Sin novedad

Synopsis

Lola (Silvia Espigado) lives alone with her son, Jorge (Ignacio Jiménez), near to an industrial estate in Madrid. She works a lot of hours for a stingy and strict boss (Gonzalo de Castro) in a storage company.

One night, Jorge confesses to her mother that he has begun to keep in touch with his father, Marcos (Fernando Guillén Cuervo), who abandoned them a long time ago…

Cast

Silvia Espigado: Lola and Lola’s mother.
Fernando Guillén Cuervo: Marcos.
Ignacio Jiménez: Jorge.
Esmeralda Moya: Alba.
Silvia Marsó: Lidia.
Gonzalo de Castro: Mr. Alfonso.
Lola Casamayor: Rosario.
Nicolás Coronado: José.
Miryam Gallego: Psychologist.
Lydia Arcos: Little Lola.
Alejandro Garrido: Little Jorge.
Juan Carlos Gandía: Locksmith.
Carlos Franganillo: TV Hoster.
Víctor Cabrera Navarro: Alfredo.

Crew

Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel.
Scriptwriter/Technical script: Miguel Berzal de Miguel.
Production (Line Producer) and Distribution Company: Miguel Berzal de Miguel.
Cinematographer: Pablo Bürmann.
Art Director, Costume, Make-Up and Hairstyle Designer: María Jesús de Miguel de Miguel.
Composer: Javier Berzal de Miguel.

“Mysterious family drama dealing with a profoundly human and every day subject matter. Very raw and real performances from the cast. Mesmerizing cinematography, and beautiful soundtrack, and expertly done mise-en-scene”.

Dances With Films (USA)

“Emotionally engaged throughout the entire film. Excellent screenplay and acting pull us along emotionally”.

Cleveland International Film Festival (USA)

“A sharp look into human nature”.

Dumbo Film Festival (USA)

“Such an amazing film”.

Julien Dubuque International Film Festival (USA)

“A great film”.

Festival Internacional de Cine de Alicante (Spain)

“A role that seeks depth naturally”.

Västerås Film Festival (Sweden)

“Silvia Espigado gives a thoughtful and professional performance in this well-crafted independent film. The cinematography and shot selection are also of particular note”.

Orlando Film Festival (USA)

“Miguel Berzal de Miguel offers a rare, raw and intimate cinematic study into what it takes to rupture an unbreakable mother and son umbilical bond- and one of the best independent films of the year”.

Lonely Wolf: London International FilmFestival (United Kingdom)

“Sin novedad (No News), a film that dives deep into pain (past, present, and future) which devastates the protagonist of the story when photographs from the past (inert images) converge in a shadow-filled present. In order to contextualize the story through a musical lens, the producer had the help of Javier Berzal de Miguel, a musician who set the biorhythms that give continuity to the film’s little stories to an appropriate tempo. The score presents textures that range from the ethereal or atmospheric to the most emotive, so that we are always on the protagonist’s side. Javier has written a work that is as interesting as it is honest, and which governs the biorhythms of characters that are living trapped by their past. The composer’s musical sense is credible and not at all pretentious, [with] elements that ultimately define a good soundtrack and which the musician uses with great narrative sensitivity”.

Melománo Digital (Revista de Música Clásica) (Spain)

“A moving first film”.

Informativos Alicante (Spain)

“Sin novedad is Spanish cinema, but, at the same time it’s a story that could come from any corner of the planet”.

Celuloide con alma (Spain)

“The weight of the past, the loneliness, the wickedness. A film full of loneliness, absences and searchers. Sometimes those who are present are more absent than those who are absent”.

Carles Mesa (RTVE) (Spain)

“A story that lead you dangerously close to the edge of madnees and wickedness. Perfect cinematography by Pablo Bürmann and perfect music by Javier Berzal de Miguel”.

