Málaga’s Maff: Stars from Alberto Ammann to Catalina Sopelana and a Wave of Compelling First Feature Female Directors

Featuring projects with “Narcos’” Alberto Ammann and “The Eternaut” star Cesar Troncoso, plus Catalina Sopelana, who broke out in “The Crystal Cuckoo” and “The Gardener,” and Jaime Vadell, Pinochet in Pablo Larráin’s “The Count,” the Málaga Festival Fund & Co Production Event (Maff), packs an unprecedented star punch.

Featuring as part of the Málaga Festival’s Mafiz industry zone, Maff’s star wattage also bears testimony to the creation of a worldwide Spanish-language star system by global streamers, led by Netflix.

Directors of Maff projects take in Matías Bize (“The Life of Fish”), “I’m Gilda” helmer Lorena Muñoz and Javier Polo, who made a splash at SXSW with the faux naif, pastel color-popping mockumentary hybrid “The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo.” Producers include Cindy Teperman at Ct Producciones, part of Infinity Hill, behind “Argentina, 1985” and Mostra Cine, which produced “The Freshly Cut Grass” with Martin Scorsese and Ozcar Ramírez at Mexico’s Arte Mecánica,…