Maspalomas

Winner of the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Maspalomas is a bold, emotionally charged portrait of identity, aging, and resilience.

After a stroke leaves 76-year-old Vicente displaced in a conservative nursing home, the openly gay man who once fought for his freedom finds himself slipping back into the closet. As memories of his liberated life in Gran Canaria resurface, so does his determination to reclaim it.

Unflinching in its frank depiction of gay sex and intimacy, the film is tender, defiant, and profoundly human—a stirring testament to the lifelong courage it takes to live authentically.