Todo es cárcel
Spain / 2026 / 109'
Plot
The letters of Carmen and Ángel, two lovers trying to reunite during the final days of the Spanish Civil War, are currently being researched by Elsa, a photographer who travels the country recording spaces for a project related to Franco's repression. The news of a relative's death forces her to interrupt her work, reconnect with her family, and take on a pending inheritance.
Full Cast and Crew
Director:
Eloy Enciso
Production:
Umbracle Cine
Filmika Galaika
Film Editing:
Lisa María Velázquez Serrano
Cinematography:
Jimmy Gimferrer
Cast:
Elsa Pereira
Pilar Castañal
Jesús López
Rafael de la Fuente
Nieves Seara
Jorge Moreno
Leyre Juan
Sound:
Marisol Cao Milán
Póster Oficial
Director
Eloy Enciso
After graduating in documentary filmmaking from the San Antonio de los Baños school in Cuba, he directed the documentaries Pic-nic (2007) and Arraianos (2012). Premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, Arraianos received awards for best film in Buenos Aires (BAFICI), Peru (Transcinema), and Seville (European Film Festival). In 2019, he returned with his first fiction film, Longa noite, which participated in the most prominent film events (Locarno, Toronto, New York Film Festival, Viennale, Rotterdam, and Jeonju) and won awards at festivals in Switzerland, Argentina, Peru, Russia, France, Portugal, and Spain. On its commercial release in Spain, Longa noite was hailed as “one of the key titles of the year” (Sofilm magazine) and was nominated for best European film at the Gaudí Awards of the Academia de Cinema Català. With Todo es cárcel (2026), Enciso continues to further explore his main hallmarks as a filmmaker: careful work with natural actors inspired by literary texts and the poetic intertwining of reality, fiction, and history that links him to the contemporary European cinema movement found in Straub-Huillet, Pedro Costa, and Eugène Green. For Enciso, as for these filmmakers, true transformation does not come from creating something radically new, but from rediscovering and reevaluating the principles of cinema that lie forgotten in the established order.
Festivals and Awards
FID Marseille 2026
Competición Internacional
SEMINCI Valladolid 2026
Sección Tiempo de Historia
Viennale 2026