El Palomitrón (Spain)

“The most of the cast (Silvia Espigado, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Ignacio Jiménez, Esmeralda Moya and Silvia Marsó) has been awarded at different International Film Festivals. Although the most of them have been working in this profession for a long time, they have got their first selections ever at Premios Forqué and first candidatures ever at Premios Goya because of their performances in Sin novedad”.

“Entreletras” Cultural Magazine (Spain)

“Miguel Berzal de Miguel, thank you for your films, so thoughtful and they speak to everyone. From heart to heart. Bravo”.

Ermonela Jaho (The world’s most acclaimed soprano)

“A wonderful film with a fantastic cast”.

Manuel Velasco (Film Critic at Madrid Directo) (Spain)

“Sin novedad praised for a lot of International Film Festivals. The debut of Silvia Espigado awarded at prestigious International Film Festivals like Västerås Film Festival 2019, Sweden or Orlando Film Festival 2019, USA. Her performance in Sin novedad is the most awarded of her career”.

Cinemagavia (Spain)

“Sin novedad is spectacular! We are obsessed! Congratulations Miguel Berzal de Miguel on your dark, psychological and dramatic masterpiece!”.

FilmHaus (Germany)

“A must watch film with excellent cinematography, cast and story wonderfully paired with great music”.

Oslo Independent Film Festival (Norway)

“Powerful directing and great performances turn into a groundbreaking indie film to watch”.

Toronto Film Channel Awards (Canada)

“Sin novedad is praised by critics and showered with awards. […] It’s easier said than done, but the truth is that Berzal de Miguel’s film accumulates eighty awards […]”.

Diario Jaén (Spain)

“This has been an exciting project, performed out of love from the entire team and primarily from Miguel Berzal de Miguel himself. Nowadays it shows admirable courage for such a young, talented director to do a whole project from the beginning, taking all the responsibility on himself. Besides, he is a genius at inventing social drama, creating and directing extreme characters through whom he gives life to common sentiments with a special sensitivity, without judgment, and out of love. It has been one of the loveliest experiences of my career”.

Esmeralda Moya (StarView Magazine)

“Sin novedad (No News, 2018): The evil of ordinary people. One of the most interesting films on the national scene in the last few years. One of those films about which any fan of quality cinema is talking. One of the most talented young European filmmakers. One of the jewels of our modern cinema”.

Madrid Diario (Spain)

Premiere:

National Premiere: Alicante International Film Festival 2018, Spain.

International Premiere: Bucharest Film Awards 2018, Romania.

Commercial Premiere: Cine Círculo de Bellas Artes 2018, Spain.

Awards (80):

Monthly winner of “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” at Around International Film Festival 2019, France.

Monthly winner of “Best Actor: Fernando Guillén Cuervo” and “Best Original Score: Javier Berzal de Miguel” at London Independent Film Awards 2019, United Kingdom.

Winner of “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” at Mediterranean Film Festival 2019, Italy.

Monthly winner of “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Actress: Silvia Espigado”, “Best Supporting Actor: Fernando Guillén Cuervo”, “Best Scenography: María Jesús de Miguel” and “Best Make-Up: María Jesús de Miguel”, Oniros Film Awards 2019, Italy.

Winner of “Best Music: Javier Berzal de Miguel” at Oklahoma Cine Latino Film Festival 2019, USA.

Monthly winner of “Best Foreign Language Film” at Gold Movie Awards 2019, United Kingdom.

Bimonthly winner of “Diamond Award. Best Actress in a Drama: Silvia Espigado”, “Platinum Award. Best Supporting Actor: Fernando Guillén Cuervo”, “Gold Award. Best Actor in a Drama: Ignacio Jiménez”, “Gold Award. Best Supporting Actress: Silvia Marsó” and “Gold Award. Best Voice Performance: Silvia Espigado” at Best Actor Award 2019, USA.

Monthly winner of “Best Feature Film” at Miami Independent Film Festival 2019, USA.

Winner of “Best Spanish Language Film” and “Best Lead Actress: Silvia Espigado” at South Europe International Film Festival 2019, Spain.

