Love & Hope International Film Festival - Barcelona (L'HIFF) |
October 1-4, 2025
Official Selections Categorized by Genre and Format:
Feature Films, Feature Documentaries, Short Films, Short Documentaries, Music Videos, and Screenplays (Short & Feature)


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Official Selection 2025: Feature Films (All Categories and Genres) & Feature Documentaries
Better Tomorrow - Dir. Sharvi M - 01:42:01 min - India
DISDAIN - Dir. Gabo Ramos - 01:45:00 min - Mexico
Amor en Toda la Cara - Dir. Gerald Fillmore - 01:36:00 min - Spain
Responsible - Dir. Tristan Lochon, Julien Demond - 52:00 min - France
PERFECT SHARED HOUSE - Dir. Ami Michelle Sakurai - 01:47:00 min - Japan
Mademoiselle Sin - Dir. Irina Unger - 02:00:00 min - USA
Gloria - Dir. Hope Martinez - 01:47:21 min - USA
Esquetxes; comedy in catalan - Dir. Marc Rovira Gambín - 40:00 min - Spain
The Skids ReVolution - Dir. Laura Graham, Colin J Graham - 01:15:51 - United Kingdom
This Is For You My Angel - Dir. BIlal Hussain - 01:35:54 min - Denmark
reEarth ...Rights of Nature - Dir. Dhama Pundarika - 01:22:10 min - Germany
"Who Dat" The JT Money Story - Dir. Dante S Briggins - 01:05:00 min - USA
'Tommy Gun' on the road to Kupyansk - Dir. Mark J Jannetta - 02:00:00 min - USA
Wanderer/Воплощение - Dir. Mikhail Shevchuk - 02:12:00 min - Russia
What the heart says - Dir. René Bueno - 01:22:10 min - Mexico
Babel to Abstraction - Dir. Rob Lemkin, Irina Johnstone - 48:16 min - United Kingdom
The Reality of Time - Dir. Michael Szymczyk - 01:50:00 min - USA
Let’s Sing - Dir. Keo Lou - 01:02:00 min - China
INTERVIEW WITH ACTRESS, VOICEOVER ACTRESS, FILMMAKER BRITTANY CHRISTINE - Dir. Edward John Osredkar - 01:25:19 min - USA
Chœurs Atlantiques || Tales from the Atlantic Beyond - Dir. Safoi Babana-Hampton - 02:13:04 - USA, France, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Senegal
A Taste of Utopia - Dir. Renato Lisanti - 01:16:00 min - Italy
She Walks A Line - Dir. TIMOTHY STUART LOVELL -01:27:37 min - United Kingdom
Frank Whittle: A Genius In The Family - Dir. Nick Horrell - 59:00 min - United Kingdom
Becoming SonShine - Dir. Adelita Smith - 01:13:44 min - USA
WITCHES OF EVERLAND - Dir. Daniel Ralph Zerbst - 01:01:00 min - Germany
GRIÔS - Dir. Uilson França - 01:22:06 min - Brazil
MUM, DON'T CRY / МАМА, НЕ ПЛАЧЬ - Dir. Ruslan Kechejiyan - 01:00:00 min - Russia
The Endless - Parts I & II - Dir. Óscar Enríquez - 03:11:34 - Mexico
Misgivings - Dir. Duncan James - 01:23:36 min - Australia
"It's an Italian Thing. No, It's a Black Thing" - film - Dir. Fran Sisco - 01:10:00 min - USA
Goodnight Killer - Dir. Patrick Schulz - 01:47:00 min - Germany
The Burrow - Dir. Giorgi Markoza Markozashvili - 01:22:49 min - Georgia
Water Lilies - Dir. Chanho LEE - 01:58:38 min - South Korea
Happiness: Watch out, Camera Rolling - Dir. Srdjan Roksandic - 01:14:00 min - Serbia
Wonderful Youth - Dir. Ju Xingmao - 01:36:00 min - China
Broken Pieces - Dir. Justin Ho - 01:22:55 min - USA
Warlord - Dir. Stuart Brennan - 01:40:30 min - United Kingdom
