Evolution Mallorca Film Festival Returns for its 15th Edition

volution Mallorca International Film Festival (EMIFF) opens its 15th edition on October 28th with an opening event at the Palau de Congressos. The film festival runs for eight days, until 4 November, across 13 venues around the island, most centred in Palma. Founded and directed by Sandra Lipski, the festival will screen over 140 films, selected from 1,500-plus submissions from 50 countries, and a new partnership with Calviá sees a series of events and screenings in Magaluf.

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The opening gala will honour the Icon Award recipients and precedes the screening of Club Kid, Jordan Firstman's comedy-drama that premiered at Cannes. The closing night at the Teatre Principal on November 4th includes an awards ceremony with a screening of The End of It, María Martínez Bayona's Cannes-premiered film of an artist who, in a future where death is optional, decides she wants to die.

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Highlights of the festival’s programme includes Paweł Pawlikowski's Fatherland, for which he won best director at Cannes this year; Danny Boyle's Ink, Jesse Eisenberg's The Debut, and Venice Golden Lion winner Woman Unknown. Halloween brings the horror-tinged Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. The Perfect Holiday, shot entirely in Mallorca, screens on November 1st with director Bora Dağtekin and actress Diana Amft attending. Families can enjoy the Films for Kids shorts on October 31st. The 12th anniversary of the Cine con Coche at Port Adriano (23–24 October) will present La La Land, Moulin Rouge!, Happy Feet and A Star Is Born for €15 per car.

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resent since the festival's first edition in 2012, Made in Baleares remains EMIFF's creative heart, and this year it is bigger than ever, with 48 selected projects. These include 19 short films, 7 documentary shorts, 2 student works and 7 features (five documentaries and two fiction films), plus 13 screenplays competing in the Script Lab. Local voices are screened in three dedicated short film programmes and a documentary block at Cine Ciutat, all followed by Q&As with the filmmakers. Among the feature-length titles are Suportant el paradís by Marga Melià, L'Onada by David Fernández García and Simo Mateu Pons, and Amílcar by Miguel Eek. Island talent is also recognised in the prizes, with dedicated awards for Best Made in Baleares Short, Documentary Short, Cinematography and Feature, backed by Palma Pictures' production grants of up to €4,000.

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The EMIFF distinguishes itself with a series of awards to leading industry figures. This year, the Vision Award will be given to Edward Berger, director of All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave, and Fatherland, a new film, which he produced, and will be screened on October 31st. Actress Diane Kruger receives an Icon Award and will give an Icon Talk on November 1st. Iris Berben, one of Germany's best-loved actresses, receives an Icon Award and gives a talk on October 30th. Matthew Libatique, three-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer, will receive the Cinematography Icon Award and will present Black Swan on October 29th. Pau Aulí, the Mallorcan costume designer, receives the New Talent Award at the closing gala.

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The Cinematography Focus offers panels and workshops, and the Producers Club, Women in Leadership and Script Lab return. On November 1st, the Evolution Pitch gives seven feature projects five minutes each before an international jury. The same evening, the HUMANCENTRIC panel examines eight AI-assisted short films made from a single scene by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Efthimis Filippou.
Twenty competition awards will be handed out on November 4th, alongside the five honorary awards. with Best Film receiving €5,000.
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Present since the festival's first edition in 2012, Made in Baleares remains EMIFF's creative heart, and this year it is bigger than ever, with 48 selected projects.