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Passes & Packages

For those wishing to attend the 2025 Marbella International Film Festival, we offer a number of ways you can enjoy the action.

Two festival passes and exclusive hotel discounts for our delegates give you the opportunity to enjoy MIFF 2025 in the very best way possible.

Links to both of these options are below.

• MIFF 2025 Festival Passes
• MIFF 2025 Exclusive Delegate Hotel Discounts

Shorts 2025

#Habanalike

Film Category: Short

Country of Production: Cuba

Year of Production: 2024

Running Time: 18 mins

Language: Spanish (English subtitles)

Director: Giselle Lominchar

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English Synopsis

In Havana, in a Wi-Fi park, four young people alienated from everyday life, navigate the virtual world through their profiles; but they will come into conflict with the reality that surrounds them and with the image that they wish to project to others.

Cassandra Venice

Film Category: Short, Winner AI

Country of Production: Belgium

Year of Production: 2024

Running Time: 35 mins

Language: English

Director: Hugo Teugels

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English Synopsis

A top model, just back from a walk down the red carpet at the world-famous Venice Film Festival, encounters a mysterious coffee break with a golden spoon, in St Mark's Square. The empty city wants to tell her something of vital importance, it's as if an unknown force takes over.

Catfish

Film Category: Short, Winner Director

Country of Production: Denmark

Year of Production: 2024

Running Time: 20 mins

Language: Danish (English Subtitles)

Director: Stefano Gonzalez

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English Synopsis

When Sophia checks into a remote hotel to meet a man she connected with on social media, reality begins to unravel. Depending on the room she receives, two very different fates await — both shadowed by obsession. Watching silently is the hotel’s mysterious clerk.

Fundbox – A Love Story

Film Category: Short

Country of Production: Austria

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 24 mins

Language: German (English subtitles)

Director: Miles Merritt & Gail Kempler

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English Synopsis

An elderly man returns to Vienna to honor a promise he and his wife made when they were first married 50 years ago.

The Informant

Film Category: Short, Winner Short

Country of Production: Malta

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 15 mins

Language: English

Director: Jameson Cuccardi

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English Synopsis

The Informant" is a crime thriller that follows Detective Thomas Borg, a troubled cop obsessed with solving a series of disappearances. His investigation is complicated by the sudden reappearance of Kristina, his former lover and informant, who claims to have information about the case.

Features 2025

April X

Film Category: Feature

Country of Production: United States

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 100 mins

Language: English

Director: Michael K Parandi

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English Synopsis

In a fractured near-future, twin siblings Bax and April are separated by forces neither fully understands. We watch Bax spiral into madness, unravelling the boundary between identity and memories.

Dead Actually

Film Category: Feature, Winner Actress, Winner Feature

Country of Production: United Kingdom

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 90 mins

Language: English

Director: Deanna Dewey

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English Synopsis

In a dark countryside comedy, four friends face macabre mishaps—hiding a body, outsmarting a scheming daughter, and thwarting a son-in-law—to protect their secret.

Kevin & Cassandra

Film Category: Feature

Country of Production: United Kingdom

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 60 mins

Language: English

Director: Ali Kinteh & Damien Nembhard

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English Synopsis

Kevin & Cassandra have lost their daughter, Hannah, who was killed in a freak car accident. While Kevin’s mourns her death, Cassandra celebrates her life, but their bitterness and blame of each other threaten to tear their marriage apart.

Little Dreamerz

Film Category: Feature

Country of Production: Korea

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 96 mins

Language: Korean (English subtitles)

Director: Kwang-ho Lee

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English Synopsis

Gunwoo, who’s been struggling with a failing business, meets a little boy named Yosup who turns out to be a creature of dreams. Gunwoo sees a precognitive dream and wins at sports betting. Gunwoo meets a high school girl named Mina while he was trying to find Yosup to see the future again. They find it hard to understand each other, but end up going on a strange journey together.

Tango at Dawn

Film Category: Feature

Country of Production: Korea

Year of Production:

Running Time: 117 mins

Language: Korean

Director: Hyoeun Kim

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English Synopsis

Ji-won, who had cut ties with everyone, takes a job at a factory where lodging and meals are provided. She finds her roommate Ju-hee, a friendly girl who dances the ‘Tango’ all the time, both burdensome and intriguing. Despite being new to factory life, Ji-won is quickly promoted to a team lead and gets somehow involved in Hyun-woo’s accident. Ji-won gets annoyed when Han-byeol, the one who really caused the accident, gets away with it and leaves Ju-hee to bear all the blame.

