The 29th Festival de Málaga hosted the premiere of the film 'Femení, singular', directed by Xavi Puebla, which was presented to the public for the first time in the framework of the Official Out of Competition section.
 
Accompanying the director were actresses Vico Escorcia and Kasia Kapcia, who, after the screening, shared details about the film with the audience and delved deeper into its themes.
 
Femení, singular', through Nayeli (Vico Escorcia), its main character, delves into the intimate universe of various women going through different life stages, exploring their doubts, desires, and contradictions in an everyday context marked by affective relationships, identity, and the search for their own place.
 
In the discussion following the film screening, Xavi Puebla explained how the idea for directing this project arose, confessing that it originated from a proposal by Jesús Méndez, the project's co-writer, who, after being in the adoption process himself, opened the doors to this world for them.
 
"What was initially the cause became the consequence", the filmmaker explained regarding the key aspects of this film, in which he opened doors without falling into cliché, striving to avoid being discursive and to keep the human being at the centre, hence the title: Feminine, singular', translated.
 
The subject matter, based on a controversy rarely seen in cinema, namely the difficult balance between motherhood and work, allowed the script to be changed and rewritten many times, even during filming, as the director indicated.

"Being away from filmmaking for 14 years has allowed me to refine my approach and mature the idea that I like cinema that doesn't advance through sudden events, but rather through a chain of causes and effects that create something", explained Xavi Pueba when asked about his absence from directing projects in recent years.

Meanwhile, Mexican actress Vico Escorcia detailed how she came to play her character, who had to be of Latin American origin, and the work and study process necessary to tackle this Catalan-language production.
 
Furthermore, she and Kasia Kapcia, who is of Polish origin, discussed their characters and how this film focuses on the experiences, decisions, and emotions that define its protagonists, as well as addressing the nuances and complexities of contemporary femininity.