Sections Edition 2026

DRAMA
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGES: SPANISH, CATALAN, ARABIC
COLOR · 84 MIN.

Ayman, a teenager of Moroccan origin, is invited to a birthday party at the house where his mother works as a domestic worker. Together with his lifelong friends, Eric and Rober, he embarks on a journey to the upper part of Barcelona,a journey full of conflicts that will threaten to break their friendship.

THRILLER
FRANCE · 2025
LANGUAGES: FRENCH
COLOR · 128 MIN.

Jan Bojarski, a young Polish engineer, takes refuge in France during the war. There, he uses his skills to produce forged documents during the German occupation. After the war, he finds himself limited to small, poorly paid jobs… until the day a gangster proposes that he use his exceptional talents to counterfeit banknotes.

HISTORICAL DRAMA
GERMANY· 2025
LANGUAGE: GERMAN
COLOR · 93 MIN.

During the spring of 1945 on the German island of Amrum, the end of World War II is in the air. In the absence of his father, twelve-year-old Nannig is forced to help his mother search for food so that his family can survive. The boy relies on his friendship with Hermann to support him through difficult times. However, as the long-awaitd peace arrives, unforeseen challenges emerge, compelling Nannig to chart his own course through the turbulent waters of the postwar era.

DRAMA
CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA · 2025
LANGUAGES: CZECH, SLOVAK
COLOR · 104 MIN.

Thirteen-year-old Karolina gets the opportunity to join an elite choir, where she will sing alongside her sister and other world-renowned girls. Her undeniable talent soon catches the attention of the demanding choir director, who shapes her dreams while dark undercurrents emerge within this competitive musical world.

HISTORICAL DRAMA 
JAPAN, UNITED KINGDOM, POLAND, SINGAPUR · 2025
LANGUAGES: JAPANESE, ENGLISH
COLOR · 123 MIN.

Nikki, a British-Japanese aspiring writer, plans to write a book based on her mother Etsuko’s memories, hoping to reconstruct her past. Haunted by the suicide of her eldest daughter, Etsuko recalls her experiences from the early 1950s, when she lived in the Japanese city of Nagasaki before emigrating to the United Kingdom. Facing her mother’s memories will be a significant challenge for Nikki.

DOCUMENTARY
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGES: SPANISH, CATALAN
COLOR· 103 MIN

After writing Nada at just 23 years old, Carmen Laforet’s career seemed to promise a long trajectory of success.  However, this did not turn out to be the reality. Her later scarce and discreet bibliography is often attributed to limited literary output, but nothing could be further from the truth. It was her liberal and rebellious ideas that were silenced for straying from the established script. 

HISTORICAL DRAMA, BIOPIC 
ITALY, FRANCE · 2025
LANGUAGES: ITALIAN, FRENCH
COLOR · 110 MIN.

Cecilia is a gifted violinist living in 18th-century Venice who, at twenty years old, remains confined within the orphanage of the Pietá. Her life takes a dramatic turn when she meets Antonio Vivaldi, a brilliant and ambitious composer who becomes her new violin teacher. Under his mentorship and through his music, the young woman finds the courage to challenge the fate that once seemed inevitable.

DRAMA
UNITED STATES, TAIWAN· 2025
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, CHINESE
COLOR · 97 MIN.

In the San Gabriel valley of California, a mother suffering from a serious illness is forced to take desperate measures when she discovers her teenage son’s obsessions and violent impulses. In this portrait of a Chinese American family, the woman must race against time to protect not only Joe, but everyone around him.

DRAMA, COMEDY
NORWAY · 2025
LANGUAGES: NORWEGIAN, ENGLISH. FINNISH
COLOR· 99 MIN

Edith is a curious forty-year-old journalist who decides to become a single mother through a sperm-donation process. However, the challenges turn out to be more overwhelming than she expected, and she begins to fear she may not be enough for her child. When the donor’s identity is unexpectedly revealed, Edith decides to seek him out under the pretext of offering him a job  interview, an act that upends her emotions, as well as those of everyone around her. 

DRAMA
UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES· 2025
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH
COLOR · 113 MIN.

In a United Kingdom ravaged by the First World War, Dr. Henry Guthrie takes over the leadership of a British choir that has lost most of its members after they were drafted into the army. The community will soon discover the power of music in the face of the terrible chaos of war.

DRAMA
SPAIN, UNITED STATES· 2025
LANGUAGES: CASTELLÀ
COLOR · 90 MIN.

An unexpected encounter between two women in a public restroom sparks a road trip from Spain to Portugal. This impulsive escape ultimately becomes a revealing experience that shakes the protagonists to their core.

