COOL BOOKS
Andres Salmoyraghi, Rafael López Saubidet
Schedule
Wednesday 11 - 12:00 - Multicines Rosaleda - Room 1 *Access for international buyers and festival programmers only.
Country Spain
Genre Comedy
Year 2026
Running Time 88 min
Screenplay Rafael López Saubidet, Ricardo Uhagon Vivas
Cinematography Christos Voudouris
Music Ezequiel Flehner
Editing David López
Cast Marcel Borràs, Silma López, Lorenzo Ferro, Adelfa Calvo, Julián Villagrán, Secun De La Rosa
International Sales Film Factory Entertainment
Contact alexandra@filmfactory.es
Synopsis

Hilario, a struggling forty-year-old writer, spends his days between a bookshop and an online writing class as his novel faces constant rejection. A chance encounter one night disrupts his routine and opens the door to unexpected change.

Andres Salmoyraghi, Rafael López Saubidet

Andrés Salmoyraghi and Rafael López Saubidet are Argentine directors with extensive careers in advertising and fiction. Salmoyraghi, currently based in Madrid, started as an agency producer before directing award-winning work recognized at Cannes (Young Directors Award), The One Show, and El Ojo de Iberoamérica. López Saubidet, who studied filmmaking in New York, has won two Golden Lions at Cannes and recently directed episodes of the series Community Squad (División Palermo). Together, they co-directed the United by a Tenth short films and the upcoming feature Cool Books.

Filmography

DirecTV Mundial: Viejos (video, 2009)
Mercedes-Benz: It's Time (video, 2018)
United by a Tenth (Unidos por un décimo) (series of short films, 2019)
Community Squad (División Palermo) (TV series, 2025)
Cool Books (feature film, 2025)

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