Sleepless City
- Spain, France
- 2025
- 97'
- Must See Must Be
Fifteen-year-old Toni, a Roma boy, lives in the largest illegal settlement in Europe, on the outskirts of Madrid. Proud to belong to his family of scrap metal dealers, he follows his grandfather everywhere. But as demolitions move closer and closer to their plot, and his grandfather is willing to do anything to stay, Toni will have to choose what to let go and what to sacrifice.
- Director: Guillermo Galoe
- Screenplay: Guillermo Galoe, Víctor Alonso-Berbel
- Cinematography: Rui Poças
- Production Design: Ana Mallo
- Costume Design: Iratxe Sanz
- Hair & Make-up: Marta García
- Editing: Victoria Lammers
- Sound: Barto Alcaine, Antoine Bertucci, Vincent Arnardi
- Cast: Antonio Fernández Gabarre, Bilal Sedraoui, Jesús Fernández Silva, Felisa Romero Molina, Pura Salazar, Francisca Jiménez
A Spanish filmmaker born in Madrid. His works have premiered at Cannes, San Sebastián, and IDFA, and he has won two Goya Awards. His short film Aunque es de Noche (2023) premiered in the Official Selection at Cannes, where it was nominated for the Short Film Palme d’Or, and went on to win the Goya for Best Short Fiction Film. That same year, he premiered As Gaivotas Cortam o Céu at the Quinzaine des Cinéastes in Cannes. In 2020, he received the prestigious Princess of Girona Award for Arts and Literature. Sleepless City is his debut feature film.