THRILLER
SAUDI ARABIA · 2025
LANGUAGES: ARABIC
COLOR· 100 MIN

The lifeless body of a teenage girl is discovered in the desert. When no one comes forward to claim her, fearing the shame it could bring upon their family, a rookie investigator with a passion for true crime becomes obsessively involved. Despite her superiors’ desire to close the case and the resistance of a society where women have learned to hide to ensure their safety, the young woman is determined to identify the body and uncover the truth.

ROMANTIC COMEDY, FANTASY
FRANCE · 2026
LANGUAGES: FRENCH
COLOR · 96 MIN.

Elsa is forty years old and has lost all hope in love. Her unusual and hidden gift, the ability to see and talk to the dead, has driven her into solitude and into burying herself in her work. That’s when Oscar appears, a man who doesn’t know he’s dead.

DRAMA
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGES: CATALAN
COLOR · 96 MIN.

Cris, an elite runner, suffers a psychotic break that forces her to step away from high-level competition. Not everyone around her will know how to help, but Natàlia, her sister, becomes her refuge, helping her come to terms with her condition and redefine her pace of life.

DRAMA, BIOPIC
ITALY, FRANCE· 2025
LANGUAGES: ITALIAN
COLOR · 122 MIN.

At the age of 60, legendary Italian actress Eleonora Duse astonishes the world with her return to the stage after the First World War and amid the rise of fascism. The brutality of historical events drives her to cling to the possibility of a utopia, turning her art into a revolutionary act, even at the expense of her health and well-being.

DRAMA
GREECE, SPAIN, NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM · 2025
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, SPANISH, GREEK
COLOR · 103 MIN.

In the late 1970s, Greek businessman Markos Timoleon celebrates his daughter Sofia’s 25th birthday on a paradisiacal private island. However, a series of events and unexpected visitors will threaten both his million‑dollar empire and the very foundations of his existence.

DOCUMENTARY
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGES: SPANISH
COLOR · 108 MIN.

A review of the career of Hombres G, the musical band that defined an entire generation. Through unreleased material, a contemporary perspective, and the interplay between past and present, an intimate portrait of the group is created, celebrating 40 years of friendship, music, and boundless energy.

DRAMA
FRANCE· 2025
LANGUAGES: FRENCH
COLOR · 134 MIN.

One late summer, Clémence tells her ex‑husband that she is in romantic relationships with women. Her life is turned upside down when he is granted custody of the child they share. Clémence must fight to remain a mother, a woman, and a free woman.

HISTORICAL DRAMA, BIOPIC, ADVENTURE
PHILIPPINES, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, FRANCE, TAIWAN · 2025
LANGUAGES: PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH, SPANISH, CEBUAN
COLOR · 156 MIN.

In the midst of the Spanish colonization of the 16th century, and faced with King Manuel I of Portugal’s refusal, Ferdinand Magellan persuaded the Spanish Crown to finance his expedition to the East Indies. After a harsh and lengthy journey, they reached the Malay archipelago, where he became obsessed with conquest and conversion.

THRILLER
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGES: SPANISH, CATALAN
COLOR · 89 MIN.

Mallorca, 2007. Chusa is the powerful matriarch of Son Canal, a village at the heart of the island’s drug trade. A real estate project threatens her power and her empire. Her niece, Nela, newly released from prison, uncovers a dark secret about Chusa that endangers her loyalty. As the violence escalates, Nela has only two choices: loyalty or freedom.

HISTORICAL DRAMA
PALESTINE, UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, DENMARK, NORWAY, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA, JORDAN · 2026
LANGUAGES: ARABIC, ENGLISH
COLOR · 115 MIN.

In 1936, as the British Empire tightens its control over Palestine, Yusuf finds himself caught between his homeland and his work in Jerusalem. Amid an anti-colonial uprising and Jewish refugees fleeing European persecution, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region, witnessed by Khulodo, a journalist committed to her people and her identity as a woman.

DRAMA
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGES: SPANISH
COLOR · 94 MIN.

María, an inexperienced school psychologist, senses that beneath the apparent happiness of an 8-year-old boy who has just started at the school, a secret with unpredictable consequences is hidden. To uncover it, she must decipher what Guille’s mind expresses through his drawings and, moreover, overcome his father’s stubbornness.

COMEDY
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGES: SPANISH
COLOR · 97 MIN.

When Toni Lomas took part in a successful talent show, luck seemed to be on his side. However, he now finds himself in a desperate situation. To resolve it, a past love connects him with Junior, the son of a wealthy businessman, who proposes stealing a valuable painting from the family home.

COMEDY
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGES: SPANISH
COLOR · 88 MIN.

