The Film Academy reveals the 15 titles that aspire to the Goya 2026 for the Best Ibero-American Film

15 feature films presented by 15 Ibero-American countries will compete for the nomination for the Goya for the Best Ibero-American Film in the 40th edition of these awards, which will be held in Barcelona on February 28.

The films selected by their respective countries, directed by seven female directors and eight male directors, can be seen in a special cycle of the Film Academy which will take place between October 27 and November 21. The list includes titles such as under the flags, the sun, directed by Juanjo Pereira and selected by Paraguay; Banzo, chosen by Portugal and made by Margarida Cardoso; Belén, a film directed by Dolores Fonzi that represents Argentina; the feature film Peruvian Ring, directed by Daniel Rodríguez Risco; The extraordinary journey of the Dragon, movie Venezuelan directed by Kaori Flores Yonekura; The mysterious look of Flamenco, made by Diego Céspedes, who represents Chile; the Costa Rican The skin of the water, directed by Patricia Velásquez, or The Virginia of the Bolivians, from Bolivia, directed by Juan-Cristóbal Ríos.

They complete the selection ecuadorian The drowned, made by Juan Sebastián Jácome; Manas, directed by Marianna Brennand, chosen by Brazil; They won't move us, directed by Pierre Saint Martin Castellano, representative of Mexico; Dogs, directed by Gerardo Minutti Bonilla, from Uruguay; Panama, con Dear Tropic, made by Ana Endara; Dominican Republic with the movie Sugar Island, directed by Johanné Gómez Terrero, and A poet, made by Simón Mesa Soto, chosen to represent Colombia.

The full programming can be consulted here.