Interpreting Erik - Dir. Donald D'Haene - 57:37 min - Canada
Свобода / Freedom - Dir. Evgeniy Lavrentyev - 01:20:00 min - Russian
Mercy - Dir. Mitul Patel - 01:39:06 min - India
Missing from Fire Trail Road - Dir. Sabrina Van Tassel - 01:41:00 min - USA
The Whisper of The Amazon - Dir. Jose c Chica - 01:20:31 min - Colombia
Saffron Robe - Dir. Jane Centofante - 01:25:13 min - USA
Official Selection 2025: Short Films (All Categories and Genres), Short Documentaries, Music Videos, and Web Series:
Fiddle and Flush - Dir. Wayne Kelly - 4:16 min - United Kingdom
Cast & Brew - Dir. Priscilla Zanni Bertran - 10:02 min - Spain, USA
Marco and Mara - Dir. Brenda Huerta Rodríguez - 19:16 min - Mexico
Ida - Dir. Javier Ideami - 12:56 min - Spain
Chiquita Piconera - Dir. Mey Montero -12:01 min - Spain
PROSOPIKO - Dir. ALEXANDRA TZOUANAKI - 12:15 min - Greece
You are not the others - Dir. YUCAN YE - 10:57 min - China
The Last Message - Dir. ilker Demir - 15:00 min - United Kingdom
Hares - Smoke Snake - Dir. Hares - Smoke Snake - 3:06 min - France
DOG - Dir. Emily Rogers - 10:48 min - USA
The Pencil - Dir. ahmet Serhat ak - 12:00 min - Turkey
The Silver Lining - DIR. Mikey Altoft - 24:58 min - United Kingdom
Be Like Angel Pardalos - Dir. Angeliki Pardalidou - 3:15 min - Greece
Steps to Self - Dir. Bogdan ANGHEL - 15:00 min - France
A Silent Beat - Dir. Brenda Huerta Rodríguez - 15:06 min - United Kingdom
MELODRAMA - Dir. Giuseppe De Vuono - 33:00 min - Italy
A vague memory - Dir. Helen Eller - 9:54 min - Spain
The girls on the roof - Dir. Enric Bach Rodríguez, Alícia Chisbert - 12:44 min - Spain
I Am A Good Girl - Dir. Roxie Oliveira - 16:02 min - United Kingdom
Vueltas - Dir. Jordina Sarlé - 16:00 min - Spain
After the end of the world - Dir. Marc Rovira Gambín - 7:00 min - Spain
APNEA - Dir. Fabio Patrassi - 12:00 min - Italy
Collage - Dir. Marius Conrotto - 9:51 min - Spain
I'm yours - Dir. Giorgi Tkemaladze - 38:59 min - USA
Their Universe - Dir. Jeong-gil HAN - 16:59 min - Korea, Republic of
Mirror - Dir. Nuno Serrão - 2:40 min - Portugal
Jeanne - Dir. Léo Holderbaum - 29:47 min - France
The Void - Dir. JORGE PEREZ RUIZ - 11:32 min - Spain
Bleeding Heart - Dir. Autumn Libengood - 15:00 min - USA
Love Less Likely - DIR. David Liban -16:21 MIN - USA
Wheel Gone Kid 4-Crash Course - Dir. Wayne Kelly - 10:28 min - United Kingdom
El mal de inés - Dir. Cesar Alfaro Rivera - 18:15 min - Spain
The Suns of Covered Sky - Dir. Hindole H Shihan - 4:29 min - France
The light just radiates - Dir. Kaylee Meijer - 11:08 min - Netherlands
Smugglers Rest - Dir. Steven Lancefield - 5:23 min - United Kingdom
The Ballad of Lulu and Dad - Dir. Wayne Paul Mattingly - 27:27 min - USA
Sweet Boys - Dir. Natasha Rivera - 14:43 min - USA
Why Do I Need You - Dir. Victor Fraga - 19:55 min - USA
OVaXX - Dir. John Schlag - 24:11 min - USA
The End was just The Beginning - Dir. Antonio Aleixo - 17:06 min - Portugal
Mind of Thoughts - Dir. Charlotte Verminck - 23:01 min - Belgium
BIBLE CAMP - Dir. Philip DeRise - 13:21 min - USA
