Late 90s, in a rural valley of Galicia. María wants to fulfill her mother’s last wish before she dies: to see her granddaughter Lola make her First Communion. But María is an atheist and a single mother, and 12-year-old Lola hasn’t set foot in a church since her baptism. In this unique journey, and with time running out, this family of bakers will learn to say goodbye without worrying about what people will think, loving each other in a different way, and letting go of an outdated notion of family honor.
Technical information
Director: Pedro Díaz
Screenwriter: Pedro Díaz
Producer: Marina García López
Film producrr: Salon Indie Films y Mandragora Cinema
Original language: Galician and Spanish
Gener: Drama
Format: Digital
Duration: 110
Funds
Filming begins: 13/04/2026
Filming end: 22/05/2026
Total budget: 1.995.000 €
Budget secured: 900.000 €
Institutional support:
The Navarra Residence, AGADIC (Xunta de Galicia): Talent Aid for script writing.
Aid for the development of the Community of Madrid
Objectives:
After passing through different laboratories and residences and with the support of AGADIC (Galicia) and the Community of Madrid, we seek strategic alliances at an international level with possible co-producers, investors, as well as sales agents, distributors and national television operators..
Pedro Díaz
Director
Pedro Díaz work as a director at Movistar+ for 10 years. Has directed advertising campaigns for production companies such as Mediapro, working on projects for Netflix, La Casa de Papel or LaLiga. His work has been recognized at festivals such as Promax BDA or the New York Film Festival. His short film, La Entrega, was nominated for the Goya Awards in 2023 and participated in the Clermont-Ferrand International Competition. In 2022, he directed an episode of the documentary series Qatar Report for Vix+.He is currently developing Serenade
Filmography
Salon Indie Films and Mandragora Cinema
1. Blue & Malone: Impossible Cases – Winner of the Goya Award for Best Animated Short Film.
2. Mama – Winner of the Goya Award for Best Documentary Short Film.
3. Del otro lado – Documentary feature, Audience Award and Special Mention at the 24th Málaga Film Festival, Nominated for the Feroz Awards and DOCNYC.
4. La Entrega – Nominated for the Goya Award for Best Fiction Short Film.
5. Although It’s Night – Nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes, selected at the San Sebastián Film Festival, winner of the Forqué Award and the Goya Award for Best Fiction Short Film.
Marina García Lopéz
Producer
Marina García holds a PhD in Art History from USC, specializing in Film Criticism and History. Her productions have been selected at Cannes, San Sebastian, IDFA, Curtas Vila do Conde, Zinebi, Ann Arbor and have won two Goya awards, the first with Frágil Equilibrio (Spain, 2016) and the second with Aunque es de noche (Spain, France 2023) both by Guillermo García López. It is currently producing Guillermo García López’s Ciudad Sin Sueño, Luis Avilés and César Souto’s documentary Mar and Pedro Díaz’s first feature Serenade.
