Spanish filmmaker Juanjo Giménez Peña, whose 2016 “Timecode” gained a Palme d’Or at Cannes for finest brief and later earned an Academy Award nomination, is about to start capturing his new function “Pínkala” this July in Vigo, Spain.
The supernatural love story stars Pol López and is produced by Frida Films alongside M-Movies (Lithuania) and Uma Pedra no Sapato (Portugal), with BTeam Photos dealing with distribution in Spain.
At its heart is Sam, a lonely luthier with the extraordinary capacity to listen to the fixed noise of different folks’s minds. Emotionally remoted and trapped by the burden of that present, his life adjustments when he meets Alicia, a former dancer rebuilding her life after sickness and the one particular person able to really connecting with him.
Giménez describes the challenge merely: “At its core, it’s a love story. A supernatural match.”
Although solely now coming into manufacturing, “Pínkala” has been with the filmmaker for greater than a decade. “The first version of the script was written even before ‘Timecode,’” Giménez tells Selection. “It’s been in development for 10 or 11 years.”
Born and primarily based in Barcelona, Giménez has constructed a global fame throughout each options and brief movies. His most up-to-date function, “Tres” (“Out of Sync,” 2012), premiered at Venice and Toronto earlier than screening at Sitges, Miami and Edinburgh, amongst others. The movie earned a number of honors, together with the Méliès d’Argent, the Sant Jordi Award for Finest First Movie, a Goya, a Gaudí Award and three Mestre Mateo Awards from the Galician Academy.
“Pínkala” additionally marks one other collaboration with Frida Movies, whose latest titles embody “Titanic Ocean” (2026), directed by Konstantina Kotzamani and premiering in Un Sure Regard at Cannes this week. Nationwide distribution might be dealt with by BTeam Photos, whose latest Spanish releases embody acclaimed titles similar to “Los Domingos” (2025) and “Sirat” (2025).
The Galician port metropolis of Vigo will function greater than backdrop for the movie, says Giménez, who beforehand shot each “Tres” and a number of brief movies in Galicia. “In the first version, there was no specific city,” he says, “But Vigo has become its own character.”
The movie is scheduled for a global launch in 2027.