Hilario, a 40-year-old frustrated writer, lives torn between his love for classical literature and his cynicism toward the current publishing world. While all Spanish publishers reject his novel, he makes a living working in a bookstore and teaching an online writing workshop. One night at a party, he meets a girl who he believes could be the muse he has always been searching for.

COMEDY
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGES: CATALAN
COLOR · 109 MIN.

Empar, a 60 year old farmer, needs her cow Tona to become pregnant in order to keep the farm running. After several failed attempts, she seeks help from Bernat, the owner of the largest farm in the area. When Tona finally becomes pregnant, the veterinarian warns that the pregnancy will be high-risk. Empar confronts the village to protect her cow’s well-being and, with the help of Riqui, a young newcomer, and Bernat, she discovers that it’s never too late to start over.

COMEDY
FRANCE · 2026
LANGUAGES: FRENCH
COLOR · 85 MIN.

Fanny and Tom have been happily married for 20 years, but they have a small problem: she has never had an orgasm. Using his engineering skills, Tom is determined to create the device that will revolutionize female pleasure, embarking on a quest that will transform their relationship.

COMEDY
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGES: SPANISH, CATALAN
COLOR · 90 MIN.

Rosario’s husband and brother have lost their jobs after being wrongfully dismissed. To pay off their debts, they decide to kidnap their boss’s corpse and demand a ransom. However, Inés, the wealthy widow, and her children have other plans. Though they come from completely different worlds, both families will be forced to exchange much more than just a body.

COMEDY, DRAMA
JAPAN · 2025
LANGUAGES: JAPANESE
COLOR · 103 MIN

Koji Usami is a taxi driver who is assigned to take Sumire Takano from Tokyo to a senior center in Hayama. What initially seems like a routine trip turns into a moving journey in which, at 85 years old, Takano sketches a portrait of her life.

THRILLER, DRAMA
POLAND, UNITED KINGDOM · 2025
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH
COLOR · 110 MIN.

When Tommy, a 19‑year‑old hooligan obsessed with violence, partying, and drugs, wakes up chained in an unknown basement, his life is about to change. He soon discovers that he has been kidnapped by Chris and his family who, obsessed with reforming his rebellious behavior, force him to submit to their psychopathic mind games.

FRANCE • 2025
LANGUAGES: FRENCH
BLACK AND WHITE • 67 MIN.

Homenaje a Catalunya  is the book by George Orwell in which he describes his commitment to the revolution and the Spanish Civil War. The documentary is a work filled with images, most of which come from reports by the anarchists of the CNT. By bringing these images back to the screen, the film allows us to share Orwell’s experience in Spain through a cinematic perspective.

SPAIN • 2026
LANGUAGES: CATALAN
COLOR • 58 MIN.

Juliana, Cyrielle, Neret, and Fatoumata are four doctoral students in technology working at the LIA research center, a research center led by the demanding Dr. Rita García, who struggles to balance her scientific vocation with economic feasibility.

Amid screens and code, they develop artificial intelligence projects, but the real challenge is not only technical. At the LIA, reputation, desire, fear of failure, and the need for recognition are also at stake.

COMEDY
SPAIN • 2026
LANGUAGES: SPANISH
COLOR • 95 MIN.

A journalist in the midst of a personal and professional crisis decides to take control of her life in a radical way. Tired of routine, exhaustion, and the lack of recognition in her career, she convinces her husband to leave their stable jobs and embark together on a project as risky as it is unusual: opening a business unlike anything they have ever seen before.

DOCUMENTARY
UNITED STATES · 2025
LANGUAGES: JAPANESE, ENGLISH, CHINESE, FRENCH
COLOR · 139 MIN

A journey into the heart of master Yasujirô Ozu through his private diaries, letters, photographs, and previously unseen archival footage. Drawing from his own words and reflections, as well as those of figures such as Kyoko Kagawa, Wim Wenders, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tsai Ming-liang, and Luc Dardenne, we understand how Ozu transformed his harsh personal experiences into masterpieces like Tokyo Story and Late Spring, among many others.

UNITED KINGDOM • 2025
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH
COLOR • 90 MIN.

Taylor is a prisoner about to be released on parole after serving most of his sentence, which kept him away from his son for years. But now, his chance at freedom is threatened by the arrival of his new cellmate, Dee. Manipulative, charismatic, and power-hungry, Dee wants to become the prison’s drug lord with Taylor by his side.

DRAMA
JAPAN · 1955
LANGUAGES: JAPANESE
COLOR · 106 MIN.

Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, confesses her emerging vocation as a poet. The beginning of her prolific career coincides with a breast cancer diagnosis, her divorce, and the clashes typical of a modern‑minded woman confronting the society of her time.

