Costa Rica International Film Festival
Spain, guest country at the Costa Rica International Film Festival 2025
The International Film Festival (CRFIC) returns in 2025 with a program of contemporary, independent films committed to the social realities we share. This audiovisual platform continues its commitment to becoming the main screening space for Central American and Hispanic Caribbean cinema.
Spain is this year’s guest of honor, and the Spanish Cultural Center (CCE) in Costa Rica will be one of the main venues for the festival. It will host special screenings, an international workshop, and the eagerly awaited opening party, highlighting the diversity of contemporary Spanish cinema.
Featured programming
Friday, June 20th
7:00 p.m. – Cine Magaly
Opening film:
Salve María (Spain, 2024)
111 min | Fiction | Dir. Mar Coll
9:00 p.m. – Cultural Center of Spain (CCE)
CRFIC Opening Party
Screening of El sueño de la sultana (Spain, 2023)
87 min | Animation | Dir. Isabel Herguera
Saturday, June 21st
2:30 p.m. – Salita del Magaly
Un lugar común (Spain)
88 min | Fiction | Dir. Celia Giraldo
Followed by a Q&A session with the director
5:30 p.m. – Salita del Magaly
Salve María (repeat)
111 min | Fiction | Dir. Mar Coll
8:00 p.m. – Gómez Miralles Room, Centro de Cine
La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés (Spain)
95 min | Documentary
5:30 p.m. – Salita del Cine Magaly
Sally! (United States, 2024)
96 min | Documentary
Dir. Deborah Craig, Jörg Fockele, and Ondine Rarey
7:00 p.m. – Spanish Cultural Center
Screening and discussion:
Por donde pasa el silencio (Spain, 2024)
98 min | Fiction | Dir. Sandra Romero
8:00 p.m. – Salita del Magaly
20,000 species of bees (Spain, 2023)
128 min | Fiction | Dir. Estíbaliz Urresola
3:00 p.m. – Cine Magaly
Sorda (Spain)
99 min | Fiction | Dir. Eva Libertad
Film forum
2:30 p.m. – Salita del Magaly
Buenas compañías (Spain, 2023)
93 min | Fiction | Dir. Silvia Munt
5:00 p.m. – Sala Gómez Miralles, Centro de Cine
Sorda (repeat)
99 min | Fiction | Dir. Eva Libertad
Film forum
7:00 p.m. – Spanish Cultural Center
Onda Nova (Brazil, 1983)
103 min | Fiction
Dir. Ícaro Martins and José Antonio García
Screening and discussion
Workshop: “Transmitting cinema is easy. Audiovisual training for trainers”
International workshop
Taught by: Miguel Guindos (Spain)
Cultural Center of Spain – 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Limited space available with prior registration.
The full program, updated schedules, and more information about the festival are available on the official social media accounts and the website.
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