71st edition. From 23 to 31 October 2026.
71st edition.
23/31 Oct. 2026
2025 - 70th edition

Sleepless City

Ciudad sin sueño
Guillermo Galoe
Spain, France

Toni is 15 years old and lives in Cañada Real, Europe's largest informal settlement, on the outskirts of Madrid. Proud to belong to his family of scrap metal dealers, he spends his days with his grandad, whom he admires and follows everywhere. But demolition machines are approaching the plot where he lives and threaten to destroy everything the family knows. His grandfather refuses to leave, no matter what it takes. On those dark nights without electric power, the old stories of his childhood begin to feel more real than ever. As everything changes around him, Toni must choose between facing an uncertain future or clinging to a world that is about to disappear.

Guillermo Galoe
Filmmaker born in Madrid in 1985. With a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Complutense University, he specialised in Audiovisual Production at the Puerta Bonita Institute in Madrid and participated in the Berlinale Talents Campus 2020. His first feature film, ‘Delicate Balance’ (2016), premiered at IDFA and won the Doc. España Award at Seminci and the Goya for Best Documentary Film, among many other recognitions. In 2020, he received the Princess of Girona Award for Arts and Letters, and in 2023, he released three short films: ‘Lo-Tech Reality’, ‘Seagulls Cut Through the Sky’ (selected for the Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight) and ‘Even Though It’s Night’, which competed in the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Goya Award for Best Fiction Short Film. His first feature film, ‘Sleepless City’ (2025), premiered at Cannes Critics' Week, where it won the award for best screenplay.
DIRECTOR
Guillermo Galoe
SCREENPLAY
Guillermo Galoe, Victor Alonso-Berbel
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Rui Poças
EDITOR
Victoria Lammers
SOUND
Barto Alcaine, Antoine Bertucci, Vincent Arnardi
PRODUCTION
Marina García López, Marisa Fernández Armenteros, Manu Calvo, Alex Lafuente, Damien Megherbi, Justin Pechberty, Anne-Dominique Toussaint
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Sintagma Films, Buena Pinta Media, Encanta Films, BTeam Prods, Ciudad Sin Sueño Película AIE, Les Valseurs, Tournellovision
CAST
Antonio ‘Toni’ Fernández Gabarre, Bilal Sedraoui, Jesús ‘Chule’ Fernández Silva, Luis Bertolo, Manuela ‘Aneli’ Fernández Fernández, Debora ‘Sulami’ Vargas, Francisca ‘Paqui’ Jiménez Fernández, Sana Aghmir
RUNNING TIME
97 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
EDAD RECOMENDADA
A partir de 13 años
COUNTRY
Spain, France
CONTACT
Best Friend Forever (BFF)
IN SPAIN
BTeam Pictures
Screenings
Tue. 28, 17:30
Presentation
Q&A
DIRECTOR
Guillermo Galoe
SCREENPLAY
Guillermo Galoe, Victor Alonso-Berbel
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Rui Poças
EDITOR
Victoria Lammers
SOUND
Barto Alcaine, Antoine Bertucci, Vincent Arnardi
PRODUCTION
Marina García López, Marisa Fernández Armenteros, Manu Calvo, Alex Lafuente, Damien Megherbi, Justin Pechberty, Anne-Dominique Toussaint
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Sintagma Films, Buena Pinta Media, Encanta Films, BTeam Prods, Ciudad Sin Sueño Película AIE, Les Valseurs, Tournellovision
CAST
Antonio ‘Toni’ Fernández Gabarre, Bilal Sedraoui, Jesús ‘Chule’ Fernández Silva, Luis Bertolo, Manuela ‘Aneli’ Fernández Fernández, Debora ‘Sulami’ Vargas, Francisca ‘Paqui’ Jiménez Fernández, Sana Aghmir
RUNNING TIME
97 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
EDAD RECOMENDADA
A partir de 13 años
COUNTRY
Spain, France
CONTACT
Best Friend Forever (BFF)
IN SPAIN
BTeam Pictures

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