The Days of Knight - Dir. John P Martinez - 8:59 min - USA
Mannequin - Dir. Ramgopal Rajagopalan - 12:25 min - Canada
OTSOG+ - Dir. Mijoro - 22:44 min - USA
Sumarsólstöður - Dir. Amélie Ravalec - 30:00 min - France
The Professional Parent - Dir. Erik Jasaň - 14:30 min - Slovakia
TUTSAK/Hypnotic - Dir. Ramazan Yıldırım - 7:59 min - Turkey
Grandma's Recipe - Dir. Carla Pekander - 6:38 min - Finland
The Days of Knight - Dir. John P Martinez - 8:59 min - USA
MEDIGLOTTIS - Dir. Hoang Thi NGUYEN, Stéphane CARRAZ - 3:32 min - France
The Date - Dir. Maxim Iodice - 20:34 min - USA
73 Seconds - Dir. Stacy Gardner - 9:29 min - Canada
Survival or suicide - Dir. Jan Werner - 3:25 min - Germany
An Old Friend - Dir. Nuk Suwanchote - 13:45 min - USA
Marianna - Dir. Luigi Di Domenico - 19:44 min - Italy
Si es que tiene que doler - Dir. Francis Juarez - 4:19 min - USA
Plowed - Dir. Tin Nguyen - 19:40 min - USA
Secrets of Kandahar - Parallax - Dir. Petr Chroustovsky - 2:48 min - Czech Republic
Crossroads - Dir. Giorgi Tkemaladze - 22:21 min - USA
Lotus - Dir. Bryce Mackie, Brennan Collins - 14:54 min - USA
L-Rizz - Dir. Lily Andrews - 6:00 min - USA
Reading the Body: Body Politic - Dir. Danielle Ofri - 15:00 min - USA
An Extraordinary Place - Dir. Tom Bell - 34:26 min - United States, United States
Beating At Your Side - Dir. David Hidalgo Moreno - 5:25 min - Spain
Soles of the Rainbow - Dir. Michael Jacoby, Christina Morris - 12:00 min. USA
Infatuation - Dir. Carla Pekander - 2:31 - Finland
No Laughing Matter - Dir. Rajiv Mallick - 16:06 min - USA
Darkstar - Dir. Kally Hall - 8:27 min - USA
MÄRBLES - Dir. Ariel Orama Lopez - 1:23 min - Spain
What are you waiting for - Dir. Rajiv Mallick - 4:00 min - USA
UNDETECTABLE - Dir. Evgeniy Kharenko - 18:00 min - Russia
Billie - Dir. Daithi Golden - 4:47 min - Ireland
BREAKFAST WITH TRUFFLES - Dir. Igor Fyodorov - 17:00 min - Russia
The Third Sister - Dir. Julien Ivanowich - 13:31 - France
ARTHUR AVE. - Dir. Joey Medina - 8:35 min - USA
RUNAWAY - Dir. Andrey Solomonov - 8:00 min - United Arab Emirates
Amber Oak: The Stolen Legacy - Dir. Ceara Comeau - 36:00 min - USA
Baggage - Dir. Arseniy Seroka - 17:00 min - France
Mourning Glories - Dir. Molly Hoque - 10:29 min - United Kingdom
IUD - Dir. Laura Van Der Zee - 10:38 min - Spain
Designation / Назначение - Dir. Denis Retrov - 25:00 min - Russian
In Half - Dir. Jorge Morais Valle - 24:00 min - Spain
The First Times - Dir. Giulia Cosentino, Perla Sardella - 16:05 min - Italy
Sugar - Dir. Ivan Malekin - 11:08 min - Croatia
Building Bub's Grubs - Dir. Loye Miller - 9:50 min - USA
My name is Dania - Dir. Lev Brodinsky - 22:24 min - Israel
A Better Man - Dir. James Andrew O'Connor - 4:31 min - USA
Caviar - Dir. Antonio Huerta - 19:05 min - Spain
In the Dark - Dir. Molly Ehrenberg-Peters - 15:40 min - USA
What Happened? - Dir. Rebar Rabar Mawlood - 9:56 min - Iraq
Paul and Julie - Dir. Madeleine Pougatch-Taittinger - 15:00 min - France
Bloodverse – To Remind Me of Life - Dir. ROLAND SILBERNAGL, JULIA ROSA PEER - 20:00 min - Austria
