Schoolgirls (film)

Schoolgirls
Film poster
SpanishLas niñas
Directed byPilar Palomero
Written byPilar Palomero
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDaniela Cajías
Edited bySofia Escudé
Music byCarlos Naya
Production
companies
  • Inicia Films
  • BTeam Prods
Distributed byBTeam Pictures
Release dates
  • 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) (Berlinale)
  • 4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) (Spain)
Running time
97 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget€1.2 million
Box office€0.6 million

Schoolgirls (also known as The Girls; Spanish: Las niñas) is a 2020 Spanish coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Pilar Palomero, starring Andrea Fandos and Natalia de Molina.

The film won the Goya Award for Best Film, along with Best New Director and Best Original Screenplay for Palomero, and Best Cinematography for Daniela Cajías, from a total of nine nominations, at the 35th Goya Awards. Cajías became the first woman to win the Cinematography Goya. At the 8th Feroz Awards, the film won Best Drama Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay from a total of six nominations.