12th edition · 2026

the festival came back to granada

From 17 to 24 July 2026, Cines del Sur returned after seven years away. Eight days of screenings, talks and galas across seven venues in the city, with a selection of films from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Arab world.

54
screenings and talks
33
films in section
6
jury members
7
venues

what happened

Full programme

The 54 events of the festival, day by day.

Sections

The six sections of the edition and their films.

Jury

The six people who decided the awards.

Venues

The seven spaces that hosted the festival.

Partners

Those who made this edition possible.

Rules

The rules this edition ran by.

sections

Sección Oficial

7 films

Exile

Mehdi Hmili

Funky Freaky Freaks

Han Chang-lok

The Sun Rises On Us All

Cai Shangjun

The Vitrines

Flavia Castro

The Reserve

Pablo Pérez Lombardini

Early Winter

Özcan Alper

Crocodile

Pietra Brettkelly, The Critics

Llaves del sur

6 films

All My Sisters

Massoud Bakhshi

Becoming

Zhannat Alshanova

Nawi

Toby Schmutzler, Kevin Schmutzler, Apuu Mourine, Vallentine Chelluget

Where The Wind Comes From

Amel Guellaty

Laundry

Zamo Mkhwanazi

PARA VIVIR. The Unrelenting Time of Pablo Milanés

Fabien Pisani

Retrospectiva

5 films

Suzaku

Naomi Kawase

Radiance

Naomi Kawase

True Mothers

Naomi Kawase

Emergency Exit

Lluís Miñarro

Still the Water

Naomi Kawase

Itinerarios

4 films

Xana and the Secret of Time

Yu Ao, Tienan Zhou

Belén

Dolores Fonzi

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

Ryuichi Hiroki

Raid 2

Raj Kumar Gupta

Tesoros Perdidos

6 films

Promised Heaven

Erige Sehiri

Aisha Can't Fly

Morad Mostafa

No Heaven but Love

Han Jay

Montages of a Modern Motherhood

Oliver Chan

Shape of Momo

Tribeny Rai

Palestina 36

Annemarie Jacir

Perlas de la Alhambra

5 films

Crossing The Dust (Parinawa la Ghobar)

Shawkat Amin Korki

Jogo de Cena

Eduardo Coutinho

The other bank

George Oshavili

Nairobi Half Life

David ‘Tosh’ Gitonga

Lipstick under my burkha

Alankrita Shrivastava

awards of the 12th edition

The awards of this edition will be published here as soon as the festival provides them.

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images of the edition

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