25/03/2024 - The new films by Isaki Lacuesta, Andrea Jaurrieta, Liliana Torres and Marc Ferrer and the new series by Clara Roquet feature in a programme focused on independent cinema trends

The 14th edition of the D'A Barcelona Film Festival will be held from 4-14 April, with the best of independent and auteur cinema. 131 titles will be presented, including feature films and shorts, with 25 world premieres, three European premieres and one international premiere. The festival will be opened by Isaki Lacuesta’s latest film Saturn Return [+see also:
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Talents is the competitive section dedicated to emerging directors with thirteen films. Two Spanish films will compete in this section, Un lugar común, by Celia Giraldo, starring Eva Llorach, and the Catalan Werewolf [+see also:
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interview: Pau Calpe Rufat
film profile] directed by Pau Calpe and starring Pol López and María Rodríguez Soto. From Sweden come Ernst De Geer’s irreverent comedy The Hypnosis [+see also:
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interview: Asta Kamma August
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film profile], awarded at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and Paradise Is Burning [+see also:
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interview: Mika Gustafson
film profile] by Mika Gustafson, winner of the Best Director Award in the Orizzonti section at Venice and Best Film in the BFI London First Feature  Competition. From France come Sisterhood [+see also:
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interview: Nora El Hourch
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interview: Anaïs Tellenne
film profile] by Anaïs Tellenne. They will be joined by City of Wind [+see also:
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film profile] by Mongolian director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, winner of the Orizzonti Best Actor Award at Venice; the Turkish production Dormitory [+see also:
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interview: Nehir Tuna
film profile] by Nehir Tuna; Girl [+see also:
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interview: Adura Onashile
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In the “Un Impulso Colectivo” (A Collective Impulse) section, ten independent Spanish films will be presented: To Laugh, to Sing, Perchance to Cry [+see also:
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interview: María Gisèle Royo, Julia de…
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interview: Virginia García del Pino
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interview: Jaime Puertas Castillo
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interview: Macu Machín
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film profile], by Luis (Soto) Muñoz, Cine Quinqui brought to the present day; Solo arrojaron by Adrià Pagès Molina, who could be a descendant of Gus Van Sant; and Orandi, also the feature directorial debut of Serafín Teja.

The festival’s special sessions include, among others, Mamífera [+see also:
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interview: Clara Roquet
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(Translated from Spanish by Vicky York)