The Official Selection of Punto de Vista, the International Documentary Film Festival of Navarre, to be held in Pamplona from February 24th to March 1st, was announced January 13. The selection comprises 17 films, ten of which are features and seven shorts.
The festival writes: “Highlights of the Official Selection include the world premiere of the new feature-length film by Chilean film-makers José Luis Sepúlveda and Carolina Adriazola (Cuadro negro), landmark figures in contemporary cinema, as well as the world premieres of two films by young Spanish directors (El viento que golpea mi ventana by Emilio Hupe and A. by Ramon Balcells) together with the South Korean short Writing Poems at the End of the World, by Wonwoo Kim. Mention must also be made of the premiere in Navarre of the latest film by Maddi Barber and Marina Lameiro, Cambium, which arrives in our region after visiting major international festivals including Visions du Réel (Nyon, Switzerland) and the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin.”
The opening and closing sessions will be devoted to two historic works” that were underrated at the time but which the festival wishes to retrieve from a new point of view.” Opener Tent City (1980), the only documentary by pioneering Cuban filmmaker Miñuca Villaverde, is followed by a discussion with the director, her husband and collaborator, the writer and director Fernando Villaverde.
The closing film (Sepio by Frans van de Staak, 1996) is presented in collaboration with the Embassy of the Netherlands and the Eye Filmmuseum.
The Official Selection – made from nearly 900 films entered – comes from a total of thirteen countries: Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Ireland, the Lebanon, Palestine, South Korea, Spain and Tunisia. Another highlight is the large number of premieres. The selection includes four world premieres, one European premiere, seven Spanish premieres and one premiere in Navarre.
The films will be vying for prizes awarded by the International Jury (to be announced shortly), the Youth Jury and the festival audience at the closing gala, to be held on Saturday 1st March at Baluarte.
Among these are the Punto de Vista Grand Prize for best film, worth 10,000 euros; the Jean Vigo prize for Best Director (5,000 euros); the prize for Best Short Film (3,000 euros); the Special Audience Prize (1,650 euros), and the Youth Prize (1,500 euros).
Punto de Vista Official Selection 2025:
- A South-facing House in Gyeonggi Province [경기도의 어느 남향 집], Jin-Yong Park. South Korea. 2024. 71 min. International première
- A Stone’s Throw [على مرمى حجر], Razan AlSalah. Palestine, Lebanon, Canada. 2024. 40 min. Spanish première
- A., Ramon Balcells. Spain. 2025. 10 min. World première
- Bamssi, Mourad Ben Amor. Belgium, Tunisia 2024. 26 min. Spanish première
- Cambium, Maddi Barber & Marina Lameiro. Spain. 2024. 44 min. Navarre première
- Cuadro negro, Jose Luis Sepúlveda & Carolina Adriazola. Chile. 2025. 126 min. World première
- El viento que golpea mi ventana, Emilio Hupe. Spain. 2025. 26 min. World première
- Fuck You! El último show, José Luis García. Argentina. 2024. 81 min. Spanish première
- If I Fall, Don’t Pick Me Up, Declan Clarke. Ireland. 2024. 116 min. Spanish première
- Imágenes para Nina y el árbol, Ana Comes. Argentina. 2023. 8 min. European première
- La balandra, Matías Lima. Argentina. 2024. 13 min. International première
- La limace et l’escargot, Anne Benhaïem. France. 2024. 57 min. International première
- La prunelle rouge, Louapre Pierre. France. 2024. 57 min. International première
- Materialsammlung, David Gómez. Germany, Colombia. 2024. 52 min. Spanish première
- Portales, Elena Duque. Spain. 2025. 15 min. Spanish première
- Una temporada en la Frontera, Ileana Dell’Unti. Argentina. 2024. 142 min. Spanish première
- Writing poems at the end of the world, Wonwoo Kim. South Korea. 2024. 30 min. World première
