Sleepless City
2025 film
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Sleepless City (Spanish: Ciudad sin sueño) is a 2025 drama film directed by Guillermo Galoe, and co-written by Galoe and Víctor Alonso-Berbel. A Spanish and French co-production, it was shot and set in the Cañada Real shanty town near Madrid.
- Guillermo Galoe
- Víctor Alonso-Berbel
- Marina García López
- Marisa Fernández Armenteros
- Manu Calvo
- Alex Lafuente
- Damien Megherbi
- Justin Pechberty
- Anne-Dominique Toussaint
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| Spanish | Ciudad sin sueño |
| Directed by | Guillermo Galoe |
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| Cinematography | Rui Poças |
| Edited by | Victoria Lammers |
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| Language | Spanish |
The film had its world premiere in the Critics' Week section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2025 ahead of its theatrical release in France by Pan Distribution on 3 September 2025 and in Spain on 21 November 2025 by BTeam Pictures.
Plot
Cast
Production
Sleepless City was produced by Sintagma Films (Marina García López), Buenapinta Media (Marisa Fernández Armenteros), Encanta Films (Manuel Calvo), Bteam Prods (Álex Lafuente), Les Valseurs (Damien Megherbi and Justin Pechberty), and Les Films des Tournelles (Anne-Dominique Toussaint).[3] Rui Poças worked as cinematographer.[1] The film was shot in Cañada Real.[1]
Release
The film had its world premiere at the Critics' Week section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2025.[2][4] It was also programmed at the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival and the 70th Valladolid International Film Festival.[5][6]
Distributed by Pan Distribution,[7] it was released theatrically in France on 3 September 2025.[8]
Sleepless City received a screening in an outdoor cinema set up in the sector 6 of the Cañada Real on 11 October 2025.[9] BTeam Pictures is set to release the film in Spanish theatres on 21 November 2025.[10][11]
Reception
Jonathan Holland of ScreenDaily described the film as "vibrant, melancholy and immersive", otherwise carrying "a universal message about loss, resilience and hope that deserves to open eyes further affield".[12]
Adam Solomons of IndieWire gave Sleepless City a 'B+' rating deeming it to be "an excellent film" while also declaring Toni and Chule's relationship "a provocative insight into an ideological schism at the heart of a community".[13]
The film won the Golden Punt Jury award at the 2025 Cambridge Film Festival. [14]
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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40th Goya Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Guillermo Galoe, Víctor Alonso-Berbel | Nominated | [15] |
| Best New Actor | Antonio "Toni" Fernández Gabarre | Won | |||
| Best Cinematography | Rui Poças | Nominated | |||
| Best Production Supervision | Antonello Novellino | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Victoria Lammers | Nominated |