DRAMA
JAPAN, FRANCE, SPAIN · 2014
LANGUAGES: JAPANESE
COLOR · 121 MIN

On the Japanese island of Amami, Kaito and Kyoko, a teenage couple, try to find their place in the world. He struggles with the absence of his father, while she lives alongside her mother’s terminal illness. Together, they grow and come to understand the cycles of life, death, and love.

DRAMA
INDIA · 2016
LANGUAGES: HINDI
COLOR · 117 MIN

Four women lead this story set in a small Indian town: a young university student who dreams of becoming a pop singer while feeling trapped within her Muslim family; an oppressed housewife with a strict, often absent husband who longs to work outside the home; a young woman on the verge of an arranged marriage but secretly yearning to leave; and a widowed lover of romantic novels who rediscovers a passion she thought she had lost.

DRAMA
CHINA, UNITED STATES · 2019
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, CHINESE, JAPANESE
COLOR · 100 MIN

Faced with the terminal cancer of the matriarch of a chinese-american family, it is decided to organize a family gathering and offer her last farewell without revealing the real reason. Despite not agreeing with the pretense, Bili travels to Changchun from New York to say goodbye to her grandmother and rebuild the family bonds lost due to distance.

COMEDY, DRAMA
IRAN, FRANCE, GERMANY, SWEDEN · 2024
LANGUAGES: FARSI
COLOR · 97 MIN

Mahin, a 70‑year‑old widow living in Iran, constantly defies the expectations of the conservative environment around her. Tired of her loneliness and ready to fall in love again, she meets Faramaz, a taxi driver she encounters on her way home. The two decide to begin a romantic relationship, challenging all the rules of the harsh dictatorship that oppresses them.

DRAMA
SOUTH KOREA · 2024
LANGUAGES: KOREAN, JAPANESE
COLOR · 118 MIN

Heung‑Soo and Jae‑Hee are two university students who, on the surface, have nothing in common… except for their refusal to abide by society’s rigid norms. He is gay, and she refuses to be constrained by social expectations or established rules — she’s a free spirit. In the face of others’ incomprehension, they find a powerful reason to join forces, leading them to form a deep and meaningful friendship.

DOCUMENTARY
UNITED KINGDOM • 2025
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH
COLOR • 100 MIN.

Filmmakers David Bickerstaff and Phil Grabsky delve into the hidden narratives of Caravaggio’s life, reconstructing the clues the artist embedded in his extraordinary work. The fascinating self-representations in his paintings, sometimes disguised, sometimes in plain sight, offer a unique window into his psychology and personal conflicts. After five years of production, the story of one of the most brilliant, complex, and controversial figures in history unfolds.

DOCUMENTARY
ITALY, SPAIN • 2025
LANGUAGES: ITALIAN, SPANISH, ENGLISH
COLOR • 73 MIN.

A journey between Naples and Spain to discover another side of the Renaissance. An exhibition organized jointly by the Museo del Prado in Madrid and the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte in Naples—which will feature two shows hosted at both venues—focusing on the Spanish rule of Naples, which gave rise to a unique connection between Italy and Spain.

THRILLER
THAILAND · 2025
LANGUAGES: THAI
COLOR · 96 MIN

Sao works as a talented cook in a Bangkok restaurant, carrying the weight of a tragic past. When she unexpectedly crosses paths with the man who once hurt her both physically and emotionally, she decides to plan her revenge, trapping her aggressor through her mastery of Thai cuisine.

DOCUMENTARY
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGES: SPANISH, CATALAN
COLOR · 70 MIN

A gastronomic journey through some of Spain’s most prestigious kitchens, aiming to create a unique portrait of Joan Roca and trace the influences and teachings of El Celler de Can Roca. Twenty master chefs with a combined seventy Michelin stars, led by Dani García, come together for a singular challenge: to craft an unforgettable dinner that revisits the chef’s legacy.

HISTORICAL DRAMA
FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM, BELGIUM · 2025
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, FRENCH
COLOR ·98 MIN

Vatel is the master of ceremonies for a ruined 17th‑century French prince who needs to regain the favor of Louis XIV. To that end, he invites the king to his château in Chantilly, where a grand banquet will be held. The cook is instructed to spare no expense and to organize an extravagant reception lasting three days and three nights, with the aim of capturing the attention of the monarch and all those who accompany him.

FANTASY, ADVENTURE
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGES: CATALAN
COLOR · 3 EPISODES (18 min / 19 min / 18 min)

Princess Valentina, together with the knight Jordi, the wizard Soc, and the young Patufet, set out on an adventure to face a dark enemy they must defeat if they want to see the inhabitants of Montblanc again. A journey full of magic and humor that leads them to discover all kinds of fantastical beings from Catalan mythology.

