Después de las ciudades

After the cities

Xacio Baño

Un impulso colectivo Spain 86 min Catalan premiere Non-Fiction

Synopsis

Recently screened at the Rotterdam Film Festival, this vibrant, polyphonic, and captivating portrait of Santiago de Compostela is a vivid illustration of the city, told through postcards, texts, and voices—like sketches from a journey between dreams and reality.

Themes

Spanish CinemaCityDocumentalExperimentalHistoryRoad Movie

Filmmaker

Xacio Baño

He produces, writes and directs several short films, appearing in many national and international festivals such as Locarno, San Sebastian, Viennale, New directors/New Films – MoMA, Clermont-Ferrand, Telluride Film Festival, Mar del Plata, Alcine, Slamdance, Festival Málaga, Encounters, Shnit, Aspen Shortfest, Sevilla, etc. Trote, his first feature film, was premiered at Locarno Film Festival in 2018. He currently creates and develops film, theatre, and hybrid projects at the cultural production company Rebordelos.

Filmography: After the Cities (2026, D'A 2026), 68 Meters (short, 2026, D'A 2026), Platonic (short, 2024, D'A 2024), I Can't See You (short, 2023), Against the Winter (short, 2023), Deep Waters (short, 2020, D'A 2021), Trote (2018), Echo (short, 2015), To Be and to Come Back (short, 2014), Pieces (short, 2012), Stereoscopy (short, 2011)

Xacio Baño

Film information

Director: Xacio Baño
Script: Xacio Baño, Tamara Canosa
With: Xosé Barato
Production: Rebordelos
Distribution: Marvin & Wayne
Country: Spain
Year: 2026
Format: DCP
Length: 86 min
Language: Galician, Spanish, English
Subtitles: Spanish
Edition: 2026

Awards and festivals

ROTTERDAM FILM FESTIVAL
MÁLAGA FILM FESTIVAL

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