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Queer Horror Explored in ECAM Incubator Title ‘The Unmoving Hands’
"The Unmoving Hands," a queer horror thriller by Barcelona-based director Victor Diago, has been selected as one of five projects for the Madrid Film School (ECAM) Incubator, a prestigious Spanish development programme. The film explores themes of desire, love and predatory power dynamics, framed as a supernatural allegory of late capitalism within Barcelona's El Raval neighbourhood.
The narrative follows Hector, who procures young men for his 140-year-old father known as the Doctor, who sustains himself through their vital energy—a dynamic Diago deliberately presents without clear moral boundaries between predators and victims. The project has progressed through several international development forums, secured backing from Spanish streaming platform Filmin, and will feature an international cast performing in Catalan, Spanish, French and Arabic. Producers are seeking co-production partners and additional funding from regional and national television sources, and are developing a short film as proof of concept and to help finance the feature.
In short
- Queer horror film selected for prestigious Madrid Film School incubator programme
- Explores power dynamics as allegory of late capitalism in Barcelona's El Raval district
- Project advancing with international cast and Spanish streaming platform backing
Explained simply
ECAM, the Madrid Film School, runs an incubator that helps filmmakers develop projects. Barcelona’s El Raval, where this story is set, is a densely populated neighbourhood with a long history of migration and social change.
In “The Unmoving Hands”, director Victor Diago uses supernatural horror to explore desire, love and unequal power. Hector brings young men to his 140-year-old father, known as the Doctor, who draws on their life force; the film is described as leaving the boundary between victim and predator unclear.
The project is planned as a multilingual film, with dialogue in Catalan, Spanish, French and Arabic. Filmin, a Spanish streaming platform, is backing it, while its producers are seeking further partners and funding to develop the feature.