Lured - Dir. Kurt McGowan - 8:57 min - Australia
Whispers of Freedom - Dir. Brandon Ashplant - 25:00 min - Guernsey
Paréidolies - Mana Anzar - Dir. Mana Anzar - 2:42 min - France, Morocco, Switzerland
Drained - Dir. Marina Zvidriņa - 3:48 min - Spain
The Uncaged Heart Pilot Episode - Dir. Sapphire Jule King - 28:43 min - USA
Predictable - Dir. Aubrey Connett - 17:26 min - USA
My Protector - Dir. Tony Pancho - 17:00 min - Spain
Saturday Morning Live/ Republic of Georgia Episode/ US - Dir. Elene Morchadze - 15:00 min - Russian
Inside me - Dir. Alessia Buscarino - 6:12 min - Italy
Believe: A Christmas Story - Dir. James Andrew O'Connor - 7:02 min - USA
Zahira Doesn't Want To Dance - Dir. Jean-Luc Servino - 3:33 min - Italy
Lanternfly - Dir. Kristin Mounts - 10:22 min - USA
EXIMO - Dir. Mayed Al Qasimi - 20:00 min - United Kingdom
Then & Now. - Dir. Raymond J Reiss - 46:06 min - USA
EVERYWHERE - Dir. Kate Ellen Campbell, Claire Ha - 39:00 min - Australia
Mother - Dir. Sebastian Kwidziński - 29:08 min - Poland
After Sunset - Dir. Sean Harris - 13:44 min - USA
Coupée - Dir. Lada Imamovic - 14:00 min - France
The Maimed - Dir. Stephan Brenninkmeijer - 11:16 min - The Netherlands
Joy - Dir. Arthur Asriyants - 10:00 min - USA
Spineless - Dir. Adam Gorry - 14:02 min - United Kingdom
Sleep Therapy - Dir. Samiha Ahmed - 9:15 min - USA
ЧАТ НАШЕГО ДОМА / CHAT ROOM - Dir. Ekaterina Dorofeeva - 25:00 min - Russian
Juste un jour - Dir. Roel Swanenberg, Arjan Gebraad - 6:57 min - Belgium
THE FIRST FILM - Dir. Piyush Thakur - 19:59 min - India
FLOW - Dir. Shoko Tamai - 4:27 min - USA
Gasoline - Dir. Edward Horsky - 16:30 min - Germany
Dressed to the Nines - Dir. Madeleine Shenai, Ivana Mazza-Coates - 6:05 min - United Kingdom
Sally's Sunshine - Dir. Kerry Skinner - 7:01 min - United Kingdom
Arletta - Dir. Montana James Miller - 12:10 min - USA
WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND ME? - Dir. Josep Francesc Valero - 3:26 min - Spain
The Return of Gary - The Journey to Turkey Island - Dir. Richard Guthrie - 18:21 min - United Kingdom
Coupée - Dir. Lada Imamovic - 14:00 min - France
The Days of Knight: Chapter 1 - Dir. John P Martinez - 30:00 min - USA
Reflection - Dir. Mishel Devor - 30:00 min - Bulgaria
Dormant - Dir Niels Bourgonje - 8:51 min - The Netherlands
THE OTHER SIDE - Dir. NIKITA HATTANGADY - 29:18 min - USA
Tormented - Dir. Liz Lugo - 9:21 min - USA
The Psychodynamics of Modern Theories of Acting - Dir. Chuck Marra, Megan Marra - 16:00 min - USA
Destiny - Dir. Olivia N'GANGA , Mikaël DINIC - 8:24 min - France
El Ruedo - Dir. Genaro Rivas - 14:02 min - Venezuela
PRINCËNEY (New Edition) - Dir. ARIEL ORAMA LOPEZ (AG ORLOZ) - 8:45 min - Puerto Rico
The Thought Of You - Dir, Marv Hathim - 4:00 min - The Netherlands
Run Wild (super 16mm) - Dir. Roxanna Lewis - 20:35 min - USA
Gear/Шестерёнка - Dir. Andrey Sizov - 30:00 min - Russian
Marilyn the Bookworm - Dir. Mark Starks - 4:00 min - USA
Innocent Chat - Dir. Rajiv Mallick - 22:59 min - USA
