SPA25: Little Loves

Australian premiere

Los pequeños amores 

Two-time award winner at the 2024 Málaga Film Festival, Little Loves is an intense and emotional duel from up-and-coming director Celia Rico Clavellino that delves into the complexities of mother-daughter relationships. A beautifully poetic and contemplative film, this nuanced drama features compelling performances from Adriana Ozores and María Vázquez. With meticulous attention to detail, Little Loves intimately explores the telling small gestures, glances, and frictions between a mother and her daughter.

When her proudly independent mother Ani (Ozores) has a minor accident when attempting to repaint her house, Teresa (Vázquez) changes her summer holiday plans to help her out over the summer. In the idyllic countryside, mother and daughter, each accustomed to living on their own, spend a summer together.

However, while their forced coexistence brings simmering tensions, guilt and resentment to the surface, it also raises more profound matters and during warm summer nights, the two begin to reappraise their relationship and experience some revealing moments.

WINNER | Dunia Ayaso Award, San Sebastián International Film Festival 2024

WINNER | Silver Biznaga Special Jury Award, Best Supporting Actress, Málaga Film Festival 2024

NOMINEE | Best Original Screenplay, Premios Carmen 2025

Spanish with English subtitles