When Spanish actor-turned-director Aina Clotet received a call that her directorial feature debut “Viva” was shortlisted for Cannes ‘ prestigious Critics’ Week sidebar, she thought she was dreaming. When the selection confirmation call came a month later, she felt almost “dizzy” with disbelief. Clotet had already been to Cannes, albeit at a different festival: her first directorial effort, the series “This Is Not Sweden,” played at Canneseries in 2024, won Clotet best performance, and went on to achieve great success. But the film festival still felt like a distant goal to the actor. “Cannes has always been a dream for me as an actress, a dream I thought I may never achieve,” she tells Variety. “With this film, however, I thought I should try. I have an amazing team around me, and they were all big supporters of the film, people who were pushing me to do it even though the chances of getting in were small. When they called us to say we were shortlisted, it was already crazy.…