Festival de Málaga (organised by Malaga City Council), through its Industry Area MAFIZ, will once again take five Andalusian screenwriters to take part in the VS Guiones project organised and developed by Ventana Sur, to be held from 1 to 5 December 2025 in Buenos Aires (Argentina).  The aim of this collaboration between Festival de Málaga and Ventana Sur is to include Andalusian talent in this event, through its screenwriters and their works, in order to develop a stronger and more solid Ibero-American cinematography in the international market. This initiative is supported by the Regional Ministry of Culture and Sport through the CreANDo programme run by the Andalusian Agency for Cultural Institutions (AAIICC).

VS Guiones is an initiative by Ventana Sur to give a diverse selection of scripts the chance to transcend borders and reach the international market. It is also an opportunity for producers and professionals from the rest of the world who are looking to connect with the creativity of Ibero-America without intermediaries. VS Guiones thus aims to promote the talent of the authors, an unavoidable first step in any film production.

Festival de Málaga has joined this project for the third year and, through a public call, has selected five feature-length fiction scripts. So, during the five days of Ventana Sur, the Andalusian audiovisual industry will have a prominent presence in one of the most strategic global markets with international buyers, sales agents, decision makers, investors, festival programmers, production companies and industry professionals. A unique opportunity to promote the internationalisation of the Andalusian audiovisual industry and to support the beginning of the film value chain: screenwriters and their scripts.

The selected scripts are:

- La Lleona, by Rocío Torres García. Elena, a preschool teacher, wants to become an adoptive mother. On her journey, she faces a process full of bureaucratic hurdles and wounds from the past that force her to take a hard look at herself. Meanwhile, she transforms a storage room into a nursery, supported by two friends: one is a foster mother and the other is very much a stranger to motherhood. She discovers that wanting to be a mother isn't enough, she has to heal the daughter she was. Twice.

- Locura transitoria, by Cristina Prieto Sánchez. 1993. Lorena drives in shock with a kitchen knife in one hand and her husband John's penis in the other. Lorena has just cut it off after five years of spousal abuse. The news spread around the world and starts a "war of the sexes". Lorena is charged with "intentional harm" and John with marital sexual abuse. With the trial looming, Lorena has no money to hire a good lawyer. For this reason, she accepts the crazy proposal of Cindy, a cabaret performance artist, to do a show about the event with the double intention of winning the trial and telling the world her truth.

- Ni una reencarnación más, by José Antonio Ariza Rodríguez. Helena, a poetess who has repeatedly committed suicide, arrives in the afterlife and refuses to be reincarnated, being forced to be the spiritual guide of a destitute young man: David. Helena is accompanied by a thug who was murdered: Cris, whom she learns to put up with and even to love. Together, Helena and Cris discover why they're David's guides and save his life, a fact that finally leads them to accept reincarnation, and their new lives are connected to everything that has happened.

- Revival gótico, by Teo Martínez Téllez. Alfonso, a young priest, breaks his vows out of love for Brisa, a girl condemned by leukaemia. After her death, he desperately brings her back to life with a forbidden ritual. But Brisa returns as a vampire and her hunger for blood ravages the town. Caught between faith and desire, Alfonso becomes her accomplice, hiding her in the church basement and diverting sinners to her. A Gothic tragedy of love, faith and doom that threatens to repeat itself.

- Una noche, by Raquel Domínguez Vicaria. They've finally finished their degree and are going to celebrate at their graduation. But while the rest of her friends have very clear ideas, Cristina still doesn't know what she wants to do with her working life. That's why, when she meets Lara, a Galician exchange student, they decide to leave the party and spend the night together in the streets of Seville where, dealing with such personal issues as loneliness and friendship, a bond will emerge that neither of them expected.