Spanish sales agency Feel Sales is making a strong play at Málaga, boarding international sales rights on festival docs “This Body of Mine,” “Filthy” and “Coming Full Circle” as the Madrid-based outfit leans into the festival and its industry sidebar MAFIZ with a slate spanning auteurist nonfiction and export-ready genre.
In fiction, Feel Sales’ Málaga presence is anchored by Jorge A. Lara and Fer Pérez’s corruption drama “The Righteous” (“Los justos”), a previously-announced pickup now set to screen in the festival’s Official Selection out of competition. The feature toplines Carmen Machi and Marcelo Subiotto and hits Málaga backed by RTVE, HBO Max and Wanda Visión. Feel Sales is also bringing the market premiere of action thriller “Rage” (“Rabia”), directed by Luis María Ferrández and toplined by José Luis García Pérez (“Berlín,” “Honor”).
“We’re thrilled to return to the Málaga Film Festival and MAFIZ with a slate that reflects both our editorial vision and our commercial ambition,” said Yeniffer Fasciani, Feel Sales’ head of sales and acquisitions. “Our documentary acquisitions reinforce our commitment to bold, personal storytelling.”
Leading the nonfiction trio is “This Body of Mine” (“Este cuerpo mío”), co-directed by actress Carolina Yuste (“La infiltrada”) and Afioco Gnecco and produced by Carlo D’Ursi’s Potenza Producciones, glimpsed via excerpts n post-production at Locarno’s Spanish Previews and now programmed completed in Málaga’s documentary strand and framed as an intimate, character-led journey through identity, friendship and self-reconciliation.
Also newly boarded is “Filthy” (“Sucia”), co-directed by Bàrbara Mestanza and Marc Pujolar, which transforms Mestanza’s own sexual assault experience into an on-camera inquiry and an act of artistic reclamation. Built around the loaded refrain — “Why didn’t you do anything?” — the film pushes into a confrontation with shame, silence and the mechanisms that question victims’ credibility.
Rounding out the doc package is “Coming Full Circle” (“Cerrando el círculo”), a food-and-territory portrait tracking chef Daniel Ochoa as he rebuilds his Sierra de Madrid restaurant Montia after a fire, positioning cuisine as a conduit for sustainability, community and coherence between craft and life. The title screens within Málaga’s Cinema Cocina showcase.
“What sets these documentaries apart is resistance, resilience and empathy — qualities that feel urgently needed now,” Fasciani added. “We want them to travel across territories and, above all, spark meaningful conversations and understanding.”
In Fiction Short Films Official Competition, Feel Sales is also presenting Polo Menárguez’s “One Vowel” (“Una vocal”), produced by Malvalanda, a family-relationship study that, Fasciani said, “maintains our commitment to short films and emerging filmmakers.”
Feel Sales will cap its market activity with a special industry screening of “Rage,” which world premiered at Seville in the fall, positioning the high-concept survival thriller as a broad-audience, high-speed play for buyers eyeing genre fare with commercial hooks.
