'Lucidity': a window to lucid dreams promoted by Aralán Films

Gonzalo Bendala directs 'Lucidez', a psychological thriller about lucid dreams produced by Aralán Films which has just finished filming.

With script David Sueiro and Gonzalo Bendala, y Martha Velasco as producer, Lucidity It is a production of Áralan Films y Polish AIE which has the participation of HBO Max, RTVE y Canal Sur Radio and Television. The feature film has received support from the Junta of Andalusia through the Andalusian Agency of Cultural Institutions of the Ministry of Culture, and has the participation of CREA SGR. International sales will be carried out by Film Factory and of AF Pictures to Latam.

Rotated in different locations of Bilbao and Seville, is particular psychological thriller proposes a “deeply human” story about the limits of consciousness and the need for escape from a life that we do not feel is our own. To do this, it enters the field of lucid dreams and the growing community of onironauts (lucid dreamers), whose testimonies and experiences have fueled the film's narrative.

In the words of Gonzalo Bendala (When angels sleep, Innocent murderers, Invisible), director and screenwriter of Lucidity: "What always fascinated me about this script is that it talks about something real, we have discovered the existence of oneironauts or lucid dreamers: people who use techniques to achieve lucidity in dreams, controlling what happens in them. Lucidity talks about the need to take control of your own life through the metaphor of the dream world. But... is it really possible to control our destiny, or is it just an illusion?"

Óscar Casas, Fiona Palomo, José Coronado and Najwa Nimri star in this film whose release is scheduled for 2026. This is its synopsis: "Jaime, a young lawyer trapped in a life that suffocates him, discovers induced lucid dreams when he meets Clara, an enigmatic woman who introduces him to a method that allows him to completely control the dream world. Together they share dreams and the refuge where Jaime finds the freedom that reality denies him. But the more he immerses himself in that universe, the more blurred the boundaries between sleep and wakefulness become."