Underworld

Film Category: Feature

Country of Production: Ghana, UK

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 90 mins

Language: English

Director: Tony Fadil & Michael Hoad

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English Synopsis

In Two thousand and twenty-four, a series of unsolved murders, in the African country of Ghana, Led the National Intelligence Bureau, N.I.B to investigate any possible links between the cases. It soon became clear that these cases may not only be linked but the answer to solving the crimes may lie in the United Kingdom. In a highly politically motivated move, The N.I.B Was immediately granted special dispensation to send two officers to the UK, to carry fire arms and investigate on British soil. Although they are allowed to be here, the British government doesn't really want them here.

Where There is Love, There is no Darkness

Film Category: Feature, Winner Actor

Country of Production: France, United States

Year of Production: 2024

Running Time: 80 mins

Language: French, Fulani, Chinese, Arabic (English subtitles)

Director: Stevan Lee Mraovitch

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English Synopsis

In Paris, a reclusive widower and a young Senegalese migrant form an unlikely friendship that transcends grief, faith, and cultural divides. Their bond becomes a quiet resistance to loneliness and prejudice, illuminating hope in unexpected places.

Zero Limits

Film Category: Feature

Country of Production: United States

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 110 mins

Language: English

Director: Dr. Kasia Wezowski & Patryk Wezowski

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English Synopsis

Dr. Joe Vitale goes beyond the law of attraction by exploring the surprising daily habits of people with zero limits. Through a revealing, intimate look at what it truly means to live a life transcending the ordinary, watching this film becomes a healing and inspiring experience.

Speakers

Master class in Directing & Acting by Kevin McNally – Biography IMDb

Acting classes by Nesly Fairburn – More

Music in A.I content creation workshop by Michael Waters  – More

“Branding, Advertising & A.I.” – Panel discussion by Andy Hart

Andy Hart is one of the most widely experienced and talented creatives and brings an unparalleled depth of originality, creativity and impact to his solution-driven work ethic. With an impressive background as a professional photographer, graphic designer, brand creator and brand guardian, together with his work in retail & domestic interior design, display design, furniture and stained-glass design, as well as his extensive experience as a lecturer, it is clear why he is held in such high regard by his clients and peers alike. Andy has had his work featured in the likes of Vogue magazine and worked with the likes of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Mick Ralphs and Holly Johnson.

Laura Rigby Marking director of Marbella Life. www.marbella-life.com 

Laura an experience chiropractor who has over the years developed the skill in social media marketing, with specific focus on market analysis, brand and business development for visionary companies.

“A.I. Is Changing the Creatives World” – Panel discussion by Mac Chakaveh

Mac , Director of Marbella Film Festival and executive producer at New World Films With over 30 years of experience in creative industries, will be discussing the changes that AI is offering in the world of film production. How AI can help project developments and funding requirements to get a project from script to screen.

AI Created Films

Door to Tomorrow

Film Category: AI

Country of Production: Korea

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 4 mins

Language: No Dialogue

Director: Souk Junghwi

English Synopsis

Kang Dae-soo (46, male) struggles to get through each day. After another late night at work, he heads home. On his way, he comes across "The Door to Tomorrow" blocking his path. Out of curiosity, he enters the door… Inside, he sees a scene that is exactly what he has always dreamed of—a world he has longed for.

Echoes in Neon

Film Category: AI

Country of Production: Brazil

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 1 min

Language: English

Director: Alex Viegas

English Synopsis

A man walks alone through a crowd hypnotised by their screens. In a world drowning in noise and distraction, he chooses to feel. “Echoes in Neon” is a poetic and cinematic digital short blending music, futurism and awakening. A sensory journey into silence, perception and soul.

Hushes Museums

Film Category: AI

Country of Production: United States

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 2 mins

Language: English

Director: Rebecca Rose

English Synopsis

Please don't touch the art, it may just touch you back... Spatially collaged animation made from AI generated 2d images by Rebecca Rose.