DRAMA
JAPAN,FRANCE · 2025
LANGUAGES: JAPANESE
COLOR· 76 MIN

Keitaro is a young man who lives inside a fireworks factory that is about to be demolished. Together with his brother and a friend, he is determined to unravel the mystery of Shuhari, a firework created by his late father, and launch it before the factory closes.

FANTASY
JAPAN · 2026
LANGUAGES: JAPANESE
COLOR · 86 MIN

15 days before graduation, the students of Class 3-E realize how much they’ve changed thanks to the unorthodox methods of Koro-sensei… the teacher they must assassinate before he destroys the Earth. With graduation just around the corner, no one makes fun of the underachieving students of Class 3-E anymore. Now, there’s only one thing left for them to do: assassinate their enigmatic tutor, the inimitable Koro-sensei, before he destroys the Earth within 15 days. Body art, swimming, extracurricular activities that make use of their assassination skills, Valentine’s Day romances, and the mysterious private life of their teacher outside school hours… every memory of the year they’ve spent together gradually fills the old classroom building. Looking back, the students understand just how much they’ve changed during their time in this peculiar “Assassination Classroom.” But what does Koro-sensei have in store for them in the little time they have left together?

FANTASY, ACTION
JAPAN · 2025
LANGUAGES: JAPANESE
COLOR · 100 MIN

Denji worked as a demon hunter for the yakuza, trying to repay the debt he inherited from his parents, but the yakuza betrayed him and killed him. Before losing consciousness, Pochita, Denji’s chainsaw demon dog, made a pact with him and saved his life. They fused, creating the unstoppable Chainsaw Man. Now, in the midst of a brutal war between demons, hunters, and hidden enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze enters his world, and Denji faces his deadliest battle, driven by love, in a world where survival knows no rules.

SCIENCE FICTION
JAPAN · 2025
LANGUAGES: JAPANESE
COLOR · 98 MIN.

A high school girl named Makoto gains the power to travel through time and decides to use it for her own benefit. Little does she know that she is affecting not only the lives of others but also her own.

DRAMA 
FRANCE · 1921
LANGUAGE: FRENCH
BLACK & WHITE · 75 MIN.

Pedro Pascal, a widowed painter and devoted father, lives with his daughter Cristina in a villa by the Mediterranean. She is about to marry Juan de Lancry, a well-off young Parisian. Their romance seems unbreakable, but when Juan’s hidden sentimental past bursts into their lives, the couple’s fate changes forever.

Collection CNC / Restauration CNC – Filmoteca de Catalunya – ESPECTARAMA SA / Cines Verdi. 

ADVENTURE, FANTASY
GERMANY · 1924
LANGUAGE: SILENT
BLACK AND WHITE · 143 MIN · 130 MIN

An adaptation of the Nibelungenlied, a medieval epic poem that recounts the legend of Siegfried, prince of Xanten and a skilled blacksmith, who leaves his father’s castle with the purpose of killing a dragon. The creature’s blood grants invulnerability to anyone who bathes in it. During his journey, Siegfried is captivated by the beauty of Princess Kriemhild and decides to win her heart.

THRILLER
UNITED STATES · 1946
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
BLACK & WHITE · 103 MIN

After World War II, Alicia Huberman, the daughter of a convicted nazi spy, is approached by U.S. intelligence services to help capture Alexander Sebastian, the mastermind behind a network of nazis who have taken refuge in Brazil. Alicia accepts the mission, driven by the feelings she begins to develop for Devlin, the agent who recruits her. However, her life becomes increasingly endangered as she delves deeper into the Nazi world, forcing Devlin to face a crossroads between duty and love.

DRAMA, ADVENTURE
FRANCE·1945
LANGUAGE: FRENCH
BLACK & WHITE · 140 MIN

In a remote village deep in Latin American, four workers from an oil company are hired to transport a shipment of nitroglycerin meant  to blow up a burning well and extinguish the flames. The urgency of the mission and the brutal working conditions they must endure heighten tensions among the men, who are forced to travel through treacherous mountain and jungle roads that cut across the Andes.

THRILLER
FRANCE · 1958
LANGUAGES: FRENCH, GERMAN
COLOR · 92 MIN.

Julien Tavernier is Florence’s lover, the wife of Simon, the boss he works for. Intending to be together, they devise a plan to kill Simon so that it appears to be a suicide. However, the couple does not anticipate that this will trigger a disastrous chain of events.

