This Friday, July 3rd, arrives in theaters Magellan, the new film by Filipino Lav Diaz, one of the most radical directors of contemporary auteur cinema. The film, starring Mexican actor Gael García Bernal, narrates, from the perspective of the colonized peoples, the adventures of the Spanish expedition to the East that the Portuguese navigator Fernão de Magalhães led in 1519. It is an international co-production, winner of the Seminci of Valladolid in 2025, which has the participation of the producer by Albert Serra, Andergraun Films.

Cinema is an art form created by a team, and although directors often get most of the spotlight, a good film requires a team of highly trained professionals all pulling in the same direction. Films by Albert Serra. Self-taught and with a profoundly artistic vision, Tort amazed audiences and critics with his spectacular work in the cinema. Pacification (2022) and, following this milestone, which earned him a César Award in France, have recently contacted artists of the stature of singer Björk and filmmaker Lav Diaz. With the former, he recorded the concert Cornucopia, which was shown in theaters last May and, with the second, he directed the photography and edited the film. Magellan, starring actor Gael García Bernal, premiered at Cannes this year.