Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest 2026 will celebrate its 16th edition from 24 July to 2 August with a programme featuring 141 films, 21 short films, 25 concerts and 20 talks. Organised by Filmin, the festival will once again turn the island into one of the leading meeting points for international auteur cinema, while its online programme will continue until 24 August at filmin.es.
Jaume Ripoll, co-founder of Filmin and director of Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest. Photo: AMFF.
Among the main highlights of this year’s edition is the premiere of El ser querido, the new film by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, which will close the festival before its theatrical release. The director will present the film in Mallorca alongside Javier Bardem and Vicky Luengo, in an edition that will also welcome some of the most prominent figures on the international film scene. The more than 300 guests include David Lowery, Fernando Trueba, Judith Godrèche, John Wilson, Molly Manners, Carlos Bardem, Maria Sødahl, Muriel d’Ansembourg, Bárbara Farré and Soyunapringada.
The festival will open with Forastera, the debut feature by Mallorcan director Lucía Alenyar. After emerging as one of the revelations of the Toronto Film Festival, the production will open an edition with a particularly strong connection to talent from the islands.
Alexandre Desplat, Gael García Bernal and Trine Dyrholm to receive the Masters of Cinema award
One of the highlights of Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest 2026 will be the presentation of the Masters of Cinema awards, which this year will recognise three leading figures in contemporary cinema.
Danish actress and singer Trine Dyrholm will receive the award on 28 July. Gael García Bernal, one of the most international actors in Ibero-American cinema, will also be honoured, while French composer Alexandre Desplat, winner of two Oscars and the author of some of the most acclaimed film scores of recent years, will receive the award during the closing gala.
The opening gala will also host the presentation of the Premi Illa de Cinema to Rafael Ruiz, the painter who, for almost five decades, turned the façades of Palma’s cinemas into genuine hand-painted works of art.
141 films and numerous premieres at Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest 2026
The Official Section will bring together fourteen feature films in competition, eight of them Spanish premieres. Highlights among the selected titles include Erupcja, Charli XCX’s first leading role; Lady, starring Sian Clifford; La educación de Jane Cumming, with Fiona Shaw; and the world premiere of A fuego, by Estel Díaz.
The premiere of El ser querido will close the 16th edition of Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest. Photo: Manolo Pavón / AMFF.
The Atlàntida Premiere section will once again feature some of the most eagerly awaited releases of the season, including Mother Mary, directed by David Lowery and starring Anne Hathaway; Memoria de Chica, an adaptation of the work of Annie Ernaux directed by Judith Godrèche; En la Zona Gris, by Guy Ritchie; Jim Queen and La Batalla de Gaulle.
The festival will again reserve a prominent space for cinema made in the islands through Talent Balear, a section that confirms the strong creative momentum of Balearic audiovisual production and will showcase some of the latest works by its filmmakers.
Classics will offer some of the most anticipated screenings for film lovers, with a visit from Fernando Trueba, special screenings of Trainspotting and High Art, and a cycle entirely dedicated to Greek director Theo Angelopoulos, offering the chance to rediscover five of his most emblematic works on the big screen.
The Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest 2026 programme will be completed by the sections Trends, dedicated to some of the most daring proposals in contemporary cinema; Arts, focused on documentaries about key figures in contemporary culture; and Politics, with a selection of socially engaged films awarded at international festivals.
The full programme of Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest 2026, with all the information on screenings, times, venues and activities, can be consulted via this link.
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