In-Escapable

Film Category: AI

Country of Production: Korea

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 5 mins

Language: English

Director: J P Choi

English Synopsis

A man wears a smiling mask every day to hide his true feelings, unable to say no to others, even at the cost of his own well-being. After collapsing from exhaustion, he replaces the mask with an angry one, hoping to break free—but finds he's still trapped in the same cycle. As he confronts the many masks on his wall, he questions whether it's the masks or his own choices that keep him locked in his suffocating reality.

Infected

Film Category: AI

Country of Production: Taiwan

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 3 mins

Language: No Dialogue

Director: Chih Hao Shen

English Synopsis

A body decays. A forest regrows. A virus mutates. In silence and shadow, nature remembers what humanity tries to forget. Spanning generations of hidden experiments and unravelling global systems, this fictional record draws a chilling line from buried weapons labs to present-day collapse. The infection spreads—not just through blood, but through behaviour, memory, and belief. When control slips from our grasp, what remains of choice, of humanity, of survival?

Lisbon Luxury

Film Category: AI

Country of Production: Brazil

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 1 min

Language: No Dialogue

Director: Alex Viegas

English Synopsis

In Lisbon Luxury, I explore the quiet power of presence through cinematic imagery and original sound. More than a tribute to a city, this short is an invitation to feel, where luxury is found in stillness, and elegance speaks in silence.

MIRROR- The Other Side of Humanity

Film Category: AI

Country of Production: Azerbaijan

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 3 mins 30s

Language: Azerbaijani

Director: Ruslan ?brahimli

English Synopsis

"The Mirror: The Other Side of Humanity" is a short film that highlights humanity’s reckless attitude towards the environment, leading to ecological disasters.

Prompted

Film Category: AI

Country of Production: India

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 2 mins 30s

Language: English

Director: Harishankar Thiyagarajan

English Synopsis

Prompted is a thought-provoking short documentary capturing humanity’s pivotal moment in the age of artificial intelligence. Entirely generated with AI tools — from visuals and voices to music and sound — it explores perspectives ranging from optimism and opportunity to caution and displacement. As AI adoption accelerates beyond the pace of human adaptation, Prompted asks a pressing question: will we shape this technology to serve us, or be swept along by forces we no longer control?

RAGNATRON- Transform the Night

Film Category: AI

Country of Production: Brazil

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 3 mins 30s

Language: No Dialogue

Director: Alexandre Rillos

English Synopsis

"Transform The Night" is an audiovisual journey blending the pulsating energy of Melodic Techno and Progressive House with AI-generated visuals, exploring the fusion between human emotion and algorithmic creativity. An invitation to transcend the night and dive into the future of electronic music.

Shepherd

Film Category: AI

Country of Production: Iran

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time:

Language: No Dialogue

Director: Alborz Poursayad

English Synopsis

The old shepherd faces a challenge in getting his flock of sheep across a dangerous bridge.

Shogun

Film Category: AI

Country of Production: Taiwan

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 1 min

Language: English

Director: Chih Hao Shen

English Synopsis

A warrior stands alone in a sea of smoke and silence. In an age where loyalty is currency and love is betrayal, two fates collide across the scorched plains of a fractured land. Set in the Warring States era of Japan, this elegy unfolds through the eyes of a general haunted by the cost of conquest—and the woman he cannot forget. The swords clash, but the true wound lies elsewhere. War ends many things. Rarely does it end itself.

Through the Mystic Green

Film Category: AI

Country of Production: United States

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 3 mins

Language: English

Director: Michael Wagner

English Synopsis

Through the Mystic Green" is a symbolic exploration of the timeless truth of self-discovery: that we must venture into the unknown to find who we truly are. Through the metaphor of a mystical journey, this animation explores the moment when we stop being shaped by our world and start shaping it, becoming not just travelers of our own path, but guides for others to follow.

Tonight We Rise

Film Category: AI

Country of Production: Brazil

Year of Production: 2025

Running Time: 2 mins 30s

Language: No Dialogue

Director: Alex Viegas

English Synopsis

Tonight We Rise" is a cinematic invitation into the electrifying soul of Miami’s nightlife. Set to a powerful, immersive electronic soundtrack, the music video captures a journey of awakening, freedom, and vibrant connection. From neon-lit streets to a euphoric nightclub crescendo, the piece is both a celebration and a pulse — of a night that burns bright, fearless, and alive.

