Ana Wagener

Mañas's film vividly brings viewers into a world of fathers and sons in which perception doesn't always match reality. (Film Movement)

Examines the feeling of entrapment that arises when needs and desires are subjugated to family obligations. It is also an astute exploration of generational politics in Spain, where the young are generally expected to carry on traditions and values. (torontointernationalfilmfestival.ca)

This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.

Three hooded Eastern-European criminals burst into a home in a Madrid gated community, holding the family hostage in its own home, and forcing the father to empty his credit cards. But the family fights back - brutally. (imdb)

In Madrid, a petty thief who cannot adjust to life outside of jail puts together a theater troupe her friends -- a prostitute, a gypsy, and a Colombian immigrant -- in an attempt to make a go at a relatively straight life.

Benito Zambrano has adapted Dulce Chacon's book of the same name, set in the terrible years immediately following the end of the Spanish civil war. The film focuses on the relationship between two sisters: Hortensia is pregnant and in jail in Madrid; Pepita has come from Cordoba to be with her and look after the child she is going to have. They are both in relationships with guerrillas fighting in the underground in the mountains (mubi.com)

8 different moments of relationships using 8 different couples and stories.

A woman is tired about her daughter' addiction to drugs.

The mysterious arrival of a foreigner to a small village in a Mediterranean island, awake the sudden interest from a diverse group of residents, who will appear unexpectedly in the stranger's life, believing that he's going to reopen an old shop. In contrast, the real intentions of the stranger are hidden behind an old Polaroid photo, which has led him to that place in search of answers.

A young businessman faces a lawyer trying to prove his innocence by the assassination of his lover. (imdb)

Teenaged Fede is trying to overcome his family's peculiarities--a sister's unsatisfied wedding; a grandfather's refusal to talk to his best friend; a family friend coping with Down's Syndrome, and then there are the bullies. (imdb)

Systemic governmental corruption is at the heart of this fast-paced thriller, which follows a crooked Spanish politician whose lavish lifestyle-made possible through nefarious kickbacks and bribes-threatens to bring down his entire party. (imdb)

A man that works in a dystopian community starts to think that there is something else outside the walls of the town.

An interference between two time-lines causes a happily married woman with a daughter to save the life of a boy who lived at her home 25 years ago. This good faith act causes the protagonist to wake up in a reality in which her daughter has not been born and her husband does not know her. (imdb)

When his son is sent to the hospital after being hit by strangers, a father tries to find them regardless of the consequences.

Three people, three stories, one thing in common: Africa. (imdb)

Inspector Amaia Salazar confronts the origins of her nightmares as she unfolds the darkest secrets of the Baztan valley. (imdb)

An accidental killing leads a man down a dark hole of intrigue and murder. Just as he finds love and freedom, one phone call brings back the nightmare. (imdb)

A compromising sexual video featuring a promising politician, it depicts the lives of four women forced to walk the line between public and private life. (imdb)