38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes

Anoche conquisté Tebas

Gabriel Azorin

Image Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes
© Dvein Films
SpainPortugal
2025 Fiction 1h50
OV with French subtitles
On a cold winter afternoon, António and Jota return from the front with their friends, looking for an ancient Roman thermal bath. They joke with each other while wading through swamps, recounting past tactical glories.
Cast : Santiago Mateus, António Gouveia, Oussama Asfaraah, Pavle Čemerikić
Scenario : Gabriel Azorín, Celso Giménez
Cinematography : Giuseppe Truppi
Editing : Ariadna Ribas
Production : Dvein Films, Filmika Galaika, Bando à Parte
International sales : MoreThan Films
Gabriel Azorin is the director of the short films Los galgos (2012), Mañana vendrá la bala (selected for Entrevues in 2016) and El ruido del universo (2024). A member of the artistic collective lacasinegra, he is also an artistic advisor and producer on other films. His first feature film, Anoche conquisté Tebas (2025), premiered in Venice at the Giornate degli Autori and won the Jeanine Bazin Grand Prize at the Entrevues Festival in Belfort.