TERROR, DRAMA
UNITED KINGDOM · 1965
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
BLACK & WHITE ·105 MIN

Carol Ledoux is a young woman who suffers from a deep sense of repulsion toward men, and she finds her sister Helen’s relationship with Colin, a married man, extremely uncomfortable. His physical presence in the flat they share intensifies her aversion, which reaches its peak when Helen decides to go on holiday, leaving her alone at home. It is then that the hallucinations, instability, and violence begin, plunging Carol into psychosis.

DRAMA
SWEDEN · 1972
LANGUAGE: SWEDISH
COLOR ·91 MIN

Sweden, late nineteenth century. Agnes is suffering from a terminal illness and receives a visit from her sisters, Maria and Karin, due the news of a imminent death. Gathered in the family mansion, the tensions, repressed feelings and emotional distance arise between the sisters, which contrast with the unconditional love that Agnes feels for her servant, Anna.

THRILLER 
UNITED STATES · 1976
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
COLOR ·98 MIN

Twenty‑five years after losing his wife and daughter in the tragic outcome of a kidnapping, Michael Courtland, a prominent New Orleans businessman, still blames himself about what happened. During a trip to Italy, he meets Sandra, a young woman who happens to be the living image of his murdered wife. Fascinated by the resemblance, he begins a relationship with her that draws him into an emotional journey marked by grief, guilt, and obsessive love.

THRILLER
SPAIN · 1981
LANGUAGES: SPANISH
COLOR · 119 MIN.

Following the last wish of a terminally ill client, private detective Germán Areta must find the daughter he lost contact with. He soon discovers that he is not the only one searching for her, but despite the pressures to abandon the case, Areta will see it through to the end.

DRAMA
ITALY · 1988
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN
COLOR · 124 MIN

Salvatore is a young boy who lives in Giancaldo, a small post-war Italian village. Fascinated by cinema, he starts a friendship with Alfredo, the projectionist at Cinema Paradiso, the local movie theater where he spends most of his free time. Years later, now, as a renowned film director based in Rome, he must return to his hometown after receiving unexpected news. 

DRAMA, THRILLER
UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES · 1999
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH
COLOR · 159 MIN

The seemingly perfect live of New York doctor William Harford begins to unravel when his wife Alice confesses to having sexual fantasies about a man she barley knows. Obsessed with the revelation, Harford becomes entangled in the ritual of a secret sect devoted to hedonism. The intrusion puts his life at risk and plunges him into a spiral of paranoia, ambiguous revelation, and repressed desires.

DOCUMENTARY
FRANCE· 2000
IDIOMAS: FRENCH
COLOR · 82 MIN

Documentary about the reality of gleaners, people who, whether out of need, activism, or pure chance, collect the objects discarded by others. The film focuses on those who walk through already‑harvested fields in search of a forgotten tuber, or those who wander through Parisian markets during off‑hours. Always following those who insist on finding usefulness in what society has thrown away, the camera itself becomes a gleaner too, selecting and gathering images.

DRAMA
INDIA, CANADA · 2005
LANGUAGE: HINDI, SANSKRIT, ENGLISH
COLOR · 114 MIN

Chuyia, and eight-year-old victim of child marriage, is left a widow in colonial India in 1938. Because of her situation, she is forced to enter an ashram, a residence for widows. There, the women live in utter neglect, condemned to atone for the sins of a past life, which they believe caused their husbands’ death. Chuyia’s arrival upends the live of other residents, revealing the power of friendship and challenging the oppressive rules that govern their existence.

DRAMA
GERMANY, AUSTRIA, FRANCE, ITALY· 2009
LANGUAGE: GERMAN , ITALIAN, POLISH
BLACK AND WHITE · 144 MIN

In a strictly protestant society, in a village in rural Germany, a string of unsettling events and tragedies fractures the illusion of strict order that governs the community.All these events, marked by violence and repression, take place in an atmosphere thick with the imminent arrival of the First World War and the ideological stirrings that would give rise to Nazism.

DRAMA
SPAIN · 2017
LANGUAGE: CATALAN
COLOR · 96 MIN

During summer 1993, following the death of her mother, six-year-old Frida is forced to leave Barcelona and move to La Garrotxa, where she will live with her aunt and uncle. During this time of transition, she must learn to adapt to a new family dynamic, in which her younger cousin plays a key role. Through the lens of everyday life, everything feels like a game, even the most dramatic events.

DRAMA
MEXICO, UNITED STATES· 2018
LANGUAGE: SPANISH
BLACK AND WHITE · 135 MIN

Cleo is the domestic worker for an upper-class family living in Mexico City in the early seventies, amid the country’s turbulent sociopolitical climate.  Tasked with caring for four children, her daily life is shaped by routine and domestic tensions that paint a realistic portrait of the era’s social hierarchies.

