Sleepless City
2025 film
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.
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
The life of 13-year-old Toni is shattered after his family is given an eviction notice and he learns that his friend Said is leaving La Cañada for good.
Cast
Antonio Fernández Gabarre
Bilal Sedraoui
Jesús Fernández Silva
Luis Bertolo
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). Rui Poças worked as cinematographer. The film was shot in Cañada Real.
Release
The film had its world premiere at the Critics' Week section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2025. It was also programmed at the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival and the 70th Valladolid International Film Festival.
Distributed by Pan Distribution, it was released theatrically in France on 3 September 2025.
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