Iván & Hadoum

Iván & Hadoum
Directed byIan de la Rosa
Starring
  • Silver Chicón
  • Herminia Loh
Production
companies
  • Avalon
  • Pecado Films
  • Vayolet
  • Iván & Hadoum AIE
  • Port au Prince
  • Saga Film
Distributed byAvalon
Release date
Countries
  • Spain
  • Germany
  • Belgium

Iván & Hadoum is an upcoming romantic drama film directed by Ian de la Rosa starring Silver Chicón and Herminia Loh. It is a Spanish-German-Belgian co-production.

Plot

A worker in a greenhouse of the province of Almería, trans man Iván, falls for Moroccan-Spanish co-worker Hadoum, but a promotion upends their relationship.[1][2]

Cast

  • Silver Chicón[3]
  • Herminia Loh[3]

Production

The project won the €20,000 Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at the 2023 Berlinale Co-Production Market.[3] The film, de la Rosa's directorial debut feature, is a Spanish-German-Belgian co-production by Avalon (Stefan Schmitz and Emilia Fort), Pecado Films (Jose Alba and Odile Antonio-Baez), Vayolet (Carlotta Schiavon) and Iván & Hadoum AIE alongside Port au Prince (Roshanak Khodabakhsh and Jan Krüger) and Saga Film (Flavia Biurrun and Hubert Toint).[4] It also received backing from RTVE, Canal Sur, Movistar Plus+, ZDF/ARTE, BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance, ICAA, Junta de Andalucía, ICEC, Creative Europe MEDIA, Eurimages, and ICO.[4]

Shooting locations in the province of Almería included the neighborhood of Barranquete (Níjar).[5] In July 2025, filming was reported to have already wrapped.[2]

Release

Avalon secured Spanish distribution rights.[6]

The film will have its world premiere in the 'Panorama' section of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "'Iván & Hadoum', ópera prima de Ian de la Rosa, se estrenará en el Festival del Berlín". rtve.es. 17 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Ian de la Rosa finaliza el rodaje de su primer largometraje: 'Iván & Hadoum', una coproducción de España, Alemania y Bélgica". Audiovisual451. 18 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b c San Martín, Miriam (17 December 2025). "'Iván & Hadoum', de Ian de la Rosa, se estrenará en la sección Panorama de la Berlinale 2026". Kinótico.
  4. ^ a b "'Iván & Hadoum', ópera prima de Ian de la Rosa, se estrenará en la sección Panorama de la 76ª edición de la Berlinale". Audiovisual451. 17 December 2025.
  5. ^ Martínez, Diego (25 June 2025). "Ian de la Rosa rueda 'Iván & Hadoum' en la zona de Barranquete". Diario de Almería. Grupo Joly.
  6. ^ De Pablos, Emiliano (26 September 2022). "'Alcarràs' Producer Avalon Backs Ana Asensio's 'Goat Girl,' Ian de la Rosa's 'Iván & Hadoum' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  7. ^ Barraclough, Leo (17 December 2025). "Berlin Film Festival Unveils First Films to Screen in Panorama Section". Variety.