In February 2024, Aunque es de noche received the Goya award for Best Fiction short.
[2] La Cañada Real, Europe's largest slum on the outskirts of Madrid, has been without electricity for over a year.
Aunque es de noche made its world debut at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival Official competition and has since received positive reviews.
Miriam Voigt described it in TalkingShorts as a "coming of age (which) becomes a metaphysical quest for reassurance",[3] while Closeupculture cites it as their 7th best short film of 2023.
[4] In their review of Cannes 2023 short film competition, Laurence Boyce highlighted in Cineuropa "the rawness and despair (of the film), balanced out by a vein of genuine tenderness in this evocation of friendship and the need to escape",[5] whereas Marina Richter said Aunque es de noche "leaves a deep impression on viewers with its richness of imagery, authentic dialogues and life-near situations".