Sundays
(Los Domingos)
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
Ainara seems just like any regular 17-year-old girl. A bit on the shy side, she enjoys going out with her friends, jokes with her uncle, and has a crush on one of her classmates. But there is something brewing inside her. While her friends go through the motions at Catholic school, aloof at mass, their minds on the future that awaits after graduation, Ainara feels a divine calling. Or is her adolescent mind just playing tricks on her?
Part tender, part terrifying, Sundays poses questions often overlooked in increasingly secularized societies, and – through the influence of Ainara's religious pull on the people around her – explores the limits of free thought and free will. Alauda Ruiz de Azúa's assured, emotionally resonant follow-up to her 2022 film Lullaby won over the San Sebastian Film Festival with its nonjudgmental portrait of a teenager coming of age in the most unusual circumstances, showing how the loss and renewal of faith – be it in God, romantic relationships, or one's own family – are processes that naturally follow one another throughout life.
3 May 2026
18:00 h, Eldorado Filmtheater
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| Direction | Alauda Ruiz de Azúa |
| Country | Spain, France |
| Production year | 2025 |
| Duration | 115 min |
| Language | Spanish |
| Language Version | OV with German Subs |
| Genre | Drama |
| Production | Manu Calvo, Marisa Fernández Armenteros, Nahikari Ipiña, Sandra Hermida Muñiz |
| Production company | Los Desencuentros Película, A.I.E., Buena Pinta Media, S.L.U., Encanta Films, S.L., Sayaka Producciones, S.L., TAD Telefónica Audiovisual Digital, S.L.U., Colosé Producciones, Think Studio, S |
| Distribution | MFA |
| Cast | Blanca Soroa, Patricia López Arnaiz, Miguel Garcés, Juan Minujín, Mabel Rivera, Nagore Aranburu |
| Director of Photography | Bet Rourich |
| Script | Alauda Ruiz de Azúa |
| Montage | Andrés Gil |
| Sound | Andrea Sáenz Pereiro, Mayte Cabrera |
SAN SEBASTIAN 2025: BEST FILM; GOYA AWARDS: BEST FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SCREENPLAY
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About the director
Throughout her career, Alauda Ruiz de Azúa has balanced her work as a filmmaker with advertising. Her short films have won numerous awards. In 2022, she made her feature film debut with Cinco lobitos, which earned 11 Goya Award nominations and the Goya for Best New Director. In 2023, she released his second feature film, “Eres tú”, and presented the miniseries “Querer” (2024). With her third feature film, “Sundays” (2025), she won the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián Film Festival.
Press reviews
“The director works within a Martelian universe that oscillates between the mystical and the popular, between desire and devotion, and, above all, delves into those families that see themselves as conventional but harbor dark secrets and long-standing tensions that have been simmering for years.” - Diego Lerer, Micropsia
“Sundays is a very provocative film. You probably won’t leave the cinema with a broad smile on your face, but instead asking yourself fundamental questions about your perceived notions of freedom. This is a movie of profound emotional and moral complexity.” - Victor Fraga, DMovies
GERMAN PREMIERE
International Feature Film Program