“Bronze Award for Best Feature Film”, “Silver Award for Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Silver Award for Best Actress: Silvia Espigado” and “Silver Award for Best Score: Javier Berzal de Miguel”, The European Independent Film Award 2019, USA.

Winner of “Best Actress: Silvia Espigado” at Festival de Cine de Marbella 2019, Spain.

Winner of “Bronze Medal. Original Score: Javier Berzal de Miguel” at Global Music Awards 2019, USA.

Winner of “Best Family Film” at Eurocinema Film Festival 2019, Switzerland.

Monthly winner of “Award of Excellence: Best Thriller”, “Award of Prestige: Best Indie Feature”, “Award of Prestige: Best Producer: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Award of Prestige: Best Supporting Actress: Esmeralda Moya”, “Award of Prestige: Best Original Score: Javier Berzal de Miguel”, “Award of Prestige: Best Original Story: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”; “Honorable Mention: Best Drama”, “Honorable Mention: Best Supporting Actor: Fernando Guillén Cuervo” and “Honorable Mention: Best Costume Design: María Jesús de Miguel” at Vegas Movie Awards 2019, USA.

Winner of “Fourth Award in Narrative Feature Competition” at United Latino Film Festival 2019, USA.

Winner of “Best Lead Actress: Silvia Espigado” and “Best Hair Make-Up & Body Design: María Jesús de Miguel” at West Europe International Film Festival 2019, Belgium.

Winner of “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” and “Best Actress: Silvia Espigado”, Oniros Film Awards 2019, Italy.

Monthly winner of “Best Actress: Silvia Espigado” at Under The Stars International Film Festival 2019, Italy.

Winner of “Best Feature Film”, “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Script: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Original Music: Javier Berzal de Miguel” and “Best Actress: Silvia Espigado” at Premios Latino 2019, Spain.

Monthly winner of “Best Feature” at Berlin Flash Film Festival 2019, Germany.

Winner of “Best Feature Film” at Annual Aarhus Film Festival 2019, Denmark.

Winner of “Best International Female Actor: Silvia Espigado” at Västerås Film Festival 2019, Sweden.

Winner of “Best Actress: Silvia Espigado” at Orlando Film Festival 2019, USA.

Winner of “Best First Time Feature Film” at FIC AUTOR, Mexico.

Winner of “Best Hair Make-Up & Body Design: María Jesús de Miguel” at East Europe International Film Festival 2019, Poland.

Winner of “Best Lead Actress: Silvia Espigado” at North Europe International Film Festival 2020, United Kingdom.

Winner of “Best Feature Film” at Buenos Aires International Film Festival 2020, Argentina.

Monthly winner of “Best Acting Performance: Silvia Espigado”, “Best Screenwriter: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Honorable Mention for Best Feature Film” and “Honorable Mention for Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, Košice International Film Festival 2020, Slovaquia.

Winner of “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” and “Silver Award for Best Film Budget under $ 250,000” at International New York Film Festival 2020, USA.

Monthly winner of “Best International Feature Film” at Cyrus International Monthly Film Festival of Toronto 2020, Canada.

Monthly winner of “Best Feature Film”, “Best Young Actor: Alejandro Garrido”, “Best Acting Duo: Silvia Espigado and Fernando Guillén Cuervo” at Rome International Movie Awards 2020, Italy.

Monthly winner of “Best Feature Film” and “Outstanding Achievement in Makeup/Hairstyling & SFX” at Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival 2020, United Kingdom.

Winner of “Best Drama Film of the year” at Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival 2020, United Kingdom.

Monthly winner of “Best Feature Film” at Cult Movies International Film Festival 2021, United Kingdom.

Monthly winner of “Best Actress: Silvia Espigado” at Chicago Indie Film Awards 2021, USA.

Bimonthly winner of “Outstanding Performance: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” and “Diamond Award. Best First Time Director of a Feature: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” at Best Director Award 2021, USA.

Monthly winner of “Best Drama”, “Best Lead Actress: Silvia Espigado”, “Best Supporting Actress: Esmeralda Moya” and “Best Costume Design: María Jesús de Miguel” at FilmHaus 2021, Germany.