DOCUMENTARY
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGES: CATALAN, SPANISH
COLOR · 92 MIN.

In 2026, Cines Verdi celebrates its centenary as the oldest operating cinema in Barcelona. With humor and through the perspective of two young girls, the documentary reviews the history of the theater and the people who have brought it to life, portraying an iconic cinema that is part of the identity of the Gràcia neighborhood.

DRAMA
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: CATALAN
COLOR · 16 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: ESCAC

Three girls engage in an absurd and trivial argument over how to make a paper airplane. Three adults engage in a sophisticated and cultured debate about the details of a historical event. Two seemingly distant conflicts, yet sharing a common essence.

COMEDY
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: SPANISH, CATALAN
COLOR · 18 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: ESCAC

Guillermo, an employee at “Tecnopiso,” dreams of moving to Miami. To make it happen, he strikes a deal with his neighbor Carme, who is expecting a million-dollar inheritance. However, he doesn’t realize that Carme is falling victim to an online scam.

DRAMA
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: CATALAN
COLOR · 15 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: ESCAC

Cristina, 16, faces the sudden departure of her father during the week of the town’s patron saint festivities, when tradition calls for a father-daughter pasodoble dance in the village square.

SCIENCE FICTION
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: SPANISH
COLOR · 11 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: BLANQUERNA

In a future devastated by climate change and wars, Earth is on the brink of collapse. The only hope is to escape to Eden, a planet inhabited by an advanced species that offers integration through a televised contest called Bingo, which promises citizenship to the winner.

COMEDY
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGE: SPANISH
COLOR · 9 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: BLANQUERNA

Pedro starts his first day no longer as an intern in the Government Office. With his new role as an advisor and eager to change the world, he enters the office ready to make proposals and claim the space as his own, but he quickly runs up against the reality of how the upper echelons really operate.

DRAMA
SPAIN · 2024
LANGUAGE: SPANISH
COLOR · 15 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: FX BARCELONA FILM SCHOOL

Lisa is a six-year-old girl with a habit of hiding in her school’s bathrooms. There, she paints what she sees as her own world, turning the stall into a mural.

DRAMA
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: CATALAN
COLOR · 15 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: FX BARCELONA FILM SCHOOL

In the home of a struggling family facing an economic crisis, there’s a hole in the floor. As the story unfolds, the hole grows, revealing that it is nothing more than the physical embodiment of the emptiness within the family.

COMEDY, DRAMA
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: SPANISH
COLOR · 13 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: FX BARCELONA FILM SCHOOL

In a dusty sandbox, between two workers who see everything and a grandmother who notices nothing, Ramón and his daughter Lana argue about the girl’s glasses. That is, until someone shows up wearing the same ones: Diamante, a drag performer. Which side will Ramón choose? The workers or Diamante? The hard hat or the wig? Lana already has her answer.

TERROR, COMEDY
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: SPANISH
COLOR · 7 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: UVIC

Lucía, exhausted from the Christmas festivities, is left in charge of the family dinner while her parents are away on vacation. The presence of her Aunt Carmen triggers a series of violent events. Overwhelmed by her provocations, Lucía begins murdering each relative who shows up at the dinner.

THRILLER
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGE: SPANISH
COLOR · 14 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: UVIC

Samsara is a sushi restaurant renowned for its perfectionism, flawless dishes, and a mysterious secret ingredient. Rafa, a new waiter who needs the job to survive, works under constant pressure.

DRAMA
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGE: CATALAN
COLOR · 22 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: UVIC

Anna is a psychologist who helps her patients accept the limits of control and the need to let go. However, when the workday ends and the office falls silent, her own fragility emerges: behind the confident therapist lives a woman trapped in a conflict she avoids facing.

DRAMA, COMEDY
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: SPANISH
COLOR · 22 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: LA CASA DEL CINE

Catalina is a woman who has spent years seeking refuge in superficial relationships. A few months ago, she discovered a cake called “Edible Love” at her neighborhood supermarket and became obsessed with this placebo. When the product disappears from the market, Catalina falls into a crisis.

DRAMA
SPAIN · 2026
LANGUAGE: CATALAN, SPANISH
COLOR · 15 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: LA CASA DEL CINE

Mar embarks on a journey into her unconscious, exploring childhood memories she thought she had forgotten. The images of the fish in the aquarium she visited with her father still haunt her, and gradually she realizes that her memory is fragmented.

DOCUMENTARY
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: CATALAN
COLOR · 15 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: LA CASA DEL CINE

The director discovers who her grandmother Tina was, whom she never got to know, through the diaries, letters, and materials that her grandfather Joan cataloged into an archive after his death.

