Foremost by night

2023 I Fiction I Drama I 109 min I Color

Synopsis

When Vera was young, she wasn’t able to take care of her son and had to give him up for adoption. Years later, when she tried to find him, the institutions told her that her file did not exist. She has continued to look for him ever since. When Cora was young, her doctor told her that she could not have children and that only by adopting could she start a family. Cora has dedicated her life to teaching piano lessons and caring for her adopted son, Egoz, about to turn 18. Now, the paths of these three characters – a mother, a son, a mother – are about to cross. And their encounter will change their lives forever.

DATA SHEET

Direction: Víctor Iriarte
Script: Isa Campo, Andrea Queralt, Víctor Iriarte
Direction of Cinematography: Pablo Paloma
Sound Direction: Alazne Ameztoy
Editing: Ana Pfaff
Production: A production by Reescritura AIE, Inicia Films, La Termita Films, Atekaleun, CSC Films y Víctor Iriarte. In coproduction with Ukbar Filmes and 4A4 Productions.
Financing: With the financing of Gobierno de España and the participation of ICAA
With the support of Gobierno Vasco, Diputación de Guipúzcoa, RTVE, TV3 , EITB, Eurimages, Aide aux cinémas du monde and the collaboration of Institut Ramon Llull.
Executive Producers: Tamara García Iglesias, Katixa de Silva, Valérie Delpierre, Isa Campo, Pandora da Cunha, Andrea Queralt
Distribution: Atalante
International Sales: Alpha Violet

Casting

Lola Dueñas, Ana Torrent, Manuel Egozkue

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

Jeonju International Film Festival 2024 (SOUTH KOREA)

Indie Lisboa Festival Internacional de Cinema 2024 (PORTUGAL)

Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias 2024 (COLOMBIA)

New Directors / New Film Festival 2024 (UNITED STATES)

Internacional Cinephile Society Awards 2024
Best Debut Film
Best Suppoting Actress (Ana Torrent)

Festival du Cinéma Espagnol de Nantes 2024 (FRANCIA)

Festival Internacional Cinematográfico de Uruguay 2024 (URUGUAY)

CinemaAttic – Catalan Film Festival 2024 (UNITED KINGDOM)

Gaudí Awards 2024 (SPAIN)
Nomination for Best Original Script (Isa Campo, Andrea Queralt i Víctor Iriarte)
Nomination for Best Editing a (Ana Pfaff)
Nomination for Best Supporting Actress (Ana Torrent)

Feroz Awards 2024 (SPAIN)
Nomination for Arrebato de Ficción

Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de la Habana 2023 (CUBA)

Marrakech International Film Festival 2023 (MARRAKECH)

Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo 2023 (SPAIN)

Festival Internacional de Cine de Almería 2023 (SPAIN)
Best Direction
Prize of the Jury

Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2023 (GREECE)

Mar de Plata International Film Festival 2023 (ARGENTINA)

SEMINCI – Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid 2023 (SPAIN)
Prize FIPRESCI

CINEMED – Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival 2023 (FRANCE)

Abycine Festival de Cine de Albacete 2023 (SPAIN)

Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2023 (BRAZIL)

Viennale Vienna International Film Festival, 2023 (AUSTRIA)

Chicago International Film Festival, 2023 (UNITED ESTATES)

Festival du Cinema Espagnol de Toulouse – Cinespaña 2023 (FRANCE)
Best Direction

BFI London Film Festival 2023 (UNITED KINGDOM)

Venice Days – Giornate degli Autori 2023 (ITALY)

Giornate degli Autori, 2023 (ITALY)

In Inicia Films we understand that production is a way to influence society and connect emotionally with the audience. Since 2006 we have been working to promote new generations of filmmakers and give them a voice in today’s audiovisual world.

Through the eyes of our creators and the sensitivity of our authors, we accompany the development of international projects and multicultural talent, building bridges between their experiences abroad and their roots. We deal with themes that respond to current concerns and we believe that by connecting people and emotions we can help to draw new narrative and visual horizons.

Films produced by Inicia Films have been selected and awarded at numerous festivals including “Queens” by Klaudia Reynicke in co-production with Switzerland and Peru, which premiered at Sundance 2024 and won the Grand Prix at Berlin Generation; “20.000 species of bees” by Estibaliz Urresola winner of the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance, two Forque Awards including Best Film, two Feroz Awards including Best Dramatic Film and three Goya Awards 2024; “Foremost by night by Víctor Iriarte, premiered at Giornate degli autori in Venice and winner of the Feroz Arrebato Award for Fiction; “Schoolgirls by Pilar Palomero with four Goya Awards 2021, including Best Film; “Summer 1993” by Carla Simón, Best Opera Prima at the Berlinale 2017; “La Maternal” also by Pilar Palomero, winner of the Silver Shell for Best Acting in San Sebastian 2022, “Unicorns” by Àlex Lora, with Premiere in the Official Selection of the Malaga Festival and “Teresa” by Paula Ortiz, premiered in this edition of Tallinn.

For documentaries such as “The west Indies fleet“ by Antonio Pérez Molero produced in collaboration with RTVE, Canal Sur and Telemadrid or “Singing on the rooftops” by Enric Ribes, with Premiere at Sheffield DocFest.

Also, for short films such as “The disinherited” by Laura Ferrés, Best Short Film at the Semaine de la Critique de Cannes, “The bus” by Sandra Reina, premiered at SXSW, nominated for the Goya Awards and winner of the Gaudí Award.