest-to-categorise films come together, challenging genres and defying expectations.
The selection includes I Love Peru, premiered at Cannes; Radu Jude’s new Dracula, which reinvents the vampire myth through a political and contemporary lens; and La risa y la navaja, a satire on the legacy of European colonialism.
Echoes, memory as a mirror
History also takes centre stage in this edition. Echoes brings together fiction, documentaries and series that look to the past in order to better understand the present, from democratic memory to major international conflicts.
Featured titles include La ilusión de Garibaldi, starring Toni Servillo; La desaparición de Mengele, following the years the Nazi doctor spent in hiding; and the documentary Atlas de la desaparición, which investigates the lasting traces of Francoism.
Domestic, intimate stories
Family relationships, everyday conflicts and small gestures are at the heart of Domestic, a selection devoted to stories that prove you don’t have to save the world to move an audience.
The section includes Valérie Donzelli’s latest film At Work; the summer thriller Islands; and the Spanish production Así llegó la noche, one of the year’s most acclaimed national releases.
Earth, cinema embracing the planet
Landscapes, wildlife, rural life and new ways of relating to the natural world define Earth, a section dedicated to films that approach nature with sensitivity and wonder.
Audiences will find the animated feature Dandelion’s Odyssey, which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week; Hlynur Pálmason’s latest film Juana de Arco; and the delicate documentary Agatha’s Almanac.
Arts, the engine of creativity
Artistic creation once again takes centre stage at Atlàntida through documentaries and fiction films dedicated to writers, artists and key cultural figures.
Among the highlights are Claire Simon’s new documentary on Annie Ernaux, an intimate portrait of Siri Hustvedt and Kokuho: The Kabuki Master, one of the biggest recent successes of Japanese cinema.
Two essential retrospectives
The online programme is completed by two major retrospectives devoted to Bertrand Mandico and Theo Angelopoulos. The first offers audiences the chance to discover the work of one of Europe’s most singular contemporary filmmakers. The second brings together the complete works of the Greek master in newly restored versions, providing a rare opportunity to revisit one of the most important filmographies in European cinema.
The online edition also features a selection of award-winning short films from Revoluções Curtas, the Portuguese festival dedicated to short-form cinema. Four films that prove great stories can also be told in just a few minutes.
Because Atlàntida is not only experienced in Mallorca. It can also be enjoyed from your sofa, from a holiday terrace, or from anywhere there is a screen and a willingness to be surprised.
From July 24 to August 24, the festival continues on Filmin.