Annual Top Films Lists

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #114. Elena Martín’s Creatura

Published on January 11, 2023

Creatura

Barcelonian actress turned filmmaker Elena Martín (who was among the Spain Stars of Tomorrow 2022) brought her sophomore film project to San Sebastian Film Festival’s creative lab Ikusmira Berriak and the reason why this is high up on our list is: she co-wrote the project alongside Clara Roquet. A tale about the sexual and relationship history of a young woman, Creatura stars Martín, Clara Segura, Oriol Pla and Alex Brendemühl. This was produced by Lastor, Vilaüt Films, Avalon and Elastica Films. Martín got her feature film start with 2017 drama Júlia ist. Production took place in August of last year.

Gist: This is about the sexual awakening of a woman who starts to reconsider her past and her relationships.

Release Date/Prediction: This could land in Locarno or Venice with a likely showing in San Sebastian.

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).