20/03/2026 - The new works by Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado, Álex Lora, Adrià Guxens, Samuel Nacar and Manuel Manrique feature prominently in the professional programme of the D’A film festival in Barcelona

Manuel Manrique, Iria del Río and Nacho Sánchez on the set of Head on the Wall

D’A Film Lab Barcelona, which aims to support the development, production and international distribution of first, second and third feature films, will hold its sixth edition from 22 to 25 March as part of the D’A – Barcelona Film Festival. The programme includes two sections dedicated to the international distribution of films in post-production.

The first, Final Cut, features a selection of eight Spanish and Catalan films competing for the D’A Film Lab Barcelona Award, worth €20,000. The jury is made up of cultural manager Isona Admetlla, director of the Cantabria Film Commission Víctor Lamadrid and executive producer Conxa Orea.

Notable tiles include The Fortunate Islands, a new collaborative work by Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado (They Carry Death [+see also:
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interview: Samuel M Delgado and Helena…
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The second section, Panorama Catalunya, is dedicated to Catalan-language projects in post-production and features four films, two fiction titles and two documentaries. These include the Spanish-Colombian co-production Shattered Glass In The Pool by Ruth Caudeli Martí (read news), and Barcelona I’m Alone, the debut feature by Argentine actress and filmmaker Sofía Güerzoni.

The lab also includes the Emerging Production section, dedicated to training filmmakers who are making their first feature films, whether independently or as part of a production company. Among its 14 titles, highlights include Celeste en llamas, the feature film debut of David Velduque – host of the Sabor a queer podcast – following several short films, produced by Rubén Expósito; Rivo by Pau Cruanyes Garrell (who co-directed the 2020 film Yesterday's Two Nights [+see also:
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Finally, it is worth noting that all projects selected across the various sections of the lab will receive intensive support from international experts, advisors and programmers.

The projects:

Final Cut

The Fortunate Islands – Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado (Spain)
Production: El Viaje Films, La Banda Negra, Asterisk

Lóngquán – Adrià Guxens (Spain)
Production: Pausa Dramàtica Films, La Charito Films

The Fissure – Álex Lora (Spain/Belgium)
Production: Inicia Films, Scope Pictures

Head on the Wall – Manuel Manrique (Spain/Portugal)
Production: Kabiria Films, La Federal Films, Inaudita, Sabina Films

Taranta – Samuel Nacar (Spain)
Production: Sarao Films, Verbena Films

And Thus It Will Go On – Marina Palacio (Spain)
Production: Gariza Films, YASLC AIE, Marina Palacio, Jesús Palacio

Angels Street – Silvia Rey (Spain)
Production: Silvia Rey, Limbus Filmak

Reserve – Ezequiel Yanco (Spain/Argentina/Mexico/Germany)
Production: LaCima Producciones, ISOI Cine, FIASCO Films, Flaneur Films

Panorama Catalunya

Radio Pati: a truly meaningful festival - Pau Bacardit (Spain)
Production: DEBUT Films, Vayolet Films, Edna Cinema

Degrees Minutes Seconds – Joan Bover Raurell (Spain)
Production: Far Visuals, SL

Shattered Glass In The Pool - Ruth Caudeli Martí (Spain/Colombia)
Production: Dacsa Produccions, PFM Producción

Barcelona I’m Alone - Sofía Güerzoni (Spain)
Production: Shoji Films

Emerging Production

Seron - Robert Cortés Uroz (Spain)
Production: Mar Maduell Carbonell (Glia Films)

Rivo - Pau Cruanyes Garrell (Spain)
Production: Laura Álvarez Soler (Alba Sotorra)

Only the Noise – Santos Díaz (Spain)
Production: Álvaro Liste Fernández (Serea Films), Ángel Santos (Amateurfims), Xosé Zapata (Sygnatia)

Tasks of Extinction – Diego Flórez (Spain)
Production: Luis Aceituno, Lara González

Klein Blue – Ramiro González Lombardero (Spain)
Production: Diego Aramburu-Zabala

Mountain - Iker González Urresti (Spain)
Production: Alejandro Sánchez Porras (WIP)

Leize - Saioa Miguel (Spain)
Production: Amaia Chocarro Salaberría (Maluta Films)

Disco Europa – Antonio Morales (Spain)
Production: Jon Arrospide (Nadadora Films)

From Madrid to Heaven – Pablo Pérez Martín (Spain)
Production: Esmeralda Bravo (Baldufa Films)

After Greece – Irene Pin (Spain)
Production: Tania Vila (Artyc Content)

The Crab's Path – Manel Raga (Spain)
Production: Manuel Raga (La Forada Films)

Cupid and Other Archers – Erik Rodríguez Fernández (Spain)
Production: Hugo López (El Rayo Verde Films)

Best of Your Deaths – Jorge Vañó García (Spain)
Production: Lluis Fuentes (Bord Films)

Celeste en llamas – David Velduque (Spain)
Production: Rubén Expósito (Neurads)

(Translated from Spanish)