The 30th Festival de Cine de Fuentes de Ebro ended on Saturday, 7 November 2026, with a closing gala in the province of Zaragoza and wrapped up. The big winner was the short film Señuelo by Martha G. Ayerbe, which won the top prize in the fiction section. The gala also honoured two figures in Spanish cinema: director and producer Nacho García Velilla received a lifetime achievement award, while actress María Luisa San José was recognised for her long career.
According to the organisers, the anniversary edition looked back on the festival’s history and celebrated its local roots. Before the gala, there was a public street programme featuring, among others, the Junta de Cofradías de Tambores y Bombos, the Banda de Música, the Asociación de Dulzaineros, Batukada Takatak, as well as Rondalla and Baile took part. The festival brought together many residents of Fuentes de Ebro and was intended to share the festival’s 30th anniversary with the community.
According to the official Palmarés and consistent regional reports, Señuelo also picked up awards in technical categories alongside the main prize. Competition for best fiction short film was strong; the selection included several Spanish productions shown to audiences in Fuentes de Ebro for the first time or again. The gala concluded a week of screenings, discussions and workshop events that brought visibility, particularly to young filmmakers.
The awards for Nacho García Velilla and María Luisa San José framed the anniversary celebration and highlighted the festival’s ties to Spanish film history. Both honours were presented during the closing event. Organisers and local institutions emphasised that the festival was consolidating its role as a forum for short and documentary films in Aragón. Regional reports also point to a wide spread of awards across other categories, underlining the diversity of this year’s entries.
For years, the Festival de Cine de Fuentes de Ebro has served as a platform for productions from Aragón and across Spain. The 30th edition combined a look back at three decades of festival history with the current crop of short films and documentaries. With Señuelo’s win and the honours for Nacho García Velilla and María Luisa San José, the anniversary gala brought to a close an edition that placed artistic recognition and regional participation equally at its heart.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).