BARCELONA FILM FEST 2027 calls for film entries
The deadline for submitting official forms is January 29th, 2027
The Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival (BCN FILM FEST) has opened, via its official website (www.bcnfilmfest.com), the film submission period for its tenth edition, which will take place from April 15th to 22nd 2027. The deadline for submitting films via the official forms is January 29th, 2027. The BCN FILM FEST selection committee will determine which films will be included in the festival’s final line-up.
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The latest edition, welcomed over 23,000 attendees. In recent years, we have been visited by international stars such as Willem Dafoe, Richard Gere, Ralph Fiennes, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, Omar Sy or Johnny Depp, as well as iconic directors such as Wim Wenders, Oliver Stone or Richard Linklater, amongst others. We have also been visited by figures from the Spanish film industry, including José Luis Garci, Albert Serra, J.A. Bayona, Fernando Trueba, Belén Rueda, Laia Costa, Emma Vilarasau, Emma Suárez, Victoria Luengo or Eduard Fernández, amongst many others.
BCN FILM FEST accepts submissions for its Official Section (In Competition and Out of Competition), as well as for its parallel sections Cinema amb Gràcia and Zona Oberta. Preferred films selected for the Official Section are literary adaptations, productions based on historical events, or biopics about prominent figures. Films in the Official Section compete for the Best Film Award, ACCEC Critics’ Award, La Vanguardia Award for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, and Castell de Peralada Festival Award for Best Music.
In the last edition of the Festival, Fatih Akin’s “Amrum” won Best Film Award and Damiano Michieletto for “Primavera” won Best Director Award.
The festival also features parallel non-competitive sections. Cinema amb Gràcia showcases a selection of comedies from around the world. On the other hand, Zona Oberta is a section dedicated to films of special interest that, due to their particular characteristics, enrich the festival’s programming even though they do not meet the criteria for inclusion in the competitive sections.
