Spain’s Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) is part of the Ministry of Culture. It has published its provisional decision for the first 2026 round of general aid for feature-film production. The Film Protection Fund allocates €30,735,600 in total. The money will be split among 31 projects. Each production company was ranked by score.
Twenty-nine of the 31 winning projects will receive the maximum grant allowed: one million euros each. Two titles fall short of that cap. Dos amigas receives €920,000. Las Malas, a Spanish-Argentine co-production directed by Armando Bo, receives €815,600.
The call puts strong emphasis on gender parity. Projects directed solely by women receive 29.28% of the total budget. That is roughly €9 million. Nine films fall into this category. They include If Love Should Die by Mia Hansen-Løve, starring Renate Reinsve. Also on the list: La poligrafista by Avelina Prat, La reina by Laura Mañá, and No soy universalby Celia de Molina. Toda la suerte del mundo is the debut feature by Esther Ortega, starring Carolina Yuste and Jaime Lorente. The group is rounded out by Canción animal by Nerea Castro, Harakune by Maider Oleaga, Rafaela, and Historia d’una bruixa.
Other funded projects include El amigo equivocado by Benito Zambrano and The Confidant by Daniel Calparsoro, starring Javier Gutiérrez and Miguel Herrán. Actor Pedro Casablanc makes his directing debut with The King’s Tailor. Woody Allen will shoot Wasp 2026 in Madrid.
The list is still provisional. Amounts and beneficiaries may change before the final resolution. Last year’s figures point to a stable investment level. In 2025, ICAA’s two general-aid rounds supported 57 feature films, with a combined budget of €55 million.
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