Pedro Olea's Tiempo De Tormenta is set to inaugurate the sixth annual Spanish Film Festival of Malaga (April 25-May 3).

Starring Maribel Verdu (Y Tu Mama Tambien) and Dario Grandinetti (Talk To Her), Tiempo will open the official competition section, which also includes the following 15 new Spanish films:

Dionisio Perez Galindo's El Regalo De Silvia (Lorelei Producciones/El Medano)
Pablo Berger's Torremolinos 73 (Telespan 2000)
Ramon de Espana's Haz Conmigo Lo Que Quieras (Star Line Productions)
Laura Mana's Palabras Encadenadas (Castelao/Filmax)
Josecho San Mateo's Diario De Un Becaria (Creaccion Films)
Antonio Mercero's Planta 4 (Bocaboca)
Bruno Lazaro Pacheco's It's For You (Arena Producciones/October Films)
Eloy de la Iglesia's Los Novios Bulgaros (Cartel/Altube/Filmeak/Cuervo Prod.)
Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego's Sobre El Arco Iris (CLG Producciones/Pentagrama)
Enrique Urbizu's La Vida Mancha (Tornasol)
Rafael Alcazar's Besos De Gato (Blue Legend Producciones/The Walt Disney Company)
Alvaro del Amo's Una Preciosa Puesta Del Sol (El Paso PC/Metrojavier)
Antonio Gimenez-Rico's Hotel Danubio (Enrique Cerezo/Nickelodeon)
Juan Martinez Moreno's Dos Tipos Duros (Zebra/Impala/Ensueno)
Antonio Cuadri's Eres Mi Heroe (Manufacturas Audiovisuales/Caligari Films) (closing film)

Sidebar competitions will be for short films and documentaries. The festival, which is sponsored by Antena 3 and Via Digital, will also host tributes to director Manuel Gutierrez Aragon and actor Imanol Arias, and a posthumous homage to director Juan Antonio Bardem.

Industry-oriented activities include the third annual editions of the Market Screenings of Spanish films for international buyers, and documentary market Mercadoc.