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Rains Over Babel

Llueve Sobre Babel

Directed by Gala del Sol

2025

Drama , Fantasy , LGBTQ+

113 min

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Colombia Spain United States

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Spanish

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Synopsis

Today marks the end of Dante's contract with La Flaca, death personified. As Dante starts recalling who he was before he died, he aids Monet, a ghost desperate to return to his body before it decomposes.
Caught between his orthodox upbringing and his passion for drag, Jacob faces the ultimate test as he prepares for his debut performance. But keeping secrets from his devout parents threatens to derail his dreams.
To save his father's life, Timbí travels through the circles of hell accompanied by Uma, a gypsy determined to settle a bet with La Flaca to save her dying daughter's life.
El Boticaro, the devil himself, and Erato, a fallen angel, act as the omniscient narrators of this world. Against this backdrop, the lives of these characters intertwine at the mythical bar Babel, one night where the living and the dead collide.

Festival Selections

Sundance 2025, Next.

International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2025, Bright Future

International Releases

Only Festivals and Non-Theatrical Rights.

Sales Rights: Latido Films.

Festivals

2025

  • Thessaloniki Documentary Festival | Open Horizons •
  • New York Latino Film Festival | •
  • Helsinki International Film Festival | •
  • Reeling Film Festival - The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival | Best Narrative Feature •
  • Festival do Rio | Midnight Movies •
  • Bogotá International Film Festival | Colombia Viva •
  • ImageOut LGBTQ+ film festival | Official Competition •
  • Fantasmagoría. Festival de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de Medellín | Colombia es Fantastica •
  • Festival Internacional de Cine de Cali | National Competition •
  • Savannah Film Festival | Narrative Feature •
  • Molodist Kyiv Film Festival | Midnight Special •
  • Vancouver Queer Film Festival | •
  • Leeds International Film Festival | Feature Film Competition •
  • Ljubljana International Film Festival | Feature Film Competition •
  • International Film Festival of India | World Cinema
  • Everybody's Perfect - Geneva International Queer Film Festival
  • TVL Fest | Feature Film Festival
  • Miradas Medellin
  • Cinema Nights en Cinemateca Bogota
  • Film Pittsburgh - Three Rivers Film Festival | Best International Feature Award
  • GALA Film Fest
  • Riviera International Film Festival | •
  • International Film Festival of Rotterdam | Bright Future •
  • Festival de Málaga | Concurso Zonazine •
  • Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival | New Directors Awards Competition •
  • Miami Film Festival | Jordan Ressler First Feature Competition •
  • Wicked Queer - Boston's LGBTQ+ Film Festival | •
  • Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival | White Raven Competition & Critics Selection Competition •
  • Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival | Fantasy of the Year •
  • San Francisco International Film Festival | Cine Latino Competition •
  • Outshine Film Festival | Out of the Box •
  • Festival Internacional de Cine de las Palmas del Gran Canaria | Panorama España • Best Feature
  • Sundance Film Festival | Next •
  • Inside Out Toronto Lgbtq Film Festival | •
  • Cine Las Americas International Film Festival | Closing film •
  • Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival | •
  • ZED - Festival Internazionale Videodanza | •
  • Sofia Pride Film Fest | •
  • Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara | Premio Maguey •
  • Transilvania International Film Festival | •
  • Connecticut Lgbtq Film Festival | •
  • East Village Queer Film festival | Openning Film •

2026

  • Queer Screen's Mardi Gras Film Festival
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About the Director

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Gala del Sol

Gala del Sol is a Spanish-Colombian director, screenwriter and producer born in 1996, whose stories revolve around fantastic realism and have a punk aesthetic with a tropical twist. She was a finalist for the Student Academy Awards with her short film Transient Passengers (2018), her thesis from Chapman University. Rains Over Babel (2025) is her debut feature film, set to have its World Premiere at Sundance 2025 in the NEXT category and its International Premiere at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam in the Bright Future section. She’s currently developing her next two features, Moonchild and Ascension.

Filmography

Cast & Crew

Cast:
Jhon Narváez (Don Alfonso,) John Alex Castillo (Gian Salai,) Felipe Aguilar Rodríguez (Dante,) Santiago Pineda Prado (Boticario,) Jose Mojica (Tambí,) Sofía Buenaventura (Erato,) Saray Rebolledo (La Flaca,) William Hurtado (Jacob,) Johan Zapata (Monet,) Celina Biurrun (Uma,) Jacobo Velez (El Callegüeso)
Script:
Gala del Sol
Cinematographer:
Sten Tadashi Olson
Editor:
Gala del Sol
Sound design & mix:
Gerry Vazquez MPSE, James Parnell
Music:
Martín de Lima
Producer:
H.A. Hermida, Andrés Hermida, Ana Cristina Gutiérrez, Natalia Rendón Rodríguez, Isabela Hermida, Gala del Sol
Production Company:
Gala del Sol Films, Fabrica Mundi

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