2024 - 69th Edition

To Our Friends

A nuestros amigos
Adrián Orr Serrano
Spain, Portugal
 - 2024
Estreno nacional
After the success of the multi-award-winning Niñato (2017), Adrián Orr portrays in his second feature film the internal and external universe of Sara, a young woman from a working-class neighbourhood who, in her transition to adulthood, is torn between two apparently contradictory environments: the place where she grew up, where she spends her days with her best friend Pedro, and the new circles she forms when she starts her university studies. There she meets Paula, with whom she has a sentimental relationship and who also introduces her to the world of theatre: an element that takes centre stage in the film when she takes part in the play Future Lovers by the collective La Tristura. To Our Friends is an ode to ordinary stories, to youth and the spirit of freedom associated with it. A film that blurs the boundaries between the real and the imagined, inviting us to live with Sara her experiences, feelings and desires.
Adrián Orr Serrano

Born in Madrid in 1981, he graduated in Audiovisual Communication from UCM before studying at the Lisbon Film School (ESTC) where he trained as a cinematographer. For more than ten years he collaborated as assistant director with Spanish filmmakers such as Alberto Rodríguez, Javier Fesser, Santi Amodeo, Javier Rebollo, Montxo Armendáriz, Federico Veiroj, Lois Patiño or Elena López Riera. He directed the short films ‘Las hormigas’ (2007), ‘De caballeros’ (2010, premiered at the IDFA) and ‘Buenos días resistencia’ (2013), the latter premiered in Rotterdam and awarded at numerous festivals. In 2017 he released ‘Niñato, his first feature film, simultaneously at BAFICI (Argentina) and Visions du Réel (Switzerland), before being awarded in the New Waves Section of the Seville European Film Festival. ‘A nuestros amigos’ (2024), his second feature, had its world premiere at Visions du Réel.

Screenings

O.V. in Spanish, English subtitled in English 
Sat. 19, 19:15
Presentation
Q&A
Sun. 20, 17:00
Presentation
Q&A
Sat. 26, 12:30
DIRECTOR
Adrián Orr Serrano
SCREENPLAY
Adrián Orr Serrano, Celso Giménez, Samuel M. Delgado
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adrián Orr
EDITOR
Ana Pfaff
SOUND
Miguel Martins
PRODUCTION
Hugo Herrera, Marina Alberti, João Salaviza
PRODUCTION COMPANY
El Viaje Films, New Folder Studio, Karõ Filmes
FEATURING
Pedro Izquierdo, Sara Toledo, Paula Mirá, Manuel Egozkue, Gonzalo Herrero, Itziar Manero, Manuel Cantelli, Pablo Díaz
RUNNING TIME
90 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2024
EDAD RECOMENDADA
A partir de 13 años
COUNTRY
Spain, Portugal
CONTACT
IN SPAIN
El Viaje Films

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