Michigan Visits Matter: The Family Cost of Incarceration - Dir. Bryce Mackie - 12:42 min - USA
NEON HELL - Dir. Dave Thomas, Juan Emilio Veliz - 6:04 min - United Kingdom
Il tempo di un ricordo - Dir. Carlo De Benedictis - 7:40 min - Italy
Chardak - Dir. Mileta Postic, Predrag Joldic - 9:00 min - Serbia
Stations of the Cross - Dir. Aleksa Ristovic - 15:17 min - Malta
Wheel Gone Kid Three And A Half-Plane Stupid - Dir. Matt Holt - 7:14 min - United Kingdom
Children of hope - Dir, Csaba Szuchy - 13:07 min - Hungary
The Lantern Man - Dir. Tim Cullingworth-Hudson, Jon Kent - 5:00 min - United Kingdom
Marathon Man - Dir. Mikaël Dinic, Olivia N'Ganga - 4:57 min - France
Wrong Move - Dir. Priscil·la Zanni Bertrán - 12:20 min - USA
FRECKLES - Dir. Nevena Nikolova - 16:40 min - Bulgaria
Panes Taking - Dir. John Schlag - 4:31 min - USA
Torna'm La Vida - Dir. Alba Morera - 20:00 min - Spain
Wheel Gone Kid 3-Rolling In It - Dir. Wayne Kelly - 4:41 min - United Kingdom
Cast & Brew - Dir. Priscilla Zanni Bertran - 10:02 min - Spain, USA
Pandaal - Dir.Shaily Sanghvi - 16:03 min - USA
Sugar Cube - Dir. Aleksandar Suvandzhiev - 15:00 min - Bulgaria
A NICE LADY - Dir. Jessica Weber Kass - 16:04 min - USA
Ntortor - Dir. Oka Shungu - 12:17 min - France
Black pendulums - Dir. Mathilde Algans, Théo Michel - 15:00 min - France
Sequoia - Dir. Michelle Künzler - 15:00 min - Switzerland
Pierre West - Dir. Henrik Larsson, Jakob Arevärn - 28:56 min - Sweden
Estela - Dir. Matheus Augusto - 16:00 min - Brazil
Tánatos - Dir. Alberto Sesma Vallés - 14:00 min - Spain
Mother's Instinct - Dir. Angelica Quinonez - 14:06 min - USA
La Niña Tatuada - Dir. Elisa Lanzas - 14:00 min - Spain
La Pérdida - Dir. Raquel Barrachina Molina Samuel Caulín - 7:00 min - Spain
Canchas - Dir. Paula Blanco Perez - 18:00 min - Spain
Como si con la Comida se Pudiera Repartir cariño - Dir. Alberto Ortega Cruzado - 5:00 min - Spain
Y Vuelvo a Mirar al Cielo - Dir. Santiago Capuz - 8:00 min - Spain
Cold Feet - Dir. Quim Guardiola - 5:00 min - Spain
Blood Moon - Dir. CARLOS SOTO - 9:00 min - Mexico
Don't Mess With Carla Jane - Dir. David Macé - 24:30 min - France
Echoes of Us - Dir. Joe Rajan - 20:00 min - India
New Life - Dir. Gabriele Carone - 2:58 min - Italy
BURIED TRUTH - Dir. Luc Deborde - 28:48 min - France
Dear Child II - Dir. Devin Peters - 9:33 min - United Kingdom
Senta - Dir. Lars Smetsers - 5:55 min - The Netherlands
There is an End in Friend - Dir. Sander Lea Eikaas - 19:30 min - Norway
The Internet of Everything - Dir. Yusuf Begg - 8:25 min - Canada
OUT OF CHARACTER - Dir. Alisa Zichuk - 14:17 min - Ukraine
By The End of This (The Pilot) - Dir. Le'Serone "Poetic Lace" Smith - 16:53 min - USA
I'm Sorry. No More. - Dir. Tony Pancho - 34:00 min - Spain
Wild Cloudberries - Dir. Carla Pekander - 19:00 min - Finland
Rare Kind - Dir. Earl Cole - 38:00 min - USA
Stori Strong (Pilot Episode) - Dir. Laura Zaylea - 13:44 min - USA
Begin Again - Dir. Kang Liang - 20:00 min - China
TALK - Dir. Dario Nadile - 8:20 min - Australia
Therefore I AM - Dir. Jay Sullivan - 5:04 min - USA
