María Gandiaga
Acting
Biography
María Gandiaga began her career at the age of seven with the musical “Sonrisas y Lágrimas” by the production company SOM Produce. In 2017, she began her audiovisual career, participating in short films such as “Como si con la comida se pudiera repartir cariño,” “La Pared de Gotelé Más Bonita del Mundo,” and “Epílogo,” among others, while continuing her training in Performing and Cinematic Arts. In 2026, she made her debut in her first feature film, “Ruega por nosotras,” directed by Daniel Monzón.
Known For
In the mid-to-late 1970s, two young women from different social backgrounds meet inside the Patronato de Protección a la Mujer (Women’s Protection Board), a state-backed institution that confined thousands of women, many single mothers, in convents and boarding schools under the guise of moral 'reform'. Ana, a rebellious 19-year-old from Barcelona, is sent by her wealthy father to a Patronato facility overseen by the merciless Sister Socorro. Amid the harsh conditions, Ana forms a deep bond with Sole, a friendship tested by escape attempts, reprisals, and an ultimate sacrifice.
Pray for Us
A young man runs to try to get on the bus, he can't catch it so he has to wait for the next one; while he waits a girl accompanies him at the bus stop.
Epílogo
PROJECTIONS is about when we fall in love with someone unknown and we do everything we can to really get to know that person. For our protagonist, this approach will be to write a script for a young actress who plays an old Hollywood star with whom he is in love and doesn't really know anything.
Projections
Julia, a sotadora and adventure girl, travels to Conil for the most beautiful gotolo parod in the world. But when he arrives, he discovers that it is not the only beautiful thing about the place.
La pared de gotelé más bonita del mundo
At a family dinner, like any other, Luis finds himself reflecting on the passage of time and the love he has for his relatives.
Como si con la comida se pudiera repartir cariño
1111 arrives on Earth with a mission: to analyze the productivity of the human species. In doing so, it discovers something that wasn't in its database. An inexplicable pattern that rewrites its code.
Mem0r1a
A pre-teenager goes into the woods in order to escape from her overprotective parents. Once she experiences her longed-for freedom, she will have to discover if she has the necessary tools to survive on her own. Blanca is a girl full of innocence, she lives in her own world, in fact, one could say that she ventures to create it. However, separating fantasy from reality, illusion from necessity, will be the next challenge that our protagonist faces.