Monthly winner of “Best International Feature Film” at Vancouver Independent Film Festival 2021, Canada.

Monthly winner of “Best Feature Film” at London International Monthly Film Festival 2021, United Kingdom.

Monthly winner of “Best Male Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” at Cult Movies International Film Festival 2021, United Kingdom.

Winner of “Best Narrative Feature” and “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” at Toronto Film Channel Awards 2021, Canada.

Nominations (85):

Finalist for “Best Feature Film”, “Best Costumes: María Jesús de Miguel” and “Best Soundtrack: Javier Berzal de Miguel”, Oniros Film Awards 2019, Italy.

Nominated for “Best Latino Feature Film”, “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Screenplay: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Actress: Silvia Espigado”, “Best Cinematography: Pablo Bürmann” and “Best Editing: Miguel Berzal de Miguel/ Victoria Lammers” at Oklahoma Cine Latino Film Festival 2019, USA.

Finalist for “Best Drama” at Annual Copenhagen Film Festival 2019, Denmark.

Nominated for “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Original Screenplay: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” and “Best Costume Design: María Jesús de Miguel” at South Europe International Film Festival 2019, Spain.

Finalist for “Best Drama Feature” at Stockholm Independent Film Festival 2019, Sweden.

Nominated for “Best Film”, “Best Feature Film”, “Best Lead Actor: Fernando Guillén Cuervo and Ignacio Jiménez” and “Best Visual Effects or Design” at Nice International Film Festival 2019 and part of Nice Film Market, France.

Nominated for “Best Film”, “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Original Screenplay: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Original Score: Javier Berzal de Miguel” and “Best Costume: María Jesús de Miguel” at West Europe International Film Festival 2019, Belgium.

Nominated for “Best Feature Narrative” and “Best Screenplay: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” at Festival Cinema NYC 2019, USA.

Nominated for “Best International Screenplay: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best International Directing: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” and “Best International Feature Film” at Västerås Film Festival 2019, Sweden.

Nominated for “Best Picture”, “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Cinematography: Pablo Bürmann” and “Best Trailer” at Orlando Film Festival 2019, USA.

Nominated for “Best Feature” at The Richard Harris International Film Festival 2019, Ireland.

Nominated for “Best Feature Film” at FIC AUTOR, Mexico.

Nominated for “Best Drama (Feature)” at Oslo Independent Film Festival 2019, Norway.

Nominated for “Best Feature Film”, “Best Supporting Actress: Silvia Marsó”, “Best Original Screenplay: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” and “Best Original Score: Javier Berzal de Miguel” at East Europe International Film Festival 2019, Poland.

Nominated for “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Cinematography: Pablo Bürmann”, “Best Lead Actress: Silvia Espigado” and “Best Lead Actor: Ignacio Jiménez” at London International Film Festival 2020, United Kingdom.

Nominated for “Best Original Screenplay: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Feature Film”, “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Supporting Actress: Silvia Marsó”, “Best Original Score: Javier Berzal de Miguel” and “Best Hair & Make-Up: María Jesús de Miguel” at North Europe International Film Festival 2020, United Kingdom.

Nominated for “Best Screenplay: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” and “Best Music Score/ Film Score: Javier Berzal de Miguel” at International New York Film Festival 2020, USA.

Nominated for “Best Lead Actress: Silvia Espigado”, “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” and “Best Spanish Film” at Madrid International Film Festival 2020, Spain.

Monthly nominated for “Best Film of the Competition”, “Best Foreign Film”, “Outstanding Achievement in Directing: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Pablo Bürmann”, “Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Silvia Espigado”, “Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Ignacio Jiménez” and “Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing” at Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival 2020, United Kingdom.

Finalist for “Best Screenplay: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” at Oslo Film Festival 2020, Norway.