FANTASY
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: SPANISH
COLOR · 12 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: BANDE À PART

During their grandfather’s funeral, some children are visited by a UFO. Having never been taught what death is, they begin to suspect that their grandfather was an extraterrestrial who has returned to his planet. Facing the adults’ disbelief and the local priest’s scorn, they try to gather evidence to prove to the village that what they saw was real.

DRAMA, MUSICAL
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: SPANISH, CATALAN, ENGLISH
COLOR · 15 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: LA CASA DEL CINE

The young and innocent Juliette, tired of wasting metaphors in unremarkable poems, visits a trap singer with the intention of bringing her lyrics to the nightclub. This story, full of ambition, sex, mythology, and violence, tells of the unfortunate consequences that follow any mortal who dares to taste the fruits of evil.

HORROR, COMEDY
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: CATALAN
COLOR · 13 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: BANDE À PART

In a village, a strange presence has been appearing to well-behaved girls, recruiting them to spread its word and causing great fervor among the people. Joana, a shy and kind girl, is afraid of being next. When she begins to feel its call, she will have to do everything possible to get rid of It.

ROMANTIC DRAMA
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: SPANISH
COLOR · 19 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: BARCELONA CINEMA SCHOOL & ACTORS STUDIO

In the midst of pandemic lockdown, an elderly couple shares their isolation, routine, and the passage of time as the illness advances silently. Through subtle gestures and everyday moments, Campo de Lilas portrays the intimacy of a relationship built over the years.

HORROR, FANTASY
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: CATALAN
COLOR · 24 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: BARCELONA CINEMA SCHOOL & ACTORS STUDIO

A young tourist and her partner, lost in the mountains, are kidnapped by two disturbed individuals who lock them in the basement of an old country house, far from civilization, in the middle of an isolated forest.

DRAMA
SPAIN · 2025
LANGUAGE: SPANISH
COLOR · 12 MIN.
SHORT FILM SELECTED BY: BARCELONA CINEMA SCHOOL & ACTORS STUDIO

Through small everyday rituals such as playing, dancing, or eating strawberries, we witness the bond between a girl and her grandfather. An intimate look at childhood grief, memory, and the love that endures beyond death.

PRESENTATION OF THE LAAB 2025/2026 PROJECTS

As part of the 10th edition of the BCN FILM FEST, the Barcelona Audiovisual Adaptations Laboratory (LAAB) is held, organized by the Creative Industries Directorate of the Barcelona Institute of Culture (ICUB). LAAB is a professional meeting point to discover book adaptation proposals linked to Barcelona, prepared to be shared with audiovisual producers, platforms, and television networks.

Editing and screenwriting based on the films Cada día nace un listo and Pizza Movies (12:00h) – With the collaboration of AMMAC

With the team of Cada Día Nace Un Listo: director and screenwriter Arantxa Echevarría and editor Victoria Lammers; and the team of Pizza Movies: director and screenwriter Carlo Padial and editor Joan Martí.

Diversity in fiction: from the stories to the teams that make them possible. (10:00h) – Panel discussion with the collaboration of the Catalan Film Academy’s Script Residency and Proficció

Panel moderated by Mireia Graell (producer and founder of Ringo Media) with Adriana Fuertes (Afrofeminist creator, graduate in Social Anthropology and Cultural Communication) and Carla Sospedra (producer, founding member and vice president of Dones Visuals, and board member at Proficció).

Cinema Talks by ESCAC

Sound design

With Laia Casanovas (Goya Award winner and Oscar nominee for Sirat) and Oriol Tarragó (Goya Award winner for La sociedad de la nieve, Tres, A Monster Calls, El Niño, The Impossible, The Orphanage).

Cinema Talks by ESCAC

Intimacy coordination in film and theater training centers

Panel moderated by Lola Clavo (filmmaker, educator, and intimacy coordinator) with Christian Checa (PhD in Social Communication and ESCAC lecturer) and Claudia Arribas (filmmaker and ESCAC alumna).

TUESDAY, APRIL 21 – 6:30 PM

Documentary adapting the iconic book of the same name by George Orwell, followed by a conversation led by film critic Salvador Llopart with Miguel Berga, author of Eileen, Portrait of a Marriage, focused on Orwell’s wife, and Fernando Casal, historian and expert on Orwell’s life.

Free admission, no reservation required

FRIDAY, APRIL 17 – 6:30 PM

Presentation of their books

• Agnès Marquès, The Second Life of Ginebra Vern
• Empar Moliner, Instructions for Living Without Her
• Màrius Serra, The Misunderstanding
• Cesc Cornet, The Shadows That Accompany Us

Conversation led by journalist Toni de la Torre