‘Conclave’ Director Edward Berger, Matthew Libatique to Be Feted at Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival — SkimNews
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- Edward Berger will receive the Evolution Vision Award, with the festival hosting a screening of Cannes Best Director winner "Fatherland" (directed by Paweł Pawlikowski and produced by Berger) followed by a conversation between Berger and producer Jeanne Tremsal.
- Matthew Libatique, a triple Oscar nominee and frequent Darren Aronofsky collaborator, will receive the Cinematography Icon Award as its fifth recipient and give an Icon Talk plus a roundtable discussion on cinematography.
- Iris Berben will be presented with the inaugural Evolution Icon Award at the Oct. 28 opening gala, with the festival also highlighting her 2010–2019 tenure as President of the German Film Academy.
- Marc Clotet will preside over this year's jury, returning to the festival 15 years after appearing in its inaugural 2012 edition with Benito Zambrano's "The Sleeping Voice."
- The Made in Baleares section will feature 32 projects — 17 short films, 7 features, 5 documentary shorts, and 3 student shorts — reflecting what organizers call the rising ambition of the Balearic audiovisual sector.
- The festival will expand into the municipality of Calvià, whose Year of Cinema designation in 2026 frames the move as a vehicle to reduce tourism seasonality and attract high-quality productions to the island.
Why it matters: The 15th edition consolidates Evolution Mallorca's standing as a European festival able to land Oscar-tier talent (Berger, Libatique), while the Calvià expansion and a 32-project Made in Baleares slate signal a deliberate pivot toward year-round regional industry development beyond the festival's screening calendar. Marc Clotet's jury presidency — 15 years after his inaugural-edition appearance — underlines the event's pitch to filmmakers as a long-term home, not a one-off stop.
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