Timetable

Monday 29th September

11.00am-12.00pm – Registration & Networking @ METT Hotel, Estepona
2.00pm-3.00pm – Acting class @ EXE Hotel, Estepona
3.00pm-4.00pm – Reveal Your Talent Project @ EXE Hotel, Estepona
4.00pm-5.00pm – Pitch Your Vision Project @ EXE Hotel, Estepona
5.00pm-6.00pm – Workshop @ EXE Hotel, Estepona

6.00pm – Opening Ceremony of 2025 MIFF @ The Beach Kiosk, METT Hotel, Estepona

Tuesday 30th September

11.00am-12.00pm – Registration & Networking @ METT Hotel, Estepona
2.00pm-3.00pm – Acting class @ EXE Hotel, Estepona
3.00pm-4.00pm – Reveal Your Talent Project @ EXE Hotel, Estepona
4.00pm-5.00pm – A.I. IS CHANGING THE CREATIVES WORLD @EXE Hotel, Estepona
7.00pm-9.00pm – Screening @ Red Dog Cinema, Puerto Banus.

• Where there is love, there is no darkness (France)
• Catfish (Short, Denmark)
• #Habanalike (Short, Cuba)

Wednesday 1st October

11.00am-12.00pm – Registration & Networking @ METT Hotel, Estepona
2.00pm-3.00pm – Acting class @ EXE Hotel, Estepona
3.00pm-4.00pm – Reveal Your Talent Project.@ EXE Hotel, Estepona
4.00pm-5.00pm – Pitch Your Vision Project @ EXE Hotel, Estepona
7.00pm-9.00pm – Screening @ Red Dog Cinema, Puerto Banus

• April X (USA)
• The Informant (Short, Malta)

10.00pm – Return to Joys @ Joys Club, Puerto Banus

Thursday 2nd October

11.00am-12.00pm – Registration & Networking @ METT Hotel, Estepona
3.00pm-4.00pm – Pitch Your Vision @ METT Hotel, Estepona
4.00pm-5.00pm – Screening @ METT Hotel. Estepona, ‘A.I’ Created Films (listed in A.I films)
5.00pm-7.00pm – Screening @ METT Hotel, Estepona Zero Limits (USA)
7.00pm-9.00pm – Screening @ METT Hotel, Estepona Underworld (UK)

10.00pm –AI & Media Gathering  @Sky Bar, Estepona Port

Friday 3rd October

11.00am-12.00pm – Registration & Networking @ METT Hotel, Estepona
2.00pm-3.00pm – Pitch Your Vision Project @ METT Hotel, Estepona
3.00pm-4.00pm – Music in A.I Content Creation Workshop. @ METT Hotel, Estepona
4.00pm-6.00pm – Workshop @ METT Hotel, Estepona
7.00pm-9.00pm – Screening @ METT Hotel, Estepona

• Fundbox (Austria)
• Kevin & Cassandra (UK)
• Cassandra Venice (Belgium)

9.00pm – Cassandra Venice After Party “Venetian masked” @ Flora, METT Hotel, Estepona

Saturday 4th October

11.00am-12.00pm – Registration & Networking @ METT Hotel, Estepona
2.00pm-3.00pm – Master class in Directing & Acting by Kevin McNally @ METT Hotel, Estepona
3.00pm-4.00pm – Final selections – Reveal your Talent @ METT Hotel, Estepona
4.00pm-8.00pm – Celebration of Korean Cinema @ METT Hotel, Estepona

• 4.00pm – 6.00pm  Little Dreamerz
• 6.00pm – 8.00pm  Tango at Dawn

5.00pm-7.00pm – Red Carpet Screening @ Red Dog Cinema

• Dead Actually (UK)
• Presentation of New World Films

9.30 pm  – New World Films Investors Private Party, Puerto Banus

Sunday 5th October

11.00am-12.00pm – Registration & Networking @ METT Hotel, Estepona

7.00pm – 8.00pm – Cocktail Reception by the Pool @ METT Hotel, Estepona

8.00pm – 12.00pm – Gala Dinner @ Ammos, METT Hotel, Estepona

Events