[2] The guest of honor was Fernando Fernán Gómez, and the retrospective was dedicated to Montxo Armendariz.

In 2017, the festival developed an additional scope by opening to Ibero-American productions,[5] resulting into an enlarged official selection.

[6] In 2018, director Juan Antonio Vigar made a statement about the challenge of setting March as the definitive date for the festival from the 2019 edition onward.

[10] Malaga Festival Fund & Co Production Event was created to strengthen the connections between Latin American and European feature film producers.

In addition the festival hosts panel discussions and round-tables on topics of current interest in Spanish cinema.