Berlin Fuck You - Dir. Jeremy Shub - 14:57 min - Germany
Vestigis - Dir. Biel Herráez Rodríguez, Lucas Legua Gil - 7:00 min - Spain
New dawn - Dir. Luo Bin - 15:00 min - China
Breathe with me - Dir. Valentina Trovarelli - 12:26 - Italy
Salt Marsh - Dir. Tom Bell - 15:03 min - USA
The Goodbye - Dir. Utsav K, Amanda Graner - 16:58 min - New Zealand
Wendy and the Lost Boy - Dir. Alec Patchin - 13:02 min - USA
XXL - Dir. Gerard Escuer Pane - 2:40 min - Spain
At the Mercy of Faith - Dir. Andrew Arguello - 19:19 min - USA
Three Drivers - Dir. Zihan Wang - 4:32 min - China
Swifts - Dir. Shirli Nada Michalevicz - 11:21 min - Israel
Shells - Dir. Lavinia Lazzaro, Veronica Neulichedl - 17:00 min - Italy
Think of something beautiful - Dir. Trang Thi Mai Vo, Nadja Ißler - 17:12 min - Germany
Rage - Dir. Pedro Morata Rigueras - 23:00 min - Spain
Never - Dir. Wang Wang - 22:03 min - China
GOLDEN FINGERS - Dir. Chryssa Florou - 5:56 min - France
Light - Dir. Maurice Moore, Alex Rios - 22:35 - USA
Satan's Biscuits - Dir. Quentin MUTEAU - 17:50 min - France
Light - Dir. Maurice Moore, Alex Rios - 22:35 - USA
QUI INSIEME - Dir. Fabio Langella - 12:10 - Italy
The Medicine - Dir. Sarah Dienaar - 39:00 min - The Netherlands
Golden Wire - Dir. Ruslan Haiduk - 11:14 min - Ukraine
Barbrix! Or How to Maybe Capture a Psychic Hominid - Dir. Dylan Dugas - 12:00 min - USA
Farewell - Dir. Daniela Cáceres, Daniel Bernal - 9:54 min - Colombia
Keep Young and Beautiful. - Dir. Neil Marshall - 9:45 min - United Kingdom
TV Man - Dir. Leonardo Valenti - 28:58 min - Italy
Shrink Spotlight - Dir. Maria Fe Picar, Michael Wu - 8:40 min - USA
Nice to meet you - Dir. Noah Kurdi Kara - 13:00 min - Sweden
Official Selection 2025: Feature Scripts
(Note: These scripts have not yet been produced)
The Wolf Redemption - Wri. George Alexander Villalba - USA
The Purple Plea - Wri. Haylee Hemphill - USA
The Tale of Altora - Wri. Wesley Caleb Martin - USA
PROGRAMS - Wri. IRINA VYSOTSKAYA - France
STRINGS - Wri. Joe Manio - USA
He was my Grandfather - Wri. LUCA SAVERIO PERONE - Italy
Pet Project - Wri. Rachel Elizabeth Samuel - United Kingdom
"It's an Italian Thing. No, It's a Black Thing" - Writ. Fran Sisco - USA
Official Selection 2025: Short Scripts
(Note: These scripts have not yet been produced)
Melodrama - Wri. GIUSEPPE DE VUONO - Italy
Where Did The Love Go - Wri. Dalila E Johnson - USA
Losers - Wri. Lucía Blasco del Álamo - Spain
Open - Wri. Cesar Sanchis Romero - Spain
COSMO - Wri. Miguel Valle - Spain
The Last Mediation of Christ - Wri. David Schleicher, Mike Bell - USA
Too Soon - Wri. Avril David - USA
For Wren - Wri. Emma Baker - USA
Kourtier - Wri. Wayne Paul Mattingly - USA
Pockets - Wri. Erik Walker Neill, Anthony DeVine - USA
Official Selection 2025: Below you will find all the posters for the selected films and scripts.















































































































































































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