Nominated for “Best Feature Film”, “Best Directing of the year: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Lead Actress of the year: Silvia Espigado”, “Best Supporting Actor of the year: Ignacio Jiménez” and “Best Cinematography of the year: Pablo Bürmann” at Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival 2020, United Kingdom.

Monthly finalist for “Best Trailer”, “Best Lead Actor: Ignacio Jiménez” and “Best Supporting Actor: Fernando Guillén Cuervo”. Monthly nominated for “Best Feature”, “Best Independent Film”, “Best Low-Budget Film”, “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Screenplay: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Production Design: Miguel Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Supporting Actress: Silvia Marsó”, “Best Original Score: Javier Berzal de Miguel”, “Best Make-Up & Special Effects: María Jesús de Miguel”, “Best Cinematography: Pablo Bürmann” and “Best Sound Design” at FilmHaus 2021, Germany.

Monthly finalist for “Best Actress: Silvia Espigado” and “Best Actor: Fernando Guillén Cuervo” at Cult Movies International Film Festival 2021, United Kingdom.

Monthly finalist at Seoul International Short Film Festival 2021, Korea.

Selections (67):

Selected at Rengo International Film Festival 2018, Chile.

Selected at International Independent Film Festival of Social Films “Atlantis Films Awards” 2018, Spain.

“Best Film”, “Best Actress: Silvia Espigado, Esmeralda Moya and Silvia Marsó” and “Best Actor: Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Ignacio Jiménez and Gonzalo de Castro” at Premios Forqué 2019, Spain.

Preselected at Ibiza International Film Festival Ibiza “IBIZACINEFEST” 2019, Spain.

19 candidatures Premios Goya 2019, Spain.

Selected at Festival Cine Latino Americano 2019, USA.

Semifinalist at Meraki Film Festival 2019, Germany.

Selected at L’Europe autour de L’Europe, France.

Selected at New York City Independent Film Festival 2019, USA.

Semifinalist at Near Nazareth Festival 2019, Israel.

Selected at Eurovision Palermo Film Festival 2019, Italy.

Semifinalist at EuropeNow Film Festival 2019, Spain.

Monthly selected at Dumbo Film Festival 2019, USA.

Semifinalist at Social World Film Festival 2019, Italy.

Monthly semifinalist for “Best Narrative Film” and “Best Director: Miguel Berzal de Miguel” at Vegas Movie Awards 2019, USA.

Semifinalist at Wolves Independent International Film Festival 2019, Lithuania.

Selected at California Independent Film Festival 2019, USA.

Semifinalist at Capital Filmmakers Festival Madrid 2019, Spain.

Selected at Festival International Cannes 2019, France.

Selected at Hispanic Culture Film Festival 2019, USA.

Selected at World Film Fair 2019, USA.

Selected at Louisville’s International Festival of Films 2019, USA.

Selected at Georgia International Latino Film Festival 2019, USA.

Selected at Washington Film Festival 2019, USA.

Selected at Polish International Film Festival 2019, Poland.

Semifinalist at Directors Cut International Film Festival 2019, Canada.

Semifinalist at I Filmmaker International Film Festival 2019, Spain.

Selected at Atlanta Award-Qualifying Film Festival 2019, USA.

Selected at Austria International Film Festival 2019, Austria.

Selected at Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Barcelona 2019, Spain.

Selected at Rome Film Awards 2019, Italy.

Selected at The Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2019, United Kingdom.

Preselected at Cinema New York City 2019, USA.

Selected at Malta Film Festival 2019, Malta.

Selected at Amsterdam World International Film Festival 2019, Netherlands.

Selected at Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Madrid 2019, Spain.

Selected at Los Angeles Global Entertainment Market 2019, USA.

Semifinalist at Gold Movie Awards 2019, United Kingdom.

Selected at Luleå International Film Festival 2020, Sweden.

Monthly semifinalist for “Best Narrative Feature” and “Best Composer: Javier Berzal de Miguel” at Chicago Indie Film Awards 2021, USA.

Monthly selected for “Best Independent Film” at Montreal Independent Film Festival 2021, Canada.