5 More Minutes

5 More Minutes
Teaser poster
Spanish5 minutos más
Directed byJavier Ruiz Caldera
Written byBerto Romero
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySergi Vilanova Claudín
Edited byAlberto de Toro
Music byClara Aguilar
Production
companies
Distributed byFilmax
Release dates
  • September 2026 (2026-09) (Zinemaldia)
  • 22 January 2027 (2027-01-22) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

5 More Minutes (Spanish: 5 minutos más) is an upcoming Spanish fantasy comedy[1] film directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera and written by Berto Romero, who also stars alongside Belén Cuesta and Javier Cámara.

Plot

As a couple in crisis move to a house in the countryside to spend a weekend of rural tourism, they become trapped in a 5-minute time loop after the tourism company agent hands them the keys.[2]

Cast

Production

In January 2025, the film was announced as a project written and starred by Berto Romero and directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera during a Movistar Plus+ event presenting their slate of original films set to enter production in 2025.[4] The film was produced with El Terrat (The Mediapro Studio) and Ikiru Films.[2][3] Edmon Roch, Laura Fernández Espeso, Berto Romero, and Javier Méndez, as well as Movistar Plus+'s Guillermo Farré and Fran Araújo took over production duties, while Clara Valle entered as executive producer.[2] In October 2025, shooting was reported to have begun in the province of Girona.[5]

Release

The film is set to have its world premiere at the 74th San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2026.[6] For its international premiere, it was programmed at Fantastic Fest 2026.[7] Filmax will distribute the film in Spanish theatres.[3] It is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 22 January 2027.[8] Filmax also acquired international sales rights.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cinco minutos más". Filmax. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Izquierdo, Ernesto (9 October 2025). "'Cinco minutos más', la película escrita por Berto Romero, ya ha comenzado a rodarse". La Opinión de Zamora. Prensa Ibérica.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Sánchez Sequera, Marco (7 October 2025). "Movistar Plus+ rueda 'Cinco minutos más', nueva película de El Terrat e Ikiru Films escrita y protagonizada por Berto Romero". Audiovisual451.
  4. ↑ "Movistar Plus+ apuesta por el cine español en sus proyectos originales para 2025". Camera & Light Mag. 23 January 2025.
  5. ↑ León, Karla (10 October 2025). "Inicia el rodaje de Cinco minutos más, con Javier Cámara y Belén Cuesta". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. ↑ Fernández, Luis; Aguirre, Julieta. "Mikel Gurrea, Roberto Bueso y Javier Ruiz Caldera competirán por la Concha de Oro del Festival de San Sebastián 2026". Kinótico (in European Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Zilko, Christian (18 August 2026). "Fantastic Fest Unveils 2026 Lineup Headlined by 'Resident Evil,' 'Carrie,' and 'Wild Horse Nine'". IndieWire.
  8. ↑ "5 minutos más". Filmax (in European Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Hopewell, John (12 November 2025). "Berto Romero's 'Five More Minutes,' From Movistar Plus+, The Mediapro Studio, Pounced on by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.