Los Tortuga
Belén Funes
Activités sociales de l'énergie Award
European feature films // Activités sociales de l'énergie

After Julian’s death, his wife Delia and daughter Anabel have to face life without him. Each takes her own path to overcome the loss of their loved one. Anabel is trying to get through the pain, cope with it and accept an irreplaceable loss. Delia, for her part, buries the tragedy by immersing herself in long hours at the wheel of her taxi, as if nothing had happened. One day, they receive a threatening letter informing them of their imminent eviction: they must leave the flat where they had lived with Julian.
Scenario : Marçal Cebrian, Belén Funes
Cinematography : Diego Cabezas
Sound : Roberto Espinoza, Diana Sagrista
Editing : Sergio Jiménez
Music : Paloma Peñarrubia
International sales : Film Factory Entertainment

Belén Funes is a Spanish screenwriter and director. She studied at the Escuela Superior de Cine y Audiovisuales de Catalunya and the Cuban Film School in San Antonio de los Baños. She directed Sara a la fuga, her first short film in 2015, co-written with Marçal Cebrian. In 2017, she directed La inútil (The Hopeless), her second short film. La hija de un ladrón (A Thief’s Daughter) (2019), her first feature film, was in competition at Premiers Plans in 2020. Los Tortuga (The Exiles) (2024) is her second feature film.